Résumé
EDUCATION
1980-82 Boston University, MFA 1982, Painting
1979 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
AWARDS
2024-25 Tapestry of Imagination Art Exhibition, NYFA, New York, NY
2024 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2020 NYFA Artist Fellow in Drawing
2019 Emily Passman Award, Rockport Art Museum
2002-2003 Weir Farm Visiting Artist Grant
1993 Faculty Support Grant, SUNY-Purchase
1990 Artist’s Space Grant, New York, NY
1989-90 Meritorious Teaching Award, SUNY-Purchase
1980-82 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Boston University School for the Arts
1979 Fellowship Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2023 Family Recollections, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
2021 Plein Air, Duncaster Art Gallery, Bloomfield, CT
2021 Looking for Answers Recent Paintings and Drawings, The Painting Center, NYC Catalog
2018 Sue Collier Figurative Work, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2017 Recollections and Reflections, The Painting Center, New York, NY Catalog
2013 En Plein Air Paintings, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Drawings, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT Catalog
1996 Audrey Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 One Square Mile Gallery, Sea Cliff, NY
1992 Recent Work, THE Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY Catalog
1992 Queens College, Queens, NY Brochure
1992 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1991 Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Brochure
1990 Interiors, SoHo 20 Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Selected Works, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
1989 One Person Show, Adelphi University, New York, NY
1989 Recent Work, Clair Dunphy Studio, New York, NY
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2025
In the Light, 4 person show, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Tapestry of Imagination, NYFA at Rockefeller Capitol Management, New York, NY
2024
Holiday Exhibition, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Tapestry of Imagination, NYFA at Rockefeller Capitol Management, New York, NY
100 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
Weir Farm AIR Alumni Show, Wilton, CT, Virtual
lift of blue, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
Visual Culture 2024, The Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Yangchon-eup, South Korea
Twilight, BirdHouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
WAAM/Equity Gallery Exchange Show, Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, NY
NY Artists Equity Members Invitational Exhibition, NY Artists Equity Gallery, NY, NY
Holiday Exhibition, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2023
2nd Annual Powell Lane Arts’ Juried Show, Carol Saft, Juror, Collingswood, NJ
Chaos of Spring, Gold/scopophilia, Montclair, NJ
11 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
Holiday Exhibition, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
The Painting Center Benefit Show, New York, NY
2022
On the Surface, Shazzi Thomas, Curator, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Finding Serenity, Suzanne Randolph Fine Arts, New York, NY
2021
USPS Art Project, Greenly Art Space, Signal Hill, CA
Endless State, Skowhegan Virtual Exhibition, Jurors: Xinyi Cheng, Yui Kugimiya, Jagdeep Raina
2020
USPS Art Project, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Ensemble: Together Again, The Painting Center at Artsy
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
PROJECTS
2023 11 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
2022 The Yellow Chair, with Michael David and Company, New York, NY
2022 Truro Master Class, Residency Program with Michael David, Truro, MA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2022 Truro Residency with Michael David, Truro, MA
2003 Weir Farm Visiting Artist, Wilton, CT
1979 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
GUEST SPEAKER
2018 Kent State University, Kent, OH
2002 Marymount Manhattan College, Tarrytown, NY
1992 Queens College, Queens NY
1992 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1988 Juror and Guest Lecturer, Annual Artist Network of Great Neck Competition, Great Neck, NY
1988 Juror and Guest Lecturer, 3rd Annual Independent Artist Society Competition, Hicksville Public Library, Hicksville, NY
Group Shows – Pre 2020
2019
Holiday Benefit Exhibition in Partnership with Solace House, M. David’s Co., Brooklyn, NY
M. David’s Co. Holiday Benefit Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
National Juried Show, Rockport Art Museum, Rockport, MA
Distance (Skowhegan), Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, NY, NY
2018
Drawing Rooms Holiday Fundraiser, Jersey City, NJ
Sue Collier Figurative Work, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Mutual Aid, Kent State Stark, North Canton, OH
2014
Space/Launch, Skowhegan, New York, NY
Convergence, 808 Gallery, BU School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA
2013
Sight Specific, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Invitational 25/75 Silver + Diamond Jubilee, Queens College Art Center, Queens, NY
2012
Juried Art 2012, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
Invitational 40 Years of Women Artists at Douglas Library, Rutgers Institute for Women and Art, New Brunswick, NJ
