Suzanne M. Long: MIGRATION

Transmission Gallery Oakland:

Suzanne M. Long
MIGRATION

February 3 - March 19, 2022

Opening Reception
Saturday, February 19th, 1-4 pm

Special Pre and Post NCECA
East Bay Clay Roots Open Hours
Free gallery and studio tours of East Bay ceramic arts and artists.
Transmission Gallery, Epperson Gallery, Berkeley Potters Guild, Margaret Norman, Mary Law, The Potters Studio, Trax Gallery, Erin McGuiness, Jeffrey Spahn Collection, De Stabler Collection/Studio, Nancy Selvin, Applied Contemporary, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Whitney Smith, Arts Benicia, John Toki.
Stop by any of these East Bay Clay Roots Galleries and Studios
Saturday, March 12, 12-5
Tuesday, March 15, 2-7
Saturday, March 19, 12-7

If Not Now..., 2021, clay, wool, 31" x 13" x 13"

Survival of the Fittest? clay, underglazes, gold leaf,

Suzanne M. Long and Homing, clay, underglazes, nichrome wire, wool and twigs, 49 x 24 x 24

MIGRATION: Transmission Gallery Oakland

Blame it on the Blue Jays, clay, underglazes, nichrome wire, wool and twigs, 23 x 8 x 8

Mockingbird, clay, underglazes, nest (made by mourning doves), 24 x 7 x 7

Gold Finch, clay, underglazes Nichrome wire, wool and twigs, 14 x 7 x 7

Titmouse, clay, underglazes, gold leaf, 12 x 9 x 9

Undertow, clay, underglazes, Blue Rutile, 11 x 8 x 8

Pigeon, clay, underglazes, wool and twigs, 18 x 8 x 8

Covid Sheep: Sin #1, Greed, clay, toilet paper, 12 x 16 x 6

Black Sheep, clay, 14 x 15 x 7

Smoke Stack, clay, wool, 18 x 14 x 5

Hector, clay, underglazes, aluminum pinwheel by David Yoas, 6 x 14 x 9

Joan, clay, underglazes, aluminum pinwheel by David Yoas, 6 x 14 x 9

N/A: Black Cloud, clay, underglazes, wool, 16 x 14 x 9

Featured in conjunction with NCECA 2022!

Recent ceramic sculpture by Suzanne M. Long: Birds come home to roost, or leave the nest. Sheep carry banners of whimsy, or lofty plumes reminiscent of carbon emissions. Totems, critters and the long gaze of contemplation mark these works reflecting on humanity and our relationship with the natural world.

As is often the case with Long’s sculpture, a quiet sense of humor inspires a feeling of kinship while unexpected details beckon a closer look. What is our place here? Are we sheep? Oblivious? Or gazing ahead with keen awareness? The work ponders these questions, and our uneasy tendency to do nothing in the face of complex and overwhelming evidence that now it is the time to do Something, if only it was clear and not too hard…

Ceramic sculpture and clay fans take note, Migration is one of the stops on the East Bay Clay Roots free self-guided studio and exhibition tour, running concurrent with Fertile Ground, the 56th Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, hosted this year in Sacramento, March 16 -19th. East Bay Clay Roots features sixteen East Bay locations focused on ceramic work and open to the public between Oakland and Benicia/Vallejo, with many stops in between. Check the NCECA website and East Bay Clay Roots Instagram for more details about Fertile Ground and East Bay Clay Roots, including hours, exhibitions, and locations.

More about Suzanne M. Long

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 create, I let me hands lead, at other times my mind. Sometimes I make the same piece over an over, like learning the words of a song, practicing. I repeat it again and again until it is a part of me, then I can release the concept with an understanding of it. My work teaches me who I am, it defines the edges for a time.
It answers a question for me, It poses a question to me.

EDUCATION
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University 1988

EXHIBITIONS
2/22 MIGRATION, Solo Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
4/19 TheArtery, 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 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
2/19 Art of the Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA
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
10/18 All Things Wicked, Pence Gallery, Davis CA, Curated by Eileen Hendren
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
6/18 Have You Heard Us Yet, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA, curated by Alyssa Stanghellini
3/18 You and your Big ideas, Solo Exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia CA
2/18 Art of the Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA
12/17 Gems, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, Juror Donna Seager
9/17 Unbound, Coal Shed Book Arts, Mare Island CA
9/ 17 Art Auction, Arts Benicia, 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 TheArt of the Toy, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, Juror Tony Natsoulas
9 /16 The Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland CA
7/16 Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto CA
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
12/15 Gems III, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, Juror Ruth Santee
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
II/14 Transmigrational Ceramics from the Corridor, Gallery 621 Benicia CA 0
5/14 Eight from ACGA, Davis Art Center, Davis CA, Juror Donna Seagar
12/13 Friends for the Holidays, Gallery 621, Benicia CA
12/13 GEMS 2, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA, Juror Carol Dalton
7/13 Splendid Objects, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA, Juror Kathleen Hannah
6/13 RAC West Gallery ACGA Annual Show, Richmond CA
4/13 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
9/12 Arts Benicia, 25th Anniversary Show, Benicia CA, Jurors Hedi B. Desuyo, Mark Eanes, Erika Van der Zoog
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
12/11 Holiday Show, Gallery 621 Contemporary Art, Benicia CA
08/11 California Sculpture Slam, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA, Juror Charles Arnold

And more going back ...