Susan Maakestad
Susan Maakestad is Associate Professor at Memphis College of Art where she has taught since 1997. She earned a M.F.A. from The University of Iowa in 1987. She has received many awards including a regional N.E.A. fellowship. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has been included in the publication “New American Paintings”. Her work has been exhibited nationally and in Nashville most recently at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Gallery in November 2007.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am fascinated by the disregarded marginal spaces of the post urban landscape. Exaggerated light and color transform the mundane into something beautiful. The subject is interpreted abstractly. The expressive paint handling fills up the empty places with a sense of human contact.
RESUME
Education |
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| 1987 | M.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| 1981, 1979 | M.A., B.A. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA |
| Graduated magna cum laude and Dean’s Scholar | |
Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies |
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| 2007 | URBANART COMMISSION DIRECT PURCHASE PROGRAM Three paintings purchased by the City of Memphis |
| 2005 | RESIDENT FELLOW The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA |
| 2004 | ARTIST AT PINE NEEDLES St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Marine on St. Croix, MN |
| 2001 | RESIDENT FELLOW Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA |
| 2000 | RESIDENT FELLOW Vermont Studio Center, Johnson City, VT M.C.A. Faculty Fellowship |
| 1996 & 1995 | MALLARD ISLAND STUDY CENTER Oberholtzer Foundation, Rainy Lake, MN |
| 1994 | RESIDENT FELLOW The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH |
| 1994, ’92, ’91 | INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT Peoria Area Arts and Sciences Council |
| 1989 | NOMINEE Awards in the Visual Arts (A.V.A.) Fellowship |
| 1988 | NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS REGIONAL VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP |
| Arts Midwest | |
Solo Shows |
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| 2007 | LEWIS ART Gallery Millsaps College, Jackson, MS |
| 2006 | CLOUGH-HANSON Gallery Rhodes College, Memphis, TN |
| 2005 | HARRY KRUG Gallery Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS |
| FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Henderson, TN | |
| 2004 | Arkansas State University Fine Arts Center Gallery Jonesboro, AR |
| 1999 | Cossitt Library Gallery Memphis, TN |
| 1998 | Groveland Gallery Minneapolis, MN |
| 1997 | Trumbull Art Gallery Warren, OH |
| 1996 | Crandall Art Gallery Mount Union College, Alliance, OH |
| 1995 | Space Gallery Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI |
| Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery Alma College, Alma, MI | |
| 1994 | McDonough Museum of Art Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH |
| 1993 | Main Gallery Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL |
| 1992 | Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL |
| 1991 | C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago Evanston, IL |
Selected Group Shows |
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| 2008 | THE RYMER GALLERY, Nashville, TN |
| 1 x 41, Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN | |
| 2007 | A NATURAL ORDER: ART EXPLORING THE ORGANIC AND ARTIFICE Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY Curated by Jennifer Reis |
| 2006 | HORIZONS Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR Curated by Les Christensen |
| THE RED SHOW Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN | |
| 2005 | CROSSING THE LINE The Painting Center, New York, NY Curated by Cathy Diamond |
Publications |
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| NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS Number IV, Open Studios Press Juried by Clare Bell | |