HOME

BACK

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

 

RESUME

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., UCLA Extension, Studio art and art history classes, El Camino College, Studio art and art history classes

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007           

Holiday Art Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Gwen Sandvick Award, Harriet Miller, juror

“Intertwining Ideas”, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming


"Fiber Celebrated”, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado.


“Manhattan Beach: Revisited”, Creative Arts Center, Manhattan Beach. California.

2006

"Fiber Celebration 2006", Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado.

"Fibers through Time", Central Arizonia College, Coolidge Arizonia.

2005

“Susan McGehee, Metallic Strands, Woven Metal Sculptures”, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire.

“Uncommon Threads”, Studio Art Center, California State University, Channel Islands,
Camarillo. California

2004

Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, cash award.


2003 
“Interweave”, Pierce College  Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, California.2003 "Art, 
    Get Set Go", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

2002

"A Fine Hand", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California.

"Palos Verdes Artists Juried Exhibition", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, award

2001

"It's Elemental", Norris Theater Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, California.

"Target Hollywood" sponsored by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

2000

"Eclectics", Fred Kavali Theater for the Performing Arts Gallery, Thousand Oaks, California.

"Pacific Craft Show"", Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

1999

"Contemporary Coastal California Fiber Artists", Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

"Fiber Beyond Quilting", High Spirits Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington.

"Ancient Techniques, Modern Interpretations", The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

"Pacific Craft Show"", Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

1998

"'98 Ceramic & Weaving Showcase", Sumner & Dene Gallery, San Diego, California

"Off the Wall", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, award.

"Feast of Art", Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

1997

"Susan McGehee: Woven Metal Sculptures " El Camino College Library, Torrance, California

"Metallic Strands", Accents Gallery, Sedona Arizona

"Palos Verdes Artists", Stewart Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes,

California, cash award, Scott Canty, juror.

1996

"Ancient Origins", Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Manchester, Vermont.

"Timeless Expressions", Convergence 96, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, Barbara Setsu Pickett and Jean Scorgie jurors
1995 "In Honor of the Luddites", Skera Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

"L.A. Art Seen", Charles Aidikoff Screening Room, Beverly Hills, California

"Pathways", The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Gallery,Los Angeles, California.

"In Her Image: Women Artists", Signature Gallery, San Diego, California.

1994

Art from the Third Dimension, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, California.

Helen Voelhs Gallery, Wickenburg, Arizona

"L.A. Art Seen", Union Bank, Downtown Los Angeles, California.

1993

Peninsula to Peninsula: California to Kamchatka," Cultural Galleries,Petropavlovsk, Russia.

"PVAC Juried Membership Show,", First place cash award, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Michael Wingo, juror.

1992

"The Registry Exhibition: 1992 PCA Member Artists", California State University Long Beach,

University Art Museum, Long Beach, California

1991

"Metallic Strands," Collectors' Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

"Hands on Craft Exhibition," Braille Institute, Los Angeles, California

1990

"A Celebrations of Hands," Torrance Joslyn Center of the Arts, Torrance, California.

"Woven Explorations," Unitarian Church, Long Beach, California (one person)

1989

"Small Treasures," Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

1988

"South Bay Artists," Offices of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles, California

1987

The Artists' Studio, Rolling Hills Estates, California

1986

"The Third Dimension," Norris Theater, Palos Verdes, California Show," First place cash award, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California

1981
Juried Show, Antelope Valley College Art Gallery, Antelope Valley, California

1979

"Susan McGehee, Recent Work," Manhattan Beach City Hall, Manhattan Beach California

1978

"Woven Constructions," Encore Gallery, Manhattan Beach, California (solo)

"Fiber Images," Burbank Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank, California

1977

"Soft Spectrum," El Camino College, El Camino Art Gallery, Torrance, California (two persons)

"Tapestries, Fiber Sculpture and Basketry," Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California

1976

"Metamorphosis," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California

"Contemporary Tapestries, Seventy-six,", The California Textures Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1975

"Fiber Coalition," Roberts Gallery, Santa Monica, California

 

INSTALLATIONS

1997 The Howard Hughes Center, lobby, Los Angeles, California

1997 Georgia Trust Pratt House, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia.

1994 Guest artist in window display at Tiffany & Company, Beverly Hills, California.

 

EXHIBITON REVIEWS/ARTICLES

Kimball, Joe, “Wire, Wire on the Wall”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, (January 10, 2003)

Chase, Nan, "The Move to Metal", Niche, (Autumn, 2001)

Perry, Rebecca, "Scrap-heap Artwork Worthy of a Gallery", Dallas Morning News, (June 16, 2000)

"Insight, Mixed Media, Artist to Artist" The Craft Report, October, 1999.

Date book, American Style, (Spring 1999)

Paul and Sarah Edwards, "Working from Home Show", Business News Network, (October 12, 1997)

"Artist Weaves with Metal Wires Instead of Fiber". Red Rock News, (September 24, 1997)

"Fine Crafts Weaving Featured at Accents", Sedona Scene, (September 19, 1997)

Coulter, Steve, "A Looming Exhibition", The Beach Reporter, (April 3, 1997).

Frith, Stefanie, "Attracted by the Force of Metallic Flow' ", El Camino Warhoop, (April 3, 1997).

"Local Artists Participate in Contemporary Crafts Market in Santa Monica", Palos Verdes Peninsula News", (October 24, 1996)

Whiteley, Peter O., "Weaving Copper", Sunset, (June 1996)

Grenier, Meredith, "Wired", Daily Breeze, (October 5, 1995)

Mitchell, Bob, 1995 Metal Arts Source Book, (1995)

"Currants", Easy Reader, (November 3, 1994).

"Welcome to the American Craft Council", Marina Times, (August, 1994)

Kapitanoff, Nancy, "In the Eye of the Beholder", Los Angeles Times, (July 15, 1994).

Kapitanoff, Nancy, "Exhibiting a Comeback", Los Angeles Times, (June, 24, 1994)

"Contemporary Crafts", The Press Democrat, (March 12, 1994).

"Russian, PVAC Art Exchange", Palos Verdes Peninsula News, (March 18, 1993)

"Calendar", Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1991

"A Celebration of Hands", The South Bay Review, (January 31, 1990).

"Fiber Coalition Showing Feature", Palos Verdes Peninsula News, (February 27, 1977)

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS

Lawson Commons, St. Paul, Minnesota

Nokia Corporate Offices, Burlington, Massachusetts.

Hughes Communications Satellite Services, Inc., El Segundo, California

Tri-Star Imports showroom, St. Louis, Missouri

American Family Insurance, corporate offices

Bramalae Corporation, Culver City, California

Mac Cabe Law Offices, Torrance, California

Paul and Sarah Edwards, Santa Monica, California

Stevie Wonder, Los Angeles, California

 

TELEVISION INTERVIEW

2003 Carol Duvall Show, Home and Garden TV

 

WHOLESALE/ RETAILS SHOWS

1995-1997 American Craft Council, Baltimore, Maryland

1994-2005 American Craft Council, San Francisco, California

1997 American Craft Council, Atlanta, Georgia

1998 American Craft Council, Bellevue, Washington

1993-1994 Contemporary Crafts Market, San Francisco, California

1992-1999 Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica, California

1998-1999 Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001-2002 Art Furnishing Show, Pasadena, California

RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE

HOME

copyright Susan McGehee 2008