EDUCATION
MFA, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1997
Art Students League, New York, NY 1990-92
National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, NY 1987-90
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 1985-87
BA, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1981
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
FireHouse Gallery, Land and Sea, Grants Pass, OR 2012
Beaverton City Hall, Fresh Fruit, Beaverton, OR 2012
Providence Hood River Medical Center, Big Fruit, Hood River, OR 2011
Washington State University, People In Landscape, Vancouver, WA 2009
First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR 2009
DynaGraphics Art Lounge, Big Fruit, Portland, OR 2008
Center Gallery, Multnomah Art Center, Portraits, of People and Fruit, Portland, OR 2007
Office of Commissioner Dan Saltzman, Fruit: The Voluptuous Form, City Hall, Portland, OR 2006
Fireplace Gallery, Doll Stills, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 2005
Biarritz Gallery, Flying Babies, Portland, OR 1998
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Night Flying Babies, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1997
The Blue Empress, Night Babies, Missoula, MT 1996
Missoula Cultural Council, Missoula, MT 1995
Edward Williams Gallery, Portraits, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ 1993
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Peoples Art of Portland Gallery, Big 300, Portland, OR 2012
Crazy Jane Collaborates! multi media event, Portland, OR 2012
Beaverton Arts Commission’s 30th Annual Visual Art Showcase, Beaverton, OR 2012
Froelick Gallery, Undressing Room, Portland, OR 2012
Cannon Beach Gallery, Fruits of Our Labor, Cannon Beach, OR 2012
Beaverton Arts Commission’s 29th Annual Visual Art Showcase, Beaverton, OR 2011
Gallery 360, Sense of Place, Vancouver, WA 2011
Multnomah Arts Center Instructor Show, Portland, OR 2011
The Urban Grind, Face 2 Face, Portland, OR 2011
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Open Studios: A Survey of the 2010 Artists, Portland, OR 2011
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR (2 person show) 2011
Albina Community Bank, Portland, OR (2 person show) 2010
Siren Nation Arts Festival, Portland, OR 2010
Multnomah Arts Center Instructor Show, Portland, OR 2010
The Pines Art Gallery, Hood River, OR (featured artist) 2010
The North Bank Artists Gallery, SKIN, Vancouver, WA 2010
Columbia Center for the Arts, Art & Agriculture, Hood River, OR 2010
The North Bank Artists Gallery, Recent Work Times Three, Vancouver, WA 2010
Beaverton Arts Commission’s 28TH Annual Visual Art Showcase, Beaverton, OR 2010
Siren Nation 2nd Annual Arts Exhibition,The Journey, Portland, OR 2009
Onda Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR 2009
Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Au Naturel, Astoria, OR 2009
Attic Gallery, Three Woman Show, Portland, OR 2008
Westwind Frame and Gallery, Grand Opening Exhibition, Hood River, OR 2006
Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery, About Face, Gresham, OR 2004
St. John’s Window Project, Portland, OR 2004
p:ear gallery, Portland, OR 2004
The Mark Woolley Gallery, one foot after another, Portland, OR 2003
L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR (2 person show) 2000
The Art Center in Orange, Orange, VA (2 person show) 2000
Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon State University, La Grande, OR (2 person show) 2000
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN (2 person show) 1999
Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR (2 person show) 1999
Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD (3 person show) 1998
Alliance for The Varied Arts, Bulletin Center, Logan, UT (3 person show) 1998
Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, AVIV III, Boca Raton, FL 1998
Blue Pony Gallery, Alternate States, Charlotte, NC (9 person show) 1998
The Meetinghouse/Center for Theology and The Arts, Owning Each Other, Newton Center, MA 1998
Mt. Angel Abbey Library Gallery, Mt. Angel, OR (2 person show) 1998
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH (2 person show) 1998
Middle Tennessee State Univ., Murfreesboro, TN (2 person show) 1998
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 1998
Artwest Gallery, ART and HEALIndianaG, Jackson, WY 1997
Cheyenne Artist Guild, 28th National, Cheyenne, WY 1997
Holter Museum of Art, ANA 26, Helena, MT 1997
Union St. Gallery, NeoLandscape Show, Chicago, IL 1997
The Stage Gallery, Realism ’97, Merrick, NY 1997
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MT 1997
Curfman Gallery, Night Walker ’97, Fort Collings, CO 1997
Helios Gallery, National Landscape Exhib., Ashland, OR 1997
Gallery ’76, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
1997
Gallery of Visual Arts, Annual Juried Student Show, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1997
The Sundance Gallery, Ltd., Bridgehampton, NY (4 person show) 1996
The University of Montana, Gallery of Visual Arts, MT 1996
Maryland Federation of Art, Gallery on the Circle, MD 1996
Trenton State College, National Drawing 1996, NJ 1996
Del Mar College, 30th Annual National Drawing Show, TX 1996
Snowgrass Institute, Cashmere, WA 1995
