Susan Calza
Links
Prof. Susan Calza Artist Talk, March 2012
Art Review: Susan Calza, Axel's Gallery & Frame Shop — Seven Days
Susan Calza on art, Nepal, and heaven’s buffet
Let's Not Pretend Trailer (2017 Film)
Let's Not Pretend — a film by Riley Bartolomeo about acclaimed artist Susan Calza
Susan Calza’s Installation in Montpelier Invites Telling Stories about Trying Times - Seven Days
Susan Calza talks about her installation at Bennington Museum, North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show
2018-present – Founder/Director
The Susan Calza Gallery, 138 Main Street, Montpelier, VT
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Our Hour, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2023 – Our Demons are Translucent, The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2022– "A Vacant Chair…” The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2021 – "Story Times: how you cut it," The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Part of Listening…a visual tapestry of change. A community project.
2019– "I Love It When I’m Wrong: yes white people, immigration is about skin color,” The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2019 – "Domestic Disasters" 240 and counting, Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2017 – Let’s Not Pretend, this is ordinary gold, Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury, VT
2015 – Susan Calza, Recent Work, Doc’s Gallery, Evanston, IL
2015 – Deva’s and Demons, 3rd Floor Gallery, Hardwick, VT
2012 – Much Acquainted Missing, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2012 – Objects of Analysis, Black Box Gallery, Visual Art Center, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2007 – Turn The Car Around, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2004 – No Conclusions, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2001-2002 – Black Box Theater, Johnson VT, Performance series
1999 – The Mouth of The Lion, Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Burlington, VT
1999 – Hush, I Have Something To Tell You, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT, Exhibition and Performance
1994 – Organ of Hearing, Be Still My Heart, Dibden Center for The Arts, Johnson, VT
1998 – Dibden Center for The Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT, Performance
1997 – Mobius, Boston, MA, Performance
1991 – Remembering in Under the Skin, C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1985 – Neon Paintings, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2022– "Enough Said? Counting Mass Shootings The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2023– "Cocked and Gagged” The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2022– "Montpelier Video Salon” The Susan Calza Gallery & The Drawing Board outdoors, Montpelier, VT
2021-2022 – Climate of Change with Ken Leslie, The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2021 – All Roads Narrow at the Border, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2021– The North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
2021 – Barely Touching, with Kelly Holt, Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury, VT
2021 – Barely Touching Spruce Peak Arts Gallery, Stowe, VT
2020– We’re pissed, we’re broken-hearted and we remain engaged, withh Rob Rinaldi, , Bailey Rinaldi and Isabel Giammusso, The Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2020 – Art of Sound, Spruce Peak Arts Gallery, Stowe, VT
2020– We’re pissed, we’re broken-hearted and we remain engaged, withh Rob Rinaldi, , Bailey Rinaldi and Isabel Giammusso, RThe Susan Calza Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2018 – Stiwdios Agored, Helfa Gelf, Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales, United Kingdom
2017 – open studio event, Assets for Artists, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2017 – New Work, 17 First Pop-Up, Montpelier, VT
2015 – Rock, Paper, Scissors, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
1992-2014 – Faculty Exhibitions, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
1995 – Exposed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
1995 – Organs Of Descent, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1993 – 8 Artistes Du Vermont, Galerie Horace, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
1992 – Enlightened Discoveries, Let There Be Neon City, New York, NY
1992 – Artful Nature, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1992 – Biennial Exhibition, Ft. Wayne Art Museum, Ft. Wayne, IN
1992 – Women in the Visual Arts
1992 – Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1991 – The Omnibus Exhibition,Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN,
1991– The Dark Ages, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1991 – Infinity of Form, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1990 – Works With Neon, Dome Gallery, New York, NY
1990 – Artistas Contemporáneos Y Neon, Centoira Galeria De Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1990 – Artistas Contemporáneos Y Neon, Lincoln Centro Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1990 – Border Crossing, The Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1989 – Public/Private, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 – Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1989 – Shaping Clay, Shaping Culture
1988 – Deson at Franklin, Franklin Street Gallery, Chicago Illinois
1988 – Sculpture and Installation, Art Expo, Marianne Deson Annex, Chicago, IL
1988 – The Light Show, Northern Univ. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987 – Mid-states Travelling Exhibition
