Susan Canavarro

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

FEC - 2012
Siuslaw Public Library - Jan -Feb 2011 - Pet Menagerie
2009 ---Old Town Coffee Roasters & Art Gallery
2006-07---The Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
1998— Black & White - One Local View, Headlands Coffeehouse, Fort Bragg, CA
1997— Landscapes, College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, CA
——— Sometimes It's Simply Black & White, Wilkes Gallery, Mendocino, CA
1995—Bindings, MFA Thesis Project, San Jose State University, CA
——— MFA Pictorial Pre-thesis Exhibition, San Jose State University, CA
1993—Watercolors, The Balcony Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
1992—Culminating BFA Exhibition, Ayers Hall, California State University, Chico
1990—Now and Then, The Café Max, Chico, CA
1986—Orcas Island Artworks Co-op, Orcas Island, WA
1979—Washington Federal Savings & Loan, Orcas Island, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & JURIED COMPETITIONS

2012---Local WSO Members Watermedia Exhibit, January, Florence Events Center, Oregon.
2011---Hang-It-All, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR 97439
..........Mindpower Gallery, Reedsport, OR - Ongoing Display of Landscapes
2010-2011...Pet Menagerie and Landscapes, Siuslaw Public Library, Brubaker Wall, November 2010 thru March 2011.
2010 ---Coos Art Museum 2010 - CAM Biennial: Public Hanging Exhibition Artists - Oct- Nov.
...........Hang-It-All, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR 97439
-----------FEC Gallery Commoittee Show - October thru half of November, 2010
-----------Old Town Coffee & Art Gallery, On-going display.
2009 ---Celebrate Arts 2009, Florence Events Center, Florence, OR
-----------FEC Art Committee Show– Gallery Five - September
-----------Old Town Coffee Roasters & Art Gallery, Gallery artists group exhibit continuous, Florence, OR
2008 ---Celebrate Arts 2008, Annual Juried Exhibit, Florence Events Center Galleries, OR
2007 ---Celebrate Arts 2007, Florence Events Center, Florence, OR
-----------Group Show, The Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
2006 ---FEC Art Committee Show “Committee Art Works” – Gallery Five
-----------FEC “Fresh From FlorenceArtists.com 2006 Exhibit” – Gallery One
-----------Celebrate Arts 2006, Annual Juried Exhibit, Florence Events Center Galleries, OR
2005 --FlorenceArtists.com - Online Gallery/Web Hub
----------Florence Events Center "Celebrate Arts 2005" Florence, OR
----------Florence Events Center, "Visual Jazz"
----------Art Like A Wheel, "Surprise - Four Women Artists"
--------- Art Like A Wheel, Florence, OR - "Riding In Cars With Dogs" Exhibit.
----------Art Like A Wheel, "Bridge Noise" Exhibit.
2004--- Florence Events Center "Celebrate Arts 2004" Florence, OR
--------- FlorenceArtists.com - Online Gallery/Web Hub
----------Florence Events Center - Winter Folk Festival, OR
----------The Ryan Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
----------Nepenthe's The Phoenix Shop, Big Sur Coast, CA
2003---The Quercia Gallery and Frame Shop, Duncans Mills, CA
----------Gallery Canavarro - Online Gallery 2002
----------King Studio, Shoshone, CA
———CAL Member's Show, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA.
———Bold Expressions, Juried, No. California Arts, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA
———Changing Colors, Members Exhibition, W.A.S.H., Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA
———Nouvelle Images, Members Exhibition, Calif. Arts League, Sacramento Fine Arts Ctr, CA
———Magnum Opus XIV , Juried, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA
1999—CSUC Alumni, Taylor Art Gallery, Chico, CA
1997—Member's Juried Competition, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
———Member's Exhibition, Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg, C
———Four Women, Artist's Cooperative of Mendocino, Mendocino, CA
———Paintings, Susan Canavarro & Mary Burke King, The Quarcia Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
1996—Member's Exhibition, Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg, CA
1995— Office of Department of Art and Design, San Jose State University
1988-1997—The Family Gallery, (Continuous Showing) Duncans Mills, CA
1992—Office of Dr. Elaine Wangberg, Dean of Graduate School, Kendall Hall, CSUC,Chico, CA
20th—Annual Contemporary Art Competition, San Jose, CA
1991-1992—Reception Office, Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs, Kendall Hall, CSUC, Chico, CA
1991—Print Show, Chico Community Art Center, Chico, CA
———Watercolors From Chico State, Cory's Restaurant, Chico, CA
1988—Sonoma Coast, The Family Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA
1986—The Need Family, Zacha's Bay Window Gallery, Mendocino, CA
———Butte County Library, Paradise, CA
———A Father/Daughter Show, Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, OR
1985-1987—Orcas Island Artist Cooperative, Olga, WA
1984—Ransom's Gallery, Orcas Island, WA (2 Person Show)
———Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, WA (4 Person Show)
1982—Crystal Gardens Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
———Gallery Regina, Bellevue, WA
1979—Arts Gallery, La Conner, WA
1977—Sidney Museum and Gallery, Port Orchard, WA
1977—Monterey County Fair Art Exhibition, Monterey, CA

