Susan Peterson : Resume

Selected Exhibitions

2006
Fired: Hot Ceramics from the ACGA, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Sensuality and Survival, Nordic 5 Designs, San Francisco, CA
Objects of Engagement, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group juried show, San Francisco, CA

2005
ReEmerge, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
Obedient Nature, The Atrium Gallery, San Francisco
Sugar and Spice, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD
Unnatural Selections, Los Medanos Gallery, Antioch, CA

2004
Beyond the Rim, Group show, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Parallel Realities, Two - person show, Space 743, San Francisco, CA
Four 2 Eight Legs, Invitational exhibition, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Daily Habits, Two- person show, Ruby's Clay Studio, San Francisco, CA International Cup, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT

2003
Domesticated Animals, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Cup: The Intimate Object 2, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
Juror Award 'Harvesting Your Dark Side'

2002 6th Annual Postcard Show, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA Birds of Clay, Frog Hollow Craft Center, Middlebury, Vermont.
WareMental, Benefit for ArtSF, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The State of Clay, Juried show, Ceramics Guild, Lexington, MA.

2001 Three of Clay, three person show, Ruby's, San Francisco, CA
Uncommon Tendencies, solo show, The Gallery at Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
Absence and Otherness, four person show, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Origins in Clay II, University of Texas Art Gallery, San Antonio Texas, and The Del Rio Council for the Arts at the Firehouse
Promise of the New: Beginnings, Pacific Rim Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2000
California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Ecological Oddities, MFA thesis show, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Group show, Modified Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
110+ (Plus) Show, Art Detour, Phoenix. AZ

1999
Puppets, National juried show, San Francisco State University
21st Annual Vahki show, National juried show, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
Purchase award
ASU Graduate Ceramics Exhibit, Arizona Central Community College, Phoenix, AZ
One part Dirt One Part Water, Serves Eight, Memorial Union Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1998
Menagerie, Contemporary figurative show, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona All Clay, juried show, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

1996-97
Windows Art Project, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA


Education

2000 Arizona State University, MFA, ceramics, 1998 Research Assistant
1995-96 Massachusetts College of Art, Post Baccalaureate
1990-94 Radcliffe Ceramics Studio
1986 Philadelphia College of Art, BFA


Grants and Awards

2003 Harvesting Your Dark Side, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio Award
1999 AZ Arts Commission Grant, Graduate Travel Grant, Arizona State University
1999 Purchase Award, Mesa Art Center, 21st Vahki Show
1998 Graduate Travel Grant, Arizona State University
1994 Arts Lottery Grant, Somerville Arts Council


Publications

San Francisco Chronicle, "Absence and Otherness", May, 2001
Ceramics Monthly, "Up Front", October 1999, pp. 20
Arizona Republic, " Vahki showcases top talents", January 12, 1999
ASU College of Fine Arts magazine, Events 2000, January/February


Professional Projects

Instructor for a clay tile mural at Hospitality House, a men's shelter, San Francisco
Guest lecturer, Nelson Art Museum, Arizona State University, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco
Project coordinator, public art project, Arizona State University
Guest Instructor, Garcia Elementary School, Phoenix, AZ
Co-curator, Bizarre Bazaar, an interactive exhibit at the Ice House Museum, Phoenix, AZ


Professional Affiliations

Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, co-chair exhibition committee
Woman Caucus for the Arts
NCECA, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
WEAD, Woman Environmental Artist Directory
Nordic 5 Artists


Teaching Experience

2006 Jewish Community Center, Ceramics, Foster City, CA
2001-2005 Artist in Residence for Young Audiences, Ceramics, San Francisco, CA
2002 Skyline Community College, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics, San Bruno, CA
2001-2003 Redwood High School Adult Education, Ceramics, Larkspur, CA
1998-2000 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Ceramic Survey & 3-Dimensional Design
1997 Mudflat Studios, Ceramics, Somerville, MA
1995-97 Somerville Arts Council, Art Without Walls Program, Art & Ceramics, Somerville, MA
1994-96 Blessed Sacrament School, General Art, Jamaica Plain, MA
1995 Brookline Adult Education, Ceramics, Brookline, MA
1992-94 Solomon Schecter Day School, General Art and Ceramics, Newton, MA


Collections

Mesa Art Center
Private collections
Elaine King
Betsy Fahlman