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Susanna R. Bluhm

b.1976
Lancaster, California, USA
 

EDUCATION
2004 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master of Fine Arts Degree, Painting
1998

Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Studio Art
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
2006 Open Stables, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA
  The 2006 CoCA Annual, Curated by Jennifer Gately, Portland Art Museum,
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
  Shift 3, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA
  The Mary Parade, FAA Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
  Dublin All Frosty and Fiery, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA (solo)
  New Lines: Drawn, Stitched, and Sculpted, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA
  Full Acquittal, Secret Show Series, Nashville, TN
2005 Laundry Line, curated by Patrick Meagher, 119 West 25th St., New York, NY
  Susanna Bluhm: New Paintings, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (solo)
  Susanna Bluhm: New Drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
2004 Susanna Bluhm, Fine Art and Artists, Washington, D.C. (solo)
New American Paintings: an exhibition in print, vol.53, Open Studios Press
You Are Here, I Space, Chicago, Illinois
Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
2002 No Lifeguard on Duty, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
Susanna Bluhm, Sue Roberts, Cindy Small, and Sally Hayden, Lucia Douglas Gallery,
Bellingham, Washington
2000 2000 Northwest Juried Exhibition, Juror Peggy Weiss, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Made to Order, Ladyfest, Olympia, Washington
Fourth National Juried Exhibition, Juror Beth Handler, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Susanna Bluhm: New Paintings, The Still Life, Seattle, Washington (solo)
1999 Susanna Bluhm:New Paintings, Art Connects Gallery, Bellingham, Washington (solo)
Susanna Bluhm and Clarissa Callesen, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
AWARDS
2005 Artist Residency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Artist Residency at the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
2004 Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
2001-2004 Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Waiver, School of Art and Design, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brodie Materials Grant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
1998 Art Alumni Perpetual Scholarship Award, Art Department, Humboldt State
University, Arcata, California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 Art Instructor, The Nature Consortium, Seattle, WA
2005 Visiting Artist Presentation, Sociology Department, University of North Carolina,
Asheville
2001-2004 Instructor, Art Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2003 Created and directed “The Affordable Art Sale”, Champaign, Illinois
2000 Teaching Assistant to Deborah Lawrence, Visiting Artist of Washington State Arts Commission, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Washington
1997 Teaching Assistant, Art Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California