SUSAN JAMISON

My egg tempera paintings incorporate naturalistic imagery from the world of plants and animals with feminine cultural symbols and everyday objects in order to explore archetypes from fairy tales. Plants, animals, objects, and colors are chosen for their symbolic meanings as well as for the way in which their forms will act as design elements within a picture plane. The images capture moments in time where these stories play out through metaphor: Women interact with birds, snakes, insects, and flowers in a style that can best be described as a magical realism. Here, close natural observation of a specific moment of human/nature contact combines with symbols to create a heightened sense of experience.

Susan Jamison - 2005

Susan Jamison

Education:

1991	Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
1988	Bachelor of Fine Arts, James Madison University

Solo Exhibitions:

2006	Upcoming, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington DC
2005	Reconfigure, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, (3 person) Art Resource Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2004	Sugar Me, Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA
1996	Bride’s Bouquet, Walker Fine Arts Center, Martinsville, VA
1996	Illusional Fragments, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC, (3 person)
1992	Eden’s First Flowers, VWCC, Roanoke, VA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2005	Upcoming, Gallery Artists, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL SEVEN, WPA/Corcoran, Curator, F. Lennox Campello, Warehouse Galley, Washington, DC Strictly Painting, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, Juror Jonathan Binstock, Corcoran Gallery of Art
2004	Small Treasures, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA The Figure, Nina Liu Gallery, Charleston, SC Artists of Roanoke Open Studios, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2003	Faculty Exhibition, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Botanicals, Nina Liu Gallery, Charleston, SC
2002	Art Museum of Western Virginia Sidewalk Art Show, Best in Show, Roanoke VA Diversity in White, Honor Award, traveling, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Mountain Lake Workshop Exhibition, Invitational, traveling, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA, The James Center, Richmond, VA
2001	Art Market 50, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
1997	From These Hills, William King Regional Arts Center, Abington, VA, Curator Terrie Sultan, Corcoran Gallery of Art
1998	Exploring Virginia, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
1994	Roanoke City Exhibition, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Award of Excellence Olin Gallery Biennial Exhibition, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, Juror, Mark Leach, Curator, Mint Museum of Art, Honor Award
1991	MFA Exhibition, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Professional Experience:

2005	Art Museum of Western Virginia, Workshop Instructor and Guest lecturer
2004	Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA, Adjunct Instructor, Design I, II
2002	Drawing I, II
2003	Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, Instructor, Drawing
2001	The Studio School, Roanoke, Virginia, Workshop Instructor, Painting in Encaustic
1991	Brown University, Providence, RI, Teaching Associate, Painting
1991	Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1989	Teaching Assistant: Drawing into Prints, Graduate Printmaking Elective, Pre-College Painting, Painterly Prints Coordinator, Benson Hall Gallery Studio Technician, Intaglio, Lithography

Awards:

1990	Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design
1988	Art Achievement Award, James Madison University

Bibliography:

2005	The Georgtowner, “Campello’s Take on DC Art”, John Blee, Volume 51, Number 20 New American Paintings, Volume 57, Spring Tulane Review, Tulane University, Spring Edition RISD Views, Spring Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, Review “Mind over Matter”, Paulette Roberts-Pullen, April 13
2003	The Painted Violins, Exhibition Catalog, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
1997	From These Hills, Exhibition Catalog, William King Regional Arts Center

Collections:

Mary Moody Northern Endowment
Virginia Western Community College, Permanent Regional Collection, Roanoke, VA
Mr. Christopher Lloyd, Santa Barbara, CA