Solo exhibition on view in the Small Space at Transmission Gallery
Suzanne M. Long
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Suzanne M. Long, Jars and Cups, ceramic, glaze, wire, various sizes
Suzanne M. Long: Get A Head
Transmission Gallery is pleased to present a whole host of heads by ceramic sculptor Suzanne M. Long, on view in the Small Space, April 17th through May 31st. Jar heads, cup heads, vases and sculptures, these short form pieces are more like a sentence than a paragraph, a haiku rather than a novel, while several larger and more complex pieces expand on various themes.
Please join us for the Artist's Reception, Saturday, April 26th. Stop in any time from 1-4 pm to greet the artist, enjoy the light refreshments and check out the concurrent exhibition, Daniel McClain: Do Over, with more art to see in the gallery showroom. All are welcome to this fun free event with free street parking nearby.
Please join us for the Artist's Reception, Saturday, April 26th. Stop in any time from 1-4 pm to greet the artist, enjoy the light refreshments and check out the concurrent exhibition, Daniel McClain: Do Over, with more art to see in the gallery showroom. All are welcome to this fun free event with free street parking nearby.
Suzanne M. Long Statement
Artist Statement:
My work is about memory, adding a visual narrative to my thoughts. My work is about melancholy and humor, politics and storytelling. Sometimes I don't know what my work is about, I just have a compulsion to make it. I let my hands lead, other times my mind. I like to work in series, a season of work, making the same piece over and over, like picking out the notes on a piano, practicing. I repeat it again and again until it is a part of me, then I can release the concept, with some understanding of it. My work teaches me who I am, it defines the edges for a time, then my focus changes and my work becomes something else. It answers a question for me; it poses a question to me.
Get A Head Statement:
This body of work came to fruition out of a bargain I made with myself. While suffering from a case of blank page, white canvas syndrome. I implored to create at
least one piece a day. I started with cups, then lidded jars and small head sculptures... soon the shelves in my studio filled up with heads and my head filled up
with ideas.
These short form pieces strive to capture micro emotions and sometimes big ideas.
My work is about memory, adding a visual narrative to my thoughts. My work is about melancholy and humor, politics and storytelling. Sometimes I don't know what my work is about, I just have a compulsion to make it. I let my hands lead, other times my mind. I like to work in series, a season of work, making the same piece over and over, like picking out the notes on a piano, practicing. I repeat it again and again until it is a part of me, then I can release the concept, with some understanding of it. My work teaches me who I am, it defines the edges for a time, then my focus changes and my work becomes something else. It answers a question for me; it poses a question to me.
Get A Head Statement:
This body of work came to fruition out of a bargain I made with myself. While suffering from a case of blank page, white canvas syndrome. I implored to create at
least one piece a day. I started with cups, then lidded jars and small head sculptures... soon the shelves in my studio filled up with heads and my head filled up
with ideas.
These short form pieces strive to capture micro emotions and sometimes big ideas.
More about Suzanne M. Long
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Education:
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University -Graphic Design/Fine Art 1988 Sculptor I am a Sculptor, my work is in collections Nationaly and Internationally Curator/Preparator 2024-: Preparator at Arts Benicia, Benicia CA and NY2CA Gallery, Benicia CA 2018-2023: Curator at Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA Teacher 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025: After-school Play in Clay Program, Richmond, Vallejo, Benicia CA School Districts 2020-2025: ClayLAB - Ongoing Hand-building Workshops in Clay 2018, 2024: Happy Life Pottery, Benicia CA, Intro and Intermediate Sculpture 2018: After School Art Program, Benicia School Exhibitions Short List: 1/25 It's the Little Things, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula Montana, Juried by Beth Lo 11/24 Chaos, O'hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA, Juried by Chester Arnold 4/24 Womens Work Invitational, Pence Gallery, Davis CA, Curated by Natalie Nelson 1/24 Fahrenheit 2024, AMOCA (American Museum of Ceramic Art), Pomona CA, Juror Kathy King, Director of the Ceramics Program at Harvard University 1/24 The Past is the Present - The Beginning, 621 Gallery, Benicia CA 11/23 Alphabet of Modern Horrors, Transmission Gallery, Oakland CA, Curated by Cameron Brian 7/23 Lost in Cloverdale, Cloverdale CA, Curated by Vince Montague and Michael Deyermond 6/23 Through the Looking Glass, ARC Gallery, San Francisco CA, Curated by Barbara Pollak-Lewis and Paulette Travers 5/23 Artists/Curators, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA 4/23 Roscoe Gallery, Palm Springs CA 3/23 Flesh + Frame, The Barn Gallery, Woodland CA, Curated by Ruth Santee and TaVee McAllister Lee 7/22 Brumfield Gallery, Astoria OR 3/22 Seismic State, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento CA, Juror Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director of the AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Arts. 3/22 Waking is Dreaming with Margaret Keelan, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA, in Conjunction with NCECA 3/22 Migration, Solo Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland CA, in Conjunction with NCECA Conference 12/21 12 Cups, Brumfield Gallery, Astoria, OR 9/21 Hella Cups, Applied Contemporary, Oakland CA Jurors: Jamie Bates Slone and Justin Paik Reese 9/20 The 50/50 Show, 50 Artists, 50 Pieces in 50 days, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA. Juror: Patricia Sweetow 2/20 What Lies Beneath, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA., Juror: Lisa Clague 9/19 Strange Menagerie, Suzanne M. Long + Katie McCann, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland