Resumé
Susan S. McDonald
Exhibitions:
2007
Two Person Exhibition, Minnesota Women’s Building, St. Paul, MN
2006
"Emergence", Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis, MN
WARM: 12 Artists, at the Weisman Museum, Minneapolis
2005
Community College Faculty Exhibition at the Rochester Art Center, MN
2005
Summer Exhibition at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts Gallery
2004
Mentor/ Protégée Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts,
Hudson, WI
Printmaking Invitational, North Hennepin Community College
2002
“Out of Bounds,” Group Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2001
“Out of Bounds,” Group Exhibition, Gannon Gallery, Bismarck State College, ND
2001
Ridgewater Community College, One person exhibition, MN
1998-02
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art Exhibition and Open House
1998,99
Bark Point Artists’ Exhibition, Wisconsin
1998
WARM Mentor Exhibition, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of MN
1997
Faculty Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1996
Exhibition of Paintings, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Minneapolis
1991
One Woman Exhibition, Art and Earthenware Gallery, Narita City, Japan.
1990
“Out of Control”: An Exhibition of Artists Books curated by Artist Book Works and Jo Peer at A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1988
One Woman Exhibition, Kew Studios, London, England.
One Woman Exhibition, Hogarth Club, London, England.
“Spiritual Art,” Ceres Gallery, New York, NY.
1987
One Woman Invitational Exhibition: Soho 20, New York, NY.
“Fourth Annual Artists Minnesota Artists’ Exhibition,” sponsored by C.G..
Rein Galleries, Minneapolis, MN.
1986
“Women’s Sensibilities: A National Juried Exhibition,” Minneapolis, MN.
“Mentor-Protegee Exhibition,” College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN.
One Woman Exhibition, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
1985
Faculty Exhibition, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park,
MN.
Split Rock Faculty Exhibition, Coffman Union, University of Minnesota, MN.
“American Album,” International Women’s Conference, Nairobi, Kenya.
1984
One Woman Exhibition, Rochester Community College, Rochester, MN.
One Woman Exhibition, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
“W.A.R.M.: A Landmark Edition,” Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN.
1982
“Five Minneapolis Artists: People and Environments,” Tweed Museum,
Duluth MN.
“Studio 700,” Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
One Woman Exhibition, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Painting Invitational, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN.
1981
“Portrait of an Artist,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN.
“Five Minneapolis Artists: People and Environment,” Clarke College, Dubuque
IA.
1980
Group Exhibition Juried by the MAEP panel, Keihle Gallery, St. Cloud,
MN.
“Inch Art Exhibition,” Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.
One Woman Show, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
1979
“The Figure,” Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
“Drawings from W.A.R.M.,” College of St. Benedict, St. Cloud, MN.
1978
Group Exhibition: University of Minnesota, Morris, MN.
One Woman Exhibition: W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
1977
Group Exhibition, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN.
One Woman Show, Art Institute at the Depot, Duluth, MN.
Japan Printmakers’ Association Annual Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
One Woman Exhibition, W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1975
Japan Printmakers’ Association Annual Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1974
Prints on Loan and Exhibition: Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA.
Japan Printmakers’ Association Annual Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
College Women’s Association Annual Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1973
One Woman Exhibition, Frannell Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Additional Professional Experience:
1991
“The Floating World” Woodblock Demonstration, Iowa-Japan Cultural Alliance, Boone, IA.
1990
“World Focus Japan,” Woodblock Demonstration, Grand Rapids, MN.
“Japanese Woodblock,” Workshops, Kew gardens, London, England
“Experimental Painting,”Workshops, Kew gardens, London, England
1987
Commission for Y.W.C.A.. Leadership Award
Ucross Foundation one month fellowship residency for printmaking
Artist Consultant for the Bicentennial Youth Art Project, Art America
sponsored by the Minneapolis Arts Commission.
Panelist, Women’s Caucus for Art Conference, Boston, MA.
1985-86
Coordinator for National Conference: ”The Contemporary Woman in the Visual Arts”.
1982
C.U.E. Award for logging mural in Camden Community Council, Minneapolis, MN.
1978-81
Muralist with Wall Painting Artists, Inc., part of the Minneapolis Arts Commission funded by N.E.A., Minneapolis, MN.
Education:
2002
Ph.D. Art History, University of Minnesota
1996
M.A. Art History, University of Minnesota
1971-74
Completion of three years of study in the Yoshida Hanga (printmaking) Academy, Tokyo Japan.
1971-73
Additional printmaking experience with Gaston Petit at the Petit Atelier, Tokyo Japan.
