Susan Budge Resume (210) 241-3709
Education M.F.A. University of Texas San Antonio; 1999 M.A. University of Houston, Clear Lake; 1987 B.F.A. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; 1982
Teaching Experience 2015 - 2020 Professor, The Glassell School Houston 1998 – 2015 Professor, Head of Ceramics, San Antonio College 1995 – 1998 Instructor, Head of Ceramics and Art Metals, San Antonio College 1991 – 1994 Adjunct Instructor, San Jacinto College, Houston 1990 – 1991 Art Instructor, Corpus Christi Catholic School, Houston 1990 TCA Artist in Education, Levelland, Texas 1988 TCA Artist in Education, Victoria, Texas
Public Art Commissions, Grants & Residencies Lone Star College, Kingwood, TX Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Germany, Residency July 2018 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist in Residence 2015/2016 South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX Tesoro, San Antonio, TX Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, TX The Children’s Museum, Victoria, TX Lady Bird Johnson Park, San Antonio, TX Texas Commission on the Arts, Levelland, Texas 1990 Texas Commission on the Arts, Victoria, Texas 1988
Permanent Collections The Fuller Craft Museum The Honolulu Museum of Art The Art Museum of South Texas The University of Texas San Antonio The New Orleans Museum of Art The Smithsonian The San Antonio Museum of Art Daum Museum of Contemporary Art San Angelo Museum of Art Northern Arizona State University Museum San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs South Texas Blood and Tissue Center Tessoro, San Antonio Saks Fifth Avenue, Houston Baites Container, San Antonio Project Control, San Antonio Five States Energy, Dallas Wyatt Energy, Houston
Awards, Honors, Service 2019-20 Texas Commission on the Arts "Texas State Artist" Finalist Juror for 16th Annual Sculpture Garden Exhibit, Arts Council Wichita Falls, The Kemp Sculpture Garden Board member, Texas Sculpture Group 2014 - present Best of Show, Round Top Winterfest Award of Merit, Potter’s Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Centro Cultural Aztlan, 2015 Mayor’s Appointee, City of San Antonio Cultural Arts Board 2006 - 2008 Award of Merit, CraftHouston, 2006 Artist of the Year, 2004, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts Director’s Purchase Prize, San Antonio Art League Annual Juried Exhibition, 1999 Cash Award, San Antonio Art League Annual Juried Exhibition, 1997 3rd Place: Juried Show, University of Houston Clear Lake, 1993 Best of Show – East End Show, Lawndale Arts & Performance Center, 1988 Edith McAshan Award: Hill Country Arts Foundation Ingram, Texas, 1987- 1988 Exhibitors’ Award: Texas Designer – Craftsmen; Juried Membership, 1985 Honorable Mention: Annual Juried Art Exhibition; Jewish Community Center of Houston Critic’s Choice: 12th Annual Spring Exhibition; Galveston Art League, 1985 Certificate of Merit: Texas Fine Arts Association; Lubbock, Texas, 1991; Austin, Texas
Publications/Television/News KLRN Arts in San Antonio 2015 The San Antonio Express News, Enchanted Garden, Dan R. Goodard, 2008 Inside Magazine, The Heart Collection, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center collects works by local artists that reflects its mission, Dan Goddard, 2009 The San Antonio Express News, For sculptor Budge, the eyes have it/Houston exhibit shows off whimsical creations, Dan R. Goodard, 2006 Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 53, Referencing, Peter Drake, 2003 21st Century Ceramics, 2003 Voices of Art, Summer 2001 San Antonio Express News; March 2000, Bloomin’ works offer a fresh take, Dan Goddard City Search San Antonio; November 1999, Jennifer Wehut, Stones and Clay San Antonio Express News; November 19, 1999, Colorful Guardians, Dan Goddard SA Express News; August 8,1999, Evolution of style ‘Points in Time’ D. Goddard Southwest Art Magazine; 4th Dimension, November 1991 The Houston Press, April 1991 Siren Magazine, May 1991 The Houston Chronicle, January 1990 The Houston Post, January 1990 Montrose Voice, January 1990 Houston Metropolitan Magazine, True to Form, February 1989 The Victoria Advocate, September 1988
Solo Exhibitions