1986 – The 39th Annual Mid-states Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
1986 – Gallery Artists, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago,IL
1985 – Susan Calza, Neon Paintings, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 – Sculpture Chicago, “85, River City, Chicago, IL
1985 – Adobe Sculpture Symposium – Tasmanian School of Art Tasmania, Australia
Awards / Artist Residencies
2018— Stiwdio Maelor Artist Residency, Corris, Wales, United Kingdom
2017— MASS MoCA Studio Residency, Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2015 – Artist Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council
2014 – Gallery Named:The Susan Calza Black Box Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vt
2009 & 2012 – Faculty Development Grant, Johnson State College
2006 – Artist Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vt
1999, 2003 & 2004 – Advanced Research Grant, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vt
1999 – Special Projects Grant, Vermont Council on the Arts
1996 – Special Projects: Watershed Arts Grant, Vermont Council on the Arts
1996 – Artists Development Grant, Vermont Council on the Arts
1994 & 1995 – Faculty Research Grant, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
1992 – Award of Excellence, Ft. Wayne Art Museum, Ft. Wayne, IN
1992 – Director’s Award, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1991 – Master’s Fellowship Grant, Indiana Arts Commission
1989 – Artist Fellowship Grant, Illinois Art Council
1986 & 1988 – Faculty Research Award, Indiana University, Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, IN
1986 – Artist Fellowship Grant, Illinois Arts Council
1986 – Museum Guild Purchase Award, First Prize, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
1985 – Sculpture Chicago ‘85
1983 – Omaha Brickworks Residency
1982 – Oxbow Residency
Professional Experience
2017 – Let’s Not Pretend, subject of documentary film by Riley Bartolomeo
View the film on Amazon Prime
View the trailer on YouTube
2018 – Docademia’s 2nd Short Documentary Festival, Film Freeway
2017 – film festival selections in NY, LA, London, Paris (on-demand Art TV), Rome, Italy, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jamaica, Maribor, Slovenia, Tunisia, Bangladesh
2017 – JD Allen WMAC radio interview http://wamc.org/post/studios-open-puerto-rican-artists-displaced-hurricane
2015 – Visiting Artist/Critic, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 – Juror, Stockley Gardens, Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
2015 – Artist Interview, https://vimeo.com/123019843
2012 – Artist Talk
Teaching Experience
1992-2014 – Professor of Art & Co-Director Johnson State College/Vermont Studio Center MFA Program, Johnson, VT
1988-1992 – Sculpture Program Head, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Bibliography
1/9/19 – Jones, Rachel Elizabeth, Seven Days, "Artist Susan Calza Opens a New Montpetleir Gallery with a Bang"
1/10/19 – Wallace-Brodeur, Jeb, photo essay, Times Argus, "Inaugural Show"
5/17/17 – Jones, Rachel Elizabeth, Golden Opportunity , Seven Days pp.82-83
5/18/17 Preview, Times Argus, p.B2
3/15 – Rodgers, David, The Hardwick Gazette
11/13 – Greenia, Victoria, Calza on Art , Basement Medicine
5/14 – Greenia, Victoria, Calza Leaves Her Mark on VAC, Basement Medicine
3/12 – Bandar, Leila, Anarchist Art, Vermont Art Zine
6/97 – Awodey, Marc – “Salt of the Earth”, Seven Days review, 23
8/95 – Staff Reporter – review, p 11, Times Argus
7/95 – Elinor Earle – review, p 1B, 12B Stowe Reporter
9/92 – Calhoon, Sharon C., review p 15, 16, Dialogue Magazine
9/92 – Michele Rowe-Shields, Artful Nature
9/92 – Evanston Art Center, exhibition catalogue
6/92 –Steinbaum, Bernice – Biennial Exhibition Ft. Wayne Art Museum, exhibition catalogue
5/92 – Editorial Staff –Dialogue Magazine, censorship controversy, p 6
3/8/82 –Dieter, Mary, The Courier Journal, censorship controversy p B 1
2/28/92 – Fahy, Joe, The Indianapolis Star Censorship controversy, p C-5
11/24/91 – Cunningham Anne, The Indianapolis Star, review, p – G-15
11/14/91 –Calhoon, Sharon C., Perspectives, Indianapolis News, review,
9/91 – Kheel, Claudia, Infinity of Form , Johnson State College, exhibition catalogue
9/15/91 – Mannheimer, Steve, Indianapolis Star, review, E-8
7/91 – Robinson, Ann G. , Dialogue
5/91 – Seybert, Diane, Arts Indiana, review, pp 34, 35
4/22/91 – Mannheimer, Steve, The Indianapolis Star, review, p E-8
3/91 – Roberts, Catsou, Dark Ages: The Poetics of Science, Indianapolis Museum of Art catalog
11/90 – Calhoon, Sharon, The New Art Examiner review, vol.18, no. 3, pp 45& 46
10/20/90 – Galli, Aldo, La Nación, Buenas Aires, Argentina, Referencias, p 5
4/90 – Williams, Anne, IUPUI at Indianapolis, Border Crossing Catalog
4/90 – Roberts, Richard, Arts Indiana, vol. 12 no. 3, p 13, and magazine cover
4/22/90 – Mannhiemer, Steve, Indianapolis Star, review, p E-8
3/6/87 – Albrecht, B.E. , The Cleveland Plain Dealer, review, p 20
11/3/86 – Wolff, Theodore F., The Christian Science Monitor , review, p. 29
1986 – Jacobs, Mary Jane, Sculpture Chicago ‘85 exhibition catalogue
1/86 – Morgan, A.L, The New Art Examiner, review, vol. 13, no. 5, pp 34, 35
9/85 – Hanson, H., Chicago Magazine, review, vol. 34, no. 9, p 18
8/30/85 – McCracken, D., The Chicago Tribune, review, section 7, p 8, CN
8/29/85 – Delcoma, W., The Chicago Sun-Times, review
11/82 – Atterbury, G., The New Art Examiner, review, vol. 10, no. 2, p 21
3/22/81 – Raynor, V., The New York Times, review, p 22, CN8/80 – Hanson, B., The Hartford Courant, review, Sunday Arts Edition
Education
1983 – MFA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign