– traditional film-based & digital fine art black & white photographer since 1998 –
Born: Wisconsin – 1964
Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
Awards:
- 2011 – 2012
- Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
- Grant Recipient for the project A Deepening Vision: a mentorship with (master phtographer) Daniel Anderson
- Peninsula Arts Association / Wisconsin Arts Board
- Ephraim, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin
- 2008 – 2009
- Artist-in-Residence – Paine Art Center & Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- 2006
- Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
- Grant Recipient for the project Close to Home – Phase One & Two
- Peninsula Arts Association / Wisconsin Arts Board
- Ephraim, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin
- 2003
- Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
- Re-Grant Recipient for the project In Walking Distance – Phase Two
- Peninsula Arts Association / Wisconsin Arts Board
- Ephraim, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin
- 2002
- Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
- Grant Recipient for the project In Walking Distance – Phase Two
- Peninsula Arts Association / Wisconsin Arts Board
- Ephraim, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin
- 2002
- Fred Alley Visionary Award
- Peninsula Arts Association – Ephraim, Wisconsin
- (First Individual Artist Award Recipient)
- 2000 - 2002
- NFAA Fellowship in the Visual Arts (3 year residency program)
- National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, Miami, Florida
- 2000
- Individual Artist Program Fellowship Award
- Grant Recipient for the project In Walking Distance
- Peninsula Arts Association / Wisconsin Arts Board
- Ephraim, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2012
- sketches
- Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- 2009
- Mediations on Oshkosh: a photographer’s experience in-residence
- Paine Art Center & Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Suzanne Rose: Portrait of a Community
- Mercy Medical Center – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- 2006
- Close to Home
- Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Art in the Office: Offices of Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton
- Wisconsin State Capital – Madison, Wisconsin
- 2002
- American Journal
- National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts
- Fellowship in the Visual Arts Exhibition
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
- In Walking Distance
- Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Recent Group Exhibitions:
- 2012
- CoPA Midwest Juried Exhibit
- Walker’s Point Center for the Arts - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Catherine Edelman - Juror
- CoPA exhibition catalog
- 2011
- AnimalCraft
- Fowler-Kellogg Art Center at the Chautauqua Institution - Chautauqua, New York
- Door Prize for Portraiture 2011
- Chez Cheryl Hillside Art Space - Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
- award recipient - honorable mention
- 2010
- The Value of Black & White
- Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula Art School – Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- The Clearing Speaks: Inspirations from the Clearing
- The Clearing Folk School – Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
- 2008
- Focus of Our Lives
- The Miller Art Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Now & Then: current and early works by faculty
- Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula Art School – Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- 2007
- One Tree: 14 Artists
- Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula Art School – Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Arts Board Lobby Exhibition
- Madison, Wisconsin
- 2006
- Charlie Lyons Invitational Miniature Art Celebration 2006
- Paint Box Gallery – Ephraim, Wisconsin
- Marriage of the Minds
- Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- 2005
- Unique Markings / Visual Anthropology
- Francis Hardy Center for the Arts – Ephraim, Wisconsin
Permanent Public Collections:
- Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
- Racine Art Museum – Racine, Wisconsin
- Chazen Museum of Art – Madison, Wisconsin
- Paine Art Center an Gardens – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Mercy Medical Center – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Door County Historical Society – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Door County Maritime Museum – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Ephraim Yacht Club – Ephraim, Wisconsin
Selected Private Collections:
- Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton – Madison, Wisconsin
- Ellsworth and Carla Peterson – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Selected Bibliography:
- "Suzanne Rose – Fine Art Photographer" by Sheila Sabrey–Saperstein
- Door County Living Magazine – Summer 2010
- article link
- "Focus on Oshkosh: artist-in-residence turns camera lens on the people who make up the city" by Patricia Wolff
- Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin – September 6, 2009
- article link
- "Supporting Artist’s Visions" by Kay McKinley Arneson
- Door County Living Magazine – Summer 2008
- "Time Warp at the Corcoran" by Jessica Dawson
- Washington Post, Washington, D.C. – August 1, 2002
- "At the Corcoran, Simple Gifts" by Michael O'Sullivan
- Washington Post, Washington, D.C. – July 26, 2002
- Radio Interview by Eddy Allen
- WDOR - Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin – June 10, 2002
Video / Digital work:
- 2005
- Jim Rose Raphael Prize Documentary
- video & color stills
- Society for Contemporary Craft – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- link
Online Journal:
- 2008 – 2009
- Artist-in-Residence, Paine Art Center & Gardens
- link
Photography Post:
- Peninsula Art School
- Photography Department Chair
- Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- 2004 to present
Juror Invitationals:
- 2011
- Picture This!
- The Hardy Gallery – Ephraim, Wisconsin
- juror's statement
- 2010
- The Clearing Speaks: Inspirations from the Clearing
- The Clearing Folk School – Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
- 2006
- 31st Juried Annual exhibit
- Miller Art Center – Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- 2003
- Eye on Nature: The Peninsula Art School Photography Co-op
- Guenzel Gallery at the Peninsula Art School – Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- 2001
- Unique Markings / Visual Anthropology
- Francis Hardy Center for the Arts – Ephraim, Wisconsin