SUSAN STEPHENSON

Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

sstephenson1@csustan.edu

Art Department, CSU Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA



FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS:


Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. June 10 – June 27



SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:


2025

SUSAN STEPHENSON: A New Look

Stan State Art Space, Turlock, CA. 

January 28 – March 14


2024

Susan Stephenson: Reconnecting

Westerly AIR Program, Westerly, RI


2022

Susan Stephenson: Inside-Outside

Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


2020

Location Location Location

The Chartreuse Muse Gallery, Modesto, CA


2019

here there everywhere

Stan State Art Space, Turlock, CA


Observations

Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA


2015

Susan Stephenson

Cate Charles Gallery, Providence, RI


Visiting Artist: Susan Stephenson

Loomis Chaffee School, Avon, CT


2011

Susan Stephenson: Guest Artist

Imago Gallery, Warren, RI


2007

Inside – Out

Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT


2003

Recent Paintings

South College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


2001

Recent Works

Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT


1999

Recent Paintings

Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT




SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:


2024

Strata Gallery Fourth Annual Member Group Show 2024

Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


Open Studio Exhibition: Ice Cream Social & Fundraiser

Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg, CA


A Shade of Green

The Chartreuse Muse Gallery, Modesto, CA


2023

4 Perspectives

Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA

Curated by Lisa McDermott


Department of Art Faculty Exhibition

CSU Stanislaus

Stan State Art Space, Turlock, CA


2019

An Artistic Legacy: 1+1+1

Phoebe & Belmont Towbin Wing

Woodstock Artists Association Museum, Woodstock, NY

Curated by Janice La Motta


The Mind’s I: Santiago

Andrea Brunson Space

CV Galeria, Santiago, Chile

Curated by Anne Harris and Andrea Brunson


2018

Drawing from Perception VIII

Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Catherine Kehoe, curator


2017

The Mind's I

Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

Anne Harris, curator


Stanislaus State Art Faculty Exhibition 2017

University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA


Conversations: Studio & Table

The Gallery at Rolling Acres, The Joseph A. Fiore Art Center, Jefferson, ME

David Dewey, curator


2016

LYME.TEACH.DO/ STUDIO_FACULTY_EXHIBITION_2016

Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT


Endless Summer

Cate Charles Gallery, Westerly Land Trust, Westerly, RI


2015

Eclecticism

Cate Charles Gallery, Providence, RI


2014

Doors of Perception: Hollis Dunlap, Nathan Lewis, and Susan Stephenson

Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT


2012

Faculty Exhibition

Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT


2011

A Unique Perspective: Susan Stephenson and Deborah Randall

Cate Charles Gallery, Stonington, CT


2010

Contemporary Realism Biennial

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN


2009

Studio Faculty Exhibition

Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT


2006

The Landscape of Golf

Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

Invitational


2005

LACFA at the Arnot Museum

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY


Urban Escape

City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT


2004

Susan Stephenson: Color and Light

Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA


Realism Now: Traditions and Departures

Vose Gallery, Boston, MA


Miami University Young Painters Competition

Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH


2002

Biennial 2002

Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

Philip Pearlstein, Juror


National Competition

Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

Wilbur Niewald, Juror


BARE: Bringing Art to the Research Environment

Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT


LaGrange National XXII Biennial

LaGrange Museum, LaGrange, GA

Benny Andrews, Juror


29th Annual Juried Competition

Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Mark O’Grady, Juror.


22nd National Juried Art Show

New Orleans Art Association, New Orleans, LA

Kaywin Feldman, Juror


2001

American Landscapes

MFA Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

Gary Vikan, Juror


National Juried Show

Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

Janet Fish, Juror


National Competition

Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

Rachel Rosenfield, Juror


National Juried Competition

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

Shamim Momin, Juror


2000

Interiors

Gallery 214, Glenridge, NJ


Paintings of the Griffis Art Center

Pfizer Central Research Division, Groton, CT


1998

Figure Drawing in the Academy Tradition: 1890 – 1998

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT


Susan Stephenson and Lynn Walker

Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT


1997

Susan Stephenson and Jerry Weiss

Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT


Visions of the Sea

Gregory Gallery, Darien, CT


1996

Landscapes: A New England View

Gregory Gallery, Darien, CT


1995

Refiguring the Figure

Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Helen Cooper, Juror


1993

National Competition

First Street Gallery, New York, NY

Janet Fish, Juror


National Juried Show

Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

Rosemarie Beck, Juror


6th Annual Indoor Exhibition

Waterhouse Pavilion, Chattanooga, TN

Michael Auping, Juror


7th Annual Women in the Arts Juried Exhibition

Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

Susana Viola Jacobson, Juror




SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:


