Curriculum Vitea -

Susan was born and raised in Canada. Her interest in photography began in the year

2000, and she began her photographic training at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle.

She took many courses and workshops over the next four years, with influences by contemporary photographers such as

Mary Ellen Mark, Tim Rudman, Christopher James and Shelby Lee Adams. As her work evolved, she became interested in the Lith

process, a darkroom technique that she used and loved for the next 10 years. She studied Lith under the tutelage of Tim

Rudman, the master of the process. In time, her shooting and printing style gave her work a signature visual appearance

that has stayed with her until today. Sadly, however, with the increasing use of digital cameras, and therefore a

decline in the production of darkroom papers and chemistry necessary for Lith printing, Susan decided to close down her

darkroom for good, and move on in another direction - Intaglio Printmaking. Currently, she is creating her imagery using

polymer photogravure techniques.

* Represented by ART District, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Recent News:

Featured Lith Photographer in a 280-page book called “Silver Gelatin in the Digital Age” - published by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, New York. A Focal Press Book. December, 2023.

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2023 - “A Tantra Song” Jurors Choice Award

Cultural Nova 2023, Heerlen, Netherlands - Pop-up Galerie - August 27th through September 3rd, 2023

Exhibition - “Women’s History Month” - The Photographer’s Eye Collective Gallery, Escondido, CA., March, 2023

Awarded - YourDailyPhotograph.com ‘Hot 100 of 2022’

Winner of ‘Outstanding Work Award’ - Denis Roussel 2022 annual event, juried by Christopher James

Featured Artist - ‘The Art of Photogravure’ a technique book with 20 printmakers from around the world, published by China Academy of Art - December, 2021. (Currently produced in Chinese only)

Awarded - YourDailyPhotograph.com ‘Hot 100 of 2021’

“Light Sensitive” - Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, Arizona - 2021

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2021 - Yoshinogawa, Japan

Group Exhibition - Château de Lalande, France - October, 2020

“Light Sensitive” - Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, Arizona - June/August, 2020

“One-of-a-Kind” - Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico - November/December/January 2019/2020

“Collab Photo Expo” - Group show, Viborg, Denmark - October, 2019

“In Your Mother Tongue” - a word & image dialogue, Griffin Museum, Massachusetts, Group Show, June/September, 2019

“The Handmade Photo Exhibition” Group Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico June/July, 2019

“womenSEEwomen” Group Show, as part of Miami Photo Fest, Miami, Florida, February/March 2019

“First Look” Group show, Six intaglio prints, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, January/March 2019

Featured Artist - ‘Polymer Photogravure - A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and their Creative Practice’, by Clay Harmon 2019

“womenSEEwomen” Group Show, as part of Porto Photo Fest, Porto, Portugal 2018

"My Muse" - solo exhibit, 2017 ~ Jailhouse Studios, Portland, Oregon

"Dreams on Paper" - solo exhibit, 2016 ~ Le Petit Jacob, Paris, France

"To the Edge – 2016” ~ The Danish Museum of Photography, Herning, Denmark

“Paper Dreams” – solo exhibit, 2016, ~ Sage Gallery, Portland, Oregon

“Mirage” – solo exhibit, 2015 ~ The Danish Museum of Photography, Herning, Denmark

“STARK” – solo exhibit, 2015 ~ Gallery 'Raw Beauty' in Arnhem, Netherlands

“Velvet Eyes” participation in Huangshan Yixian International Photo Festival 2014, China

“Velvet Eyes” participation in Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition #157