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2101 4th Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 309-6396
sugiarena@yahoo.com
www.susanarena.com
EDUCATION
1995 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
M.F.A. Degree in Painting and Printmaking, 1995
1991-1993 New York Studio School, New York, NY
1988 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.A. Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors
EXHIBITIONS
2009 “My New Country”, Lisa Gonzalez, Juror Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
2008 Solo Shows: “A Girl’s Work Book” & “Play and Prophecy”
Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 “Second Nature”, Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA
2007 Solo Show: “House Work” Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006,2008 Capital Group, Artwork represented in collection, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Portraits” Show, L Street Fine Art San Diego, CA
2003-present Lendrum Fine Art: Artwork represented by consulting group, Los Angeles, CA
2003, 2005,2009 “Fresh Start”: Group Show Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2003 Solo Show: Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY
2002 “Fantasyland”: D’Amelio Terras Gallery
New York, NY
2002 “Abundant Sugar”
Brewery Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2001 “Alternative Photographic Processes”
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2001 “Spitting Image: Myth and Creation of Feminine Identity” Art Gallery
at Stamford, University of Connecticut, Stanford, CT
2000 “Flat File”, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2000 “Bridges”, Waqas Wajahat, Curator, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2000 ArtAdvocate.com. Artwork featured on website
1999 "Size Matters",Mike Weiss Curator. GAle GAtes Brooklyn NY
1999 "National Competition", Graham Nickson Juror
First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "National Competition", Lisa Dennison, Juror,
Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
1998 "Raw Seeing", Alumni Exhibition,
New York Studio School, New York, NY
1998 "What's in a Dress", Laurie Seeman Gallery, Nyack, NY
1997 "Winter Show", Cecile Kahn, Curator Painting Center,
New York, NY
1997 Group Show, William Bailey, Juror
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Color Schemes", Anne McKeown, Curator
Axis Gallery, Philadelphia,PA
1996 "Pet Paintings", Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Works on Paper, Jonathan Shimony, Curator
Z Space, Paris, France
1994 "A Change of Perception", Elizabeth Hazan, Curator,
New York Studio School, New York, NY
1991, 92 McGuffey Art Center, Solo Painting Shows Charlottesville VA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 Los Angeles Artists Association (LAAA): Admission by juried
screening process. LAAA is a non-profit organization
that exhibits and champions emerging artists.
1998 Vermont Studio Center, Yale School of Art Fellowship:
Full scholarship for residence at the Center
1995 Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship:
Funds awarded to study tribal painting in village India,
Yale University School of Art
1994 Arnold Bittleman Memorial Prize: Outstanding first-year
student in drawing, Yale University School of Art
1994 Prize for Overall Excellence and Distinction in Painting,
New York Studio School
1992 The Vera List Scholarship, funds to study at New York Studio School
1988 The George P. Gardner Travelling Fellowship:
Funds awarded to study Islamic calligraphy and
miniature painting in Egypt, Harvard University
WORK EXPERIENCE
2004- 2006 Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor in Drawing and Painting
2000 Pratt School of Art and Design, Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor
2000 NYU Department of Art, New York, NY Instructor in Painting
1999- 2000 92nd Street Y Art Center, New York, NY
Instructor in Painting and Drawing
1997-2000 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Lecturer in Painting/Printmaking
1996 - 1997 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Artist-in-Residence
1995-1996 Learning Through Expanded Arts Program.LEAP. New York, NY.
Teaching consultant for art workshops in public schools in New York City
