Suzanne Rose

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Education & Mentorship

• School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
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• Formally trained in fine art at the SAIC, her photographic practice has been built upon this foundation.
• In lieu of a degree-driven course of study, Suzanne has engaged in mentorship with master photographers as her higher education:
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• David Plowden – Medium Format, Film-Based Instruction  link
• Daniel Anderson – Bridging Analog to Digital Mentorship  link
• Carl Corey – Digital-Based Master Printing Mentorship  link
• James Cagle – Mentor  link

Represention

• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, Illinois
• Z/L Artist Page
• Z/L Artsy
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Solo Exhibitions

• 2023
• Blind Spot | An Anthropocene Project
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• July 22 – September 9, 2023
• installation      link

• 2022
• Moments of Being
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, Illinois
• May 20 - July 30, 2022
• link

• 2021
• Blind Spot | An Anthropocene Project
• MoWA | DTN
• Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin link
• December 9, 2021 - February 20, 2022
• installation

• 2020
• Blind Spot | An Anthropocene Project
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, Illinois  
• link

• 2017
• An Unlamenting Song
• Door County Community Foundation – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• 2016
• The Landscape, Reconsidered: new color work
• Door County Art League – Fish Creek, Wisconsin

• 2014
• Night Vision
• Center for Photography Madison, PHOTOmidwest Festival – Madison, Wisconsin
• Featured Artist

• 2013
• A Deepening Vision
• Museum of Wisconsin Art on the Lake – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Satellite Gallery of Museum of Wisconsin Art

• 2012
• Sketches | Photographic Observations
• The Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• 2009
• Mediation on Oshkosh: a photographer's experience in-residence
• Paine Art Center & Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Artist-in-Residence Program

• Portrait of a Community
• Mercy Medical Center – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• In Conjunction with the Artist-in-Residence Program at Paine Art Center     Purchase Award

• 2006
• Close to Home
• Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• Art in the Office: Offices of Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton
• Wisconsin State Capital – Madison, Wisconsin

• 2002
• In Walking Distance
• Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• Acquisition Award

Group Exhibitions

• 2025
• A Creative Place
• Trout Museum of Art – Appleton, Wisconsin
• January 24 – May 18, 2025
• link

• 2024
• 60 Years Sixty Works
• The Hardy Gallery – Ephraim, Wisconsin
• August 30 – October 13, 2024
• link

• 2023
• Wildlife Biennial XXI
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• Novemebr 4 – December 30, 2023
• link

• 2022
• TMA Contemporary
• Trout Museum of Art – Appleton, Wisconsin
• May 28 – August 14, 2022

• Groundbreaking | Oscar C. Boldt Tribute Exhibition
• Trout Museum of Art – Appleton, Wisconsin
• February 17 – May 15, 2022

• Between
• Madison Museum of Contemporary Art – Madison, Wisconsin
• July 10, 2021 – February 13, 2022
• link

• 2021
• New Acquisitions - Portraits
• Miller Art Museum, Ruth Morton Miller Mezzanine – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• Collection Invitational
• The Hardy Gallery – Ephraim, Wisconsin

• Woman Telling Stories
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
• link     press

• IV: Members Exhibition
• Filter Photo – Chicago, Illinois

• 2020
• Face to Face
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, Illinois

• 2019
• Wisconsin Triennial 2019
• Madison Museum of Contemporary Art – Madison, Wisconsin
• link

• Get the Picture: The Arthur P. Haas Wisconsin Photography Collection
• Racine Art Museum – Racine, Wisconsin

• Collection Invitational
• The Hardy Gallery – Ephraim, Wisconsin

• 2018
• Wisconsin Photography 2018
• Racine Art Museum & Wustum Museum of Fine Arts – Racine, Wisconsin
• Purchase Award

• Door Prize for Portraiture
• ARTSspace – Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
• Best of Show

• Our Water Stories: A Celebration of Door County's Relationship to Water
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• 2017
• People of IMPACT
• Meadows Gallery – Sister Bay, Wisconsin

• The Garden: An Artist's Interpretation
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• 2016
• Wisconsin Triennial 2016
• Madison Museum of Contemporary Art – Madison, Wisconsin

• Roadside Attractions
• Museum of Wisconsin Art – West Bend, Wisconsin

• 2015
• Parks of Door County: Photographs Inspired by State and County Properties
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• Life on the (L)edge of the Great Arc
• Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP)
• 7th Annual Sources of Knowledge (SOK) Forum – Tobermory, Ontario

• 2014
• Of Midwest, By Midwest: Photography and Midwestern Culture
• PHOTOmidwest, Overture Center – Madison Wisconsin

• 2013
• In Front of the Lens
• John Michael Kohler Arts Center ARTspace – Sheboygan, Wisconsin

