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Artist Biography: Susan Finsen Artist's Statement: I draw inspiration from nature – people, places and things, then turn them upside down and sideways. Sometimes I work directly from the subject; at other times I conjure it from memory. I keep working until the surface feels mysterious and excites me, and use color, line, shape and plane changes to express my feelings about what I see or remember. I’ve been an artist for more than 30 years – a potter, a printmaker, and now a painter. Whatever the medium, I am a mark-maker. The marks I have made over the last year in my paintings and drawings have roots in my ceramic and linocut work, and in the earliest elementary school art lessons I can remember. I am a founding member of the Torpedo Factory Art Center where I have been a resident artist since 1974. Artist's Bio: Making My Mark, Art League, Alexandria VA (Juried), (Scheduled June 2006) New Work 2004 Abstract Drawings & Paintings; Cosi’s 2nd Floor Gallery; Washington DC, Feb/Mar 2005 Juried Group Exhibitions: All-Media Membership Show; The Art League, Alexandria VA, Apr 2005 Untitled # 2 Capitol Hill Art League, Washington DC, Apr 2005 Go Figure, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington DC, Nov 2004 Prints: Washington 2000, Numark Gallery, Washington DC, 2000 Printwork ‘98, Barrett House Galleries & School of Art, Poughkeepsie NY, Jun/Jul 1998 Prints: Washington ‘97, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, May/Jun 1997 June Urquhart Award Show, The Art League, Alexandria VA, Jun 1996 How Art Imitates Baseball: A National Juried All-Media Grand Slam Championship Exhibition, Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie NY, May/Jun 1991 Invitational Group Exhibitions: Stealing Home: 15th Annual Fine Arts Look At Baseball Exhibition, Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown NY, Jul/Sep 1996 The Boys of Summer: A Summer Celebration of American’s Favorite Pastime; Storyopolis, Los Angeles CA, Jun/Jul 1996 A Whole New Ballgame: 12th Annual Fine Arts Look at Baseball Exhibition, Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown NY, Jul/Sep 1993 Playball!!! 11th Annual Fine Arts Look At Baseball Exhibition, Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown NY, Jul/Sep 1992 Extra Innings: 10th Annual Fine Arts Look At Baseball Exhibition, Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown NY, Jul/Sep 1991 Opening Day at Pacchetto: A Baseball Show, Pacchetto Gallery of American Artisanry, Newton Massachusetts, Jun 1991 Contact Information: If you have questions about my work, you can reach me at my studio (703-683-4481) or by email at sfinsen@aol.com. You can see additional paintings and drawings in my studio at the Torpedo Factory Art Center (Studio 25), 105 North Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The studio is open 7 days a week, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Please call first if you want to meet me there as I am not at that location every day. |
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