RECENT JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
- 2008 South Carolina Watermedia Society Annual Juried Show, (Delft Cafe)
- 2007 South Carolina Watermedia Society Annual Juried Show, Special Award and Traveling Show Desgination (Arms and Legs)
- 2006 Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Guild of Spartanburg, Special Award (Mardi Gras Morning)
- 2006 139th International Exhibition, American Watercolor Society,Louis Kaep Award and Traveling Show (Sweet Bouquet)
- 2005 Hub City Juried Show (Happy at Hambidge)
- 2005 Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Guild of Spartanburg, Merit Award (Spong II)
- 2005 Georgia Watercolor Society 26th National Exhibition, Honorable Mention (Sweet Bouquet)
- 2005 Anderson County Arts Center Annual Juried Show (Bed in the Woods)
- 2005 Artist-in-Residence grant awarded by Hambidge Center
- 2004 South Carolina State Fair (War Room); Merit Award (Safe and Sound)
- 2004 Grant from Spartanburg Arts Partnership for "The Bed: Archetypal and Ordinary"
- 2004 Artist-in-Residency program awarded, Hambidge Center (GA)
- 2003 South Carolina State Fair (Morris Cottage Screen Door, Iconic Bed)
- 2003 12th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville (Two Red Chairs)
- 2003 Signature Member Status awarded by the National Watercolor Society (Retreat, my-Mac, Colonial Church)
- 2003 National Watercolor Society Juried Show (Primo Vere)
- 2003 Member with Excellence Award (S. C. Watercolor Society)
- 2003 "On the Edge" Exhibition, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur,GA (Retreatant's Room at Mepkin Abbey)
- 2003 South Carolina Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (Vespers)
- 2002 Art in the Air, Gateway Advertising, Greer, SC (Chairs)
- 2002 South Carolina Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (Primo Vera)
- 2002 11th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville, Merit Award (My-Mac)
- 2002 Anderson Country Arts Center Annual Juried Show (Dessert (of) Course)
SELECTED SOLO/DUO EXHIBITS: FINE ART
- April 2008 “Sacred Spaces” Artists Guild Gallery, Chapman Art Center, Spartanburg,SC
- Nov Dec 2005 Aiken Center for the Arts “Beds and Other Recent Paintings”
- Nov 2004 "The Bed: Architypal and Ordinary"; Sandor Teszler Library Gallery, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
- Feb 2005 "The Bed:Archtypal and Ordinary" Tryon (NC) Fine Arts Center
- March 2004 Art League of Hendersonville County (NC) Civic Center,Guest Artist for March 2004
- Nov-Dec 2003 Mildred Harrison Dent Fine Arts Center, Spartanburg Day School,
- Sept 2000 Artists' Guild Gallery, Spartanburg County Museum of Art
FINE ART FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS
- Painting included in book: Confident Color: An Artist's Guide to Harmony, Contrast and Unity by Nita Leland (North Light Books), 2008
- Cover of Crosswalk, Episcopal Diocese of Upper SC, December 2004
- Cover, Furniture Review, Spring 2003
ART AVAILABLE AT:
- Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
photo is by Carroll Foster
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Chairs, tables and sofas continue to be central to many of my paintings, implying social interchange and projecting warmth, comfort and hospitality. In addition to the interiors, my paintings feature landscapes and occasional figure work. However, it is the composition of a scene--what you might see through a camera lens--which initially catches my eye and sparks my interest. Then I either take a digital picture or makes a quick sketch. The basic sketch is then transferred to an underpainting which has been prepared on paper or canvas. Once a sound composition is established, it is then refined with color, line and design. Embellishing or decorating the surface, using stamps that have been custom-made, as well as collaging images into the work, adds additional layers to the work. Characteristic of my paintings is the dark outlining of the shapes within the compositions. I call my style Abstracted Realism.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
SUZANNE ZOOLE is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Association and the South Carolina Watercolor Society. In 2006 Zoole was juried into the prestigious American Watercolor Society’s annual show, winning an award and having her painting chosen as part of the traveling exhibit. A grant was awarded to her by the Spartanburg Arts Partnership in 2004, enabling her to paint a series entitled: “The Bed: Archetypal and Ordinary”. For two consecutive years she has been designated as a fellow in the Artist in Residency program at the Hambidge Center.
THE ARTIST holds degrees from Agnes Scott College, the University of Colorado and North Texas University. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. Her serious pursuit of art followed these academic achievements with the intensive study of water media with nationally known artists.