Bio

     Suzy Sureck’s sculptural installations, drawings, videos and photographs involve the physical and metaphoric qualities of wind, water, light and shadow, with attention to the environmental. Her works have been exhibited in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Korea, Australia and India.

     Recent works include installations in the Nature Art Biennale in South Korea; Poznan Biennale, and fringe events at the Venice Biennale 2009. Public works include QuamaneQ for the Neuberger Museum Biennial, Fault Lines for the Darmstadt Forest in Germany, Alice and the Looking Glass for the Evergreen House in Baltimore, Taking in the Rain for the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Bubble Field for the Kingston Biennial, Aqua Lumina spanning 200 feet over the East River in Socrates Park, NY and Double Crossings suspended 1500 feet above the Ramon Crater in the Negev desert in Israel. She completed 2 underwater installations Many Moons for Bass in Omi, NY and Polka Dot Pond at the University of Maine in Augusta, and looks forward to creating more large-scale drawings in and around landscapes.

     Her works have been highlighted in The New York Times, World Art. Sculpture Magazine, NY Arts and Flash Art, and can be found in both public and private collections including The Museum of Installation in London, The Artists Museum in Poland and the Dr. Fischer Arts for Peace Collection in Tel Aviv.

     Suzy received a Masters Degree in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy in Michigan and a BFA from the Cooper Union, as well as studying at The Slade School of Art in London, and recently took up bee keeping.

     Suzy Sureck has presented lectures on her work at several universities in the Northeast and teaches at Queens College. She lives and works in New York City and Gardiner, NY.



 

Education
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1991

1984

1983

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, MFA

The Cooper Union, New York, BFA

The Slade School of Art, London


Exhibitions and Installations

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2010
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, Chungnam, Korea
Blown Away,
Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY
Latatara,
The Estonian, House, New York, NY
2009
MyMementoVid, ScalaMata Gallery, Venice, Italy
Culture Kiosk,
Venice Biennale, Italy
2008
Disappearing In Art, Prager Spitz, Dresden, Germany
Meditations Biennial,
CamouFlash, Poznan, Poland
Coney Island Maybe,
The Puffin Room, New York, NY
Light, The Fusion Museum, New York, NY
2007
Camouflash, Patio Art Centre, Lodz, Poland
WintergARTen,
Darmstadt, Germany
2006
Divine In.Tent, Art Life Gallery, Venice Biennale
Evergreen House,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
The Elements,
The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart Univ., Fairfield, CT
Casa Del Arte,
Highland, NY
2005
STATT Paradies, Darmstadt, Germany
White Box and The Artist Museum,
Venice
The Kingston Biennial,
Kingston, NY
Front Room Gallery,
Williamsburg, NY
2004
Waldkunst-Expeditions, Darmstadt, Germany
Photography Expo of New York, New York, NY
Banners III, Lubbock, TX
2003
Cambio Constante IV, Veruela Monestary,Veruela, Spain
Museo Ebraico di Venezia,
50th Venice Biennale, Italy
2002
Artfront/Waterfront, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
Taking in the Rain,
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
TornTextbook, NYU, New York, NY
2001
2001 Biennial of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Drawings from New York, Lattuada Gallery, Milan, Italy
Sureck/Westergren, PS 122, New York, NY
Milestones for Peace, The International Artists Museum, Israel
2000
Shadows of Light, The Robert Pardo Gallery, New York, NY
Many Moons for Bass, underwater installation, Art Omi, NY
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Pix, Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY
Bulgaria, NY, Russian-American Cultural Center, Elizabeth Foundation, NY
1999
Polka Dot Pond underwater installation, University of Maine, Augusta, ME
Musee Imaginaire, Museum of Installation, London
Robert Pardo Gallery, New York, NY
Portrait, Tod Jogensen Gallery, New York, NY
1998
The Bridge, Melbourne, Australia
Seeds of Peace, Otisfield, Maine
Heat, View Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Mt Abu, Rajasthan, India
Pyramids and Cones, View Gallery, New York
Seeds of Peace, Otisfield, Maine
1996
The Artist' Projects, Site-Ations, Cardiff, Wales
Aqua Lumina, Socrates Park, New York
Works on Paper, The Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York
Penny Liebman Contemporary Arts,
New York
1995
Bridge of Peace, The U.S. Senate, Washington DC
Co-Existence-Construction in Progress, Mitzpe Ramon , Israel
Conceptual Documents for Impossible Art, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York
1994
The Artists' Project, Site-Ations, Cardiff, Wales
1993
Construction in Process IV The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland
1992
The Artists' Museum, Red Cross, Lodz, Poland
1990
P.S.1 Museum and Blum Helman Gallery, New York

