SUSAN LEHMAN
Bandon, Oregon 97411
www.susanlehmanartist.com
studioblue@mycomspan.com
EDUCATION:
Graduated with high distinction in Textile Arts, California College of the Arts, BFA,1970
Post-graduate work, fifth year teaching credential, University of the Pacific, 1986
EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Expressions West, juried exhibition, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2024 “Copper Trees” juried into 43rd Annual Exhibition, Sedona Arts Center
2023 “Natural Conversations” 3 person exhibition at Seattle Labour Temple, Seattle, through Berkano Gallery
2022 Oregon Biennial, at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay
2022 “New Horizons” group show through Berkano Gallery at Seattle Labour Temple
2022 “Old Oak Woods” juried into Expressions West 2022, Coos Art Museum
2022 “Force of Nature” juried into 12th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2021 Members Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2021 Storm Passing Through accepted into the permanent collection, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2021 “Beneath the Surface” Group Show, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Bay, OR
2021 “A Delicate Balance”, Solo Show, Bandon Library Gallery, Bandon, OR
2020 “A Delicate Balance”, Solo Show, Coos Art Museum, Clare Wehrle Community Gallery
2020 “Together/Apart” Coos Art Museum Open Studio Group Exhibition
2020 “Nature Abstract”, Solo Show, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, OR
2020 “Paper Mill” On-Line Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2019 “Setting Her Own Limits”, Four Person Show, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Bay, OR
2019 “Celebrating Abstraction”, Four Person Show, UVAA Red Door Gallery, Roseburg, OR
2019 “Motherland” Juried Members Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2018 “Transform” Siren Nation’s Juried Exhibition “50 NW Women Artists” Portland, OR
2018 “The Lyrical and the Bold:Collages of Susan Lehman”, Art by the Sea People’s Choice Featured Artist
2018 “Creativity Persists” Juried Members Show, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2017 Collage Show, Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, People’s Choice Award, Bandon, OR
2017 “Abstract Perceptions”, Two Person Show with Vince Carl, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR
2017 “From the Annex”, One Person Retrospect Pacific Park Gallery, Coos Bay, OR
2017 “Reunion I”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 “Expressions West”, Juried Show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2016-2017 Featured Artist OCCA Showcase, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR
2016 NWCS Summer Show, Seattle WA, First Place Award
2016 CCA Seattle, Members Show, Seattle, WA
2016 NW Arts 2016, Juried Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2016 “Elements—Ocean + Valley”, Four Person Show, Fisher’s Fine Art, Roseburg, OR
2015 Yaquina Art Association Gallery, Juried Show, Nye Beach, Newport, OR, Third Place
2015 “Elements—Ocean + Valley”, Four Person Show, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Bay, OR
2015 “Then/Now”, Group Show Invitational, Pacific Park Gallery, Coos Bay, OR
2015 “Expressions West”, Juried Show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2015 “Dancing on Bridges”, Writers and Artists Exchange, Port Orford, OR
2015 “New Beginnings”, Invitational, So. Coos Hospital, Bandon, OR
2014 “Expressions West”, Juried Show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2014 “The Creative Process”, UVAA Juried Group Show, Roseburg, OR
2014 Book Show Invitational, Illahe Gallery, Ashland, OR
2013 Regional Juried Micro-Mini Show, Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR
2013 “Coastal Color”, Group Show, Fisher’s Fine Art, Roseburg, OR
2012 Collage Invitational, The Art Gallery, Umpqua Community College
2012 “A Coastal Sensibility”, Group Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2012 “Beyond Words”, One Person Show, Fisher’s, Roseburg, OR
2012 “Take Five!” Five Person Show, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Bay, OR
2012 NWCS Juried Members Show, Rob Schouton Gallery, Whidby Island, WA
2011 ”Celebrate Arts!” Juried Group Show, Florence, OR, First Place Award
2011 “Text Us!” Juried Group Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR, Second Place Award
2010 CRAA National Juried Group Show, Crescent City, CA, Second Place Award
2010 “Separate/Together: A Collaborative Project”, SAGE Gallery, Bandon, OR
2009 “The Soft Show”, Juried Show, The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009 “Hundred Valleys”, Juried Show, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
2009 “How I See Myself”, Juried Self Portrait Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2008 OSU Art About Agriculture: “Nick of Time” Traveling Juried Exhibition, OR
2008 “Up Close and Personal: the Narrative Collages of Susan Lehman”, Sage Gallery, Bandon, OR
2008 NWCS Juried Members Show, Ballard Works, Seattle, WA
2008 “Collage a Trois”, Three Person Show, Florence Event Center, Florence, OR
2007 “Going to Pieces”, Juried Show, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR
2007 “Paste, Paper, Paint”, Collage Collective Group Show, Bandon Artist Supply
2003 “Cow Town” Invitational, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2001 “Colors of Art”, Invitational, Woodland, CA
1990–2000 “Altares del Mundo”, Sacramento, CA, Dia de los Muertos Installations
1998 “Art Furniture” Invitational, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2011-2015 Collage Workshops at Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, Old Town Bandon
2009-2011 Various Collage Workshops at Studio T, Bandon OR
2010 Adult Collage class for the Port Orford Arts Council
2010 “Kids Art on the Boardwalk” children’s art classes sponsored by SAGE
2008 “Narrative Collage” Workshop, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2007 Collage Workshop, DIVA Art Space, Eugene, OR
2006 BAAA Collage Workshop at the Coos Art Museum
CURATORIAL Experience:
2016 Awards Judge Collage Show, Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, Bandon, OR
2016 Awards Judge “Artistic Visions 2016”, Florence Events Center, Florence , OR
2014 & 2015 Juror “In Stitches” textile show, Pacific Park Gallery, Coos Bay, OR
2012 “A Coastal Sensibility” Group Show, UVAA, Roseburg, OR
2009-2010 co-produced “On the Cutting Edge” a five state juried exhibition at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2007 co-produced BAAA Regional Juried Exhibition at CAM