2020 “Ecstasy over Agony”, Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, Houston, TX 2018 “Objects of Affection”, Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, Houston, TX 2017 “Gifts, Guardians & Objects of Affection”, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX 2015 Susan Budge, Dock Space Lone Star Studio, San Antonio,TX 2014 “Secrets Concieved, Visions Revealed”; Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX 2013 “Funk and Budge”, Darke Gallery, Houston TX (two-person show) 2011 “Out of the Depths”, The Nave Museum, Victoria, TX “Out of the Depths”, Thom Andriola, New Gallery, Houston, TX 2009 “Myth Magic and Mystery”, Thom Andriola, New Gallery, Houston, TX “Myth Magic and Mystery”, The Goddard Museum of Arts, Ardmore, OK 2008 “Myth Magic and Mystery”, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX “Myth Magic and Mystery”, The San Antonio Botanical Gardens, 2008-2009 2006 “Eye Spy”, New Gallery, Houston, TX 2004 New Gallery, Houston, TX 2002 “Susan Budge Works in Clay”, Houston Art League, Houston, TX 2001 “Celebration/Transformation” New Gallery, Houston, TX 1999 “New Work”, New Gallery, Houston, TX 1998 “Secrets Conceived, Visions Revealed”, Visual Arts & Technology Center, 1995 San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX 1994 Apex Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana, in conjunction with the NCECA 1993 New Gallery; Houston, TX 1991 Judy Youens Gallery; Houston, TX 1990 “West Texas Visions”, HWCA Firehouse Gallery, Houston, TX “X-Rays & Other Vision”, Art League of Houston; Houston, TX 1989 “Falling Angels & Other Tragedies”, La Strada; Houston, TX Victoria City Hall; Victoria, TX 1987 University of Houston, Clear Lake; Houston, TX 1985 Galveston Artists’ Guild; Galveston, TX 1983 Eastfield College; Dallas, TX Soft Earth Gallery, Richland College; Dallas, TX 1982 Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX “Fragmented Remains” Lubbock Lights Artists’ Cooperative; Lubbock, TX 1981 Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX
Invitational and Juried Exhibitions
2020 "Art is in the Heart of Houston", Art on Long Point, Houston, TX "New Walls | New Corners", Art Museum TX, Katy TX 2019 “Terra Splendora", The Texas Sculpture Group, Splendora Gardens, TX “Cross Pollination”, Cothren Contemporary at the Mercury Project, San Antonio “James Surls TSG Invitational”, Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas, TX “Faculty Show”, Houston Art League, Houston, TX “Gestalt, A New Entity”, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, TX “Spectrum”, Art League Houston 71st Anniversary Gala, Hotel ZaZa, Houston, TX “Texas Legends”, The Orange Show, Houston, TX “Glassell School of Art Benefit Auction”, MFAH Glassell School of Art, Houston “Countdown City”, curated by Jeff Wheeler, Space C7, San Antonio TX “8x8”, Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas, TX “State Wide”, curated by Jim Edwards, Houston Baptist University, Houston TX “The Small Show”, Red and White Gallery, Fayetteville, TX “Spree”, Front Gallery, Houston, TX Empty Bowls Invitational, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX “HAA 36th Juried Exhibition”, curated by Christine West, Houston, TX “Ceramics ReClay+m”, Lone Star College, Kingwood, TX 2018 Houston Art Alliance Juried Exhibition, William’s Tower, Houston TX “Obstacle Art Path”, Heights Blvd. Houston TX Empty Bowls Invitational, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX Diverse Works, MATCH / DIVERSEWORKS, Houston TX “Cameo”, University of Houston Clear Lake “Workhouse Clay International 2018”, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton Virginia “Clay Connection- Teil 1 Amerikanische Keramikerinnen erkunden die Altmark”, MÖNCHSKIRCHE MUSEUM, Salzwedel, Germany Futures/Faculty Selection, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX Art League Faculty Show, Art League of Houston, Houston TX “HEART, Houston Elite Art Exhibit & Auction”, the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum “Ofrendas Y Flores”, The Orange Show Gala 2017 “Seven Ceramic Artists”, The Nave Museum, Victoria, TX Houston Art Alliance Juried Exhibition, William’s Tower, Houston TX Glassell Faculty Invitational, University of Houston Clear Lake Empty Bowls Invitational, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX “The Flower Show”, hosted by James Surls, Splendora Gardens, TX “Goodbye, Farwell, Amen”, Spring Street Studios, Houston TX “WinterFest”, Round Top, TX “In Residence”, Houston, Center for Contemporary Craft, curator, Sara Darro “21st Century American Clay Artists”, Leedy/Voulkos Art Center, KC MO, curator, Jeff Wyman “Profusion in the Void”, Texas Sculpture Group, Artspace 111, Ft. Worth TX “Art For Hope”, Spire, Houston TX, curator, Paul Pettie “Art on the Green”, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX curator, Joe Barrington SFASU Collective Transference, curators, Michelle Mathews, Jeff Forster. VAA juried show. Juror, Cindy Lisca, Spring Street Studio, Houston TX 8 x 8, Biblical Arts Center, Dallas TX “Myth and Symbol”, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX “Once Upon a Time”,The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston TX “Back to the Future”, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX The Art Museum of South Texas International Sculpture Conference: Cerbera Gallery's “Sculpture Salon” Kansas City MO “The Small Show”, Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville, TX 2016 “Above and Below” Sculpture Month Houston, Decorative Center Houston curators, Tommy Gregory & Volker Eisele “Above and Below”, Rudolph Blume Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX “The Big Show” Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX “THIRST”, Capsule Gallery, Houston, TX “Project Space”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX 2015 “Professors Picks”, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio,TX “Palo Alto Invitational Drawing Show”, curator Mark Hogensen, San Antonio, TX “Art at the Plaza Club”, San Antonio, TX “Potter’s Guild Annual Juried Exhibition”, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX “Texas Sculpture Group Invitational”, William Cambell, Ft. Worth, TX 2014 “A Panoramic View”, Texas Sculpture Group 2014, Lawndale Art Center, Houston “Craft Texas”; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX “Love Street, The Houston Scene”: Phoenicia Market & First Ward Edition “Due South”, Mark Clark’s Galleria, Brownsville, TX “Texas Artists Group Show”: Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville, TX 2013 “In Depth”, Texas Sculpture Group Member Exhibition. The Art Car Museum “Connections Artists Supporting Art Students”, Say Si, San Antonio, TX Art Museum of South Texas Pop Up Show “The Color of Blind”, ZaZa Gardens, San Antonio, TX Texas Sculpture Group, Lone Star Studios, San Antonio, TX 2012 “Espoused”, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX “Breaking the Mold”, Four Texas Sculptors, Rockport Center for the Arts Group Show, Anarte Gallery San Antonio, TX Group Show, New Gallery, Houston TX Group Show, Darke Gallery, Houston, TX 2010 “Regional Expressions in Vitrified Clay”, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX “Family”, curated by Barbara Justie and Adriana Barrios, South West School “New Arte Nuevo”: San Antonio 2010, jurors: Malaquieas Montoya and Valerie Cassel Oliver UTSA Art Gallery 2009 The Texas Biennial, An independent survey of contemporary Texas art, The Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, Curator: Michael Duncan 2008 “Postmodern Primitives”, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Curator: Ansen Seale 2007 Texas Uprising, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX, Curator, Bill Fitzgibbons 2006 CraftHouston, juror, Suzanne Ramaljak 2005 Area 405 NCECA Baltimore, Curator: Thomas Pergola Airport Art Space, Curator, Diana Roberts, San Antonio Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX 2004 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Juror: Lawrence Rinder Texas Clay, UTSA, Curator Ron Boling, San Antonio, TX Blue Star “Arts and Eats”, San Antonio 2003 SOFA, New York Loveed Fine Arts, New York 21st Century Ceramics, Columbus OH North Harris County College Outdoor Sculpture Invitational New Gallery, Houston, TX 2002 SOFA, New York Loveed Fine Arts, New York Art and Charity, Finesilver, San Antonio, TX The Waco Art Center, Waco, TX 2001 Loveed Fine Arts, New York San Angleo Museum of Art New Braunfels Museum of Art The Center for Spirituality at Incarnate Word University, San Antonio, TX 2000 Loveed Fine Arts, New York “San Antonio Spring Show, A Flower Invitational”, Finesilver Gallery; San Antonio "Earth and Fire: Ceramic Sculpture”, San Antonio Museum of Art. Curator: George Nuebert 1999 “Crosswalk”, New Gallery, Houston, Curator: Annette Wilzig Sculpture Invitational, Stephen F. Austin University; Nacogdoches, Texas Curator: Eloise Adams “Point in Time”, Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Incarnate Word University; Curator, Dianna Roberts “Art 2 K PASA”, A Millennial Survey by San Antonio Artists, curated by Michael Mehl; Sponsored by the City of San Antonio Departments of Aviation; Arts Cultural Affairs; Airport Art Space, San Antonio International Airport “Objects, blurring the line between fine and decorative arts”, UTSA Satellite San Antonio, Curators: Frances Colpitt & Jennifer Davy. The Red Dot Sale, Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 1998 “Constructure, An Exhibit of Constructivist Art”, curated by Michael Mehl; Sponsored by the City of San Antonio Departments of Aviation; Arts Cultural Affairs; Airport Art Space, San Antonio International Airport The Red Dot Sale, Blue Star, San Antonio, TX National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum; San Angelo, TX, Juror: Ronald Kuchta The Art League of San Antonio 1997 The Art League of San Antonio “Blue Star on “Fredericksburg Road”; San Antonio “Women on Women”, New Gallery; Houston, TX “Form by Fire”, Martin Rathburn Gallery, Blue Star; San Antonio, TX “Uniqueness From The Hand”, The University of Texas at San Antonio 1996 “The Singular Object”, New Gallery; Houston, TX Martin Rathburn Gallery, Blue Star; San Antonio, TX The Blue Ball, Blue Star Art Space; San Antonio, TX Art in Public Places Program, Exhibition in the Mayors Chambers; San Antonio, TX 1995 “Bodies in Evidence”, New Gallery; Houston; Curator: Annette Wilzig “Texas Summer”, Craighead-Green Gallery; Dallas, TX “Female Energy”, Martin-Rathburn Gallery; San Antonio, TX