Suzanne Kane
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
City of Littleton Municipal Art Collections, Littleton, CO
Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico State Capitol Art Collection, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
02,04,08 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Xiem Clay Center, Pasadena, CA
Work of Three, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Bold Statements, Cutter’s Gallery of Fine Art, Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Faculty Art Show, Williams Hall, Las Cruces, NM
2006 Springboard Artfest, Cutter’s Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Portland, OR
Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
2005 Containers New and Old, El Paso Arts and Culture Windows Gallery, El Paso, TX
It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Arts Council, Bemidji, MN
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Originals, The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 So Q, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Works by Stacy Crawford, Suzanne Kane, Elaine Johnson, El Paso Civic Center
Gallery, El Paso, TX
New Works, JME Studio, Las Cruces, NM
International Orton Cone Box Show, Baldwin City, KS
Starbrick National, The Charles and Roene Hazen Memorial Award of Excellence,
Nelsonville, OH
2003 Between the Spaces, Two person show, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art, Las Cruses,
NM
Clay: Making Connections, Purchase Award, Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell,
NM
2002 International Orton Cone Box Show, "Juror's Choice" Award, Baker University, Baldwin
City, KS
2001 The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
The Wichita National 2001, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KA
1999-01 From the Ground Up, "Best of Show" Award (2000), "Ceramic King" Award (1999),
Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
2000 Celebrity Bowls, Invitational benefiting El Caldito, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico Clay 2000, "First Place" Award, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Torpedo Art Center, Alexandria, VA
1999 Subject/Object, Solo Exhibition, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton
Township, MI
1999 Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico Committee of the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Explorations in Abstract Art, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico Clay '99, "Best of Show" Award, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
"Ceramic King" Award, Fisher Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1998 Talking Objects: The Painting of Tauna Cole and the Ceramic Sculpture of Suzanne
Kane, Corbett Center Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Along the Rio Grande, Los Paisanos Gallery, Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX
Ceramics Celebration '98, Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell, NM
Southern Exposure, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
The Many Lives of Women, Kent Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Masters Thesis Exhibition, "First Place: Graduate Symposium" Award, "Potter's Guild
Award of Excellence", New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces Invitational, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003 "The Gallery", Clay Times, May/June
"Up Front: Suzanne Kane", Ceramics Monthly, June
2001 Richard Garriot-Stejskal, "Suzanne Kane, Clay and Metal", Ceramics Monthly, January
1999 "Up Front ", Ceramics Monthly, November
"Marketplace", American Craft, June/July
1993 Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, February
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work is inspired by the objects people make, collect and organize, and the role this making and collecting takes in learning, knowledge and meaning. The sculptural work that develops from this exploration becomes a personal reflection on the nature of humanity. Formally, I have a preoccupation with surface, a great regard for visual movement, and a commitment to space as a palpable material in sculpture making.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Suzanne Kane holds a BFA from Michigan State University and an Masters’ of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University. Her award winning work has been exhibited nationally. Recently she received honors in “Feats of Clay 2006,” Lincoln, California as well as the “2006 International Orton Cone Box Show.” She was chosen as one of eighteen ceramic artists to represent the state of New Mexico in a ceramic exhibition at the Governor’s Gallery and has been included in the New Mexico Women in the Arts exhibition in1999 and 2005. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the New Mexico State Capitol, the Albuquerque Museum, the Las Cruces Fine Arts Museum, and the Littleton Fine Arts Museum. Her work can be seen at Mariposa Gallery in Albuquerque, Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, The Hayden Hays Gallery in Colorado Springs, Iota in Dallas, Obsidian Gallery in Tucson, and Glenn Cutter’s Gallery in Las Cruces.
Suzanne is also a teacher and writer on the arts. Currently she is an instructor of ceramics at New Mexico State University. Her ceramic work can be seen in several issues of Ceramics Monthly and her writing has been recently published in the Australian magazine Ceramics Technical.
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
City of Littleton Municipal Art Collections, Littleton, CO
Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico State Capitol Art Collection, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
02,04,08 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Xiem Clay Center, Pasadena, CA
Work of Three, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Bold Statements, Cutter’s Gallery of Fine Art, Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Faculty Art Show, Williams Hall, Las Cruces, NM
2006 Springboard Artfest, Cutter’s Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Portland, OR
Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
2005 Containers New and Old, El Paso Arts and Culture Windows Gallery, El Paso, TX
It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Arts Council, Bemidji, MN
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Originals, The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 So Q, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Works by Stacy Crawford, Suzanne Kane, Elaine Johnson, El Paso Civic Center
Gallery, El Paso, TX
New Works, JME Studio, Las Cruces, NM
International Orton Cone Box Show, Baldwin City, KS
Starbrick National, The Charles and Roene Hazen Memorial Award of Excellence,
Nelsonville, OH
2003 Between the Spaces, Two person show, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art, Las Cruses,
NM
Clay: Making Connections, Purchase Award, Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell,
NM
2002 International Orton Cone Box Show, "Juror's Choice" Award, Baker University, Baldwin
City, KS
2001 The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
The Wichita National 2001, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KA
1999-01 From the Ground Up, "Best of Show" Award (2000), "Ceramic King" Award (1999),
Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
2000 Celebrity Bowls, Invitational benefiting El Caldito, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico Clay 2000, "First Place" Award, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Torpedo Art Center, Alexandria, VA
1999 Subject/Object, Solo Exhibition, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton
Township, MI
1999 Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico Committee of the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Explorations in Abstract Art, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico Clay '99, "Best of Show" Award, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
"Ceramic King" Award, Fisher Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1998 Talking Objects: The Painting of Tauna Cole and the Ceramic Sculpture of Suzanne
Kane, Corbett Center Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Along the Rio Grande, Los Paisanos Gallery, Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX
Ceramics Celebration '98, Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell, NM
Southern Exposure, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
The Many Lives of Women, Kent Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Masters Thesis Exhibition, "First Place: Graduate Symposium" Award, "Potter's Guild
Award of Excellence", New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces Invitational, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003 "The Gallery", Clay Times, May/June
"Up Front: Suzanne Kane", Ceramics Monthly, June
2001 Richard Garriot-Stejskal, "Suzanne Kane, Clay and Metal", Ceramics Monthly, January
1999 "Up Front ", Ceramics Monthly, November
"Marketplace", American Craft, June/July
1993 Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, February
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work is inspired by the objects people make, collect and organize, and the role this making and collecting takes in learning, knowledge and meaning. The sculptural work that develops from this exploration becomes a personal reflection on the nature of humanity. Formally, I have a preoccupation with surface, a great regard for visual movement, and a commitment to space as a palpable material in sculpture making.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Suzanne Kane holds a BFA from Michigan State University and an Masters’ of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University. Her award winning work has been exhibited nationally. Recently she received honors in “Feats of Clay 2006,” Lincoln, California as well as the “2006 International Orton Cone Box Show.” She was chosen as one of eighteen ceramic artists to represent the state of New Mexico in a ceramic exhibition at the Governor’s Gallery and has been included in the New Mexico Women in the Arts exhibition in1999 and 2005. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the New Mexico State Capitol, the Albuquerque Museum, the Las Cruces Fine Arts Museum, and the Littleton Fine Arts Museum. Her work can be seen at Mariposa Gallery in Albuquerque, Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, The Hayden Hays Gallery in Colorado Springs, Iota in Dallas, Obsidian Gallery in Tucson, and Glenn Cutter’s Gallery in Las Cruces.
Suzanne is also a teacher and writer on the arts. Currently she is an instructor of ceramics at New Mexico State University. Her ceramic work can be seen in several issues of Ceramics Monthly and her writing has been recently published in the Australian magazine Ceramics Technical.