Mary Lou Sussman
Education and Experience
1997- Instructor in Monoprinting, Blue Pony Studio & Press, Charlotte, N.C.
present
1994-2004 Owner and Director, Blue Pony Gallery & Press, Charlotte, N.C.
1995-1997 Instructor in Monoprinting. Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C.
1992-1997 Working artist and member of the Printmaking Studio at Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C.
1989-1990 Working artist and a member of the Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerset, New Jersey.
1980-1988 Working artist and a member of a five-women printmaking group at the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts.
1978-1982 Studied printmaking with Master Printer Anthony Kirk, formerly with Tyler Graphics. Assisted him in his classes at the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit N.J. and Pratt Graphics Center, New York City.
1959-1963 Undergraduate study of art and history of art at the University of Michigan. Studied printmaking under artist Frank Cassara.
Exhibitions and Awards
1997-2004 Blue Pony Gallery & Press, Charlotte, N.C., Annual exhibitions of current works.
2002 Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C., “The Legacy of Romare Bearden,” group juried show.
2000 Best Visual Artist of Charlotte, Critics Choice, Creative Loafing Magazine.
1996 Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C., commission for a panel in conjunction with
Spirit Square’s presentation of The Henrietta Marie Show.
Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, N.C., Group Show of Printmakers
Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, N.C., “Recent Works: Monotypes and Monoprints.”
1995 Fourteenth Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Loch Walker Gallery, Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C., Instructors Show.
McKnight Gallery, Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C., “Freedom of Expression”, Group Show.
Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, N.C., “Monotypes and Collages.”
1994 Printmaking Council of New Jersey, North Branch Station, N.J, “Small Impressions 1994,” 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Johnson and Johnson, Inc. Purchase Award
. Ursa Major Gallery, Charlotte, N.C., “Carolina Winter.”
1993 Spirit Square, Charlotte, N.C., Atrium Show, "Inner Spaces."
Ursa Major Gallery, Charlotte, N.C., “From the Garden.”
1990 Hunterton Art Center, Hunterdon, N.J., Member Show
1989 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, N.J., Member Show, Merit Award in Graphics.
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Hunterdon, N.J., Juried Members Show.
1987 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, N.J., Group Show, "Associated Printmakers."
1983 Summit Art Center, Summit, N.J., Juried Show, First Prize in Graphics.
Summit Art Center Art Show, Summit, N.J., Merit Award.
1982 Princeton Art Association Invitational Show, Princeton, N.J., "Sculpture and Monoprints."
Summit Art Center Art Show, Summit, N.J., Merit Award.
Viridian Gallery, New York, N.Y., Summer Invitational Show.
Bloomingdales, Short Hills, N.J., Group Show, "Painters and Printmakers."
Somerset Art Association Show, Somerset, N.J., First Prize in Graphics.
1981 Morris Museum of Arts and Science, Morristown, N.J., Group Show, "Experimental Printmaking."
Princeton Art Association, Princeton, N.J., 14th Annual Juried Print Show.
1980 Jockey Hollow Gallery, Morristown, N.J., Group Show, "Printmakers."
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Hunterdon, N.J., Group Show, "Uniques", Lois Berghoff Purchase Award.
Artspace Gallery, Middlesex, N.J., Group Show, "Uniques II."
1979 Princeton Art Association, Princeton, N.J., 12th Annual Juried Print Show, Honorable Mention
Represented by Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Collections
Charley’s Restaurant, Charlotte, N.C.
Cheney Clinic, Asheville, N.C.
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, Morristown, N.J.
Hilton Hotel, Charlotte, N.C.
Johnson and Johnson, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J.
Queens College, Charlotte, N.C.
Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough, Charleston, S.C.
Womble, Carlisle, Sandridge and Rice, Raleigh, N.C.
Private collections in the U.S. and Europe.