Suzanna Fields

Suzanna Fields

Selected Exhibitions

2023 We Are Here! Collective Histories: Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
(Solo) Quirk Gallery, Constant Anomalies, Charlottesville, VA
ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2021 Taubman Museum of Art, Homeward Bound, Roanoke, VA
Virginia MOCA, Made In VA, Virginia Beach, VA
2020 (Solo) Quirk Gallery, Morphology, Richmond, VA
Quirk Gallery, Hello There!, Charlottesville, VA
2019 Swan Coach House Gallery, The Summer Swan Invitational, Atlanta, GA
2018 Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Gallery, The Jules Olitski Project, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2017 Taubman Museum of Art , Homeward Bound, Roanoke, VA
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 11, curator AnneReeve (prize awarded), McLean, VA
2016 (Solo) Quirk Gallery, Inside Out, Richmond, VA
Stone Tower Gallery, A Visionary’s Eye: Glimpse into Carol Trawick’s Private Collection, Glen Echo Park, MD
2015 New Gallery of Modern Art, Patterns of Regeneration, Charlotte, NC
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, GOBIKE!, Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships, Richmond, VA
Artspace, Radius 250, curator Amy Moorefield, Richmond, VA
2014 (Solo) Rennolds Gallery, When You Go Between, Saint Catherine's School, Richmond, VA
Lauren Roger Museum of Art, Aquaflora, Laurel, MS
University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Aquaflora, Hattiesburg, MS
1708 Gallery, Exquisite Corpse, Richmond, VA
2013 The Art Registry Group, Union By Design, Washington D.C. 
2012 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper 2012, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2011 (Solo) Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Pool, Roanoke, VA (brochure)
(Two-Person) Heurich Gallery, From Color to Form, Washington, DC
McLean Project for the Arts, Beyond the Pale, McLean, VA
2010 The Bridge PAI, Site Singularity, Charlottesville, VA
2009 (Solo) Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Chain of Events, Ashland, VA
Walnut Street Gallery, Super Cell, Wichita, KA
ADA Gallery, Super Cell, Richmond, VA
Matchbox Gallery, Super Cell, Columbus, OH
1708 Gallery, Small Wonder, Richmond, VA
2008 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, New Waves, Virginia Beach, VA
2007 Maryland Art Place, Anti-Matter, Baltimore, MD
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 6, McLean, VA
1708 Gallery, Plane Text, Richmond, VA (catalogue)
Reynolds Gallery, Fresh Ideas, Richmond, VA
2005 Washington Project for the Arts, Options, curator Dr. Libby Lumpkin, Washington D.C.
Artspace, Radius 250, curator, John Ravenal, Richmond, VA
Irvine Contemporary Art, Introductions, Washington D.C.
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 5, McLean, VA
2004 (Solo) Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Semi-Gloss, Staunton, VA
Reynolds Gallery, Echo, Richmond, VA
ADA Gallery, Ladyfest, Richmond, VA
2002 (Two-Person) Second Street Gallery, Color/Forms, Charlottesville, VA
Signal 66, New Talent, Washington D.C.
Eyedrum, all small, Atlanta, GA
2003 McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 4, McLean, VA
Orange Door Gallery, Rame' Panorama, Richmond, VA
2001 (Solo) Anderson Gallery, Ebullient, Richmond, VA
The Painting Center, Hot & Sticky, New York, NY
1708 Gallery, From Antelope to Zebra, Richmond, VA
(Two-Person) Bradford Gallery, Curriculum Foundation Series, Richmond, VA

