SUSANMARY Z ART
Artist Statement 2024
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My creative and personal lives have included many adventures. Walking short and long distances is a part of my creative process. The results of these walks are an abundance of experiences as well as a loosening of the imagination and spirit that are then expressed in my art and my writing. Just like many places have captured my interest so have many media. It is my way to create in bodies of work. It’s not been uncommon for me to work in one medium for a decade and move on to another after that. It doesn’t mean I won’t return to an earlier art form if so moved. For the last decade or so I have created primarily as a book artist. My walks and time spent in nature are reflected in many of my books whether it be in content or cover design. I am currently making books, writing books, taking many photos to be used in my books, and traveling much.
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gallery representation
2018 through 2019, Setra Artes, Stonington, CT
2018 Artsy with DAB Art, Ventura, CA
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grants
2022 MAC (Mississippi Arts Commission) mini-grant, Fall 2022
awards
2024 Honorable Mention in Wildlife Photography, 2023 Annual Photo Contest, RVing Women magazine
2020 Finalist in international painting competition (online exhibition), Patterns and Texture, Camelback gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2014 1st place in artist book category, Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, New York
2011 3rd place Best of Show, Harvest Time, Poudre River Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
reviews/profiles
2017 Connecting the Dots: Artist Susan Reynolds on the human network by Michael Abatemarco, Pasatiempo
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exhibits and shows
2023 Sawdust Art Festival, Abingdon, Virginia (July)
2022 Walk in the Wood Art Fair, Kiln, Mississippi (Dec)
2022 Under the Flower Moon, single day outdoor exhibition, Kiln, MS (May)
2021 Walk in the Woods Art Fair, Kiln, Mississippi (Dec)
2020 Patterns and Texture, Camelback Gallery (online exhibition), Scottsdale, AZ
2019 26th Annual Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, Arizona (Nov. 1-3)
2018 Small Works Winter Salon, Setra Artes, Stonington, CT, (16 Nov. – 23 Dec.)
2018 Techne: Art and Science in One, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, PA (06 July - 11 August)
2018 6”x6”x2018, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York
2018 Our Anthropocene: Eco Crises, The Center for Book Arts, New York, New York (by invitation)
2017 Art in the Park, Sierra Vista, Arizona
2017 Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2017 Some Large, Some Small, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2017 Up/Rooted, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, Massachusetts
2016 Petit, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, New York
2015 Trasna V, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
2015 Voices: An Artist's Perspective, Unitewomen.org online gallery
2015 Personal Histories, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2014 Personal Histories, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2014 Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
2014 Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, New York
2014 The Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2014 Small Works, N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York City, New York
2014 Assemble, The Gallery W at the Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
2014 The Muse is Poe, ArtWorks!, New Bedford, Massachusetts
2013 Ecoeditions, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2013 Tangibles: Beauty and Purpose in the Art of the Book, Univ. of N. Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
2013 Crossroads: Book Arts on the Border, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2012 How to Read a Book: an Artists Books Reading Room, Univ. of Wisconsin Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2012 Pacific Currents runway fashion show, Handweavers Guild of America's Convergence, Long Beach, California 2012 RAGS Wearable Art, Tacoma, Washington 2011 Harvest Time, Poudre River Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
2011 Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
selected speaking engagements and documentary inclusions
2018 inclusion in documentary: Our Anthropocene: Eco Crises
2017 Walking to Abstraction, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2008 Seafair marathon expo, Bellevue, Washington
2007 inclusion in documentary and side features on the Athens marathon, produced by Stephen McKenney Steck, WMFE-TV/FM, aired 2008
2007 Tahoe marathon expo, Tahoe, Nevada
2007 Portland marathon expo, Portland, Oregon
2007 Marine Corps marathon expo, Washington D.C.
publication inclusions and collections
2015 Voices: an artist's perspective, Unitewomen.org and Karen Gutfruend Art
2013 EcoEditions, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2013 500 Handmade Books Vol. II, Lark Books
2012 Cofrin Library Artists' Book Collection, Univ. of Wisconsin Green Bay
selected published writings: books and articles
2010 "Road Warriors of VolState" Marathon & Beyond, July/Aug. issue
2007 "Marching in Blankenberge" Walk! Fall issue
2007 “Notes from the Trail” The Herald (newspaper), summer 2007
2007 "Over the Umbrian Hills" Walk! Spring issue
2006 "In the Heat of the Summer" Walk! Fall issue 2006 Walking Outside the Box, Outskirts Press
2006 The First Marathon: the Legend of Pheidippides, Albert Whitman & Co.
workshops taught
2015 Single-needle Coptic Binding, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2003 Tiles Don't Have to Be Square, Hillsboro, New Mexico
2003 Possibilities in Tile, Anguila, British West Indies
residencies
2013 Madrono Ranch, Medina, Texas
2003 International Keramikmuseum, Skaelskor, Denmark
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SusanMary Z Reynolds
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
