S U S A N J. K L E I N

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EDUCATION:
9/75 to 8/77Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Degree: MFA 8/77
Major course of study: Painting. Minor: Sculpture.
1/70 to 6/72Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. Degree: AB 6/72
Major: Studio Arts. Minor: English Literature.
9/62 to 12/68Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Completed Junior level.
Major: Elementary Education. Minor: English Literature

ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT:
3/90 to present Self-employed: professional artist.
2/85 to 9/86 Gallery Director: Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, Ohio.
Selected and scheduled artists to exhibit, prepared publicity for and installed exhibitions.
9/77 to 6/83 Instructor: The University of Akron, Department of Art, Akron, Ohio:
Drawing I and 11, 1/80 to 3/83.
Kennedy School for the Gifted, Youngstown, OH:
Studio Art and Art History, grades 4-8, 1/77 to 6/83.
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio:
2- and 3-Dimensional Design, Art and Music Appreciation, 3/78 to 3/80.
3/79 to 6/83 Gallery Owner/Director: Steel Street Experimental Gallery, Youngstown, Ohio.
Selected and scheduled artists to exhibit, publicized events, managed finances,
installed exhibitions and maintained gallery.

GALLERY AFFILIATION:
Clayton Galleries
Tampa, Florida

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
  • Grand Canyon Association, North Rim, Arizona.
  • Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
  • Everglades National Park A.I.R.I.E. Program, Homestead, Florida.
  • William Hough and Company, St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • Hillsborough County Commissioners, Public Art Collection, Tampa, Florida.
  • The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania.
  • Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.
  • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
  • Origo Travel Designs, Sarasota, Florida.
  • Geiger-Percy Collection, Tallahassee, Florida.
  • John Chamberlain, International sculptor, The Hamptons, New York.
  • Dr. Louis Zona, Director of the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • Artist-in-Residence — Acadia National Park, Maine, Sept. 13-Oct. 3, 2008.
  • Exhibitor — American Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, State Department Art in Embassies Program, 2008-2011.
  • Exhibitor — Petticoat Painters' 55th Annual Exhibit, The Capitol Complex, Tallahassee, Florida, 5/08-7/08.
  • Exhibitor — "Spring for Art," McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 3/08-5/08.
  • Exhibitor — Petticoat Painters' 54th Annual Exhibit, Art Center of Manatee, Bradenton, Florida, 12/07.
  • Artist-in-Residence — Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim. Aug. 15-Sept. 3, 2007.
  • Artist-in-Residence — Yosemite Renaissance AIR Program, Yosemite National Park, April, 2009.
  • One Person Show — "Sawgrass to Cypress, Painting the Everglades," Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, Everglades National Park, 3/06.
  • Exhibitor — Yosemite Renaissance XXI, NPS Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, 2/06-5/06, exhibit travels 5/06-3/07.
  • Exhibitor — Petticoat Painters' 53rd Annual Exhibit, The Celery Barn Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, 1/06.
  • Exhibitor — "Large is Lovely," Art Center Sarasota, 1/06-2/06.
  • Exhibitor — Petticoat Painters' 52nd Anniversary Exhibit, Art Center Sarasota, 5/05-6/05.
  • One Person Show — "Extraordinary Landscapes," The Celery Barn Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, 3/05-4/05.
  • Artist-in-Residence — AIRIE Program, Everglades National Park, January 2005.
  • Exhibitor — "The Road Less Taken," Petticoat Painters Group Exhibit, Center for Arts and Humanity, Sarasota, Florida, 12/04-1/05.
  • Published — Florida International Magazine, Miami, FL, "The Florida Contemporary," p.57, October 2004.
  • Published — "New American Paintings." Juried Exhibition in Print, Vol. 52, pp. 118-121, June/July 2004. Juried by Carrie Przybilla, Curator, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
  • Painting Award — Art Festival Beth-El, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1/04.
  • One Person Show — "Landscape as Muse, A Retrospective, 1981-2003." Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida, 9/03-10/03.
  • Exhibitor — "Group Invitational 2003: New Work." The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida, 7/03-8/03.
  • Exhibitor — 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Petticoat Painters, The Selby Gallery at Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, 5/03.
  • Exhibitor — Solo exhibit, Capital Complex, Talahassee, Florida, 1/03-4/03.
  • Exhibitor — National Exhibit 2002, Charlotte County Art Guild, Inc., Juried, Punta Gorda, Florida, 1-2/02.
  • Painting Purchase Awards — Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1/02.
  • Exhibitor — American Embassy in Rome, Italy, Ambassador Mel Sembler, State Department Art in Embassies Program, 2002-2004.
  • Painting Award — Women Contempory Artists, 1st Prize, Unity Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, 10/01.
  • Invited — "2+1: An Invitational." Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, 9/01.
  • Inducted — Florida Artists Group, Area III, 6/01.
  • Exhibitor — Women Contemporary Artists, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art, 2/01. Juror Michael Milkovich.
  • Painting Award — Art Encounter 200One All Florida, Naples Von Liebig Center, 2/01. Juror Mark Ormand.
  • Exhibitor — Petticoat Painters 48th and 49th Annual Shows. The Celery Barn, Sarasota, Florida, 2/01, 2/02.
  • Exhibitor — The Selby County Library 3rd Invitational Exhibit, Sarasota, Florida, 2/01.
  • Exhibitor — Art Beth-El Festival Invitational, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1/01,1/02.
