SUSAN KASSON SLOAN
EDUCATION
High
School of Music & Art, NYC
QueensCollege, NYC; Parsons School of
Art, NYC; Art Students League, NYC;
92nd St Y, NYC (Metals)
AWARDS
2001
Fellowship from the New JerseyState Council on the Arts
First
Prize, 2nd Commemorative Exhibition Honoring Earl Pardon, Aaron
Faber Gallery, New York, 1996
1993-94
Fellowship from the New JerseyState Council on the Arts
1989-90
Fellowship from the New JerseyState Council on the Arts
COLLECTIONS
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jerey
Renwick Gallery of the NationalMuseum of American Art, Wash. DC
Victoria & AlbertMuseum, London
CharlesA.WustumMuseum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
Cooper-Hewitt, NationalDesignMuseum, Smithsonian Institution,
NY
SamuelDorskyMuseum of Art, New Paltz, New York
GreggMuseum of Art & Design, NCState University, NC
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Faculty, 92nd Street Y, New York, 1991-Current
Faculty, OCCC School of Art, Demarest,
NJ, 1987-Current
Workshops: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
SouthwestCraftCenter, San Antonio, Texas
PetersValley, Layton, NJ
BrookfieldCraftCenter, Brookfield, CT
NewarkMuseum, Newark, NJ
WestchesterCraftCenter, White Plains, NY
Horizons, Williamsburg, Mass.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
WorcesterCenter for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
EastCarolinaUniversity, Greenville, NC
Interlaken, Stockbridge, MA
HaystackMountainSchool of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
PRESENTER:
Yuma Symposium, Yuma, Arizona 2003
First PMC Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 2002
Third International Bead Conference, WashingtonD.C. 1995
CURATOR:
TRANSMUTATIONS: Materials Reborn, Traveling 2010
500 PLASTIC JEWELRY DESIGNS, Lark Publishing 2009
PUBLICATIONS
500
PLASTIC JESELRY DESIGNS, Lark Books, 2009, p.175, p.350, p.405
ART
JEWELRY TODAY 2, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2008, photos
THE
ART OF JEWELRY PLASTIC & RESIN, Lark
Books, 2008, p.23, p.36, photos
500
NECKLACES, Lark Books, 2006, p. 75, photo
500
BROOCHES, Lark Books, 2005, p.18, photo
1000
RINGS, Lark Books, 2004, p.135, photo
Donna
Z. Meilach, ART JEWELRY TODAY, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2003, p.229, photo
Tim
McCreight & Nicole Bsullak, COLOR ON METAL, Guild Publishing, 2001,
p.74-75, photo
SAVVY
LIVING, Fall 2000, SHOWSTOPPERCRAFTSMuseumQuality
Work,p.36-42, photos
METALSMITH,
Volume 20, No.1, Winter 2000, Review, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE,
p.46, photo
METALSMITH,
Volume 17, No. 5, Fall 1997, Review, A/K/A:92, OXOXO
Gallery, p. 50,51,
photos
ORNAMENT,
Volume 19, No. 4, Summer 1996, p.10, p.63, photos
ORNAMENT,
Volume 18, No. 3, Spring 1995, p.22, ARTIST'S STATEMENT,
Photos
THE
BERGEN RECORD, Feb. 1,1995, ALL THAT GLITTERS,
photos
ORNAMENT,
Volume 17, No. 3. Spring 1994, AARON FABER GALLERY
THE
NEW YORK TIMES, Sept, 25, 1994, p. 11, IN MUSEUM SHOW,
QUALITY
WITH QUANTITY
LAPIDARY
JOURNAL, Vol. 48, No. 1, April 1994, P. 58-66, photo
JEWELRY/METALWORK
1991 SURVEY, P. 86, photos
THE
OREGONIAN, May 3, 1991, p. 26.
AMERICAN
CRAFT, August/September 1990, p.78, photo
ORNAMENT,
Volume 13, No. 3, Spring 1990, p. 40-43, photos
THE
NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1991, SHOW BY FELLOWSHIP WINNERS
NEWARK
STAR LEDGER, August 5, 1990, photo
THE
BERGEN RECORD, July 29,1990, photo
THE
NEW YORK TIMES, February 14, 1988
THE
NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1987
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 PRECIOUS METALS: SHINING EXAMPLES FRON RAM'S COLLECTIONS June-Oct
2015 LOST & FOUND RAM Racine, Wisc
2014 THE ART OF HEALING Englewood,NJ
2014 POINTS OF DEPARTURE MICA Baltimore, Md.
2009 CONTEMPORARY ALCHEMY: ARTISTRY IN METAL, Lynn Tender Bignel Gallery June
SOFA NY
2008 SOFA Chicago
AKA:OBJECT AND IMAGE Brookfield. Ct. Aug-Sept 2008
James Renwick Alliance Benefit. Wash. DC April
NECKLUST & THE
CHOCOLATIERE Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Fla.
March-May 2008 SOFA NY
2007 SOFA Chicago
SPARKLE PLENTY 3 Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Va. Nov-Dec 2007
PROCESS: DOCUMENTED Aaron Faber
Gallelry, NY, 10/16/07-11/17/07
SOFA NY
2006 SOFA Chicago
SOFA New York
PROCESS & PROMISE 92nd Street Y, NYC, 75th
Anniversary Faculty Exhibition
INVESTIGATION SPACE: POSITIVE/NEGATIVE,
ILLUSION & TROMPE L’OEIL, Aaron
Faber Gallery, NYC
BRIDGE I PART 2, GanaArtGallery, Seoul, Korea
LET’S INJOY A LAUGH: HUMOR AND WHIMSEY IN
RAM’S COLLECTION,RAM.Racine,
Wi.
2005 SOFA Chicago
MAGNIFICENT EXTRACVAGANCE: ARTISTS
& OPULENCE RAM, Racine, Wil
RING SHOW, Traveling
SOFA New York
2004 “50<>50: The Craft Continuum” Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery,
BrookfieldCraft
Center. CN
OPPOSITES:ATTRACT, Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC
METAL & OTHERWISE Florida Craftsmen
Gallery. St. Petersburg, FLA
SOFA New York
2003 JEWELS & GEMS Renwick Gallery of the SmithsonianAmericanArt Museum,
WashingtonDC
Sept – Feb. 2004
SOFA Chicago October
COLORS Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC October
COLORFUL MEMORIES-A SHOW OF EMOTION, Lynn Tendler Bignell Exhibition
Gallery, Brookfield, Conn April
SYMBOLS IN JEWELRY Aaron Faber Gallery, NY Jan.
Gallery Materia, Jan
2002 BODY GEOMETRICS, SOFA CHICAGO
RED, WHITE & BLUE, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
SOFA NY
2001 SOFA
Chicago
A/K/A:92 at Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
State of the Craft:Contemporary
Interpretations of Tradition,
Museum of Early Trades
& Craft, Madison, NJ
SOFA NY
MODERNISM, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
COLOR on METAL, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Romanticism in Jewelry, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
2000 SOFA Chicago
ZIERAT:International Contemporary Jewelry
Invitational, Travelling
concordance a/k/a:92 Bruce Gallery, Edinboro
Univ. of Pennsylvania
IMAGINE THIS OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW, Washington, DC
WHO KNOWS
WHERE OR WHEN: ARTISTS INTERPRET GEOGRAPHY & TIME
CharlesA.WustumMuseum of Art, Racine, WI
SOFA New York
1999 Works Gallery, New York, A/K/A:92 Exhibition
THE END IS NEAR, CharlesA.WustumMuseum, Racine, Wisc.
SOFA, Aaron Faber, Chicago
1998 Brooch Exhibition, Objects
of Desire, Gallery, Louisville, KY
America House Gallery, Piermont, NY, Featured Guest Artist,
June
SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW, Washington, DC
SOFA, Aaron Faber Gallery,Park AvenueArmory, NY
1997 THE
environMENTAL BEAD SHOW, Brookfield, CN, Travelling
Exhibition
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD: ARTISTS & EATING, CharlesA.WustumMuseum
A/K/A:92, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
TOKENS OF AFFECTION, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
1996 AmericanCraftMuseum, HolidaySale, NY
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, Breckenridge Goldsmith
Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
THE 2ND COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION
HONORING EARL PARDON, Aaron
Faber Gallery, NY
JUST ADD WATER, CharlesA.WustumMuseum, Wisc.
THE EARTH'S BOUNTY, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
ONE OF A KIND X ONE, The Wetsman Collection, Birmingham, MI
NATIONAL INVITATIONAL VALENTINE SHOW, Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, NJ
1995 THE
IDEAL WEARER, JEWELERS & THEIR MUSES, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
LET'S PLAY HOUSE: ARTISTS & THE DOMESTIC
ENVIRONMENT, Charles A.
WustumMuseum, Wisc.
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE, Craft Fellowship
Recipients, New Jersey
Designer Craftsmen Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1994 SILVER & GOLD, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY
JEWELRY & WORKS ON PAPER, A/K/A:92, Objects
of Desire Gallery,
Louisville, KY
THE ART OF NEW JERSEY CRAFTSMEN, Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
AESTHETICS OF ATHLETICS, CharlesA.WustumMuseum, Wisc.
1993 A/K/A:92, Society of Arts
& Crafts, Boston, MA
FROM THE VAULT TO THE STUDIO: New Work by Artists
in the Wustum
Collection, CharlesA.WustumMuseum, Wisc.
ART FOR THE HUMAN LANDSCAPE, Breckenridge
Goldsmith Gallery,
Breckenridge, CO
1992 CRAFT STUDENT LEAGUE, Faculty Exhibition,
YMCA of the City of NY
ARTISAN SHOWCASE, NewportHarborMuseum, Newport BeachCA
WEARABLES, American Craft Museum, NY
FORGED & FIRED, NationalOrnamentalMetalMuseum, Memphis, TN
THE FARRELL COLLECTION, A/K/A:92, Washington, DC
1991 A/K/A:92, Contemporary
Craft Gallery, Portland, OR
NEW GENERATION - 3RD Annual Teacher
& Student Exhibition, NJ Designer
Craftsmen Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
THE REGILDED AGE, The NewarkMuseum, Newark, NJ
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE, NJDC Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
NEW JERSEY ARTS ANNUAL, The MorrisMuseum, Morristown, NJ
1990 GALERIA MESA NATIONAL METALS
INVITATIONAL, Mesa, AZ
ANNUAL CRAFTS INVITATIONAL, Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
VIEWS GALLERY, JEWELRY INVITATIONAL, Manayunk, PA
NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
1990 FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION,
NJ
Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
METAL MEDIA, Sawtooth Center for Visual Design, Winston-Salem, NC
1989 CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY:STATE
OF THE ART, YM-YWHA of Metropolitan NJ
West Orange, NJ
BLACK & WHITE, OldChurch Cultural Center, DemarestNJ
JURIED ART EXHIBITION, BergenMuseum of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ
1988 SNAG EARRING COMPETITION, Joan Michlin Gallery, NY
WINTER JEWELS, America House Gallery, Tenafly, NJ
1987 METALVISION, New Jersey Artist Series, New JerseyStateMuseum, Trenton
THREE RIVERS ART FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh, PA
1986 NEW JERSEY ARTS ANNUAL: FIBER, METAL
& WOOD,
New JerseyStateMuseum, Trenton
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