Publications

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2010
Geumgang Nature Art Biennial -  catalogue
2009
MyMementoVid, catalogue, Amir Cohen, 972Art
Culture Kiosk,
53rd Venice Biennale, Doron Polak, catalogue
2008
Tisch, Symposium on Ecological Art and Design, The Orensantz Foundation, NY
Mediations Biennale, Biennale Publishers, catalogue essay Mariusz Soltysik, Poznan 2008
Meditation on Mediations—, An East West Cultural Exchange: Erika Knerr, AOA
2007
Sense in Place, editors, Sean O`Reilly and Paul Beauchamp, published by University of Wales Institute Cardiff
Meditations Biennale,
Biennale Publishers, Poznan 2008, catalogue
2006
The Socrates Sculpture Park 20th Anniversary, editors: Alyson Baker and Ivana Mestrovis,
pulished by Yale University Press, catalogue
The Socrates Sculpture Park 20th Anniversary,
Inside cover photo, catalogue
Inside/Out Sculpture at Evergreen, curator: Julie Courtney, catalogue
2005
Vogelfrei 6 -  Statt Paradies + Paradiesgarten, catalogue
Kingston Sculpture Biennial, catalogue
2004
Sculpture Magazine, Expanding Space, Engaging Viewers, Jane Ingram Allan, Nov
Waldkunstpfad Expedition, Ute Ritschel, catalogue
2003
Heraldo de Aragon, El misterio, laspiedra y el video,Anton Castro, photo: Jose Miquel    Marco. 8.4
Wandering Library, Doron Polok and Robert C. Morgan, catalogue
2002

The New York Times, Rain or Shine, Residing Outdoors, HolladCotter, 8.9

2001
The New York Times, A Smaller, More Accessible Biennial, W Zimmer 7.24
NY Metro Parents,
Summer Fun at the Neuberger, Fran Alexander, August
L'Araca,
Lattuda Pardo Catalogue, May
2000
NY Arts, Pick of the Month, Christopher Chambers, May
1999
NY Arts, Polka Dot Pond, photo and text, September
1998
Melbourne Press, The Bridge, Reviews
NY Arts,
Preview of Heat Exhibition, Christopher Chambers
1997
Socrates Sculpture Park, 10th Anniversary, catalogue
Critique,
Drawing out the Modern Mind, Betty Edwards, Autumn Issue
New Observations,
Artist on Art, editor Diane Karp, Fall Issue
1996
The New York Times, Visual Bridge to and of Art, David Gonzalez, September 28
Artist-Messegers of Peace,
Dr. Fisher Art for Peace Collection, Catalogue
Masks, Sotheby's Auction catalogue
1995
Conceptual Documents for Impossbile Art, editor, Fexue Lee, Fall
World Art,
Construction in Process, Sara Bayliss, Fall
Cover,
Days at Mitzpe Ramon, Robert C. Morgan, Summer
Polish Daily News,
Sztuka na Pustyni, Maciej Toporowicz, June
1994

New Observations,
Construction in Process, Guest Editor, September/October
Flash Art, Construction in Process, Terry Meyers, January/February
1990
Detroit News, Glass and Panache, John Colby, April
Awards and Residencies
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2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2002
Research and Creative Projects Award - SUNY, New Paltz, NY
2001
Research and Creative Projects Award - SUNY, New Paltz, NY
2001
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000
Art Omi, Ghent, NY
Research and Creative Projects Award - SUNY, New Paltz, NY
1996
Socrates Emerging Artist Fellowship
Print Design Magazine Award

1995
Print Design Magazine Award
Collections
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Museum of Installation, London
The Artists Museum,
Lodz, Poland
Seeds of Peace,
New York
Dr. Jerry Segal,
New York
Dr. Fischer Arts for Peace Collection,
Isreal
Teaching
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2004-present
present -
Queens College, NY,
Adjunct Professor, Graduate and Undergraduate Sculpture and Drawing
1999-present
present -
State University of New York, New Paltz, MFA, MAAS and BFA studio and seminar courses including sculpture, drawing and design, public and site based installation, digital media and critical dialogue
Dia:Beacon, Educational Outreach Program, Teaching Artist
2006
The Museum of Modern Art, NY, Education Lecturer
1999-01 The Museum of Modern Art, NY, Studio in a School
1993-00 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Visiting Artist
University Maine at Augusta, Augusta, ME, Guest Lecturer, Artist in Residence
University of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Guest Lecturer
Center for Creative Studies, Detriot, MI, Guest Lecturer
Nightengale Banford, New York, NY, Guest Lecturer
Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT, Artist in Residence
Spence School, New York, NY, Guest Lecturer
1995-99 Seeds of Peace, Otisfield, ME, The Arts Program, Director, Initiated arts program and international artist in residence program, designed curriculum and created collaborative and individual art projects for conflict resolution with students from Morroco, Egypt, Jordan, Isreal, Palenstine, Tunisia, Qatar, Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus



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