S U S A N Y O R K
BORN: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS [selected]
2022
Susan York, Distilling Carbon, Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, CA
2019 - 2020
The Unfolding Center with poet, Arthur Sze, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, Alabama
2017- 2019
Foundation (site specific installation), The Drawing Center, NY, NY
2019
Schwarz/Weiss: Jens Trimpin and Susan York, Galerie Anna Wenger, Zürich, Switzerland
2018
Susan York: New and Recent Work, Del Deo & Barzune, NY, NY
The Unfolding Center with poet, Arthur Sze, Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2017
Daily Drawings, dr. julius, AP, Berlin, Germany
2016
Carbon: Susan York, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Susan York: Sculpture, Drawings & Lithographs, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
The Unfolding Center, Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
2014
High Density, dr. julius, with Peter Weber, Berlin Germany
2013
Fabbri Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
The Unfolding Center, with Arthur Sze, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe NM
2012
Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Primary Forms with James Castle, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY
2010
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Focus, Knoedler & Co. Project Space, Art Basel, Miami, FL
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
3 Columns, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
2007
exhibitions 2d, Marfa, TX
Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
2006
Graphite, exhibitions 2d, Marfa, TX
2005
Angle of Repose, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Center of Gravity, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum, s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
1999
Primal Space and Form, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
GROUP EXHIBITIONS [selected]
2023
Shadow and Light, New Mexico Museum of Art, Vladem Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Counterpoint: AV Ryan & Susan York, curated by Patricia Zararte, Sculpture Space NYC, NY
CENTURY. Idee Bauhaus, Dubniczay Palace of the House of Arts, European Capital of Culture, 2023, Veszprém, Hungary
2021
With Eyes Open: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Alle, Galerie Anna Wenger, Zurich, Switzerland
2020
Black Matter, E3 Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
2019
CENTURY. idee bauhuas, dr. julius AP, Berlin, Germany
Parallel Lines, Royal Sculpture Society, London, England
The Adjacent Possible, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2018
Edge of Visibility, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Durchs Feuer Gehen, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Decade One, dr. julius AP, Berlin, Germany
The Presence of Absence, Gallery Fritz, Santa Fe, NM
2017-2018
Contact: From Local to Global, NM Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2017
Drei Dimensional: Skulptur – Objekt – Plastik, Galerie Anna Wenger, Zürich, Switzerland
Thinking Sequentially, Susan York with Vincent Como and Tamar Zinn, Key Projects Artist Space, NY, NY
In the Kabinet: Drawings of Susan York, Galerie Anna Wenger, Zürich, Switzerland
2016
Kinder, wie die Zeit Vergeht! 2016, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Drawings of Susan York, Galerie Anna Wenger, Zürich, Switzerland
Innervisions: New Prints 2016 / Summer, International Print Center, New York
Color Coded: Susan York, David X Levine, Matt Magee, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Rien à voir, Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
ACCROCHAGE +, dr. julius AP, Berlin, Germany
New Editions, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Cranbrook Ceramics + / - 25 Years, NCECA, Kansas City, KS, NMSU Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM,
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2015
Schwarz Auf Weiss, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
KWA Exhibition, Icheon, Korea
Be Here Now, 308@156 Project Artspace, NY, NY
2014
PAARUNGEN, Arbeiten auf Papier, bilder und Kleinskulpturen, LA Projects, Landshut, Germany
2014
Hauptsache Grau #4, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, Germany
THe Collection, Zurich Switzerland
Neue Konkrete + Architektur: Susan York & Peter Weber, dr. Julius, Berlin, Germany
The Unfolding Center: Arthur Sze and Susan York, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
The Armory Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2013
AGAIN: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Cumulous Skies: The Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in NM, SF Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012
WOP! works on paper, Fabbri Contemporary, Milan, Italy
Gravity: It’s the Law, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Alcove 12.5, NM Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Thinking New Mexico: A Centennial Exhibition, NM State University, Las Cruces, NM
2010
Fabbri Contemporary, Milan, Italy
Neue Positionen Zeitgenössischer Reduktiver Kunst, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
2009
Wes Mills and Susan York: Graphite on Paper, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Artists, Knoedler & Co., NY, NY
2008
Gravitas, Dorsky Projects, Long Island City, NY
Group Exhibition, Knoedler & Co., NY, NY
2007
Trace Elements, Margarete Roeder Gallery, NY, NY
Group Exhibition, Knoedler & Co., NY,
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2006
Minimal /ist, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WN
2004
Implicit Plasticity, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Zen of Materiality, Charlotte Jackson Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands [Dutch Souvenir Project]
exhibitions 2d, Marfa, Texas
2003
53rd Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea;
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Spazio Consolo, Salon de Mobil, Milan, Italy, [Dutch Souvenir Project]
Galerie Binnen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, [Dutch Souvenir Project]
Museum voor Hedenaagse Kunst, Tilburg, Netherlands, [Dutch Souvenir Project]
2000-2002
Ceramic National 2000, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
2001-2002
Organizing the World: Sculptural Interventions, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Steel Girrrls, Houston Texas, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2002
Ceramic Annual 2001, Scripps College, Claremont CA
Rendezvous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NB
2001
Silicate, Baltimore Works, Baltimore, MD
Al2O3 SiO3, The Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995
Center of Gravity (thesis exhibition), Cranbrook Academy of Art
Intersections and Interstices: Installations & Collaborations with the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Pontiac, MI
1992
Golden Mean Constructions, Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991
Biennale Internazionale di Ceramica Contemporanea, Galleria d’Arte, Grottaglie, Italy
1990
III Svjetski Trienale Male Keramike, Zagreb, Croatia
1989
