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SUSAN MATTHEWS
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Tel: (510) 444-3852, email: susanmat@LMi.net
| Education | Theater |
| Grants | Selected Reviews |
| Solo Exhibitions | Teaching Experience |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | Special Skills |
| 2006 | International House, Barcelona, English Language teaching to Adults |
| 2005 | San Francisco Art Institute, Summer Session |
| 1995-2002 | Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba: popular and folkloric percussion workshops |
| 1990 | M.F.A Painting, California State University, San Francisco |
| 1979 | B.F.A. Painting, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2005 | George Sugarman Foundation |
| 2003 | George Sugarman Foundation |
| 1995 | Creative Artist Fellowship, City of Oakland Creative Arts Division |
| 2006 | EBMUD
Gallery, Oakland, “Cuban Traditions: Rhythm
and Dance” Pacifica Center for the Arts, “Susan Matthews, Paintings” |
| 2005 | Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA, “The Cuban Confection” |
| 2004 | Latham Square, Oakland,
CA, "The Quarterly" Artship Foundation, Oakland, CA “Windows at the Waterfront” |
| 2000 | Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, "Cut Time-The Essence of Cuba" |
| 1997 | John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "Susan Matthews, Recent Paintings" |
| 1996 | Merced College Art Gallery, Merced CA, "Narrative Portraits" |
| 1995 | East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Oakland, CA "Narrative Portraits" |
| 1994 | Bucheon Gallery, S. F., CA, "How Do You Figure"? |
| 2006 | Berkeley Civic Center Art Exhibition De Young Museum, “Fuera del Barrio/Beyond our Block” Monterey Peninsula College, “The Faces of Heros” SOMARTS Cultural Center, Main Gallery, SF, “The Sea” SOMARTS Cultural Center, “La Luz del Corazon Para las Sombras del Alma” Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA, “Women International” NoHo Gallery Los Angeles, “The Black Arts” NoHo Gallery Los Angeles, “New Beginnings” |
| 2005 | Los Angeles International
Airport, “How to Look at Art” (Cultural
Affairs Dept) San Francisco Art Institute, “Breakthrough” Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, S.F., CA, “Solo Mujeres 2005: Mujeres Visionarias” Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, “The Return to Africa” |
| 2004 | Flintrdige Foundation,
Pasadena, Yassine Art Center, Dakar,Senegal: “African
Art” SomArtsCultural Center, S.F., CA, “Offerings of Passion, Miracles, and Peace” Teatro Arco Iris, S.F. CA, “Poeta Pan, 100 Anos de Neruda”, Shadow Images Heritage Square, Emeryville, CA "Visual Poetry" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "The Map Show" Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA, ”The African Soul of Cuba” |
| 2003 | Back Street Gallery,
Los Angeles, "Cuba: Rich in Spirit" William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, "Bridges III, Three Women Artists" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA "Solo Mujeres" SOMARTS Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "Bringing Light to the Darkness" Porfilio Is, S.F., "Altars for the Wind" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA "Illusión" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA "Box Art" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, "New Visions" |
| 2002 | SOMARTS, SF, "Entre
La Luz y La Muerte" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA "Box Art" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "African Influences in Latin America" Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, "Regla de Ocha" Oakland City Center, "Oakland 150th Birthday Mural" |
| 2001 | Oakland Art Gallery, "Reconstructing
Reality" SOMARTS, S.F., CA "Ciudad de los Milagros" Craft and Cultural Arts Dept., Office of the Mayor, Oakland, CA, "Galleries of Oakland” |
| 2000 | Pro Arts, Oakland,
CA "Juried Annual" Chi Gallery, Oakland, CA, "Alegres Cantos en Mi Ser” |
| 1999 | Museo de La Revolución, Havana, Cuba "Jazz
En Vivo y a Color" GAMA, Grupo Taller Plástico, Havana, Cuba SOMARTS, S.F., CA, "Casa de Espantos" SOMARTS, S.F, CA, "New Paintings and Drawings: Susan Matthews, Jesus Romero, Phe Ruiz Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, "Juried Annual" |
| 1998 | Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts, S.F., CA, "Laberinth, a Day
of the Dead Exhibition" Art Commission Gallery, S.F., Art In City Hall, "Flights of Fancy" The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, "The Language of the Body" Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, "1998 Juried Annual" |
| 1996 | Pro Arts Gallery,
Oakland, CA, "1996 Regional Canvas" US ART, San Francisco's International Art Expo, Fort Mason |
| 1995 | Bucheon Gallery, S.F., CA, "Transitional Spaces" |
| 1994 | Bucheon Gallery,
S.F., CA, "In Pursuit of the Portrait" Bucheon Gallery, S.F., CA, "Every Picture Tells a Story" Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, "Katherine Dunlevie, John King, Susan Matthews Festival at the Lake, Oakland, CA, "1000 Faces Exhibition" |
| 1993 | Buncheon Gallery,
S.F., CA, "Opening Exhibition" Pro Arts Gallery, "Pro Arts Annual", (Honored Artist) Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA "Figurative Works by the Fovea Group" |
| 1992 | Mission Cultural
Center, S.F., CA, "Rooms and Windows for the
Dead" Festival at the Lake, Oakland, CA, “1000 Faces” |
| 1990 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, S.F., CA, "The Figure" |
| 1988 | Mission Cultural
Center, S.F. CA, "Día de Los Muertos" Berkeley Art Center, "Exhibition 1988", Braunstein-Quay Gallery, S.F., CA, "The Dog Show" |
| 2004-05 | Shadow scenery designer and percussionist for “POETA PAN” performed in San Francisco, toured Chile: Santiago, Valparaiso, Guaylandia, Isla Negra, El Tabo, DIRECTOR, Carlos Baron |
| 2006 | Bonny
Zanardi, “African Travels the Inspiration for
Susan Matthews Exhibition”, San Mateo County Times 1/12/06 |
| 2005 | ‘New Beginnings’ Begins,Valley
News, Southwest Edition, Los Angeles, 12/ 21/ 05 Paula Sheil, “Cultural Inspiration”, The Record, Stockton, CA 2/20/05 |
| 2001 | Rona Marech, "Artists Open Their Studios Throughout the East Bay",
S.F. Chronicle, 6/1 Joshunda Sanders, "Art Pays Tribute to Oakland's Dead", SF Chronicle, 10/18 Michael Lando, "Exhibit Shows Day of the Dead's Livelihood", The Montclarion, 10/18 Robert Taylor, "Celebrating the Dead", Contra Costa Times, 10/30 |
| 2000 | Marie
Smith, "The Music is Gonna Getcha",
Las Vegas Weekly, 3/28 Tiffanie Bond, "Exhibits Highlight Cultural History", Northern View, 2/9 (Las Vegas, NV) "Cut Time, The Essence of Cuba" Los Vegas Weekly Scope, 2/3 Tammy D. McMahan "Exhibit Captures Cuba's Rhythm", , The Las Vegas Sentinel Voice, 2/3, |
| 1997 | Denise
Sullivan, "Susan Matthews, An American Original",
S.F. Bay Guardian, 9/10 "Natsoulas Gallery Hosts Colorful Artists", The Aggie, UC Davis, 1/15 Victoria Dalkey, "From Funk to Firmly Festive", Sacramento Bee, 1/19 |
| 1996 | Portraits for Today", The Merced Sun Star, 1/5 |
| 1994 | "Learn About 1000 Faces",
The Montclarion, 5/13 "Masks Depict Oakland's Diversity" The Montclarion, 5/10 |
| 1993 | Diane Dorans Saeks, "A Pro at the Arts", The San Francisco Chronicle, 9/8 |
| 1991 | Frank Cebulski ,"Quirky Continuity, Pro Arts Annual", Artweek, 3/2 |
| 1988 | Terri Cohn, " Exhibitions", Artweek, 8/2 |
| 2006 | College of San Mateo, Instructor of Drawing St. Giles International School, SF: English as a Foreign Language |
| 1977- Present | Maybeck High School, Berkeley, CA: Instructor of Drawing, Figure Drawing, Painting, Methods and Materials, Mural Painting, Spanish, Percussion, Bay Area Multi-cultural vsual and Performing Arts Survey, travel programs in Spain, Mexico and the Southwestern United States |
| 1998 | Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education, W. C., CA: adult drawing class |
| 1996 | Studio One, Oakland, CA: Children's mask making classes |
| 1991-95 | Festival at the Lake, Oakland, CA: curriculum development, exhibition design and installation, taught mask making classes to children and adults in schools and recreation centers throughout Oakland, |
| Fluent in Spanish Percussionist |
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