Education
M.F.A., Painting, 1981, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
B.A., Studio Art, 1978, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida

Professional Experience

• Instructor in 3D and Animation, International Academy of Merchandising and Design, Chicago, 1997
• Founding member and first Executive Director of Art2, a community based non-profit organization publishing ART LIES magazine, concerning visual and performance art, 1994
• Initiated Blue Moon Poetry Slam, Summer, Houston, 1992
• Curated Exhibiton, Octagon, for University of West Florida Gallery, Pensacola, 1990
• Art Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Glassell School of Art, Houston, 1986-1994.
• Acting Exhibitions Director, Glassell School of Art, Houston, 1990
• Artist-In-Residence, CORE Program, Glassell School of Art, Houston, 1986-88
• Instructor, Childrens art classes,The Glassell Junior School, Houston Texas, 1992
• Collage Workshop, Tampa Museum of Fine Arts, 1983
• Graduate Painting Instructor, University of South Florida, Tampa, 1981.
• Childrens art classes, Pensacola Museum of Art, 1978-9
• Work in public, private, and corporate collections

Selected Exhibitions

• 2005 - Auto Motion, at Fletcher Jones Infinity, Chicago
  
  
• 2004 - Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
  • Summer Salon, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago
  • Open Studio, 1810 Greenleaf, Chicago
    
    
• 2003 - Color: Critical, MN Gallery, Chicago
  • Glenview Ave Arts Festival, Rogers Park, Chicago
    
    
• 2002 - The 911 Show, JettSett Gallery, Chicago
  
  
• 2000 - Rogers Park Artists, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago
  
  
• 1994 - Process-Strategy-Irony, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston
  • Faculty Exhibit, Glassell School of Art, Houston
    
    
• 1993 - Top Ten Reason to Show This Art, REF Gallery, Houston
  • Faculty Exhibit, Glassell School of Art, Houston
    
    
• 1992 - Recent Drawings, Transco Tower, Houston
  • Faculty Exhibit, Glassell School of Art, Houston
    
    
• 1991 - Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith, Houston
  • Faculty Exhibit, Glassell School of Art, Houston
    
    
• 1990 - Octagon, Eight Houston Artists, University of West Florida, Pensacola
  • Group Exhibition, Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston
    
    
• 1989 - New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
  • Large Scale/ Small Scale, Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston
    
    
• 1988 - Solo Exhibition, Introductions, Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston
  • Core Fellows Show, Glassell School of Art, Houston
    
    
• 1987 - Abstract Sensibilities, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston
  • Transco Introductions, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston
  • Core Fellows Show, Glassell School of Art, Houston
  • Solo Exhibition, New Paintings, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
    
    
• 1986 - Prisoners of Conscience, DiverseWorks, Houston
  • In Tandem, Florida Center For Contemporary Art, Tampa

Publications

• “The Directors and the magazines first ten years”, Anjali Gupta, Art Lies, Summer, 2005
• Process-Irony-Strategy, by Aaron Parazette, DiverseWorks, Exhibition Catalogue 1994
• Essay with Rachel Ranta, for Exhibition Catalogue, “Octagon, Eight Houston Artists, 1990
• New American Talent, by John Caldwell, Exhibition Catalogue, La Guna Gloria Art Museum 1989
• Prisoners of Conscience, by Amnesty International and DiverseWorks, Exhibition Catalogue 1986
• Colpitt, Frances, “Going Against the Grain”, Art in America, April 1995.
• Chadwick, Susan, "CORE Fellows Exhibition", The Houston Post, March 1987.
• Chadwick, Susan, "Critics Choice", The Houston Post, March 27, 1987.
• Chadwick, Susan, "Exhibition Displays Contrast of Large Scale vs Small Scale Canvases", The Houston Post, January 31, 1989.
• Chadwick, Susan, "16 Galleries Make Their Introductions", The Houston Post, July 3, 1988.
• Chadwick, Susan, "Sometimes Real Truth in Art is an Abstraction", The Houston Post, November 6, 1987.
• Chadwick, Susan, Review of Summer Group, Davis/McClain Gallery, The Houston Post, May 8, 1990.
• Hamm, Madeleine McDermott, "Classic Contemporary", The Houston Chronicle, September 16, 1990.
• Johnson, Patricia, Transco Towers Review, The Houston Chronicle, July 22, 1987.

Media
“Live from the Heartland”, WLUW Radio, Chicago, weekly art discussion, 2002-3
“Poetry meets the Slam” radio interview, with Jack Livingston, KUHF Radio, Houston, July 1992

Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
General Telephone and Electronics, Tampa, FL
University of West Florida Collection, Pensacola, FL
Numerous private collections