Contact Information
911 North Leithgow Street Philadelphia, PA 19123
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Mixed Media / Book Arts
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Artist's Biography
Susan White lives in Philadelphia and currently teaches Non-Toxic Printmaking Methods in the Book Arts/Printmaking Department at The University of the Arts, and in the Visual Studies Department at Drexel University where she teaches Space/Time and Printmaking.
She received a BFA in printmaking from Moore College of Art and Design and an MFA in Book arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts. Recent exhibitions include Topography at Abington Art Center; Nature Preserved, Altered, Invented at The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education; and Art on the Page: A Selection of Artist’s Books at City Hall. She has also curated several exhibitions in the Philadelphia area including Hot Off The Press: An Emerging Curator Looks at Emerging Printmakers at The Creative Artists Network and Crossroads: The Artists of Northern Liberties at The Painted Bride Art Center.
Susan White also served as the Assistant Director of The Print Center, a non-profit arts organization which focuses on printmaking and photography from 1999 until 2002.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2009
disorder, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
read, The Hall, Inliquid at the Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2006
Exhibition 3, InLiquid at the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: John Murphy
2004
Contemporary Reinterpretations: Genesis of a Collection: the Legacy of Alverthorpe, Abington Art Center; Philadelphia, PA
2003
Nature Preserved, Altered, Invented, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Mary Salvante
2002
Art on the Page: A Selection of Artists’ Books, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Jacqueline van Rhyn (Brochure)
2001
Safe at Any Speed: Non Toxic Printmaking, Aaronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Lori Spencer
Steal This Show, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Dissentia Curatorial Services
2000
Organic, InLiquid at the Bride, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Lisa Melandri and Rachel Zimmerman
Page By Page: A Closer Look At Diversity In Book Arts, Department Of Art Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Curator: Mary Phelan, Director, Book Arts/Printmaking Graduate Program, University of the Arts
1999
X: The First Decade, The Next Page, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Mary Phelan, Director, Book Arts/Printmaking Graduate Program, University of the Arts
5th Annual Invitational Exhibition, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 – 1997
One Of A Kind: Artist Books, Nexus Foundation For Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Suzanne Reese Horvitz and Anne Stengel Raman
Two traveling shows beginning in Philadelphia, one travel through the near east and the other to South America
(catalog with photo)
1995
Experiments In Book Arts, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jurors: Lisa Grayson and Kathleen Kuiper
1994
The Visual Book: A Survey Of Contemporary Bookworks, Westby Art Gallery, Rowan College Of New Jersey, Glassboro, NJ
Curator: Mary Phelan, Director, Book Arts/Printmaking Graduate Program, University of the Arts
OUT OF BOUNDS: Books as art/art as books, Creative Artists Workshop, New Haven, CT
Juror: Richard Minsky; Founder and President, Center for Book Arts; New York, NY
(catalog with photo)