SUSAN DAMATO
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
Environmental Portraits, Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
Thresholds, Syracuse Zen Center, Syracuse, NY
2015
Transitions: Works on Paper, Windsor Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2014
Finite Boundaries, Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
Collective Body, College of New England Gallery, Henniker, NH
2007
Landmarks, John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2003
Intimate/Infinite, Chapman Cultural Center, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Selected Exhibitions (*Award)
2023
68th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY.
2022
Drawing Discourse, International Exhibition, Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Ashville, NC
Drawn, Juried National Exhibition, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
Awake, Juried International Exhibition, HMVC Gallery New York, NY
2021
State of Contemporary Drawing, Hillard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Liminal, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2020
66th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Impromptu, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2018
2018 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2017
Stack, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Drawing Resurfaced II, Purdu University Galleries, Lafayette, IN
2016
State of the Art: Drawing Invitational, Giertz Gallery, Champaign IL
The Human Figure, Main Street Arts Contemporary Art, Clifton Springs, NY
2015
Botanica, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY * Honorable Mention Award
Nurture//Nature, Sulfur Gallery, Savannah, GA
2013
Contemporary Drawing: Recent Trends, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Terra Incognita, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
24th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
A Fine Line: Contemporary Drawing, National Drawing Exhibition, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
2012
National Drawing Invitational Exhibition, Abercromie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2010
62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Drawing Discourse, National Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC
2009
Drawing the Other: Works on Paper, SUF Art Gallery, Florence, Italy
Selections from the 4th Annual International Drawing Annual, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2008
Drawn: Crossing the Line, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Forth Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN
The Object and Beyond: 2008 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2007
Between Heaven and Earth, Spiritual Transformation and Sacred Spaces, National Juried Exhibition, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2006
Considered Drawing, The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Art on Paper, National Juried Exhibition, The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2005
LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. Curators Luis Camnitzer and Katherine Carl. Executive Director, Catherine De Zegher
2004
Ceres Sixth National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY. Juried by Feresteh Daftari, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY * Best of Show Award
New Directions ’04, National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Juried by Tina Kukielski, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Drawing Conclusions, National Juried Exhibition, MFA City Gallery, Baltimore, MD.Juried by Jay Fisher, Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art. * Jurors Choice Award
15th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD
National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2003
The 5th Biennial, International Juried Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY. Juried by Shamim Momin, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
New Art ’03, National Juried Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2002
New Directions ’02, National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Joan Young, Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY * First Place Award
Figurative Works, National Juried Exhibition, The Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL Juried by Olga Viso, Curator, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. * Merit Award
The Everson Biennial, The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. Juried by Raina A. Lampkins-Fielder, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
2001
New Art 2001, National Juried Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
New Currents in Contemporary Art, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Inner Spaces/Outer Forms, Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Two Person)
What is Drawing Now? National Juried Exhibition, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1999
On/Of Paper, Green Hall Gallery, Murfreesboro, NC. * Best of Show Award
Curated Slide Registries
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Selected Grants
2023
Faculty Enrichment Grant, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
2018-2020
Creative Research Grant, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Research Development Leave Grant, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
2015-17
Professional Development Grant, School of Art, Syracuse University
Research Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2015
University Seed Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2014
Constance Saltonstall Grant, Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY
2004-2016
Professional Development Grant, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University
2010
Outstanding Faculty Award, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University
2009
New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program
2005
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant, Drawing
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship Grant, Drawing/Works on Paper
Selected Residency Fellowships
2023 Creekside Arts, Eureka, CA
2018 Villa Arson, Nice, France
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
2016 Willipa Bay AiR, Oysterville, WA
Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2014 Playa, Summer Lake, OR
Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY
2013 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
2012 The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM
2011 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Tyrone Guthrie Center, New Bliss, Ireland
Purnati Center for the Arts, Bali, Indonesia
2010 The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2009 The Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY
2008 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2007 The David and Julia White Colony, Colon, Costa Rica
2006 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
1999 NISDA AiR, Nantucket, MA
Selected Publications/Catalogues/Texts
2022 Drawing Discourse, 13 Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North Carolina, Ashville
2021 International Photography Annual 8, Manifest Press
Liminal, Catalogue, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery (cover)
2016 International Drawing Annual, Manifest Press
State of the Art Drawing Invitational, Giertz Gallery, Champaign IL
The Hand Magazine, Issues 10 and 12
2015 Salt Hill Journal, Syracuse University Press
2012 Stone Canoe Number 6, A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary. Syracuse University Press
2009 Manifest, Selections from the 4th Annual International Drawing Annual
Drawing the Other; Works on Paper, SUF Gallery Publication, Florence Italy
2008 Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IL. Catalog essay by Donald Kuspit
2007 Drawing Essentials, Deborah Rockman, Oxford University Press. Featured Contemporary Artist
2005 Drawing Papers 55, The Drawing Center’s Publication Series. Catalog essay by Carol Mavor
Artist Talks/Lectures/Conference Presentations
2023 Creekside Arts, Eureka, CA
2020 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2018 Villa Arson, Nice, France
2017 Panel Presentation, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Conference, (FATE), Kansas City, MO.
Drawing Open International Research Collective: Massey University, New Zealand. (skype).