Selected Publications
Patrick Hite, We Are Here! Mary Baldwin exhibit shows value of a visual arts degree, The News Leader, Sept. 5, 2023
Konstantin Rega, “Playing with Landscapes” Virginia Living Magazine, Mar 29, 2023.
“Art Notes” The Daily Progress, Feb. 15, 2023.
Leslie Grace, “Fields Creates Abstract Art Based In Nature,” A! Magazine for the Arts, vol. 27, no. 7, Jul. 2020
“Suzanna Fields,” from https://www.lisakellner.com/blogwriting/five-questions-for-artist-suzanna-fields-test, Jul. 1, 2020.
Leighton Carruth “Alumna Artist Earns Prestigious Residency in Key West,” Mary Baldwin Magazine, Winter 2020: 9-10.
Ann Landi, “The Studios of Key West,” Vasari 21, May 12, 2019.
Kenneth Steinbach, Creative Practices for Visual Artists (New York: Routledge. 2018), 43.
Paul Spencer, “2018 Women in the Arts,” Style Weekly, Feb. 27, 2018.
Sarah Bishop, “Pour, Drip, Spill, Spray…” from patternbank.com, Oct. 1, 2012.
Lauren Healy & Joyne Cordova, “For the Ages.” Belle Magazine, Aug., 2012.
“Suzanna Fields,” from presentandcorrect.com/blog, Mar. 30, 2012.
Mike Allen, “Paintings in Exhibit Can Double as Abstract Sculptures,” Roanoke Times, Jan. 9, 2011.
Rebekah Carter, “VMFA has a Birthday; We get Picasso as a Present,” The News Leader, Mar. 24, 2011:10.
“Zero Hour,” WRIR , Richmond, VA, Mar. 11, 2011.
Courtney Crane Dauer, “Flower Power,” RHome, Mar./Apr., 2011: 12.
New American Paintings. South Ed., Open Studios Press, Apr./May, 2009: 60-63
S. Preston Duncan, “Low Pressure System” RVA Magazine, Apr., 2009: 18-21.
Rebecca Jones, “Pop Goes the Easel,” Urge Magazine, Sept. 2008: 14.
Michael O’ Sullivan, “The Story Behind the Work,” Washington Post, Jun. 12, 2008: 21.
Michael O’Sullivan, “Paint: The Message Vs. the Medium,” Washington Post, Jun. 13, 2008: 21.
Claudia Rousseau, “Politics, Social Issues Dominate Trawick Winners,” Bethesda Gazette, Sept., 19, 2007.
Carrie Nieman Culpepper, “Creation Story,” Style Weekly, Jul. 18, 2007: 23.
Jessica Dawson, "Just a Tinge of the Color School," Washington Post, Jul. 7, 2001: C2.
Andy Kozlowski, “Speak Planely,” Style Weekly, Jul. 2, 2007: 22.
Kristen Capps, “Strictly Painting 6: Color Fields Revisited,” Washington City Paper, Jun. 28, 2007.
Roy Proctor, “An Idea For An Art Show,” Richmond Times Dispatch, Jun. 10, 2007: G12.
Michael O’Sullivan, “At Options 2005, Choose Wisely,” The Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2005.
Michael O’Sullivan, “New Sensations,” The Washington Post, Aug. 19, 2005: WE31.
Michael O’Sullivan, “Different Strokes For Different Folks,” The Washington Post, Jun. 24, 2005: 50.
Paulette Roberts-Pullen, “Climbing the Walls,“ Style Weekly, Mar. 10, 2004: 26.
Paul Ryan, "Suzanna Fields and Ariana Hugget (review)," Art Papers. Mar./Apr. 2003: 40.
Catherine Fox, "Good Things Come in Small Packages," Atlanta Constitution Journal, Jul. 12, 2002: Q6.
Emily Smith, "Practice, Don't Preach," C'ville Weekly. Dec., 17, 2002.
Aaron Steinberg, "Side By Side: Togetherness Brings Out The Best," The Hook, Dec., 19 2002: 27.
“Painting? Sculpture? Second Street Ponders,” The Daily Progress, Dec., 5, 2002.

Selected Honors & Awards
2023 University of Virginia Mountain Lake Biological Station, Artist in Residence, Pembroke, VA
2019 Studios at Key West, Artist in Residence , Key West, FL
2018 Style Weekly, Women in the Arts Award, Richmond, VA
2017 McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 11, Curator's Prize, McLean VA,
2008 Bethesda Painting Awards, Third Prize, Bethesda, MD
2007 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2006 Liquitex Purchase Prize, Liquitex, Cincinnati, OH
Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Trawick Prize Finalist,
2005 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist in Residence, Amherst, VA,
2004 Bethesda Painting Awards, Semi-finalist, Bethesda, MD
2003 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2001 Ferguson Memorial Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2001 Commonwealth Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1997 Ulysses Desportes Art Award, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

Collections
Wofford College Museum, Spartanburg, SC, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA, Capital One, Richmond, VA, Philip Morris, U.S.A., Richmond, Kimpton Hotel Group, San Francisco, Ca, VA, Retail Data, LLC, Richmond, VA, Shepard and Amanda Fairey, Los Angeles, CA, Kathie and Stephen Markel, Richmond, VA, Bill and Pam Royall, Try-Me Collection, Richmond, VA

Education

2001 MFA, Painting, Summa Cum Laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1997 BA, Art & English, Magna Cum Laude, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA