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2010   Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art & Design,  Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Studies in video, new media, performance, dance, ceramics, glass, metal, wood, and paper. Art History and Women’s Studies.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2014 Spring Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York, NY.


2013 New Emerging Artists, Art Expo NYC 2013, New York, NY. Juried.

2013 Bound, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY. 

Curated by Cora Rosevear. Juried.

2013 Materiality, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY. Curated by Kenise Barnes. Invitational.

2012 5x5(x5), Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juried.


2012 Sculpture:On & Off the Wall, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY. Curated by Kathleen Reckling. Invitational.
On View for 13th Annual ArtsBash. 


2012 Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY. Juried.

2011 Reflections: Familiar Stories/New Forms,
Lazarus Gallery, New Rochelle, NY. Juried.

2011 Love Thy Neighbor, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 
Larchmont, NY. Curated by Kenise Barnes. Juried.

2011 Beacon Artist Book Launch Exhibition,
Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY.

2011 Creation: Beginning of a New Art Era,
Gallery Bar, New York, NY.

2011 March Showcase, Blueberry Music and Art 
House, Greenwich, CT.

2010 Tensions and Ties, Rhodes Room 
Gallery, Alfred, NY.

2010 We Do What We Want: Part II: Hot Video,    
Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY.


Solo & Two Person Exhibitions:

2012 A Gathered Place, Mooney Center Gallery, New Rochelle, NY. Invitational.

2010 Wrapping, Sculpture Gallery, Alfred, NY.

2009 Collected Works: Fall 2009,
Sculpture Gallery, Alfred, NY

2009 Looking Rings, National Casting Center, Alfred, NY.

2009 Space for Words, Cell Space Gallery, Alfred, NY.

2009 Fragile Placement: Women in Society, 
Harder Hall Lobby, Alfred, NY

OTHER PROJECTS
2012 Six and Four Articulations US Tour 6 company pieces, 20 site specific


CHOREOGRAPHY
2012
Six and Four Articulations US Tour
Evolve the Present System
(15 venues across the US)

2010 Rhodes Room Gallery, Alfred, NY
Wrapping, Fitting

2010 Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Projected Improve



PUBLICATIONS
Rosevear, Cora. “Bound,” Juried Exhibition Catalog. Women’s Caucus for Art, 2012.

“Abstract Art,” Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 8, 2012.

Hodara, Susan: “Diverse, Innovative, And Now Outdoors,” New York Times, 2012.

Hodara, Susan: “In Figure and Form, Sculpture All Around,” New York Times, 2012.

“Important World Artists,” World Wide Art Books, 2012.

“Beacon Artist Book,”UPDRAFT Studios, 2011.


AWARDS AND GRANTS
2012 100 Top Artists at Artists Wanted 3rd Annual SELF Competition

2012 Windsor Whitney Biennial Award

2012 ArtSlant 1st Showcase Award

2011 ArtSlant 5th Showcase Award

2011 Artavita 17th Sculpture Award


LECTURES/CLASSES
2012 Beginner Contact Improvisation

2012 Intermediate Contact Improvisation

2012 Visiting Artist Day, Fox Lane H.S. 


RESIDENCIES/INTERNSHIPS
Division Ave. Arts Collective Grand Rapids, MI
High Concept Laboratories   Chicago, IL
Defibrillator   Chicago, IL
Salem Art Works   Salem, NY
Barbara Jones, Fiber Artist   Rushylvania, OH
Syron/Bishoff Design Studio   Rockport, MA



Artist Statement

Have you ever felt like you must do something because of who you are? Not who you are specifically, but who you are in society: mother, boyfriend, co-worker . . .

Do these definitions help us fit into society or hold us back from who we truly are?

My work navigates these questions illustrating the tension between who we are and who we think we should be. They speak about the forces in modern culture that paradoxically both bind and shape our experiences giving us both boundaries that hinder and structures to grow from. Natural materials, more akin to skin and hair, depict the intimate mark these forces have on the development and care of the self.

Within this web of societal demands, personal dreams, and the needs of reality; stressful tensions and beautiful predicaments are found. The taming and weaving together of these opposing forces, a critical step and constant feat, defines growth within a person’s life.


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Splintering, 2015
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, fiber
34" x 18" x 6"     $3000





















Splintering (detail), 2015
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, fiber
34" x 18" x 6"        $3000





































Finding a New Shape, 2015
wood, handwoven cotton fabric, handmade paper, fiber, reconstituted wood frames
17.5” x 10” x 3”         $1600



































Finding a New Shape (side view), 2015
wood, handwoven cotton fabric, handmade paper, fiber, reconstituted wood frames
17.5” x 10” x 3”         $1600                


























  








Finding a New Shape (detail), 2015
wood, handwoven cotton fabric, handmade paper, fiber, reconstituted wood frames
17.5” x 10” x 3”         $1600



































Beautiful Unraveling, 2015
hand woven and sewn fibers, fibers, found wood, reconstituted wood frame
23” x 20” x 7”     $2400


































Beautiful Unraveling (side view), 2015
hand woven and sewn fibers, fibers, found wood, reconstituted wood frame
23” x 20” x 7”     $2400



































Beautiful Unraveling (detail), 2015
hand woven and sewn fibers, fibers, found wood, reconstituted wood frame
23” x 20” x 7”     $2400








Unbalanced, 2015
found wood, fiber, handmade paper, wire, LED light, LED light strip, battery pack
22" x 38" x 6"        $3000




















Unbalanced (detail), 2015
found wood, fiber, handmade paper, wire, LED light, LED light strip, battery pack
22" x 38" x 6"        $3000



















Unbalanced (detail), 2015
found wood, fiber, handmade paper, wire, LED light, LED light strip, battery pack
22" x 38" x 6"        $3000




































Woven Life,   2014
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, braided pine needles, fiber, reconstituted stretcher bars
27” x 15” x 5”        $2400


































Woven Life,   2014
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, braided pine needles, fiber, reconstituted stretcher bars
27” x 15” x 5”        $2400






































Regrowth, 2015
found wood, knit fiber, fiber,
reconstituted wood frames           
15" x 7" x 4"     $1600                                                                                                             


































Regrowth (side view), 2015
found wood, knit fiber, fiber,
reconstituted wood frames           
15" x 7" x 4"     $1600




































Regrowth (detail), 2015
found wood, knit fiber, fiber,
reconstituted wood frames           
15" x 7" x 4"     $1600




































Downward Pull, 2015
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, fiber, leather, reconstituted wood frame
33" x 12" x 3"     $2000 



































Downward Pull, 2015
found wood, handwoven cotton fabric, fiber, leather, reconstituted wood frame
33" x 12" x 3" $2000

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