Curriculum vitae
b. 1952
Susan Poirier lives and works in Carmichael, CA
Exhibitions
2024
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
All Tomorrow’s Parties | M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY ( Inaugural Exhibit )
Liminal III | Gillia Gallery Verum Ultimum Art Gallery , Portland, OR (virtual exhibit)
Micro-Masterpieces | Mills Station Art & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova , CA
2023
Summer Invitational | M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
Micro-Masterpieces | Mills Station Art & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova , CA
It’s So Black & White | Rancho Cordova City Hall, Rancho Cordova CA
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Crocker Art Auction | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Artsy
2022
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Watery Wonders | Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
Membership Medley | Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
Abstract Intentions | Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
Open Studio Preview | Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
Verge Center for the Arts Auction | Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
Healing, E Street Gallery | Sacramento, CA
2021
Yellow Chair & Friends | Artsy, Online Gallery
16th National Juried Exhibition | Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2020
Wondrous Wax | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2019
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being | M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
Membership Medley | Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
Big Name Small Art | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2018
Featured Artist, Pinky’s | Sacramento, CA
Big Name Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA juror’s award, contemporary classics
The Blues | Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2016
Making Your Mark | Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Membership Medley | Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA juror’s award, contemporary classics
2015
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2014
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
9th National Juried Exhibition | Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Poetry Bleeds Rust | National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY
Membership Medley | Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2013
Featured Artist, Pinky’s | Sacramento, CA
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2012
American River College Fine Arts Club Annual Exhibition | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
American River College Student Art Show | Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
String Theory: A Collaborative Installation | Sacramento Children’s Museum, Rancho Cordova, CA
The End | Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA July
The Faux Show | Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA June
Word Up! | Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA May
Fertility Show | Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA April
Boat Show | Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA March
String Theory: A Collaborative Installation | Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2011
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA juror’s award, contemporary classics
2010
Art Auction | KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2009
American River College Student Show | Maestro Coffee Shop, Sacramento, CA
2008
Featured Artist | Serendipity Boutique, Sacramento, CA
1997
American River College Student Art Show | Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Residencies
2023 Jennifer Samet | Virtual Residency
2022 M. David Master Class Residency, guest critic John Yau | Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2020 Judy Pfaff Residency | Tivoli, NY
2019 M. David & Co. Residency | Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2023 It’s So Black & White | Second Place , Rancho Cordova City Hall, Rancho Cordova C
2022 Watery Wonders | Second Place, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2018 Contemporary Classics | Juror’s Award, KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2016 Contemporary Classics | Juror’s Award, KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
2011 Contemporary Classics | Juror’s Award, KVIE Public Broadcasting, Sacramento, CA
1997 Student Art Show | 1st Place, American River College, Sacramento, CA
Publications
2015 American River Literary Review
2014 American River Literary Review
2012 American River Literary Review
2010 American River Literary Review
News
February 29, 2012 http://ephemeral-articles.blogspot.com/p/upcoming.html#udssearch-results, String Theory
January 24, 2012 Sactown Museums http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/worth-thedrive/Sactown-Museums-Free-or-Nearly-138008748.html
August 26, 2011, Carmichael Patch, Carmichael Artists Win Juror Awards in KVIE Art Auction
August 24, 2011 Carmichael Times, Three Carmichael Artists Win Juror Awards in KVIE Art Auction
Memberships & Affiliations
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (Directors Circle)
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
The Artist Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
ClayArtStudio 814, Sacramento, CA
Northern California Arts, Carmichael, CA
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
Yellow Chair Salon, Brooklyn, NY