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Susanne Mitchell

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., fine art, University of Colorado Boulder
  • B.F.A., painting, drawing, California College of the Arts

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of foundation studies, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Fine arts faculty, 2021–22, High School Fine Arts, Waldorf School of San Diego, San Diego, CA
  • Fine arts faculty, 2016–21, High School Fine Arts, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Boulder, CO
  • Affiliate faculty, 2015–16, Drawing and Integrated Media, Art Department, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
  • Adjunct faculty, 2013–14, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO
  • Visiting assistant professor, 2009–12, Foundations and Drawing, Art Department
    Affiliate faculty, 2008–09, Art Department, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
  • Lecturer, 2008, Department of Art and Art History
    Lecturer, 2008, Continuing Education and Professional Studies
    Graduate part-time instructor, 2004–08, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Professional

  • Curator and project manager, 2015–16, Artnauts Artist Collective, Denver, CO
  • Curator, 2014–15, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
  • Artist in residence, 2014–15, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Curator and project manager, 2014, Artnauts Artist Collective, Denver, CO
  • Studio assistant and print shop technician, 2001–02, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
  • Illustrator, 1994–2004, AWSNA Publications, Fair Oaks, CA
  • Scenic painter, 2001, Nickelodeon/Moxie Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
  • Scenic painter and stage set design, 1993, Bill Graham Productions, San Francisco, CA
  • Studio assistant and screen printer, 1992–94, Screenplay, Berkeley, CA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Professional Development Grant, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Boulder, CO, 2018
  • Boulder/Nablus Sister City Ambassador Project Grant, Boulder, CO, 2018
  • Best of Show, A Baker's Dozen, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, CO, 2014
  • Colorado Campus Compact (Professional Development Grant), 2011
  • Best Gallery Show–Group, "Collective Nouns," Westword's Best of Denver, 2010
  • Guerrilla Painter Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas, 2007
  • Nominated for GPTI Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 2007
  • Nancy Fedou Getzelman Fellowship, 2007
  • Graduate School International Travel Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007
  • Neuman Family Fellowship, 2004–07
  • Graduate Part Time Instructor Fellowship, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004–07
  • Graduate School Travel Grant, Graduate Part Time Instructor Fellowship, 2006
  • Stratton-Petit Sosin Mentor Art Student Award, 2002
  • Los Angeles Printmaking Society Student Grant Award, 2001
  • Creative Achievement Award, California College of the Arts, 1991

Publications and presentations

Solo and two-person exhibitions

  • Crossing Over, East Window Gallery, Boulder, CO, 2020
  • Proximity, with Rian Kerrane, Mai Wyn Fine Arts, Denver, CO, 2018
  • Tableaux:____., with Emily Bayless, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, 2016
  • The Silence of the Ordinary, Mai Wyn Fine Arts, Denver, CO, 2015
  • The Silence of the Ordinary, Greatmore Studio'’s, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
  • We Once Were, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, 2013
  • Crossing Into, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, 2012
  • In BETWEEN, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, 2011
  • Private Property, with Sinae Lee, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, 2010
  • Memento Mori, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, 2009
  • Ancestors and Relatives, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, 2008

Select group exhibitions

  • Pink Progression: Synergy, O'Sullivan Art Gallery Regis University, Denver, CO, 2022
  • Dreaming My Dreams, RedLine Gallery, Denver, CO, 2022
  • Without Borders, venue 2, Art Spot Korn, Kyoto, Japan, 2021
  • Without Borders, venue 1, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales, 2021
  • The Walls Between Us, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO, 2020
  • Pink Progression Collaborations, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, 2020
  • Brought to Light Invitational, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, 2020
  • Connections, traveling exhibition venue 1, Artificum Gallery, Villavicencio, Meta, Columbia, 2020
  • Connections, traveling exhibition venue 2, Guayupe Gallery, Villavicencio, Meta, Columbia, 2020
  • Connections, traveling exhibition venue 3, National University of Columbia, Leticia, Amazonas, Columbia, 2020
  • Connections, traveling exhibition venue 4, House of Culture, Arauca, Columbia, 2020
  • Open Studios Exhibition, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2019
  • Invictus, venue 1, Global Livingston Institute, Entusi, Uganda, 2019
  • Invictus, venue 2, Makerere University Gallery, Kampala, Uganda, 2019
  • Turning Points, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2019
  • (Dis)Content, venue 1, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2019
  • (Dis)Content, venue 2, Library of the Universidad de Los Llanos, Villaviciencio, Columbia, 2019
  • Wounds, Dar al-Kalima Gallery, Dar al-Kalima University College of Art/Culture, Bethlehem, Palestine, 2018