Margaret
Suchland - Artist Statement
My inspiration comes from the effects of time and use on everyday objects; the random marks, specks and smudges; the worn edges and discolorations - these are all subtle traces of past human presence. They portray a passing of time - a presence of an absence.
My recent works are from an on-going series called “Signs & Symbols.” The word “sign” is defined as: effect, symbol, ghost, token, telltale, mark - all of these words describe the intention of the work to portray the lingering evidence of human existence.
I consider all my work as experiments. Involvement in this experimentation and in the processes of my work are important to me; the act of trusting an idea, caring for it, seeing it through and then letting it have a life of its own.
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Education
1992
BFA University of Wisconsin, Parkside, WI
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2000 Books and Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
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1999 10 Year Retrospective, Carthage College/Kenosha, WI - Edwin
C. Kalke/Chair Art Department/Gallery Director
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1998 Racine County Convention Center, Racine, WI
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1997 Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
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1997 Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI
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1993 Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI
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2009 4TH ANNUAL ENCAUSTIC INVITATIONAL, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2009 HIGH FIBER, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2009 5TH INTERNATIONAL ARTIST’S BOOK TRIENNIAL, Leipzig, Germany; Vilnius, Lithuania; Silkeborg Museum, Denmark
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2009 22TH NATIONAL SMALL PRINT SHOW, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2009 WEST OF THE PLAINS, ASU, Tempe, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT
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2009 WIDE OPEN, Manitou Springs, CO
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2009 UNCHARTED TERRITORIES, The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ
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2009 REVISIONS, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
- 2008 3rd Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson AZ
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2007 Per Square Foot, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2007 She Objects! II: Women Who Make Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2007 Second Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 2006 1st Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2006 19th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2006 Books About Books, UW, Milwaukee, WI
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2006 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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2006 Art Institute’s Joan Flasch Library, Chicago, IL
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2005 18th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2005 Bound and Unbound, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
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2005 Salute to the Audubon, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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2005 Revisions, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
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2004 17th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2004 Artists in the Garden, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
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2004 ABC, Details & Green Shoelaces, Tucson, AZ
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2003 16th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2002 15th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2001 14th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2001 For Women Only, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
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2001 Rag Triennial, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
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2001 Watercolor Wisconsin, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
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2000 Book Show, San Francisco Center for the Book
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2000 13th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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2000 Group 2000, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
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2000 Heart Art, Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI
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2000 Postcard Art, Kohler Arts
Center, Sheboygan, WI
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1999 Winter Show, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
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1999 Pointing Fingers, All
Digital Show, Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
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1999 Books, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL
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1999 Dimensions, Plymouth Art Foundation, Plymouth, WI
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1999 Midwest National Print Show, Prairie Art Center, Arlington Heights,
IL
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1999 12th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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1999 Racine Area Arts, Charles A. Wustum
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1999 Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
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1999 Tri-county Photographic Print Show, Wustum Museum
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1999 Statewide Member Show, Lawton Gallery, UW Green Bay, WI
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1998 Hand-pulled Prints VI, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
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1998 Triennial, Racine Art Guild, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
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1998 11th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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1998 State of the Book, Golda Meir Library, UWMilwaukee, WI
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1997 Fields of Color, Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI
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1997 Midwest Print Show, Loyola University, Chicago, Il
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1997 The View From Southeast Wisconsin, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
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1997 Virtually the First, WP&S Worldwide Web Gallery
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1997 10th Mini Print Exhibit, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
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1996 Racine Area Arts, Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
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1996 Past-Present-Future, Layton Gallery, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
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1996 Books, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL
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1996 Light Let Loose, Columbia College Center for Book Arts, Chicago, IL
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1996 Hand-Pulled Prints, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX
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1996 TEXTile, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
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1995 Wisconisn Invitational, UWParkside, Kenosha, WI
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1995 10th Mini Print Exhibit, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
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1995 19th National Print Exhibit, Schenectady Museum NY
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1995 Art Of Diversity, An Art Place, Chicago, IL
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1995 Arc National Artist-made Books, ARC, Chicago, IL
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1995 10th National Small Print Show, UWP, Kenosha, WI
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1995 Hand-pulled Prints, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX
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1995 Racine Area Arts, Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
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1995 Midwest Print Show, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
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1995 Experiments Bookarts, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1995 Artist Books, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA
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1994 WP&S Statewide Membership Exhibition, Bradley Gallery, Lakeland
College, Sheboygan, WI
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1994 Paper Books, Minneapolis Center for Book Arts, MN
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1994 Racine Area Arts, Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
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1994 Stateline Vicinity Exhibit, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
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1994 WP&S Statewide Membership Show, Rivers Edge Galleries & Sculpture Garden, Mishicot, WI
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1994 Paper Classic, AGA Center for Visual Arts, Appleton, WI
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1994 Reading Art/Artists Books, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
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1994 Wisconsin Artists Biennial, UWM/Lawrence University
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1994 Membership Exhibit, WP&S, Memorial Union, UWM, Madison, WI
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1994 Adornments and Ornaments, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
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2001
Watercolor Wisconsin - Purchase Award - Wustum Museum of Art, Racine,
WI
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2001
Watercolor Wisconsin- Cash Award of Excellence –Wustum Museum
of Art, Racine, WI
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2001
Racine Area Arts- American Frame Award
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2001
Racine Area Arts- Merit Cash Award
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1996
Racine Area Arts- Cash Award
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1995
North Shore Midwest Print Show - Purchase Award/Amoco Corporation
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1995
13th Parkside National Small Print Show - Purchase Award/University
of Wisconsin
Corporate
and Private Collections
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University of Colorado, Norlin Library, Special Collections, Boulder, CO
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University of California, Davidson Library, Santa Barbara, CA
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LaFayette College, Skillman Library, Special Collections, Easton, PA
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University of Arizona, The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
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University of Arizona, Special Collections, Tucson, AZ
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Texas Tech University, Southwest Collections, Lubbock, TX
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University of Southern California, Doheny Library, Los Angeles, CA
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University of California, Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA
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Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
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Wisconsin Natural Gas, Milwaukee, WI
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Johnson Wax, Racine, WI
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Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
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Case Corporation, Racine, WI
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University of Wisconsin at Parkside, Kenosha, WI
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Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL
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Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Flaxman Library
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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University of Wisconsin, Golda Meier Library, Milwaukee, WI
Publications
- Eco Books, 2009, Lark Publications
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