Inside/Outside, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Women’s Nature, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Ceres Annual Members Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Some Notion of Perfection, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
1983-2009
2009 Invitational Silent Auctions Artist Exhibit, A Celebration of Faith Ringgold, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2007 Invitational, Studios @ 35: Artists at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2002 Invitational, Marymount Manhattan College, Tarrytown, NY
1998 Summer Show, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Death & Dying, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
1996 25 Year Retrospective, Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1995 Boston University School of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition, Boston, MA, Catalog
1994 Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Animal Magnetism, THE Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, Curator: Margaret Mathews-Berenson
1993 Psychological Narratives, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
1993 People II, THE Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
1989 Adelphi Authors Exhibition, Swirbul Library, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
1987 Autobiography/Her Story, Schomburg Center, New York, NY
1986 Invitational, Ten on Eight, New York, NY
1986 Women Artists, Germanow Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
1984 Hoyt National Drawing & Painting Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA, Juror:Dr. Louis Zona (Director, Butler Institute)
1983 First Annual Prize Competition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Benny Andrews
Teaching
1988-97 Half-time Lecturer, SUNY-Purchase
1988-91 Adjunct Instructor, Adelphi University
1981-82 Instructor Saturday Sculpture Program, Boston University, School for the Arts
1980-82 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boston University, School for the Arts
Reviews
2021 Thoughts from the Gallerist Desk, May 18, 2021
2018 Artwatch, Seizing the Fugitive Moment, December 3, 2018
2003 The Advocate & Greenwich Time, Housatonic Host Weir-Inspired Artworks, November 2, 2003
2003 New Haven Register, Weir Farm 2003 Visiting Artist, November 25, 2003
2003 Connecticut Post, Weir-inspired Artworks, Sunday, September 7, 2003
1996 Art NewEngland, Sue Collier, Summer/ Fall 1996, Merry Day
1996 Boston Globe, Collier’s Effects, May 16, p. 94, Cate McQuaid
1993 Art In America, Sue Collier, May, p.126, Gerrit Henry
1992 ARTnews, Sue Collier, December, p.126, Megan Mueller
1992 The New York Times, Sunday, November 15, p. 22 CT, Vivien Raynor
1992 Queens College Quad, Sue Collier September 14, p. 11, Barbara Gogel
1991 Women Artists News, Sue Collier Interiors, Winter, p. 13, Rena Hansen
1990 Women Artists News, The Figure Now, Curated by Sue Collier, Spring/Summer, p. 34, Rena Hansen
1989 Women Artists News, Sue Collier Recent Paintings & Drawings, Fall, p. 14, Rena Hansen
1989 Women’s Caucus for Art, Benefit Exhibition, Spring, pg. 10, Rena Hansen (Women Artists News)
1988 Artspeak, Talents of All Sorts–and Different, March 16, pg. 10, Will Grant
1983 Art NewEngland, 60 Boston Artists, April, pg. 7, Eugene Narrett
Publications
2024 10 Contemporary Painters Reviving Impressionism (read article), Artsy, New York, NY
2021 The Painting Center, New York, NY Catalog
2017 The Painting Center, New York, NY Catalog
2007 Brochure, Studios @ 35: Artists at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Art In Embassies Program, United States Department of State Catalog, Forty Years
2003 Weir Farm Visiting Artists 2003 Catalog
1996 Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series 25 Years Catalog, Rutgers University
1993 Animal Magnetism, Exhibition Catalog, THE Gallery Three Zero
1992 Sue Collier Recent Work, Exhibition Catalog, THE Gallery Three Zero
1991 Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Exhibition Catalog, Rutgers University
1991 Queens College Art Center, Exhibition Catalog
Related Professional Activities
2016-21 Member of the Board, Painting Center, NY, NY
1996 Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State
1993 Panelist: Psychological Narritives, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
1992 Juror, Waterside Art Studio Fall Group Show, Stamford, CT
1990 Juror, LILCO Poster Contest, Long Island Lighting Company, Hicksville, NY
1990 Curator, WCA 1990 Nat Conference: The Figure Now, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NY, NY & Selana Gallery, L.I. University, Brooklyn, NY
1989 Juror, LILCO Poster Contest, Long Island Lighting Company, Hicksville, NY
1988 Juror and Guest Lecturer, Annual Artist Network of Great Neck Competition, Great Neck, NY
1988 Juror and Guest Lecturer, 3rd Annual Independent Artist Society Competition, Hicksville Public Library, Hicksville, NY
1985-86 Coordinator of Adjunct Shows, 1986 Women’s Caucus for Art National Convention, New York, NY
1985-86 Board Member, Women’s Caucus for Art, New York City Chapter, New York, NY
1985- Member, Women’s Caucus for Art, New York, NY
1983- Member, College Art Association
Collections
1996 Law Firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Boston, MA