Residency: 

Westerly AIR Program, Westerly, RI. July 9 – August 6, 2024


Residency and Full Scholarship: 

Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg, CA. June 17 – July 5, 2024


Sabbatical: 

Awarded CSU Stanislaus Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2023


Gallery Talk: 

Valley Focus: 4 Perspectives, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock CA. March 3, 2023


Lecture:     

Susan Stephenson - Observations, Faculty Development Center, Turlock, CA


Lecture:    

Faculty Spotlight Speakers Series, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA


Judge:      

Penumbra, The Stanislaus State Annual Art and Literary Journal, 2018


Residency: 

Ocean House Hotel, Watch Hill, RI, July, 2017


Lecture:      

“Up Close and Personal,” Ocean House Hotel, Watch Hill, RI, 2017


Lecture/Demonstration: 

“Behind the Canvas: Working from Observation with Susan Stephenson,” Maritime Gallery at the Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT, 2017


Lecture:         

Winter Lecture Series, Center for Creative Arts, LACFA, 2016


Workshop:     

Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC, June, 2016


Residency:     

Loomis Chaffee School, Avon, CT, January, 2014


Workshop:      

Creative Capital, “Internet for Artists,” Providence, RI, 2011


Fellowship:      

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2004


Finalist:           

“Miami University Young Painters Competition,” Oxford, Ohio, 2004


Fellowship:      

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Faculty Travel Grant, 2002


Commission:   

Masur Museum of Art and Twin City Art Foundation, Monroe, LA, 2004


Commission:   

“Ocean House 2000,” through Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, 2000


Commission:    

P. of Dr. Tucson Dunn. Louisiana Tech University Physics Dept, 1995


Residency:

The Griffis Art Center, New London, Connecticut, 1994 – 95


Residency:

Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1993


NAN Award:

Chosen by painting faculty, Boston University College for the Arts. 1992


Scholarship:     

Constantin Alajalov Painting Scholarship, Boston University, 1990 – 1992


Commission:

P. of Mrs. Dan Reneau. LA Tech University Art and Architecture Dept, 1990


Scholarship:     

Faculty Art Scholarship, Louisiana Tech University, 1986



SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Newport, RI
The Griffis Art Center, New London, CT



SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
WESTERLY SUN, "Endless Summer to Shine on High Street," by Nancy Burns-Fusaro, July 7, 2016

THE DAY, "'Endless Summer' Kicks Off in Westerly," by Amy Barry, July 24, 2016

STONINGTON-MYSTIC PATCH, “Susan Stephenson Paints Barefoot in the Borough,” by C.M. Glover. June 29, 2011

THE DAY, “Capturing Color and Local Views,” by Amy Barry. November 3, 2011. 
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, “Museum Curator: Old Lyme, Miss Griswold, and the Yale Art Gallery,” by John O’Hern. March, 2007. Pp. 56 - 61

THE BOSTON GLOBE, “Exhibit is a Learning Experience,” by Christine Temin. December 10, 2003

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST, “Notable Exhibitions: Mentors and Protégés,” October/November, 2003. Pp. 18- 31

REALISM NOW: TRADITIONS AND DEPARTURES, MENTORS AND PROTÉGÉS, Part 1, Published in 2003 by Vose Galleries, Boston, Inc

THE WESTERLY SUN, “Seaport Gallery to Offer Prints by Ashaway Artist,” by Sara Ross Clark. June 25, 2002

THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Wit in Force, Figures Talking to Each Other,” by William Zimmer. April 30, 1995




EDUCATION:

1992 MFA in Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA. Studied with John Moore

1990 BFA in Studio Art - Painting, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

Graduated summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi




TEACHING HISTORY:

2017 – present: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS

Associate Professor


1995 – 2017: LYME ACADEMY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Associate Professor


1995 – 96: SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY

Instructor, sabbatical replacement


1993 – 94: UNIVERSITY of LOUISIANA at MONROE

Adjunct Instructor


1990 – 92: BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL for the ARTS

Teaching Assistant: assisted Anne Harris, Isabelle MacIlvain and Michael Monahan.