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Suzanne A. Adams


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Art Exhibitions

solo exhibitions
invitational
juried
group shows
web exhibits

curated
chaired

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Solo Exhibitions:

“Recent Works,” 2005, Lucky’s Café, Cleveland, OH.

“Seeing,” 2004, The Mudhouse, Cleveland, OH.

“Solo,” 1997, The Diamondback Brewery, Cleveland, OH.

“From the Void,” 1996, The Treehouse, Cleveland, OH.

“One Woman,” 1994, The Flying Lemur, Lakewood, OH.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Presentation, 1994, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

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Invitational:

Charity Auction for the Human Fund, benefiting Cleveland’s arts and schools, 2005, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH.

“The Buddha Project”, 2004, Cleveland State Art Gallery; Herb Ascherman Gallery, Cleveland and Cleveland Heights., OH.

Women’s Art Invitational, 2003, Cleveland State Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

“Reckoning,” 2002, Lucy’s Eyes, Euclid, OH

Women’s Art Invitational, 2002, Cleveland State Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

“Retrovirus: AIDS revisited,” 2001, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH.

Women’s Art Invitational, 2001, Cleveland State Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

“Separate Voices,” 1998, Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH.

“Dark and Mysterious III,” 1996, Gallery 0022, Cleveland, OH.

“Forty Takes One,” 1995, Youngstown Museum of Art, Youngstown, 1995.”
Exhibit X,” 1995, Rave, Lorain, OH.

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Juried:

“The NEO Show,” 2005, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Alumni Exhibit, 2003, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Student Show, 2003, Cleveland State Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

20th Annual Women’s National Invitational Exhibit, 2002, University of Arkansas, Springdale, AR.

Student Show, 2001, Cleveland State Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

“Appropriation and Pastiche,” 2000, The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

“The Sanctity of Family,” 1999, The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

“Women’s Work,” 1999, The Women’s Art Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

16th Annual Women’s National Invitational Exhibit, 1998, University of Arkansas, Springdale, AR.

“Women’s Voices: Regional Exhibit of Women Artists,” 1997, Women’s Association, Akron, OH.

Student Summer Exhibition, 1994, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

“Spaces,” 1994, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

49th Independent Student Exhibition, 1994, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Student Summer Exhibition, 1993, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

48th Independent Student Exhibition, 1993, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

47th Independent Student Exhibition, 1992, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

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Group Shows:

“Take Out,” 2000, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

“Art to Go,” 1997, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Spaces Members Show, 1994, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

The Coffee Exhibit, 1994, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

“Deep,” 1994, The Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH.

“Twelve Angry Women,” 1993, The Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH.

Ball State Cross Exhibit, 1993, Ball State, MI.

The Factory Student Gallery, 1991, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

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Web Exhibits:

Ohio Arts Council, Online Visual Artist Registry
http://www.ohioonlinearts.org

Fund for Women Artists
www.womenarts.org

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Curated:

“Terminal Tower: 75 Years of Cleveland History,” 2005, Cleveland State University College of Urban Affairs Gallery in affiliation with Cleveland State University Library Special Collections, Cleveland, OH.

“Cleveland’s Irish Americans and Irish Town Bend,” 2005, South Euclid Public Library in affiliation with Cleveland State University Library Special Collections, Cleveland, OH.

“Women of Africa: Bodies Revealed, Bodies Concealed,” 2002, Women’s Comprehensive Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. 

“Watson and King Bridge Collections,” 2001, 7th Historic Bridges Conference, Sheraton City Center in affiliation with Cleveland State University Library Special Collections, Cleveland, OH. 

“Sifting the Sands of Time: The Cleveland Union Terminal Project and GIS Mapping,” 2000, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections, Cleveland, OH. 

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Chaired:

49th Student Independent Exhibition, 1993-94, Chairman and Designer, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

48th Student Independent Exhibition, 1992-93, Chairman and Designer, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

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Collections


The Human Fund -- 2005

Cleveland Art Association – 2005

Baginski Collection – 2004

Holderfield Collection - 2004


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Organizations


College Art Association

Fund for Women Artists

Ohio Arts Council


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Education and Internships


Education

M.A., Art History, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 2005.

B.F.A., Photography, Special Honors in Art History and Literature, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1994.


Internships

2001-02, Exhibit Curator and Coordinator for “Women of Africa: Bodies Revealed, Bodies Concealed,” Art Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. 8 credit hours.

Curated 75 art works from private collectors, CSU Black Studies, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and CSU Art Gallery. The exhibition also included a colloquia series of six different speakers and two film viewings.

1992-94, Chair of 48th and 49th Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. 9 credit hours.

Responsibilities as Exhibition Chair included: budgeting, fund raising, juror selection, public relations, layout and design, and exhibition installation.


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Honors and Awards


Editors Choice Award, 2005, International Library of Poetry, MD.

International Poet of Merit Award, 2004, International Library of Poetry, MD.

Women Who Make A Difference Award, 2002, Women’s Comprehensive Center, Cleveland State University, OH.

Best of Show, 1999, “Women’s Work,” The Women’s Art Society, AZ.

Honorable Mention, 1998, 16th Annual Women’s National Invitational Exhibit, University of Arkansas, AR.

Nesnady and Schwartz Award for Excellence in Photography, 1994, 49th Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, OH.


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