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Susan Swinand is a visual artist,
originally from the Philadelphia area, who has been living and working in Shrewsbury, MA
since 1984. She has taught painting at the Worcester Art Museum in central MA for over
20 years and was an adjunct painting and design instructor at Clark University
from 1992 till 2004. She also currently teaches painting classes in the greenhouses of Wellesley College.
Susan was graduated from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia in 1965.
An Emily Sartain fellowship allowed her to travel in Europe and to study in Austria with
Italian painter, Emilio Vedova. On her return, she attended the Barnes Foundation for two
years, where she studied the Philosophy and Appreciation of Art.
She has been active in many art organizations, serving on the boards of
Moore College of Art, ArtsWorcester, and Artists’ Equity Association. She was
president of Philadelphia Artists Equity in 1978-80, receiving their Distinguished Service
Award in 1981. She was the director of the ArtsWorcester Gallery at the Forum Theatre for
many years.
Her work has been exhibited in over a hundred
juried, invitational and solo and group shows. An abbreviated list follows.
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Juried Exhibitions/Awards: |
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American Watercolor Society, 141st International
Open, 2008 New
York, NY, selected for the Dagmar
Tribble Award and the 2008 traveling exhibition. |
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American Watercolor Society, 140th, International
Open, 2007 New
York, NY, selected for the Didi
Diglin Award and the 2007 traveling exhibition. |
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Arizona Aqueous, Tubac, AZ, 2004, 2007. Award
in 2007. |
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American Watercolor Society, 139th International
Open, 2006, New York, NY selected for Paul Remmey Award and
2006 traveling exhibition. |
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New England/ New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum Biennial,
Fitchburg, MA |
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Artists Equity 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Berman Art Museum,
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA |
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American Watercolor Society, 132nd, International
Open, 1999 New
York, NY, selected for the Nicholas
Reale Memorial Award and the 1999 traveling exhibition. |
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Cambridge Art Association, National Prize Show 1998 and 1999,
Cambridge, MA |
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The Drawing Show1997, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA |
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ArtsWorcester Biennials, 1st Prize Painting
1985, Honorable Mention 1997, Best in Show 1999, Worcester, MAorcester, MA |
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Northeast Open, Honorable Mention
1986,
Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA |
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Communication in the 80's, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. |
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Tri-State Annual Exhibition,
1st Prize Painting, Somerset College, NJ |
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Regional Drawing Show, Purchase Award,
Beaver College, Glenside, PA |
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Woodmere Museum Open Annual, Charles Knox
Smith Prize, Chestnut Hill, PA |
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Art from New Jersey, Trenton State Museum, Trenton, NJ |
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Invitational Exhibitions: |
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Furnish the Future, Boston, MA |
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A Diversity of Views, Artists Look at the Land, American
College, Bryn Mawr, PA |
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5 Outstanding Painters, U Mass Medical Center Gallery,
Worcester, MA |
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Invited Philadelphia Artists, IUP University Museum, Pittsburgh,
PA |
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Collage...Assamblage, The Art Barn, Washington, D.C. |
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12 Painters, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA |
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Collage and Construction, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA |
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4 Abstract Painters, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ |
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Contemporary II, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA |
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8 New Jersey Artists, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ |
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Composition 70, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ |
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| Solo Exhibitions: |
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| Thanks to the Angiosperm, Wellesley
College Greenhouse Gallery, Wellesley, MA |
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| Transformations, 2008, Helen Bumpus Gallery,
Duxbury, MA |
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| Alternate Ideas, 2006, The Sprinkler Factory
Gallery, Worcester, MA |
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| New England Currents, 2004, Danforth Museum
of Art, Framingham, MA |
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| Active Ingredients, 2003, Berman Museum,
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA |
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| Passages, 2002, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA |
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| Called By The Moon, 2000, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA |
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| From the 90's, Moll Art Center, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA |
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| Endlessly Rocking, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA |
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| Formed by the Wind, U Mass Medical Center Gallery, Worcester, MA |
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| Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vinyard Haven, MA |
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| Wenniger Galleries, Boston, MA and Rockport MA |
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| Subconscious Realities, Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg State College,
MA |
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| Recent Paintings, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA |
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| Atwood Gallery, Worcester MA |
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| Vorpal Galleries, New York, NY |
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| A.J. Wood Galleries, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Walt Whitman International Poetry Center, Camden, NJ |
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| The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
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