3 North Colonial Avenue #4
Richmond, VA
23221
415.706.0576 / susieganch@hotmail.com
Education
1997 Master of Fine Arts,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1994 Bachelor of Science Geology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1990-91 Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Israel
2004 California College of Art, Oakland,
CA
2003 Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San
Francisco, CA
1997,1998 Penland
School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Selected Exhibitions
2007
Fusion:
11th Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Columbus
Cultural Center,
Columbus,
OH
SOFA
NY Sienna Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NYC, NY
SOFA
NY Snyderman Works Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NYC, NY
10
x 10 Broochless Ornamental
Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Materials
Hard and Soft Center for
the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Craft in
America: Expanding Traditions (Forthcoming 2 year traveling
exhibition)
Hush
Lush Piedmont Arts Association,
Martinsville, VA
2006
Metalmsmiths
and Mentors Chazen Museum, Madison, WI
Convergence Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo
exhibition/installation)
These
Things Snap Right Off!
Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Ethos Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Sparkle
Plenty II Quirk
Gallery, Richmond, VA
Necklace
Show Velvet da
Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Selected
Exhibitions Cont.
2005
Sparkle
Plenty Quirk
Gallery, Richmond, VA
California Art
Metal Now Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Ingenuity=Art Jewelry Society of Arts and Crafts,
Boston, MA
2004
SOFA Chicago Penland Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Ready to Wear John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
MAG 2004: An Exhibition of
Metal Art Oakland Museum of California, Oakland,
CA
The Nature of Craft and the
Penland Experience The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
New Metals Invitational Giles Gallery of Art, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,
KY
2003
Functional Wearable
Sculptural Vesuvius Gallery, Glenn, MI (3 person
show)
Big Little Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Chess Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition in Motion SNAG Conference, San Francisco, CA
SOFA New York Yaw Gallery, NY, NY
2002
WalkinÕ On Air Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Un-expectations: Exploring
the Avant-Garde OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Penland Resident Artists Bradford Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA
2001
In Transition Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
If The Shoe FitsÉ OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Extending the Tradition Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Transformation 3:
Contemporary Works in Jewelry & Small Metals Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Cups Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Concerning the Human Figure Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC
2000
Endings and Beginnings Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Selected
Exhibitions Cont.
Magic and Ritual Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Slop Supermarket 2000 Catalogue Tour
An Innovative Spirit Traveling exhibition: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN,
Folk
Art Center Asheville, NC, Kentucky
Folk Art Center, Morehead, KY
Exhibition in Motion SNAG conference, Boston, MA
Fun and Games OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1999
Magic and Ritual Steinbaum Krauss, New York, NY
NonFunction: Objects for Contemplation Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Wisconsin Metalsmiths John Michael Kohler Art Center,
Sheboygan, WI
UW-Madison Faculty Art Exhibition Elvehijium Art Museum, Madison, WI
Talismans for the Coming Millennium Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Slop Supermarket Õ99 The Slop Shop Gallery, Kansas City, KS
Materials Soft and Hard Visual Arts Center, Denton, TX
1998
La Petite VI Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR
Living the Legacy Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI
1997
About Space Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI (solo exhibition)
6411: Six Metals People Class of 1925 Gallery, Madison, WI
SNAG Juried Student Slide
Show SNAG Conference, Albuquerque, NM
Teaching Experience
2005-present
Virginia
Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
Assistant
Professor
Head of the
metal/jewelry program
Teaching
Experience Cont.
2004-2005
Academy of Art
University San Francisco, CA
Beginning and advanced levels
Independent directed study with
graduate students
Curriculum Development
Ordering tools and materials
2004, 2005,2007
Mendocino Art Center Mendocino, CA
3 and 5-day intensive hollow
fabrication workshop
Advanced level
2004
Oregon College of Arts and
Crafts Portland, OR
3-day intensive fabrication workshop,
all levels
2003-2004
San Francisco State
University San Francisco, CA
Beginning metal fabrication
courses
Studio and tool maintenance
2000-present
Oxbow Summer School of the
Arts Saugatuck, MI
Accredited summer workshop for
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Beginning to advanced levels
Program and curriculum
development
2001,2003, 2006
Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
Eight-week intensive workshops,
all levels
Two-week intensive workshop,
advanced level
2003-2005
California College of Art Oakland, CA
2-day intensive fabrication
workshops, all levels
Teaching
Experience Cont.
2003
Crucible Oakland, CA
10-week beginning metal workshop
2000-2001
Local Imagination Penland, NC
NEA-funded weekend art workshops
provided by Penland School for the surrounding community; all ages, all levels
1999-2000
University of
Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI
Instructor and summer program
director for metals department
Developed course syllabi for
beginning, advanced, and Special Topics
Undergraduate and graduate
levels
1998
University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI
Beginning to advanced levels
Curatorial Experience
2007
The
Vault Project Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Yearlong
series of solo exhibitions curated for the Vault Exhibition space in the
gallery
Visiting
Artist Lectures and Residencies
2007
University
of Georgia-Athens
Visiting
Artist Lecture, Critique, and Technical Demonstration
Craft
Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Visiting
Artist Lecture and 2-day Workshop
2006
Quirk
Gallery, Richmond, VA
Lecture
in conjunction with Sparkle Plenty II given to the VMFA CollectorÕs Group
Visiting
artist Lectures and Residencies Cont.
