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Suzanne Hill



Education:


BFA - Mount Allison University, 1964 Education Certificate - Macdonald College (McGill), 1966
Lieutenant-Governor’s Gold Medal


Solo Exhibitions:


2009      Saint John, Moncton, Edmunston: High Water Mark Buckland Gallery, U de Moncton
2008      Fredericton: High Water Mark UNB Art Centre
2006      Saint John: Lost Horizons Peter Buckland Gallery
2004      Saint John: North Peter Buckland Gallery
2003      Fredericton: Fault Lines Art Contact
2001      Saint John: Tightrope Peter Buckland Gallery
1999      Saint John: Weir The Space (curator Ray Cronin)
1997- 8  Wolfville, Moncton, Fredericton, Saint John: Scarecrow (curator Roslyn Rosenfeld) Acadia,

               U. de Moncton, Art Centre, UNB, City Hall Gallery
1994       Moncton, Saint John, Campbellton, Fredericton: Carapaces U. de Moncton, ABEC, Restigouche,

               Beaverbrook Art Gallery (curator Tom Smart)
1991      Mini-show (selected and toured by Arts Branch)
1990      Fredericton: Realignment Gallery Connexion
1987      Saint John: Two Gardens Ring Gallery
1986      Saint John, Fredericton: Collages ABEC, Gallery Connexion
1985      Saint John, Campbellton, Newfoundland and Labrador: Figureheads Restigouche Gallery,

              Memorial University Moncton, Saint Andrews, Fredericton: Earthworks Universite de Moncton,

               Sunbury Shores, National Exhibition Centre
1984      Fredericton: Masks New Brunswick Craft School
1983      Moncton, Fredericton: Swim Swim Universite de Moncton, Art Centre, UNB
1982      Fredericton: Falling Flags National Exhibition Centre Saint John: Games University of New Brunswick
1976      Saint John, Moncton: Works in Egg Tempera N.B. Museum, Rothman’s Centre


2 or 3 Person Shows:


2010      Fredericton: (with Toby Graser and Kathy Hooper) BAG Invisible Worlds (Becoming Invisible)
2007      Fredericton: Interval Art Contact (with Gordon Dunphy)
2002      Fredericton: Work in Progress Gallery Connexion (with Hannah Claus)
2001      Merida, Mexico: Weir Galeria Olimpo (with Toby Graser, Kathy Hooper)
1997, 8  Saint John, Moncton: Delta New Brunswick Museum, GAUM (with Carol Taylor, Pat Schell)
1993      Saint John: Undecided Handworks Gallery
1992      Moncton: Barricades McLaughlin Gallery
1985      Saint John: 3 Artists Windrush Gallery
1981      Fredericton: New Brunswick Impressions Landmark Gallery


Selected Group Shows:

2010      Fredericton: BAG; Wolastoq (Beautiful River) The Saint John River Project; curator Terry Graff
2009      Saint John: NBMuseum; Portraits: New Brunswick Painters curators Peter Larocque, Peter Buckland
2005      Transit: ArtContact; die Galerie Deutsche Werstatten Hellerau - Dresden, Germany;

              Galerie Schloss - Mochental, Germany
2002- 5  Strathbutler II, touring: curator: Tom Smart
2000- 1  Fredericton: Marion McCain Exhibition, curator: Tom Smart; selected to tour
2000      Fredericton: Beaverbrook Art Gallery Maritime Acquisitions; curator Curtis Collins
1999-2000  Dialogue - juried, provincial tour in conjunction with Francophonie
1996      Halifax: Eye Level-Gallery Connexion Exchange (curated)
1996-7   Saint John: Artbank Selections (toured)
1993      Fredericton: Exquisite Corpse; Beaverbrook Art Gallery (toured)
1989,91 Fredericton: Marion McCain Juried Art Exhibition Beaverbrook Gallery
1988      Moncton, Fredericton, Charlottetown: Connexion - 5 ans deja/5 years after
1987,88,89  Presque Isle, Maine: Maine - Maritime Flatworks Exhibition


Awards:

Bicentennial Committee Purchase Award, Saint John
Exhibition/Touring Grant, Arts Branch (1985, 1996)
Maritime Award, University of Maine
Marion McCain Exhibition, 1989
Federal/Provincial Coop Grant, promotional
Strathbutler Grant 1996
Creations Grant 1998, 2001 (N.B.Arts Board)
Strathbutler Award 1999 (juried, $10,000 for excellence in the arts)
Art-by-Invitation 2000 (N.B. Arts Board)
Travel Grant 2001 (through BAG) Department of External Affairs, Canada
Documentation Grant 2009 for VAEA (NB Arts Board)


Publications:


Reviewed in Arts Atlantic on six occasions; a number of works have been presented in Fiddlehead Magazine /The Cormorant. Reviewed in C Magazine.
CBC Artspot initiative, Arts Atlantic Cover Feature, Winter 1999. Ongoing newspaper,
CBC articlesand reviews. subject of VAEA educational film pilot: NB artists
Major Catalogues:
Carapaces: Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Delta: New Brunswick Museum
NB Trilogy: Galeria Olimpo, Merida, Mexico
Transit: ArtContact (German tour)
High Water Mark: UNBF (translated by Université de Moncton)
Portraits: New Brunswick Painters: New Brunswick Museum
Invisible Worlds: Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Curatorial Essays
Carapaces: Tom Smart, Kathy Hooper
Scarecrow: Roslyn Rosenfeld
Weir: Ray Cronin, Ian Lumsden
Transit: Ingrid Mueller
High Water Mark: Marie Maltais, Peter Buckland
Portraits: Peter Larocque, Peter Buckland
Becoming Invisible: Terry Graff


Acquisitions:


Eleven works purchased by the New Brunswick Provincial Art Bank.

Represented in the permanent collections of :

UNBF, University of Maine, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Governor General of Canada, and the Canada Council ArtBank.
Works have also been acquired by the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Barbara Ring Memorial Collection, Aliant, Moosehead Breweries, Brunswick Data Limited, Fundy Engineering, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, the New Brunswick Museum, and the Canadian War Museum


Activities:


Gallery Connexion Co-op, Fredericton. Board of Directors, 1996; member
Art Education -workshop presenter, teacher, consultant - ongoing
Visual Arts Appointee, N.B. Interim Arts Board
Approved Juror - N.B. Arts Advisory Board; 1993/94 Art Bank Juror
1997, 2009 - Creations/Excellence Grants
Juror, Strathbutler Award 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005
Member, New Brunswick Cultural Policy Task Force, 1997
N.B. Arts Board Watchdog Committee: Cultural Policy, 1998, 9
NB Museum “Moving Forward Together”; Board appointee: 2000 - 2009
NB Arts Board appointee: 2000 - 06; Vice-President 2002 – 3, 05; 2VP 04
Co-founder: NB Visual Art Education Association 2002 –
workshops for professional development - ongoing
film project: NB “Artists in Action” for school use – 2008,9
Board, third space gallery (ARC) Saint John 2001 – 9
Juror, NBM “Know Your own Artist” series 2008
Exhibit selection advisor: Saint John Art Centre 2008 -
Community involvement: organizing with 4 others
Tea Towel Exhibit (with the Vagina Monologues) 2001
Art in the City - studio/gallery tour 2003
Art&Artifacts - NBM/artist interpretations tour 2005
Who-Dun-It? – NBM/GSJCF fundraiser 2007
Ovation: Professional Artist segment; GSJCF 2010
Juror: Professional Artist Fund through GSJCF: 2009, 10