Selected Exhibitions

2023

Weinberger Fine Art, Exploring the Figure: Susan Grace and Luke Reichle, Kansas City, MO

2023

Reuben Saunders Gallery, Solid Ground, Wichita, KS

2022

Weinberger Fine Art, The Life You've Seen, Kansas City, MO

2022

Reuben Saunders Gallery, Lawrence Collective, Wichita, KS

2021

Manifest Gallery, Semblance - The Portrait Today, Cincinnati, Ohio

2021

London Paint Club, Together Through Painting, Online Exhibition

2021

Mulvane Art Museum, Sustainability / Social, Environmental, Economic, Topeka, KS

2021

Reuben Saunders Gallery, Transformation - Paintings by Susan Grace, Wichita, KS*

2019

Weinberger Fine Art, Fall Salon, Kansas City, MO

2019

Weinberger Fine Art, Urban Joy, Kansas City, MO

2019

Weinberger Fine Art, Winter Collective, Kansas City, MO

2019

Bunker Center for the Arts, Mixing It Up: Paintings and Drawings by Susan Grace, Kansas City, MO*

2018

Jones Gallery - Crossroads KC, Blue Ciggy: Paintings and Drawings by Susan Grace, Kansas City, MO*

2018

Buttonwood Art Space, KCAC Member Exhibition, Kansas City, MO

2017

Strecker Nelson West, SNW Presents 2017

2017

MarkArts, KS Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Wichita, KS

2017

12 x 12 National Juried Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, KS

2017

Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography - Current Works 2017

 

Curated by Keith Davis, Senior Curator of Photography

 

at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

2017

Buttonwood Art Space, Visions of the Flint Hills, Kansas City, MO

2017

Strecker Nelson West, The Mind’s Eye, Manhattan, KS

2017

Cider Gallery, 99: Locally Brewed, Lawrence, KS

2017

Cider Gallery, Re: Solution, Lawrence, KS

2016

Cider Gallery, Fragments: Paintings by Susan Grace

 

& Photography by Kyle Batson, Lawrence, KS

2016/11/07/96

River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City, MO

2015

Kansas City Artists' Coalition, Kansas City, MO

2015

Mulvane Art Museum, Recent Acquisitions 2010-2015,

 

Topeka, KS

2014

Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence KS

2011

Lawrence Arts Center, Metamorphosis, Lawrence, KS*

2010

Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

2009

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009/08

Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS

2008

ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA

2008

Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

2007

EVAC Citywide Online Show, Des Moines, IA

2007

Upstream People Gallery Online, Omaha, NE

2005

LOYO, Hobbs Taylor Lofts, Lawrence, KS

1999/98/92

Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

1998

Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL

 

Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL

1998/97/94

Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, CA

1998/97/93

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

1998/96

Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

1997

Unitarian Gallery, Kansas City, MO*

 

Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA

 

Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1997/96/95/94

Kirkpatrick Center Museum Complex, Oklahoma City, OK

1997/96/95/92

The Arts Center, Old Forge, NY

1997/95

Chatahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

1997/95/94

World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA

1997/95/93

Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

1996

Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO*

1996/95

Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI

 

Gasden Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsen, AL

 

Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

 

Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO

1995/93

Art in the Woods, Overland Park, KS

1994

The Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY

 

Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS*

1992

Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS

 

Oxmoor Center, Louisville, KY

 

Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

* Solo exhibitions

Awards and Honors

2015

Work in permanent collection of Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS

2014

Commission for The Art of Emprise Collection, Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS

2013

Commission for The Art of Emprise Collection, Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS

2008

WCA Midwest Regional Exhibition Juror's Choice Award

 

ARC Gallery, Chicago

2008

Honorable Mention, The Artist's Magazine's 2008 Art Competition

2007

Special Recognition Award, Upstream People Gallery Online, Omaha, NE

1998

Award of Excellence, Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL

1997

Award, Watercolor Magic's Watermedia Showcase Competition

 

Travelling Exhibition Award, Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, CA

 

Exhibition Award, Old Forge The Arts Center, Old Forge, NY

 

Patron Purchase Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

 

Silver Second Place Award, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

 

Purchase Award, Kansas Artists’ Postcard Competition Haven Mankin Award, Kirkpatrick Center Museum Complex, Oklahoma City, OK

1996

Kansas Arts Commission Mini Fellowship

1996

Art Award, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI

1995

Columbus Art Guild Award, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

 

GWS Award for Artistic Merit, Gasden Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsen, AL

 

Honorable Mention Award, World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA

 

Skyledge First Place Award, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI

 

Purchase Award, Kansas Artists’ Postcard Competition

 

Traveling Exhibition Award, The Gallery of Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY

 

First Place Award, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

1994

Traveling Exhibition Award, The Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY

 

First Place Award, Kirkpatrick Center Museum Complex, Oklahoma City, OK

1992

Karl Wolfe Award, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS

 

Traveling Exhibition Award, The Arts Center, Old Forge, NY

 

Purchase Award, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

 

Traveling Exhibition Award, Oxmoor Center, Louisville, KY

Publications

2021

The Turnings of Susan Grace: A Celebrated Artist Reimagines the Portrait. Darin M. White. Lawrence Magazine (Fall)

2017

Artist of the Day: Susan Grace. R.L. Gibson. Art & Art Deadlines.

2017

Artist in Focus: Susan Grace. Natasha Welsh. Cider Gallery Blog. (March 9)

2014

Mick's 10. Mick Braa. Lawrence Magazine (Fall)

2012

Figuring It All Out. Mick Braa. Lawrence Magazine (Summer)

1997

Good Things Come. Maureen Bloomfield. Watercolor Magic (Summer)

1996

Years Bring Return to Art. J.L. Watson. The Mag/Lawrence Journal-World (February 1)

1995

1995 Building Layers of Color, Texture, and Meaning. Dorothy Michaels. American Artist (Summer)

Education and Teaching

 

Postgraduate Work for PhD (English Literature) University of Kansas,

 

Lawrence, KS

 

MA (English Literature) Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

 

BA (English Literature) Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Language Specialist (Professor Equivalent) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Left faculty position for a full-time artist studio practice)

 

Lecturer (Modern American and European Literature) Deree—The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece

 

Lecturer (Literature) Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO