LIVES IN:   New Haven, CT ADDRESS:   279 Franklin Road, Hamden, CT 06517 PHONE:   203/230-8911

WEBSITE:   http://www.suzanshutan.com SCHOOLS:   Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, 1988, MFA California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), 1977, BFA TAGS:   sculpture, drawing, installation, relief, sculptural, sculptors, fiber, wall, wall-compositions, three, dimensional, paper, string

Suzan Shutan works site specifically in a variety of materials, approaching each work as extending line in space. Motivated by the function, architecture and activity of a place, she tries to conjoin two with three-dimensional elements. The narrative waivers between literal and abstract and works as folklore in that it is intended as social commentary.

Suzan is a recipient of various awards and grants including a regional Artist Resource Trust grant from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Great Barrington, MA, an international CEC Artslink grant, NYC, NY, an artist fellowship from Art Matters, NYC, NY and Individual Artist Fellowships in 2003 & 1995 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. She has been awarded Artist Residencies that include Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY and The Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE.

Internationally she has exhibited at Proyecto Ace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Palace Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland, Rogue Art Gallery, Victoria, Canada, Berlin Kunstferin and the University of Freiburg, Germany, Centro Colombo Americano Gallery in Bogota and Medellin, Columbia, The Swedish Archives in Bjaared, Sweden ArtPolitika, Russia and her national exhibits include in NY: The Alternative Museum, WAX, Abrons Art Center/ Henry Street Settlement, Souyun Yi Gallery, in CT: Yale University Art Gallery, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Real Art Ways and the Laguna Beach Art Museum in California.

Her work is in major collections such as the Villa Taverna Foundation, The Bemis Foundation, Rhode Island College and Sacred Heart University. Shutan has been a guest lecturer and visiting artist at universities and conferences both nationally and internationally and include COEEA’s Annual Conference, The University of Lousiana, Lafayette, Manhattenville College, Purchase, NY, University of Victoria, Canada, and her work has been included in art lectures such as “Feminism & Art: Differing Perspectives over 30 Years – Contemporary Women Artists” presented by Laura Cloud, at the Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 

 

Shutan is an Artist Mentor for MFA Candidates at Transart Institute, Danube University in Krems, Austria and currently teaches Sculpture at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She taught Sculpture at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut for nine years and worked as a 1% for Public Art Program Coordinator for the City of New Haven for seven years. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.