CCA Invitational, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Surface and Substance, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1988
Color/Form/Texture, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sensual Surfaces, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1987
New Mexico ’87, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico
1987
On the Wall / Off the Wall, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1985
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1984
Southwest: Midwest Exchange, Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, IL;
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
American National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Color/ No Color: S.L. York and Holly Roberts, The Artists Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
COLLECTIONS [selected]
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Brett Littman, NY, NY
Irving & Jackie Blum, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA
John Robertshaw, NY, NY
Lannan Foundation, Marfa, TX and Santa Fe, NM
The Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Museum of Art of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
The Panza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland
Queens Museum, Corona, NY
Tobias Hestler, Zurich, Switzerland
Wynn Kramarsky, NY, NY
Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT
The Panza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland
Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Museum of Art of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
The Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Irving & Jackie Blum, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA
Queens Museum, Corona, NY
EDUCATION
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
BFA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
HONORS AND AWARDS [selected]
2019
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
Fellow, Royal Society of Sculptors, London England
2012
Alumni Achievement Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Herb Alpert Fellow, Alpert Foundation Award for residency at the UCross Foundation, Ucross, Wyoming
2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship
1996
Finalist, Fulbright Fellowship
LECTURES & TEACHING. [selected]
2020
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Dallas, TX
2019
The Drawing Center, NY, NY
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, Alabama
2018
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2016
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Sheldon Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009-2016
President’s Chair, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Cranbrook Alumni Award Lecture
1998-2009
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Professor
2006
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Lecture
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Guest Lecturer
2005
Hunter College, NY, NY; Guest Lecturer
2004
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Guest Lecturer
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Guest Lecturer
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL, panel discussion
2000
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Guest Lecturer
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Guest Lecturer
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Guest Lecturer
2000
New York University, NY, Guest Lecturer
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Guest Lecturer
1998
European Ceramic Workcenture, s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Lecture
1990
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Visiting Professor, Department of Art
1987-89
United World College, Montezuma, NM
PUBLICATIONS [selected]
Blauvelt, Andrew, With Eyes Open: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Cranbrook Art Museum, MI, 2021
Hyperallergic, “Artists Quarantine with their Art Collections” by Stephen Maine, October, 2020
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, YouTube, “Annual Edition, 2020,” Susan York & Sabine Schaschl, director Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
Ucross Foundation, YouTube, “Natalie Goldberg in Conversation with Susan York”, 2021
Art in Print, Journal Volume 8, Number 3, “Edge of Visibility” by Susan Tallman, September-October 2018
Sculpture Magazine, “Susan York: Del Deo & Barzune and The Drawing Center” by Jan Riley, September, 2018
Image Culture, “Susan York”, Podcast Interview by William Jess Laird, Episode 1, January 16, 2018
Hyperallergic, "An Artist's Devoltion to Exactness" by John Yau, January, 20, 2018
THE Magazine, "Studio Visit with Susan York", September, 2017
Adobe Airstream, “Susan York at the O’Keeffe Museum” by Ellen Berkovitch, May, 2016
The New Mexican, “Susan York’s Graphite Works at O’Keeffe Museum” by Michael Abatemarco, January, 2016
art ltd, “Susan York: Carbon at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum” by Kathryn M Davis, March, 2016
Schwarz Auf Weiss: Highlights aus der Sammlung Maximilian und Agathe Weishaupt, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design, Ingolstadt, Germany, 2015
Bleyl, Matthias; Fehr, Michael; Noack, Wita, Hauptsache Grau, Mies van der Rohe Haus, form + zweck, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Yau, John, The Unfolding Center, Arthur Sze & Susan York, radius books, Santa Fe, NM, 2013
Applaus Kultur-Magazin, “Zauber des Purismus,” by Rüdiger Heise, Munich, Germany, July 8, 2012
Food & Wine, “Santa Fe Enters a New Age,” by Douglas Anthony Cooper, September, 2011
Art in America, “Susan York: James Kelly Contemporary,” by Harmony Hammond, March, 2011
Art in America, “Susan York, 3 Columns, Lannan Foundation” by Sarah King, December, 2008
ArtForum, “Critic Picks” by Blake Gopnik, July, 2008
Sculpture Magazine, “Eliminating Subject and Object” by Jan Riley, July, 2008
Art + Antiques, “America’s Artland: Santa Fe” by Ellen Berkovitch, 2007
Sculpture Magazine, “Obsession” by Kathleen Whitney, April, 2006
Bullis, Douglas, 100 Artists of the Southwest, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. PA., 2006
Rejoinders, Anton, European Ceramic Work Centre, The Ceramic Process, A & C Black, London, England, 2005
New York Times Magazine, “Flying Geese” by Susan York, Lives Column, Dec. 4, 2005
Art in America, “Susan York, Klaudia Marr Gallery” by Sarah King, February, 2004
Kerameik Techni, Piraeus, Greece, Sept. 2002
Ceramics Monthly, “Susan York” by Richard Garriott-Stejskal, April 2002
Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio, April, 2002
Scripps College 58th Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, 2002
Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue No. 47, Sydney, Australia, 2001
THE Magazine, “The Universe of Susan York” by Arden Reed, June, 1999
ARTIST RESIDENCIES [selected]
2018
Bullseye Resource Center Residency, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012
Ucross Foundation, Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize, Ucross, Wyoming
1997
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum (European Ceramic Work Center), s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands