Lives and Works in Upstate NY
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E d u c a t i o n
MFA Visual Arts, Painting, Johnson State College at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2006
Coursework in painting, drawing at Bennington College and SUNY Albany 1990-99
MAT coursework in painting, printmaking, and ceramics, SUNY Oswego and Geneseo 1977- 82
BS Art and Education, Senior Portfolio Award, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY 1975
S o l o E x i b i t i o n s
Painted Stories, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2021Painted Stories, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2020
Painted Stories, Upper Jay Library, Upper Jay, NY 2020
Recent Paintings, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT 2019
Recent Paintings, Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, NY 2017
Diary, Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, NY 2011
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson, VT 2006
Drawing from Memory, Dietel Gallery, Troy, NY 2002
S e l e c t e d E x i b i t i o n s
“Tell Me a Story” Emerge Gallery & Art Space at Artsy, Saugerties, NY 2020Telling Her Story: New Acquisitions, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY 2020
The Shirt Factory Juried Invitational, Glens Falls, NY 2019, 2020
PAINTED-INTERNATIONAL-BIENNIAL, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 2019
Three Realists from the Fence Select, Butzel Gallery, Schenectady, NY 2019
Black and White Juried Exhibition, LPCA, Lake Placid, NY 2019
Bound and Unbound, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY 2018
Northwind Fine Arts Gallery Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2018-2020
The Brush Off Juried Painting Competition, Avenue Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2017
Fence Select Juried Exhibition, Troy Arts Center, Troy, NY 2017, 2018, 2019
Laffer Gallery Juried Regional, Schuylerville, NY 2016, 2018, 2019
Materials to Masterpieces, Bluseed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY 2016
LPCA Juried Invitational, Lake Placid, NY 2010-2019
AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2010-2020
University of Utah Invitational, Salt Lake City, UT 2012-2019
Molloy College Alumni Invitational, Rockville Centre, NY 2015
NYS Education Department, SUNY Faculty Exhibition, Albany, NY 2014
Whimsicality, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2013
Where Are you?, BluSeed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY 2011
Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Albany Institute, Albany, NY 1996, 2011, 2018, 2019
Emma Willard Faculty Exhibition, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY 2005
Residency Exhibition, James Baird Gallery, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada 2004
Residency Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 2000
Lake George Arts Project Drawing Invitational, Lake George, NY 1998
HS Art Teachers That Make Art, Rathbone Gallery, Sage College, Troy, NY 1996
A w a r d s a n d P r i z e s
First Place Award, Northwind Fine Arts Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY 2020Juror’s Choice Award—Gold Key, North Country Arts, Glens Falls NY 2020
Best of Show Award, AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2020
Social Conscious Award, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2020
Best of Show, The Shirt Factory Juried Invitational, Glens Falls, NY 2020
Best of Show, LPCA Juried Invitational, Lake Placid, NY 2019
Third Place Award, AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2019
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Juror’s Award Certified Framing and Gallery 2018
Albany Institute of History and Art, Mohawk-Hudson Regional Purchase Prize 2018
Second Place Award, NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY 2017
Second Place Award, AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2017
Third Place Award, LPCA Juried Invitational, Lake Placid, NY 2016
Fence Award, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY 2016
First Place Award, AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2016
Second Place Award, AAG Juried Invitational, Saranac Lake, NY 2015
A r t i s t R e s i d e n c i e s
Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY 2023
Tyrone Guthrie, Newbliss, Ireland 2005
Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada 2004
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 1999, 2003
SummerSix Fellowship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 1997, 1998
G r a n t s
The Essex County Arts Council Grant, Painted Stories, SOLO Exhibition 2020Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, European Studies Grant 2006
Getty Grant Fellowship, Pop Art Studies at The National Gallery, Washington, DC 2000
C o m m i s s i o n s
Hotel Saranac, Five Paintings for the Grand Hall, Saranac Lake, NY 2017
Private Commissions throughout the United States
P r i v a t e C o l l e c t I o n s
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, NYAlbany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Saranac Lake Hotel, Saranac Lake, NY
Bluseed Gallery, Saranac lake, NY
Judy’s Framing, Queensbury, NY
Best Western, Saranac Lake, NY
Private Collections throughout the United States
B i b l i o g r a p h y
Article in Lake Champlain Weekly, Vol 21/Issue 38, 2021Article in 518 Profiles, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 2021
Artist Talk, re: Painted Stories, Lake George Arts Project 2021
Article in Get Visual: “Painted Stories: Susan Hoffer at LGAP” 2021
Interview with Todd Moe, NCPR 2021
Article in Get Visual: “Things Seen and Heard in the Capital Region Art Scene and Beyond” 2018
Article in Press Republican, Plattsburgh, NY, March 2016
Cover design, Poems of the Night and Day, by Bruce D. Rowe 2012
Article in Basement Medicine, Johnson, VT, May 2006
E m p l o y m e n t / P r o f e s s i o n a l O p p o r t u n i t i e s
Part-time Instructor, North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY 2009-present
Table Leader, College Board, AP Studio Art Portfolio, ETS, Princeton, NJ 2020, 2021
Reader, College Board, AP Studio Art Portfolio, ETS, Princeton, NJ 2002-2019
Keynote Speaker, High School Juried Exhibition, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY 2007
Full-time Instructor, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY 2002-2009
Full-time AP/IB Teacher, Schenectady School of Fine Arts, Schenectady, NY 1997-2002
C u r a t o r i a l P r o j e c t s
High School Juried Regional at Franklin, St. Lawrence, Essex Counties 2016
Sage College Faculty Show at Dietel Gallery, Troy, NY 2005
High School Juried Regional at Albany, Schenectady, Troy, NY 2000-2006
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