• Absence & Presence – Contemporary Portraiture
• Center for Visual Arts – Wausau, Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Photography
• Gallery 224 – Port Washington, Wisconsin

• 2002
• Fellowship in the Visual Arts Exhibition
• National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts
• Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
• Acquisition Award

Art Fairs

• 2020 (online), 2021, & 2022
• Art Miami
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
• link

Awards

• 2022
• American Photography 38
• AI-AP – New York, New York
• winners     The AI-AP ARCHIVE collection lisiting

• 2020
• The 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
• FotoNostrum – Barcelona, Spain
• Honorable Mention

• 2019
• Critical Mass 2019 Finalist
• PHOTOLUCINDA – Portland, Oregon
• Top 200 List

• 2011
• Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
• Grant Recipient for the project Sketches: photographic observations
• Ephraim, Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin

• 2008 – 2009
• Artist–in–Residence (18 months)
• Paine Art Center & Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin

• 2006 & 2007
• Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
• Grant Recipient for the project Close to Home
• Peninsula Arts Association – Wisconsin Arts Board
• Ephraim, Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin

• 2002
• Fred Alley Visionary Award
• Peninsula Arts Association – Ephraim, Wisconsin
• First Individual Artist Award Recipient

• 2000 - 2002
• NFAA Fellowship in the Visual Arts
• Residency Three Year – Four Month Rotation
• National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts – Miami, Florida

• 2000, 2002 & 2003
• Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
• Grant Recipient for the project In Walking Distance
• Peninsula Arts Association – Wisconsin Arts Board

Selected Collections

• Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
• American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center – Washington, D.C.
• Madison Museum of Contemporary Art – Madison, Wisconsin   work 1   work 2
• Chazen Museum of Art – Madison, Wisconsin   link
• Racine Art Museum – Racine, Wisconsin   link
• Paine Art Center and Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Trout Museum of Art – Appleton, Wisconsin
• Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin   link
• Mercy Medical Center – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Michael D. Wachtel Cancer Center – Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Selected Bibliography

• Suzanne Rose on Documenting Our Blind Spot
• Tom Groenfeldt – Peninsula Pulse, Door County, Wisconsin – August 30, 2023   link

• Suzanne Rose: "Moments of Being
• Tom Mullaney – New Art Examiner – June 2022   archive link   PDF

• MOWA Downtown Focuses on Humanity's Environmental 'Blind Spot'
• Michael Muckian – Shepherd Express – November 12, 2021  link   PDF

• Suzanne Rose | Blind Spot
• Lori Waxman – 60 wrd/min art critic – November 27, 2020  60wrdmin     Newcity     PDF

• Suzanne Rose Wins Door Prize For Portraiture Best in Show
• Peninsula Pulse, Door County, Wisconsin – July 13, 2018  link

• Photographers Accepted Into 'Wisconsin Triennial' — Alyssa Skiba
• Peninsula Pulse, Door County, Wisconsin – November 23, 2016  link

• Photographs by Suzanne Rose: exhibition review — Norb Blei
• NB Coop – Outlaw Poetry Blog – July 6, 2012  link

• One Eye Sees, The Other Feels — Sheila Sabrey–Saperstein
• Door County Living Magazine – September 1, 2010  link

• Focus on Oshkosh: artist–in–residence — Patricia Wolff
• Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin – September 6, 2009  PDF

• Supporting Artists' Visions: Peninsula Arts Association — Kay McKinley–Arneson
• Door County Living Magazine – May 1, 2008  link

• Time Warp at the Corcoran — Jessica Dawson
• Washington Post, Washington, D.C. – August 1, 2002  link

• At the Corcoran, Simple Gifts — Michael O'Sullivan
• Washington Post, Washington, D.C. – July 26, 2002  link

Lectures / Talks

• 2022
• Blind Spot Gallery Talk
• MoWA | DTN – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• An informal and unscripted event with CoPA president, Pam Ferderbar, on the exhibition Blind Spot.

• Blind Spot
• Coalition of Photographic Arts – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• A virtual presentation on the exhibition Blind Spot.

• 2019
• Project of a Lifetime: From Film to Print | The Tom Uttech Project
• Museum of Wisconsin Art – West Bend, Wisconsin
• A gallery talk on the printing over one hundred, film-based photographs digitally in large format for Mr. Uttech's retrospective, Into the Woods.

Photographic Services

• 2019
• Tom Uttech, Into the Woods
• Museum of Wisconsin Art – West Bend, Wisconsin
• Over one hundred, film-based photographs printed digitally in large format for Mr. Uttech's retrospective

Affiliations / Memberships

• The Arts Club of Chicago 2019 nomination
• Chicago, Illinois

• FilterPhoto
• Chicago, Illinois

• The Japan America Society of Chicago
• Chicago, Illinois

• Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts & Letters
• Madison, Wisconsin