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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
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Nov Dec 2005 Aiken Center for the Arts “Beds and Other Recent
Paintings”
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Nov 2004 "The Bed: Architypal and Ordinary"; Sandor Teszler
Library Gallery, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
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Feb 2005 "The Bed:Archtypal and Ordinary" Tryon (NC) Fine
Arts Center
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March 2004 Art League of Hendersonville County (NC) Civic Center,Guest
Artist for March 2004
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Nov-Dec 2003 Mildred Harrison Dent Fine Arts Center, Spartanburg Day
School,
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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
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Cover of Crosswalk, Episcopal Diocese of Upper SC, December 2004
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Cover, Furniture Review, Spring 2003
ART AVAILABLE
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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.
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