CA 4/19 The Artery, CA Clay Competition, Davis CA, Juror Bill Abright 4/19 Left Coast, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA. Juror: Scott A. Shields, Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum,Sacramento CA 3/19 Clay Matters, A National Show of Ceramic Arts, Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Arts, Juror Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director of the AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Arts 3/19 New Currencies, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette CA. Juror:Jennifer Perlmutter 3/19 Line to the Girls’ Room, GlassRice, San Francisco CA. Juror: Cecilia Chia 2/19 Flora + Fauna, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia CA. Curated by Jen Tough 1/19 Where They Want To Go, NIAD Art Center, Richmond CA, Curated by Erin Wheeler 11/18 Small Things, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette CA 9/18 stARTup Small Works, San Francisco CA 9/18 After Dark, Art Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA, Curated by Jen Tough 9/18 3 Sculptors, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA, curated by Tony Natsoulas and Gerald Epperson 8/18 The View From Here, Solo Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland CA 7/18 Summer Show, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia CA 7/18 ACGA, Clay + Glass Festival, Palo Alto CA 7/18 Art Santa Fe, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe NM 3/18 You and your Big ideas, Solo Exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia CA 7/17 The Little Things, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo CA 5/17 California, Weird, Wonderful, Wild, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo CA 12/16 The Art of the Toy, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, Juror Tony Natsoulas 5/16 The Art of the Book, Seagar Gray Gallery, Mill Valley CA 4/16 Art Market San Francisco, Room Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA 11/15 Microcosmos. Gallery 621 Contemporary Art, Benicia CA, Participant in panel discussion. Juror Chester Arnold 7/15 Art + Design Market, Hamptons NY, Room Gallery, Mill Valley CA 5/15 Art Market San Francisco, Room Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA 6/14 Solo Show, Room Gallery, Mill Valley CA 11/14 Transmigrational Ceramics from the Corridor, Gallery 621 Benicia CA 05/14 Eight from ACGA, Davis Art Center, Davis CA, Juror Donna Seagar 07/13 Splendid Objects, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA, Juror Kathleen Hannah 06/13 RAC West Gallery ACGA Annual Show, Richmond CA 04/13 Home is: Artists Reflect on the Meaning of Place, Pence Gallery, Davis CA, Curator Natalie Nelson 10/12 Gallery 621, Suzanne M Long, Solo Show, Benicia CA 6/12 Richmond Art Center Annual Members Show with ACGA, Richmond CA 5/12 Surface Design, artworks downtown, San Rafael CA, Juror Virginia Breier 4/12 Focus on the Figure, Pence Gallery, Davis CA, Juror Kathleen Hannah 1/12 Good Company, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma CA, Juror Kathleen Hannah 8/11 California Sculpture Slam, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA, Juror Charles Arnold 6/11 Fire and Ice, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma CA, Jurors Brigitte Micmacker and Michael Schwager 4/11 California Clay Competition, The Artery Davis CA, Juror Nancy M. Servis 1 2/10 Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz CA, Curator Susan Hillhouse 9/10 Visions of Paradise, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma CA, Curator Virginia Breier 7/10 Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto CA 11/08 SOFA Expo, Chicago IL. w/Garson Baker Fine Art, New York NY 7/08 Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM, w/Garson Baker Fine Art, New York NY 6/08 Small Wonders, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York NY 6/08 Fast Forward, Cheltenham Arts Center, Cheltenham PA 1/08 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Barker Hanger Santa Monica, CA 12/07 Flow, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami FL 10/07 Suzanne M Long @ Garson Fine Art, Chelsea NY 9/07 Tease Inaugural Show Garson Fine Art, Chelsea NY 04/07 Art Chicago with Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago IL 1/07 Transgressions, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA. Participant in panel discussion 1/07 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Barker Hanger Santa Monica, CA 12/06 Flow, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami FL 0 4/06 Art Chicago Project Space with Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago IL 1/06 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Barker Hanger Santa Monica, CA 12/05 Gate house Gallery @ The diRosa Art and Nature Preserve Napa CA "All in the Family" Juror Rene diRosa 9/05 V.Breier Gallery San Francisco CA., "Narratives in Clay" 7/05 Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City CA., "In the Garden" 12/04 Off the Preserve, Napa CA. “group show” Juror. Rene diRosa 1/04 Off the Preserve, Napa CA. "All in the Family" Juror, Rene diRosa 2/03 The Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA, "homosapien" 1/03 Off the Preserve Gallery, Napa CA, "Painters and Poets" Curated by AnnTrinca Collections Short List: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island WA Rene and Veronica di Rosa Collection The di Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Napa CA The Fox Group, Karen S. Fox, Los Angeles CA Torode Collection, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Howard A. Tullman Collection, Chicago IL Shelly Barry, Slate Contemporary, Oakland CA Derek Van Beers, Roscoe Ceramics, Palm Springs CA Publications: Artists of the Bay Area, Vol 1 and Vol 2, Published by Jen Tough Gallery 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2 Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys 1998-2018: Founding Partner of COMPany, A production firm which produced 3D prototypes and scale models for Architecture, Graphic Design, Advertising and Design Review. Clients included the GAP, Fetzer Vineyards, Sephora, Coke, Godiva Chocolates, Rodney Strong Vineyards and many others over the years. |
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