COLLECTIONS

2008---Arnold & Ginger Buchman, Florence, OR
2005---Ms. Barbara Giles, Florence, OR
2006---Mr. & Mrs Jack Remick, Seattle, WA
1992—Janet Turner Print Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
1992—Dr. Elaine Wangberg, Dean of Graduate School, CSUC
1992—Maria Phillips, Professor of Art History, CSUC
1992—Ann T. Pierce, Professor Emerita, CSUC
1992—Mary & Frank King, Pahrump, NV
1981—Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, WA
Paintings in private collections in United States, Sweden, Canada, & Nigeria.

AWARDS

2011---Hang-It-All, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR 97439 - People's Choice
2010---Hang-It-All, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR 97439 - Best Of Show
2009---Hang-It-All, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR 97439 - People's Choice
2008 ---Florence Event Center Gallery, Celebrate Arts 2008 – 2 Award of Merits; Honorable Mention
2007 ---Florence Event Center Gallery, Celebrate Arts 2007 Honorable Mention
2006 ---Florence Event Center Gallery, Celebrate Arts 2006 Honorable Mention
2005 ---Florence Event Center Gallery, Celebrate Arts 2005 Award of Merit
2004---Celebrate Arts 2004, Award of Merit
2002—CAL Member's Show, 2nd Place, Acrylics
W.A.S.H., Changing Colors, Honorable Mention
SFAC Magnum Opus XIV, Award of Excellence
1997—FBCA Member's Exhibition, Honorable Mention
1991—California Exposition & State Fair, Sacramento, CA, Award of Merit
1981—41st Annual Northwest Watercolor Exhibition and Traveling Exhibit, Bellevue Museum, WA
Jule Kulberg Memorial Award

EDUCATION

1995—MFA— San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, School of Art and Design Graduate Program
1992—BFA—California State University, Chico, CA, Department of Art
1964-1989—Various Community Colleges
Workshops: Richard Yip, Christopher Schink, Katherine Wengi O'Conner, Rex Brandt, Sam Colburn, Al and Lois Need

Juried Art Exhibitions ~ Juror

2009 --- FACA Annual Juried Art Show, Rhody Days Event, May, Florence, OR
----------Juried Miniature Exhibit, Old Town Coffee & Art Gallery, Summer, Florence, OR
----------Juried Little Dickens Miniature Exhibit, Backstreet Gallery, Florence, OR

CITATIONS

1991—Chico Enterprise Record, Sunday Dec. 15, "Endeavors of Chico's Abundant Artists," by Michele French.
1988—Bodega Bay Signal, August 18, "A Family Affair," Edd Kincaid.
1986—Westart, January 24, p.7, "Mendocino Artists and Galleries," Hilda Pertha.
———Paradise Post, "Ridge Family Exhibits Paintings and Photography."
1969—"Family Art Exhibit Shows Love of Coast," Anne Holmes, Erickson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Susan's Blog: The Confessions of a Florentine Pet Sitter ~ cattaleconfessions.wordpress.com, © 2010 Stories and paintings by Susan Canavarro.
2008-2010 -- Fragments: Grwoing Up Bohemian Poor In Dementia's House. Self-Published illustrated memoir. 160 pages. © 2008 - Stories and drawings by Susan Canavarro.
1997 ---- Quotes & Notes, Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Newsletter.
1995 ---- MFA Final Thesis Exhibition, Bindings, Gallery 3, San Jose Sate University, Art & Design, San Jose, CA.
Organized, installed, and documented thesis show of paintings for the MFA degree, including my artist's statement, publicity, and announcements.
1994 ---- MACLA - San Jose Center for Latino Arts.
Taught eight week mixed media workshop to students age nine through seventeen, incorporation the use of waterbased media with collage, charcoal, pencil, crayon, resists, and acrylic mediums. Organized and installed exhibition of student work at MACLA's Arts Center in San Jose.
1993 --- "INHERITANCE: ART IN THE FAMILY".
Participated in curatorial aspects of designing an exhibition of family art: designed and wrote press release, invitations, and participated in jurying process. Project was in conjunction with gallery operations class at SJSU.
1992 --- Contrapposto,The Forum Exhibition of 1916.
Wrote paper for Humanities and Fine Arts publication, published by California State University, Chico, CA
1988-1992 --- Chico International Folkdancing News.
Designed, published, and wrote articles for a newsletter for folk dancing organization