Susan M. Demchak
Education
1991 - 1995 BFA Painting/Drawing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (cum laude)
1993 Spring Seminar in Florence, Villa Corsi-Salviati
Freshman Branstrom Prize 1991
Faculty honors in Drawing 1992, Deans List 1991-1995, Watercolor prize 1994
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2018 Staging Riverview, Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA
2012 Drawn to Water, Set in Sun, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Watercolors and Drawings, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Heliker LaHotan Residence Open Studio, Cranberry Island, ME
2007 South End Open Studios, United South End Artists Inc/ARTBLOCK, Boston, MA
2006 Return to Roots, Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI
Susan Demchak & Claudia Goullette, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Susan Demchak & Nancy Schieffelin, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 - 2005 Susan Demchak, Northern Spy, High Falls, NY
2003 Susan Demchak & Nancy Schieffelin, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
2002 Coastal Excursions, Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI
Susan Demchak & Claudia Goullette, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
2001 Matt Ward & Susan Demchak, Infinity Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Irish Views, Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI
SELECTED Group Exhibitions
2018 DeCordova Sculpture Park, Ceramic Group Show, Lincoln, MA
2013 Artists Talk About Art, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2011 Salon Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston
Isleford Artists Gallery, Isleford ME
2010 Iselford Artists Gallery, Islesford, ME
2009 Musee Rochfort en Terre, August 2
DeCordova Faculty Exhibition June-October
2008 Painting as Presence, CAW New Haven, CT, juried by William Bailey
Project Canvasation, Gallery XV, Boston, MA
2007 Works on Paper, Mayor’s Gallery City Hall, Boston, MA
SalonBe, beGallery, High Falls, NY
DeCordova Museum School Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2006 Martinis and Masterpieces, charity event, World Trade Center, Boston, MA
Three Mediums: Water, Wax & Print, Works by Susan Demchak, Nan Hass Feldman & Wendy Prellwitz, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
H.G. Weber/Avantiart Gallery, Hampton, NH
2005 Westcote Bell Pottery, High Falls, NY
2004 Winter Salon-Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
2002 Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2001 ARTWALK, The Metropolitan Gallery, Chelsea, NY
1995 - 1992 Annual Exhibit, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1993 Centennial Exhibition of the Worlds Fair of 1893 (multimedia) Chicago Museum of Arts,
Chicago, IL
Centennial Exhibition of the Chicago Worlds Fair 1993 (multimedia) Museum of Art,
Ann Arbor, MI
Friends of the Museum Annual Exhibition, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
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Artist Residence
2009 Alfred Klots, Rochefort en Terre artist residency, 3.5 weeks
2008 Heliker LaHotan, Cranberry Isles, ME, 4 weeks
Collections
Graham Gund, Cambridge MA
Hilton, Cambridge, MA
Williams, Bloonmfield Hills, MI
Presentations
2021 Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Workshops
2018 Activity Presenter, Artts at Harborfest 2018, “Greetings from Columbus Park”
Watercolor Workshop
Teaching, Lincoln and Concord Public Schools, MA
2017 Activity Presenter, Artts at Harborfest 2017 “Greetings from Columbus Park”
Watercolor Workshop”
2016 Artist, Children’s Hospital, Prouty Garden Special Event, painted tribute to the Garden
during closing celebrations
Plein Air Artist, Taste of Downtown Crossing 2016
2012 Panelist, Artist Talk About Art Panel Discussion, Watertown Arts Center
Guest Speaker, Shrewsbury Artist Guild
Demonstration and talk, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Artist Talk, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Artist Talk, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Artist Talk, Cranberry Isles Historic Society, Great Cranberry Isle, ME
2008 Artist Talk, Heliker LaHotan Foundation, Great Cranberry Isle, ME
2006 Artist Talk, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Juror of Whimsy, DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA
2003 Demonstration, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
1999 - 2003 Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatrics Ward
- Created therapeutic art projects for hospitalized children
1994 Collaborative Arts Performance, Betty Pease Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
Gallery representation
Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI, 1997-2016
Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA, 2001-present
Islesford Artists Gallery, Islesford, ME, 2010-2013\
Painting Travel
Belgium, Brussels; Canada: Nova Scotia; France: Paris, Nice, St Tropez, Monaco; Germany: Cologne; Ireland: Wicklow County; Italy: Florence, Rome, Sesto, Umbria, Venice; Scotland: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Isle of Skye; Spain: Barcelona; US: Northeast US, Midwest US, and Southwest US
2006 Feature, The Downriver Voice, MI
Feature, Rochester Post. MI
2001 Sothebys.com, ARTWALK 2001 – web announcement