2016 Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Willipa Bay AiR, Oysterville, WA
2015 Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2014 Colloquium, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY.
Playa Presents, Summer Lake, OR.
Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY.
2013 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
2012 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2011 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Tyrone Guthrie Center, New Bliss, Ireland
Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences. Rabun Gap, GA
Purnati Center for the Arts, Bali, Indonesia
2010 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2009 Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Davis Gallery, Sheridan, WY
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2008 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2007 The David and Julia White Colony, Costa Rica
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2006 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Panel Presentation, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2005 The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2003 Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
School of Architecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2001 Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Selected Reviews, Appearances in Print
City Newspaper, “The 66th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition”, Rebecca Rafferty, June, 2019
City Newspaper, “Main Street Arts focuses on form and identity,” Rebecca Rafferty, June 16, 2016
Stars Magazine, The Post Standard, “Made in New York”, Katherine Rushworth, April 20, 2015
The New York Times, “Skin and Earth, Suddenly Unrecognizable,” Tammy La Gorce, March 1, 2013
Colgate Maroon-News/Arts and Features, “Where the Art Is,” Ashely Lazevnick, Feb. 11. 2010
Observer-Dispatch, “High Quality exhibit features region’s best artists,” Cassaundra Baber, Feb. 8, 2010
Cincinnati Enquirer, “Mythograpy spins story many ways,” Jackie Demaline, 2009
American Arts Quarterly, “Art and Likeness,” Gail Leggio, 2008. Volume 25, #4
Time Off, Ewing, NJ. “Sacred Space,” Susan Van Dongen, Feb.1, 2008, p. 6-7
The Signal, Ewing, NJ. “Artists find Sacred Space,” Liz Hannah, Feb. 6, 2008
The Post Standard, Syracuse, NY. “Drawing’s Comeback,” Katherine Rushworth, April 8, 2007, p. 14
The New York Times, “The Drawing Center Finds Its Perch,” Robin Pogrebin, Jan. 11, 2006, p. E1, E7
The Village Voice, New York, NY. “Downtown Pick, LineAge,” R.C. Baker, Oct. 19, 2005
The New York Times, Art in Review, “LineAge Selections Fall 2005,” Ken Johnson, Oct. 14, 2005, p. E36
Time Out New York, “Don’t Miss LineAge, Selections Fall 05,” September, 2005
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, “Conceptual art trumps craft at CAA,” Cate McQuaid, May 28, 2004.
The Providence Journal, Metro Weekend, Providence, RI, January 9, 2004, p. C6.
The New Times, Syracuse, NY, “It Takes Two,” Carol Mellor, July 7, 2004.
Stars Magazine, The Post-Standard, “Look Again, What Do You See?,” Katherine Rushworth, July, 1, 2004.
The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, “Double Take,” Frank Herron, June 11, 2004, p. E4.
Stars Magazine, The Post-Standard, “Detailing Ambiguity; Artist plays with perception of familiar things,”
Syracuse, NY. Nov. 9, 2003, p. 25.
The Boston Herald, Boston, MA, The Edge Picks, July 4, 2003, p. E03.
The Providence Journal, Metro Weekend, Providence, R.I, January 9, 2004, p. C6.
Stars Magazine, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, “Saluting the WAVE Reviews,”
Katherine Rushworth, Aug. 24, 2003, p. 28.
Poughkeepsie Journal, “Deceptive Journey," Nicole Edwards, Nov. 9, 2002, p. 1D.
Art In New England, “South Shore Art Center/Cohasset,” Katherine Gass, Vol. 23. Issue 51, August/September, 2002. p. 32.
The Poughkeepsie Journal, “Color, details meld in art,” Nichole Edwards, Nov. 2, 2002.
The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, “This Year's SU Faculty Art Show,” Katherine Rushworth, October 20, 2002, p.16.
Stars Magazine, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, “Design, Fine Art Share Equal Billing,”
Katherine Rushworth, Oct. 20, 2002. p. 17.
The Boston Globe, Galleries; “'Adults Only' Lacks X-Factor New Art Appears to Bode Well for the Future,”
Cate McQuaid, July 12, 2001, p. D7.
The Chapel Hill News, “From Navels to Zambonis,” Dave Hart, April 21, 2000, p. 4B-5B.
The Daily News and Observer, Chapel Hill, NC, May 9, 2000.
The Herald, “Contemporary Artists to Show through May 28,” Raleigh, NC, May 2000.
The Spectator, Chapel Hill, N.C, “Different Drums,” Michele Natale, May 10, 2000, p. 20.
The Independent, Durham/Chapel Hill, NC, May, 2000.
Collections
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
Private collections nation wide
Private collections abroad; Italy, Ireland, Costa Rica, France, New Zealand
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Drawing Open, International Research Collective, Founding member, drawingopen.com
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Foundations in Art, Theory and Education, (FATE)
College Art Association, (CAA)
EDUCATION
2000 MFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Studio Art/Drawing, Honors
1985 BFA, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Painting. Concentration; Anthropology, Cum Laude