914 Sequoyah Ave, Chico, CA, Studio: 530-332-9925, 510-326-7475, Office: 530-898-5954

Susan Whitmore 914 Sequoyah Ave, Chico, CA, studio: 530-332-9925, 510-326-7475, office: 530-898-5954, [email protected], www.susanwhitmore.com

EDUCATION

1988 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1983 Bachelor of Arts, Art, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado 1983 Certificate, Ceramics, Italian Language, Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Florence, Italy

RESIDENCIES

2007 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, "Artists Invite Artists", Newcastle, ME 2006 Summer Artists in the Ceramics Studio, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2004 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, "Artists Invite Artists", Newcastle, ME 2003 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, "Artists Invite Artists", Newcastle, ME 2001 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, "Sculpture: Issues and Ideas", Snowmass CO 1999 Summer Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT 1998 Artist in Residence, Bullseye Glass, "Kiln-formed Glass for Ceramic Educators", Portland, OR 1995 East-West Ceramics Symposium, Artist in Residence, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Cryptomnesia, Humanities Center Gallery, California State University, Chico CA 2003 COZY, Humanities Center Gallery, California State University, Chico CA 2002 Garage Science, Sebastian Ward Gallery, Berkeley, CA 1998 Introductions ‘98: Susan Whitmore, Braunstein-Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993 New Work, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 1988 Susan Whitmore, Chicago Center for the Ceramic Arts, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Western Sundry, Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge, MT 2007 Watershed Collaboration Exhibition, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1078 Members Exhibition, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA 2006 Embroidered Stories, Knitted Tales, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA Susan Whitmore and Cameron Crawford, Moreland Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA Uncovered, Department of Art and Art History Faculty Show, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA Box Exchange, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA 2004 Woman's Work, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Watershed California Alumni Show, Toki Gallery, Berkeley, CA NCECA International Programs Benefit Auction, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts conference, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN Box Exchange, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA 2003 Northern California Clay, NCECA conference, Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego CA 2003 California Clay, The Artery, Davis, CA

Lesson Plan, Department of Art and Art History Faculty, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA University of Washington Faculty and Students 1966-1996, Clay Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2002 14th Annual San Angelo Ceramics Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas The Feast, Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino CA 2"x2"x2", 21st Annual 1078 Invitational, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA Behind the Mask 2002, University Art Gallery, CSU Chico, CA BUGS!, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK 2001 NCECA 2001 Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill,SC Significant Species, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA BUGS!, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK 2001: Clay Odyssey, Exhibition and Auction, Archie Bray Foundation Gallery, Helena, MT Viewpoint: Ceramics 2001, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA In Honor of Wendy Sussman, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2000 2000 California Clay, The Artery, Davis, CA Over the Fence, Artyard, Denver, CO Archie Bray Foundation: Current and Colorado Connections, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, Denver, CO Food, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1999 Annual Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation Gallery, Helena, MT 1999 California Clay, The Artery, Davis, CA Bay Area Ceramists, Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA 1998 Tech Work, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA Civic Arts Education: 35 Years of Distinguished Teaching, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1997 The Evocative Object, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA Clay on the Wall, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 1996 Ceramics in Northern California, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Feats of Clay IX, Gladding McBean Gallery, Lincoln, CA Jim Breslin Memorial Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Morsels, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 1995 East-West Ceramics Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI 1992 Statements, Heller Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA Feats of Clay V, Gladding McBean Gallery, Lincoln, CA 1991 Faculty Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA Art Studio, Heller Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1990 Invitational 25, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO Pieces of Eight, Heller Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1998 Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Northwest Crafts '88, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA MFA Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Pacific Northwest Ceramics Invitational, Northview Gallery, Portland, OR Emerging Talent, American Crafts Council Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1997 Washington Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Significant Form Gallery, Seattle, WA Ten-Year Reunion Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Auraria Gallery, Denver, CO 1986 Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO Communications '86, Mountain Bell Center, Denver, CO Craft Design, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO Blast from the Past, Emmanual Gallery, Denver, CO The Outsiders Show, Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CA 1985 Fine Crafts/Colorado, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO Greenwood Village Exhibition, Carrara Gallery, Englewood, CO

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

2006-present Associate Professor, California State University, Chico, Art and Art History Department, Chico, CA 2001-2006 Assistant Professor, California State University, Chico, Art and Art History Department, Chico, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005, 2003 Guest Artist/Co-coordinator (2005), Faculty Advisory/ Visiting Artist (2003), California State University Summer Arts, Clay as A Medium for Sculpture, Fresno, CA 1994- 2001 Senior Laboratory Mechanician, Ceramics/ Sculpture Facility, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1997 - 98 Instructor, University of California Extension, Berkeley, CA 1990 - 98 Adjunct Faculty, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 2000, 1998 Senior Illustrator, ScienceVIEW, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1997 - 98 Illustrator/Graphic Artist, MultiCHEM, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1992 - 94 Exhibits Specialist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND IMAGES

500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form, Lark Publications, November 2006 Goldsmith, Meredith, Artweek, "Sue Whitmore at the Humanities Center Gallery, CSU Chico", Volume 35, Issue 1, February 2004 Munich,Suzanne, The Davis Enterprise,"When the Clay Speaks", May 15, 2003 Alison Hodges Taite, The Davis Enterprise, "Revealing Dialog with Clay", May 25, 2000 Thym, Jolene, The Oakland Tribune, "Walk through the Art". July 8, 1998 Messenger, Mark, Ceramics:Art and Perception, Issue No. 31, 1998, ”The Evocative Object”, illus. pp 86-91 Rose, Joan, The Honolulu Advertiser, "East West Ceramics Collaboration Exhibit”, Sept 3,1995 Freeman, Fredeelyn, The Honolulu Star Bulletin,“A Favorable Exchange Rate”, July 31,1995 Staackmann, Gloria, ArtBeat,”Clay Collaboration”, Fall 1995