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SUZANNE GELLER
Studio
2488 Hidden Valley Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
 
Phone: 858-454-8600
Cell Phone: 858-692-8536
Email: sue@suzannegeller.com
 
 
EDUCATION
1945-1946   Duke University
1946-1949   Bachelor of Art, Art History, Connecticut College for Woman, New London, Connecticut
1949-1952   Graduate Studies-Columbia University, New School For Social Research, New York City              
Graduate Art History with noted art historian Meyer Shapiro
Oil Painting studies with Julian Levi, Stuart Davis, Kuniyoshi
Art Students League-New York City, studied with Hans Hoffman                                                             
Private study with Anthony Toney, 1960-1969
 
 
WORKSHOPS
Extensive yearly study with CHARLES REID watercolor- 1985-2004
Other workshops: Alex Powers, Mel Stabin, Wolf Kahn, Richard Segalman, Robert Wade, Steven Quiller, Robert Wood, Eric Wiegardt, Polly Hammett and others
 
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Signature Memberships: Watercolor West
                                    California Watercolor Society
Juried Associate Memberships: San Diego International
                                              Western Federation of Watercolor Societies
Memberships: San Diego Watercolor Society Present, Vice-President, 2005-2006
                     Past Vice-President, 1995-1997
                     National Watercolor Society-Associate
                     American Watercolor Society-Associate
                     California Art Club-Painting Patron
                    
                    
AWARDS
  2005 Jurors Commendation, San Diego Watercolor Society
  2004 Second Place, Watercolors, Escondido Art Association
    Jurors Commendation, San Diego Watercolor Society, May
  2003 Honorable Mention, La Jolla Art Association
    Second Place, Escondido Art Association
  2002 Honorable Mention, Watercolors, Del Mar Fair
    Honorable Mention, Seventh National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Taos, New Mexico, Juror-Alex Powers
  2001 $100 St. Louis Artists Guild. Peggy Bunting Memorial Award, Juror-Charles Reid
  2000 Ramona Hotel Gallery
  1998 Grumbacher Gold Award, Merit Award, Louisiana National Juried Exhibition, Juror-Jean Dobie, NWS, AWS
    Second Place, San Diego Watercolor Society, July
    Third Place, San Diego Watercolor Society, April
  1997 $1000 Best of Show, National Oklahoma Juried Exhibition, Juror-Pat San Soucie, AWS, NWS
    Second place, North County Society of Fine Arts
    Presidents Award, Off Track Gallery, San Dieguito Art Association
  1996 $100 Watercolor Society of Alabama, Juror-Katherine Chang Liu, AWS, NWS
    $200 Robert Landry Award-San Diego Watercolor Society, March
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society. April
    Honorable Mention, Ramona Hotel Gallery
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, October
  1995 First Place, San Diego Watercolor Society, November
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, July
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, June
  1994 Honorable Mention, Poudre Valley, Colorado
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, June
    Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, July
  1993 Honorable Mention, San Diego Watercolor Society, December
 
 
PUBLICATIONS
  1994 Best Of Watercolor Places” Rockport Publishers
    Best of Watercolor Flowers” Rockport Publishers
 
 
SOLO OR SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  2005 Studio of Art and Design - Solana Beach, California (Triple)
    La Jolla Library, La Jolla, California (Dual)
  2004 San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California (Small Group)
  2000 Artists Gallery, La Jolla, California (Dual)
  1997 La Jolla Library, La Jolla, California
    Artist’s Gallery, La Jolla, California (Dual)
  1995 Artist’s Gallery, La Jolla, California (Dual)
 
