Suzanne Marshall

Artist Statement

I want my work to have the look of science (at least pseudo-science), to have the feel of the spiritual, and to be first and foremost art. I use a versatile vocabulary of images that I keep not only in my head but physically in my studio, not as muses, but as raw material. Monotypes,  photographs, found objects, photocopy transfers, digital prints of  images or objects that I scanned and manipulated or original work created on the computer*, and sketches find their way into the work. I often use multiple monotypes, in parts or whole, to make one collage.

I begin working in an obsessively organized, spotlessly white studio. At the end of a working session only chaos remains; and, if I was successful, one or more works on paper are on the wall. A fascination with science and how thing work, especially things I don’t understand, fuels my desire to create these images; however, a mistrust, a skepticism, and perhaps a primitive fear of what is beyond my comprehension seeps into the work and colors it dark and brooding. The result is satisfying if the work evokes my curiosity (What is it? Where did THAT come from?), a little awe (How did I do that? What does it mean?), and a lot of wonder.

Biography

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA
Date of Birth: 1944

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of New Mexico, 1984
Master of Arts, The University of New Mexico,1986
Master of Fine Arts, The University of New Mexico, 1988

 

Awards: 1992 Museum Purchase Award, New Mexico State University
1992 First Place, National Small Works Exhibition
1986 Raymond Jonson Painting Prize, University of New Mexico

 

Major Collections:

El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

New Mexico State University

Albuquerque Museum

Museo de la Estampa, Mexico City

Western University, Silver City, NM

UNM Law School, Albuquerque, NM

UNM Hospital, Albuquerque, NM

Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

University of Texas at Austin

State University of New York at Oneonta

Hermatology Oncology Clinic, Albuquerque, NM

 University of North Carolina at Fayetteville

Major Group Shows:
2005 Emerging Artist ‘05, Scottsdale, AZ

2001 New Era Art, 516 Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, NM (Juried)
1999 Call for Entries, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (Juried)
1998 Summer Show, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (Invitational)
1998 Plugged In, Sandra Humphries Gallery, Albuquerque, MN
1995 New Mexico/New Directions, Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Barbara Pfaff/Suzanne Marshall, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
1994 Double Vision, AUA  Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
1993 Carol Fitzgerald, Janet Maher, Suzanne Marshall, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque
1992 Close to the Border, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1992 Found Object as Art, Long Beach Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

 

Solo Exhibitions:
2004 “Animalitas,” New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2000 “Warm Machine” New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1998 “Mixed Media Work by Suzanne Marshall” New Grounds, Albuquerque
1989 “Pompeii Notebook” Raw Space, Albuquerque, NM