The artist, Susan Carney, continues to evolve in terms of what inspires her choice of subject matter, the media and mediums she employs, and the art forms and or processes in which she engages. A longstanding intrigue with change has always informed Carney’s work. Watercolor, spray paint, acrylic paint, varnish, and collage combine on wood, canvas, and paper … with a vocabulary of images such as birds, insects, knots, weaving, and fragments of the human body.
Susan has recently taken up residency in Southern Maryland, where the deeply rich, largely unknown indigenous history of the area has sparked an almost obsessive fascination with creating works encompassing nature (in all its geographical and animal splendor), as well as adding elements of the peoples that have populated and influenced the landscape.
A graduate of West Virginia’s Shepherd University, with a BFA in Painting and Printmaking, Carney completed an MFA at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Education
BFA cum laude Painting/ Printmaking: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
1999
BA cum laude Art Education: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV 1999
MFA The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2007
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC
2008 Bridge Gallery: Shepherdstown, WV
2005 Fire House Gallery: Charles Town, WV
1999 George Washington University, Virginia Campus, Ashburn, VA
Benefit Actions
Contemporary American Theater Festival
2004
Collections
West Virginia State Museum
Roger Chavez and Snow Fielding
Donald
and Kay Kodak
Kim Lowry and Bill Neufeld
Juried Exhibitions
2008 Best of West Virginia: Dickirson Gallery Tamarack: Beckley,WV
2007 West Virginia Juried Biennial: Parkersburg, WV
2006 WIP Exhibition: The University of the Arts: Philadelphia, PA
2005
West Virginia Juried Biennial: The Cultural Center: Charleston, WV
Cumberland Valley Exhibit: Washington County Museum of Fine
Arts: Hagerstown, MD
Dickirson Gallery Exhibition: Tamarack Arts Center, Beckley, WV
Faces
of the Fallen: Arlington Museum for Women in the Military:
Arlington, VA
2003 Contemporary American Theater Festival, Frank Center Gallery:
Shepherdstown, WV
2002 Blue Elephant Group Exhibit, Rockville Arts Place: Rockville, MD
2000 Select Solos, Four Person Exhibit, Delaplain Arts Center:
Frederick, MD
1999 Printmaking Invitational Two Person Exhibit: Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD
Georgetown Annual International Exhibition: Frasur Gallery,
Washington DC
1997 Prints– Washington ’97 Corcoran Gallery of Art: Washington DC
Honors & Awards
West Virginia Division of Culture and History 2007 Award of Excellence
The University of the Arts Merit Scholarship 2005
The University of the Arts Merit Scholarship 2006
Freeman Foundation National Consortium for Asian Studies
Study Tour- China 2004
West Virginia Division of Arts and Humanities 2003
West Virginia Individual Artist Fellowship
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Lab School Wash DC 2003
Power of Art Award
Cumberland Valley Art Exhibit: Hagerstown, MD 1999
Grand Purchase Award
Blue Ridge Arts Council Front Royal, VA 1999
Best in Show: Annual Printmaking Exhibition
Cumberland Valley Art Exhibit: Hagerstown, MD 1997
Purchase Award
Publications
African Sun ( Monotype image displayed ) CBS Sunday Morning 2005, 2008
Broadhurst, Nan: Good News Quarterly, Shepherdstown WV 2004
Schiele, Crystal: Martinsburg Journal, Martinsburg, WV 2005
CONTACT
Susan Carney
540-538-4703
susancarneyart@gmail.com