Resume

Selected Exhibitions

2024
Lawrence Arts Center, A to Z Group Exhibition, Lawrence, KS
2024
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Annual Everything But the Kitchen Sink Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
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