  • Published — "Watercolor" magazine, Layered Colors/ Water Based Media, Winter 2001 issue.
  • Participant — ArtStudy Giverny, Giverny, France, 10/18-10/25/00.
  • Exhibitor — Invitational Exhibit of Petticoat Painters. The Manatee Art League, Bradenton, Florida, 10/00.
  • Painting Award — "12x12 Members Show." The Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, 8/00.
  • Exhibitor — "Exhibit 2000." National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society. Fulton, Missouri, 8-11/00.
  • Two Person Show — "Landscapes." Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Meyers, Florida, 6/00.
  • Two Person Show — "Paintings of Florida." The Clayton Galleries, Tampa,Florida, 4/00.
  • Exhibitor — "Petticoat Painters' Annual." The Celery Barn, Towles Artist Colony,Sarasota, Florida, 2/00.
  • Exhibitor — "Small Works." The Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida, 12/98, 12/99, 12/00, 12/01.
  • Inducted — The Petticoat Painters, founded in 1953 for the promotion of professional women artists, membership limited to 20. Sarasota, Florida, 12/99.
  • Painting Award — Women Contemporary Artists Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, 10/99.
  • Invited — "Artistic Waters: A Florida Collectors Art Show." The Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida, 10/99, 10/00.
  • Published — "Before the Fall" painting as the cover design. "Sarasota Arts and Entertainment," Vol. 10, #10, 8/99.
  • Published — "New American Paintings."Juried Exhibition in Print, Number 22, pp. 92-95, June/July 1999. Juried by Claire Bell, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C.
  • Published — "Coast to Coast: The Contemporary Landscape in Florida." Gary R. Libby, 1999, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL. pp74-75.
  • Selected — "Coast to Coast: The Contemporary Florida Landscape." Selections from the Geiger-Percy Collection. Traveling exhibit touring nine Florida museums. 7/98-10/2000.
  • Exhibitor— "47th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition." Juried by Theodore F. Wolff, former critic for The Christian Science Monitor. Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida. 7/98.
  • One Person Show — Paintings. St. Petersburg Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. 7/97
  • Exhibitor — Hilton Head Art League 1997 Jurled Show, The Self Family Arts Center, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. 3/97
  • Exhibitor — "HOT NIGHT/COOL ART," ARTarget, Sarasota County Arts Council, Sarasota, Florida. Summer 1996, 1997, 1999.
  • Exhibitor — Donn Roll Galleries, Sarasota, Florida. 10/95.
  • Two Person Show — "Florida Landscapes," Donn Roll Galleries. 6/95.
  • One Person Show — "Landscapes, Two Variations" Emphasis Gallery, Sarasota, Florida. 1/94.
  • Exhibitor — Small Works Theme Show, Barrier Island Group for the Arts, Sanibel, Florida. 12/93.
  • Exhibitor — Summer Series (Gallery artists) I, II & III, The Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida. 1993-95, 1997,1998.
  • Cover Design — (for) Sarasota Arts Review, Sarasota, Florida. 4/93.
  • Two Person Show — ARTarget, Sarasota, Florida. Florida landscapes. 11/92.
  • Exhibitor — Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. National Midyear Shows. Paintings. 1973, 1976, 1980, 1989.
  • One Person Show — Trumbull Art Guild (TAG), Warren, Ohio. Landscapes. 5/88.
  • Invited Juror — Northeastern Ohio Regional Scholastic Art Awards. 1/88.
  • Curated — "John Hink: New Works" photography exhibit, TAG. 1/88.
  • Awarded — YWCA Juried Women Artists Shows, Youngstown, Ohio. 1983-85, 1987, cash prizes for paintings.
  • Invited Exhibitor —"The Doll Show", Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown State U. , Youngstown, Ohio. 9/86.
  • Curated — "On Song, Meditation and Memory," TAG. Group art show by eight women artists. 9/85.
  • One Person Show — Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown State U. "Landscape Through the Looking Glass"7/84
  • Exhibitor — Area Artists Annual Juried Shows. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. 1973-82, 1988.
  • One Person Show — Jewish Community Center, Youngstown, Ohio. 'Landscapes." 2/84.
  • Awarded Art Criticism Scholarship — Dialogue Art Criticism Workshop. Sponsored by the Ohio Foundation on the Arts, Inc. and the Ohio Arts Council. 11/82.
  • Curated — "Kent Women Artists", Steel Street Experimental Gallery, Youngstown, Ohio. Exhibition and program, "Dialogue - KSU and YSU Women Artists." 5/82.
  • Awarded — 24th TAG Annual, First Place cash award, 1981.
  • One Person Show — Steel Street Experimental Gallery, Youngstown, Ohio. "Sensual Landscapes." 10/80.
  • Faculty Show — Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. 3/80.
  • Installation Sculpture — New Orleans, La. Sponsored by the Downtown Development Project In association with the College Art Association Conference, 1980.
  • Awarded — Installation sculpture, "The Lunch Party: Isolation," cash prize, Ohio State Fair, Professional Fine Arts Show. Juried by Duane Hansen, Philip Pearlstein and Rose Slifka. 1979.
  • Faculty Show — Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. Installation sculpture. 5/79.
  • Exhibitor — Ohio State Fair, Professional Fine Arts Show. Juried by Mary Miss and Richard Anuszkiewicz. 8/78.
  • Thesis Show for MFA — "Spatial Tensions Based on Cross Elements," Kent State University. 8/77
  • Invited Exhibitor — "Ohio Women Artists Past and Present," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, 5/76
  • Exhibitor — "All Ohio Painting and Sculpture Biennial," The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. 2/76.
  • Exhibitor — "All Ohio Fine Arts Show," Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio. 1975.
  • One Person Show — The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA. 9/74.