Central Missouri State University, Art Center Gallery, MO 1995
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN 1995
Tea for Art, T Salon, New York, NY (2 person show) 1994
Artenergies Gallery, Fort Worth, TX (4 person show) 1994
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, CA 1994
Faber Birren Color Award Show, CT 1993
McPherson College, KS 1993
New Orleans Fine Arts Festival, LA 1993
The Bridge Fine Arts Gallery, Chester, NY 1993
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Exhibition, NJ 1993
Cimarron National, Gardiner Art Gallery, OK 1993
Erector Square Gallery, CT 1993
New Mexico Art League, NM 1993
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY 1992
Coastal Center for the Arts, GA 1992
Roswell Fine Arts League, NM 1992
Abercrombie Gallery, LA 1992
New Mexico Art League, NM 1992
The Watchung Arts Center, NJ 1992
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY 1991
Explorations Gallery, New York, NY 1991
Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York, NY 1990
Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, NY 1990
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY 1990
AWARDS AND HONORS
Oregon Society of Artists’ Annual Art Show, Juror 2010
Portland Fine Arts Guild’s Annual Members Art Show, Juror 2007
Julie Bernard Show, KBOO, Portland, OR, radio show on Doll Still Life 2005
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 1998
Missoula Cultural Council, MT, Missoula Trust for Artists Grant 1997
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Juror’s Award 1997
Cheyenne Artist Guild, WY, “Other” Award, 2nd Place 1997
The University of Montana, Annual Juried Student Show, First Place 1997
Viridian Gallery, New York, NY, Slides shown during 8th National Juried Exhibition 1997
The Stage Gallery, Merick, NY, Curator’s Choice (Flying Baby #3: Ellie) 1997
The Elizabeth Fund, Finalist 1997
Missoula Cultural Council Trust for Artists, MT, Finalist 1996
The University of Montana, MT, Honorable Mention 1996
Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN, Merit Award 1995
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, CA, Merit Award 1994
The Mac Dowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, Residency Fellowship 1993
New Mexico Art League, NM, Certificate of Achievement1 1993
Art Students League, New York, NY, Merit Scholarship 1992
New York Mills Art Retreat, MN, Residency Fellowship 1992
Coastal Center for the Arts, GA, Merit Award in Oil Painting 1992
Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, Residency Fellowship 1991
National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, NY, Certificate of Merit in Oil Painting 1989
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, Margaret E. Leslie Award for Drawing 1981
PUBLICATIONS & APPEARANCES
Made in Jersey, CBS television series, “Apples & Delft Mugs,” on-camera set prop 2012
Muse Art & Design, An Artist a Day, blog review, http://anartistaday.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/friday-41511-suzy-kitman/ 2011
Muse Art & Design, An Artist a Day, blog review, http://anartistaday.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/thursday-42210-suzy-kitman/ 2010
St. Johns Bridge Reopening Celebration, “St. Johns Bridge, Wrapped,” poster art 2005
The Baby Can Sing, by Judith Slater, Sarabande Books, cover art 1999
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Vol 18, no.1, two black and white images 1998
CutBank 48, one full page black and white image 1998
Menninger Perspective, Number 1, two half-page color prints 1996
Menninger Perspective, Number 5, cover art 1996
CutBank 43, one full page black and white image 1995
ArtCalendar, April Issue, cover art 1992
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Roosevelt Hotel, Portland, OR
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Numerous private collectors through United States
REPRESENTATION
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, Oregon
MEMBERSHIPS
Oregon Society of Artists
Women Artists of the West
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Portland Community College, Get Started in Painting, continuing education 2010-Present
Multnomah Arts Center, portrait, still life and abstract painting 2010-Present
Plein Air Painting Workshops 2008-Present
Private tutoring in drawing, collage, cartooning and painting for all ages 1998-Present
Portland Community College, Get Started in Painting, continuing education 2009
Portland Art Museum, Family Drop-In “Ganesha” series 2009
Multnomah Arts Center, portrait, still life and abstract painting for adults and drawing for children 2009
Multnomah Arts Center, portrait, still life and abstract painting for adults and drawing for children 2008
Portland Art Museum, Catching the Moment: Human Anatomy in Motion, Exploring Heritage and Perspective, Before Hours, classes for adults 2008
Multnomah Art Center, portrait, still life and abstract painting for adults and drawing for children 2007
Portland Art Museum, Egyptian art class for adults 2007
Hipbone Studio, portrait painting for adults 2007
Multnomah Art Center, portrait, still life painting & drawing for adults and cartooning, ages 7-9 2006
Portland Art Museum, Egyptian art class for adults, Hipbone Studio, portrait painting for adults 2006