The
Map Room Portland,
ME
Artist-in-Residence
Invitation
based 1-week experimentation project
Eastern
Kentucky State University
Visiting
Artist Lecture and Technical Demonstration
Chazen
Museum Madison, WI
Visiting
Artist Lecture
2005
Blue
Room gallery San Francisco, Ca
Visiting
artist lecture
Quirk
Gallery Richmond,
VA
Visiting
Artist lecture
Penland
School of Crafts Penland, NC
Visiting
artist lecture and critique
1999-2002
Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
Artist-in-Residence
Nationally juried 3-year
residency program providing a professional, supportive opportunity for
independent studio
work
2002
California College of Art Oakland, CA
Visiting Artist
Slide lecture and technical
demonstration for students in the metals arts department
East Kentucky State
University Richmond, KY
Visiting Artist
Slide lecture, technical
demonstration and discussion for undergraduate fine art students
Warren Wilson College Asheville, NC
Visiting Artist
Technical demonstration and
discussion for undergraduate art students
2001
Asheville Art Museum Asheville, NC
Artist Lecturer
ÒUp for DiscussionÓ Invitational
Lecture Series
1998
Whitman College Walla Walla, WA
Visiting Artist
Slide lecture and professional
practice discussion with undergraduate fine arts students
Visiting Artist/Critic
Slide lecture and
critique/discussion of undergraduate student work in metals
Related
Experience
2003
Petra Class Studio San Francisco, CA
Metal Fabrication Assistant
Assistant gold fabricator and
stone setter
2002-2003
Newman Metalworks Oakland, CA
Metal Fabricator
Assistant Fabricator of
one-of-a-kind silver Judaic work
Honors
and Awards
2007
VCU
Faculty Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
JurorÕs
Award, Materials Soft and Hard, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton,
TX
Nominated
Finalist for Teacher of the Year Niche Award
2006
1st
Place JurorÕs Award, These Things Snap Right Off! Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004
Best in Show, MAG 2004: An Exhibition of
Metal Art Oakland Museum of
California, Oakland, CA
1999
2nd Prize, Beacons for the Future Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Honors
and Awards Cont.
1997, 1999
Studio Assistant Scholarship Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
1997
Albert Murray Scholarship Albert Murray Foundation, Adamsville, OH
A scholarship for visual art
students based on financial need and scholastic and creative merit
WomenÕs Jewelry Association Scholarship Award Fairfield, NJ
Nationally juried competition;
selection based on merit
Publications: Books,
Articles, and Reviews
Quirky
Finds by Megan Marconyak, Richmond Magazine, May 2007, pp.45-47
Arthur
Hash by Susie Ganch published in conjunction with Bridge9 Exhibition by the Society
of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Jewellery
Design Maomoa Publications (forthcoming)
Bizarre
Bling, by Sarah Warner, Style Weekly, December 20, 2006, pp.33
Fred
Fenster and Eleanor Moty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, by Robert Silberman,
American Craft Magazine, DecÕ06/JanÕ07, pp.42
Metalsmiths
and Mentors, by Jody Clowes, University of Wisconsin, pp.107
Exhibition
in Print 2006 Metalsmith
Magazine, volume 26 number 4, pp.22
500
Necklaces, Lark Books, pp. 395-396
Quirk
GalleryÕs Sparkle Plenty, V Magazine, December 2005, pp. 3
Off
the rack, style weekly fashion quarterly, winter 2005, cover &
pp.7
500
Bracelets
Lark Books, pp. 122
The
Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience Lark Books, pp.27, 83
Downtown
Standout San Francisco Downtown Magazine , April
2004, volume 12, number 4, pp.19
Looming
Large Our State North Carolina Magazine, June
2004, pp.88-89
Design! by Steven Aimone, Lark Books,
pp.
The
Penland Book of Ceramics Lark
Books, pp. 86-89
Making
Beautiful Beads by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot, Lark
Books, pp. 99-101
Exhibition
in Print 2002Ó
Metalsmith Magazine, volume 22, number 4, pp.23
Black
Magic Style Magazine, fall 2002, pp.60
Collections:
Public and Private
Asheville
Art Museum
John
Crutchfield and Artemis Gallery
Lois
Boardman
Glen
and Florence Hardymon
Fred
Fenster
On-Line Exhibitions
Klimt02 www.klimt02.net
Noovo
Magazine www.elcorreogallego.es
Gallery Representation
Velvet
da Vinci San Francisco, CA
Quirk
Gallery Richmond, VA