1969-71
Studied printmaking with Kathan Brown at Crown Point Press
1968-69
Studied landscape painting with Sun Yun-sheng and Hu Nien-hsu in Taipei, Taiwan.
1965
B.A. Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia
Teaching Experience:
1983-2007
North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN.
1979-91
Metro State University, Minneapolis, MN.
1983,86,89
Recipient of W.A.R.M. Mentor scholarships
1984-89
Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
1987
Artist consultant for the Bicentennial Youth Art Project, Art America sponsored by the Minneapolis Arts Commission
Bibliography:
2007
Inglot, Joanna, WARM A Feminist Art Collective in
Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum, 2007.
Stone, Harold B., Life Drawing: Using Observation and Expression to Develop
a Personal Figure Drawing Style, p. 117,
Thomson, Delmar Learning, 2007.
1986
Galt, Margot Kreil, “McDonald/Bratnober,” Artpaper, May 1986, p.26.
Zweigbaum,, Sharon, “Susan McDonald Tackles Lay Issues,” FAN, Volume 3.,
No., 5, May-June, 1986.
Galt, Margot Kreil, “Delving into the Self and Finding the Bones of Us All,”
Artpaper, January, 1986.
1985
Hellekson, Diana, “Using the Figure,” Artpaper, January, 1985.
Paintings reproduced, Kalliope, 1984, pp. 50-53.
1980
Grant, Allison, “Three Ideas at W.A.R.M.,” Minnesota Daily, February
15, 1980
LaSha, Peter, “W.A.R.M. in February,” Tower Talks, February, 1980.
“Susan S. McDonald,” DeNovo, Spring, 1978, pp.35-38.
Collections:
Annie's Parlor (Minneapolis, MN)
Boys Town Center for Child Development (Omaha, NE)
College of St. Benedict (ST. Cloud, MN)
College of St. Catherine (St. Paul, MN)
Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery (Fredonia, NY)
Minneapolis Art Institute (Minneapolis, MN)
National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.)
Norwest Banks (St. Cloud, MN)
St. Joseph Hospital (St. Paul, MN)
University of Minnesota Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Western Regional Post Office (San Francisco, CA)
Publications::
1987
“Separate Selves”, Artpaper, March 1987, Vol. 6, No. 7, p. 32.
“Ritual and Tradition,” Artpaper, April 1987, Vol. 6, No. 8, p. 27.
1986
“Where Does Representation Fit in 1986?” Artpaper, Summer 1986, p. 25.
“Exhibition or Carnival?”, Visual Artist as Critic, A special publication by
the Center for Arts Criticism, April 1986, Supplement to Artpaper, p. 5.
1985
“Mystery in Art,” Artpaper, November 1985, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 13, 18,
22.
“Contemporary Canadian Painting,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Fall, 1985, Vol. 6, No.
3, pp. 24, 25.
1984
“Private Collectors and Art by Women,” Women Artists News, November,
1984, Vol. 10, No. 1, p.13.
“Unique Impressions: Six Printmakers,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Autumn, 1984, Vol.
5, No. 3, p. 22.
1978-84
Editor, W.A.R.M. Journal.
1984
“Making Art: Political and Personal Change,” WARM Catalogue.
“Frida, A Biography of Frida Kahlo,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Winter, 1984, Vol. 5,
No. 1, p. 32.
1983
“Fitting into the Fifties,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Autumn, 1983, Vol. 4, No.
3, pp.14-18.
Book Review of Feminism and Art History, W.A.R.M. Journal, Spring, 1983,
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.19- 20.
“In the Studio”, W.A.R.M. Journal, Spring, 1983, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 6.
1982
Review of the Murakami, Olson and Johnson Exhibition, W.A.R.M. Journal,
Spring, 1982, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 25.
“Five Painters at the MAEP,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Winter, 1982, Vol. 3, No. 1,
pp. 14-15.
“Sally Brown’s Rooms at W.A.R.M.,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Spring, 1981, Vol. 2,
No. 2, p. 16.
1981
“Harmony Hammond: A Ten Year Retrospective,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Spring,
1981, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 19.
“Dorothy Sauber’s Hooked Rugs,” W.A.R.M. Journal, Winter, 1981, Vol. 2, No.
1, p. 20.
1980
Jerome Foundation Conference on Criticism in the Arts with Peter Schjeldahl.
1979
“Review of the Photography Exhibition at WARM,” W.A.R.M. Newsletter.
1975
“State: State of the Art/Art: Art of the State,” Craft Connection, 1976, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 37.