 
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS       Award*
  2005 AWS National Watercolor Exhibition, Chandler, Arizona,
         Juror-Eric Wiegardt, NWS, AWS
  2004 California Watercolor Association Thirty-Sixth National Exhibition, San Francisco, California,
         Juror-Charles Reid, NWS
  2003 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Las Vegas, Nevada,
         Juror- Fran Larson, AWS, NWS
  2002 Hilton Head Art League National Juried Art Exhibition,
         Jurors-Burt Silverman, NWS, AWS; Dean Mitchell, AWS, NWS; Judi Betts, AWS, NWS
    * Seventh National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Taos, New Mexico,
         Juror- Alex Powers, AWS,NWS
  2001 North Valley Art League Juried Exhibition, Redding, California,
         Juror-Joan McKasson
     * St. Louis Artists Guild National Exhibition, St. Louis, Mo,
         Juror-Charles Reid, NWS
    Hilton Head Art League National Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head, North Carolina,
         Jurors-Alex Powers, NWS, AWS; Charles Reid, NWS
  2000 Seventeenth Woman’s National Juried Pen Women, Fayetteville, Arkansas
         Juror-Francesca Kaluum
    Hilton Head Art League National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, North Carolina,
         Jurors-Dean Mitchell AWS, NWS; William Herring
    San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, California,
          Juror-Charles Reid, NWS
  1999 Nineteenth San Diego International Exhibition, San Diego, California,
         Juror-Glen Bradshaw, AWS, NWS
  1998 * Twenty-Eighth Annual Louisiana International Exhibition,
         Juror-Jean Dobie, NWS, AWS
    Grand National Mississippi Watercolor Exhibition, Jackson, Mississippi
         Juror-Janet Walsh, AWS, NWS
    Thirtieth Watercolor West, La Brea, California,
         Juror-Scott Moore, AWS, NWS
  1997 * Fourteenth National Oklahoma Juried Exhibition, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
         Juror-Pat San Soucie, AWS, NWS
    Twenty-ninth Watercolor West, Riverside, California,
         Juror-Robert Wood, AWS, NWS
    Twenty-first Annual Midwest National Watercolor Society, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, Wisconsin,
         Juror-Tony Van Hasselt, AWS
    Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, Farmington, New Mexico,
         Juror-Al Brouilette, AWS, NWS
    Seventh Western Colorado Annual National Exhibition, Grand Junction, Colorado
         Juror- Gordon West, NWS, AWS
    Twenty-third Annual Shelby Art League, Shelby, North Carolina,
         Juror-Dr. Sidney Markham
  1996 Arizona National, Tubac, Arizona,
         Juror-Pat San Soucie, AWS, NWS
    Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, New York,
         Juror-Dean Mitchell, AWS, NWS
    Third Annual National Red River Art Exhibition, Fargo, North Dakota,
         Juror-Michael Schlicting, NWS, AWS
    * Fifty-Fifth National Exhibition Watercolor Society of Alabama,
         Juror-Catherine Chang Liu, AWS, NWS
    Midwest Winter-Center for Visual Arts, Wisconsin,
         Juror- Diane Bywaters, Professor of Art University Of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  1995 Twenty-Seventh Annual East Bay Watercolor Society, Concord, California,
         Jurors-Dale Laitinen, NWS, Morton Solberg
    Fourteenth Annual Society of Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth, Texas,
         Juror-Pat Deadman AWS, NWS
    San Diego International, San Diego, California,
         Juror-Stephen Quiller, AWS, NWS
     Rocky Mountain National, Golden, Colorado,
         Jurors-Elizabeth Yarosz, Glen Bradshaw, AWS, NWS
    Art Wyoming, Casper, Wyoming,
         Juror-Nita Leland
    Thirteenth Annual Montana National Watercolor,
         Juror-Joseph Bohler, NWS, AWS
    Nineteenth Annual Midwest Watercolor Society, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
         Juror-Carol Barnes, AWS, NWS
    Boulder Art Association, Boulder, Colorado,
         Juror-Ray Vinella
    Isabel Comer Museum, Southern Representational Painters, Sylacauga, Alabama
    Twenty-First National of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
         Juror-Fran Larson, AWS, NWS
    Thirty-third National Poudre Art League, Fort Collins, Colorado,
         Juror-Kang Cho
  1994 Eighteenth National Northeast Society, Goshen, New York,
         Juror-Arne Lindmark, AWS
    Northwest Washington Exhibition, Seattle, Washington,
         Juror-Catherine Chang Liu, NWS, AWS
    Twenty-sixth Watercolor West, Brea, California,
         Juror-Al Brouillette, AWS, NWS
     Eleventh Annual Oklahoma Art Workshops, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
         Juror-Doug Dawson, AWS
    Red River National Watercolor, Fargo, North Dakota,
         Juror-Dr. John Holland, Professor of Art, Moorehead University
    Ninth Annual Klamath Falls Exhibition, Klamath Falls, Oregon,
         Juror-Peter Stone, Professor of Art, Western Oregon State
    Art Wyoming, Casper, Wyoming,
         Juror-Doug Dawson
  1993 Eighteenth Western Federation, Dallas, Texas,
         Juror-Don Getz, AWS, NWS
    Nineteenth National Watercolor of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
         Juror-Glen Bradshaw, AWS, NWS
    Twenty-Fifth Annual East Bay Watercolor Society, Concord, California,
         Juror-Marbury Brown, AWS, NWS
    Tenth National Oklahoma Art Workshops National Exhibiton, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
         Juror-Polly Hammett, AWS, NWS
    Eighth Annual, Klamath Falls National Arts Council, Klamath Falls, Oregon,
         Juror-Douglas Campbell, Professor of Art- Oregon State
    Eleventh Annual Montana National Juried Society, Butte, Montana,
         Juror-Judi Betts, AWS, NWS
    Thirty-Seventh National Southern Vermont Artists Association, Manchester, Vermont
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