Exhibition List

Susan Ruth Cohen is a mixed media artist, working primarily on paper. Her works have been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows from Maine to Hawaii. She holds a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, and an M.F.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she was a Teaching Fellow in Drawing and Printmaking.

Susan worked on a series of etchings and lithographs at The Printmaking Workshop in NYC and was the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Award. In 1983, she won a prestigious “Workspace” grant from the NY State Council on the Arts to set up a studio space as artist-in-residence at the Jamaica Arts Center in Queens, NY. She frequently opened the doors of her studio to visiting student groups, initiating an informal “visit with the artist” program at the Arts Center. Upon completion of the grant, Susan continued her work with children as an Arts Partners Teaching Artist for NYC school programs. Her extensive work in the arts education field flourished, and now includes over 25 years as an educator and administrator. She was Director of the Youth Arts Project at P.S. 1 in Long Island City, Queens and Project Director of the Arts Education Partnership for After-School & Alternative Programs at Tilles Center, C.W. Post campus of L.I. University. Most recently, Susan was Director of Arts Education at Friends of the Arts (FOTA) and Director of Education & Outreach at Great Neck Arts Center, where she worked in partnership with schools and community organizations throughout Long Island to implement innovative arts-in-education initiatives.

In her works on paper, Susan employs vibrant colors and spontaneous imagery to create a world that is both playful and thought provoking. A writer by habit, Susan often includes written phrases in her artworks, and specifically titles her pieces to reflect her thought process and poetic imagery. Her illustrated poem “Colorsong” began as an independent project, and was completed especially for her 2010 Long Island Children’s Museum exhibition. In 2006, the Children’s Museum was also a source of inspiration, when Susan created a paper sculpture cupcake for the “Cupcakes by Candlelight” LICM benefit.

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AWARDS & GRANTS:

N.Y.S. Council on the Arts Workspace Grant - Jamaica Arts Center

Ariana Foundation for the Arts. - Mixed Media Project Grant

Mural Design Honorarium - Cityarts Workshop - NY, NY

The Jerome Foundation & Printmaking Workshop Emerging Artists Award

Purchase Award - 5th University of Dallas Invitational

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Port Washington Public Library - Port Washington, NY

Court House Gallery - Village of Great Neck Plaza - Great Neck, NY

Mallette Gallery - Garden City, New York

Uniondale Public Library - Uniondale, New York

Freeport Memorial Library - "Time Passages" - Freeport, NY

Hadassah National Headquarters - "Cover Art" - Chicago, Illinois

The New Gallery of the Educational Alliance - New York, NY

"Festive Gatherings" - Jamaica Arts Center - Jamaica, NY

Museum of the Hudson Highlands - Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery - New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

“Cupcakes by Candlelight”-Long Island Children’s Museum-Garden City, NY

"Threads of Tradition" - Smithtown Township Arts Ctr. - St. James, NY

Juried Competition - Great Neck Arts Center - Great Neck, New York

3rd Annual National Juried Art Exhibition - St. John’s Univ., Queens, NY

Works on Paper Invitational - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

"Celebrating Women Artists" - Hutchins Gallery, L.I. Univ. - Westbury, NY

N. American Artist Invitational - Museum Without Walls - Bemus Pt., NY

Multi-Media Art Forum - Sands Point Preserve - Sands Point, NY

Works On/Of Paper Exhibition - Q.C.C. Art Gallery - Queens, NY

National Printmakers Invitational - University of Hawaii at Hilo

"Vestments & Visions" - Klutznick Museum, Washington, D.C.

7th Hawaii National Print Exhibition - Honolulu Academy of Art

"Young Faces Going Places" - Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, NY

New Prints from The Printmaking Workshop - National Traveling Show

"31 X 31 Artists Prints" - Cayman Gallery, New York, NY

Rockford International Biennial - Clark Arts Center, Rockford, IL

4th Biennial paper & Clay Exhibition - Memphis State Univ., TN

Annual Juried Exhibition ‘82 - The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY

National Invitational of Contemporary Prints - University of Maine, Orono

"People 81" - Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY

All On Paper International Exhibition - A.A.O. Gallery, Buffalo, NY

National Bradley Print & Drawing Exhibition - Bradley Univ., Peoria, IL

Pocket Art - Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York, NY

"Out of the House" - Whitney Museum Downtown, New York, NY

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