Suzy Kitman

A fine artist specializing in portraiture and landscape and painting instruction in Portland Oregon

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    • St Johns Landscape
    • Acorn Woodpecker: Wide-Eyed Clown
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    • Landscapes
    • Still Life
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    • Big Fruit
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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

Portland Art Museum, Animal Expressions, painting, ages 7-9 and 10-12 2005               

The Multnomah Art Center, cartooning, ages 7-9 2005               
Tigard Public Library, drawing and painting, ages 4-6 2005               
Lake Oswego Public Library, cartooning workshops, ages 9-12 2004                             
Art Adventures Summer Camp, acrylic painting, ages 7-13 2004                             
p:ear, drawing and painting during a two month residency with homeless and transitional youth 2003                       
Neighborhood Arts Program, Troutdale, Lake Oswego and Tigard, OR, cartooning and drawing for children and adults 1998-2003         
Supervised middle school and high school students in painting outdoor murals of their own design 1998               
University of Montana, MT, Adjunct Teacher, drawing fundamentals 1996-1997         
Art Museum of Missoula, MT, summer drawing & painting classes 1995-1997         
University of Montana Teaching Assistantship, drawing fundamentals 1995-1997         
Queens College, NY, guest instructor for anthropological photography class 1993               
Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ, lecturer and instructor in portraiture and drawing 1993               
New York Mills High School, MN, initiated intergenerational portrait art class, teens and their elders 1992               
New York Mills Elementary School, MN, Art Education for Pre-Schooler’s, a workshop for parents and toddlers 1992               

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