Curriculum Vitae
b. Queens, New York. Lives and works in New York, NY.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Collage in the Loft: The Smithy Loft Gallery, New Preston, CT
2021 CONNECT-TO-CUT, Here, There and Everywhere: Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, CT
2019 All Over The Map, Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, CT
2019 All Over The Map, Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury, CT
2018 Modern Nostalgia, New York Public Library, St. Agnes Branch, New York, NY
2018 Modern Nostalgia, Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, NAWA juried group show, Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2024 Washington Art Association 24th Annual Members Exhibition, WAA, Washington Depot, CT
2024 National Collage Society Small Format Exhibition, Eastern CT State University, Willimantic , CT
2023 Sarabeth’s Cafe UWS, NYC Sept 26, 2023 - May 15, 2024. Group show with NY Collage Ensemble
2023 Construction/Deconstruction, Judy Black Park, Washington, CT Group Show with NY Collage Ensemble
2023 Chapel of Tears, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware Curated by Nanci Hersch
2023 Washington Arts Association Members Exhibition, WAA, Washington Depot, CT Won 2nd prize Sculpture category
2023 Studio Hill Gallery Holiday Show, Studio Hill Gallery, Woodbury, CT
2022 Figurative Destructuralism: DF Art Project Exhibition, Parc Floral de Paris, Pavillion 18, Paris (with NY Collage Ensemble)
2022 Pages Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
2022 Five Points Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2022 We Won’t Back Down: Gallerya118 Online
2022 Art Through the Eyes of a Woman: Studio Hill Gallery, Woodbury, CT
2022 Corporeal Gestures: School of Architecture, Portland State University, OR
2021 NY State of Mind: New York Collage Ensemble Group Show, Scandinavian Collage Museum, Norway
2021 My Own Game: Rezh Da Kley Fest, Moscow, Russia
2021 Art in the Windows: NWCT Arts Council, Warner Theatre Box Office, Torrington, CT
2021 Post Pandemic Exhibit: Washington Arts Association, Washington Depot, CT
2020 Imprints: Past and Present, Vacant Museum, Online
2020 National Collage Society, Annual Juried Show “CIty of Dreams” Online and Catalog
2020 Creating Home Together, Digital Exhibition, New York Public Library, NY
2020 Night and Day, Local Project Arts Space and Departure Gallery, LIC, NY
2019 Elementarteilchen, Frauen Museum, Weisbaden, Germany
2019 The Other Art Fair Presented by Saatchi Art, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Studio Stars, Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury, CT
2019 World Collage Atlas, Verebeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2018 Exposures, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2018 Vinylism, Edinburgh Collage Collective, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 Brooklyn Collage Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Women Who Shake Things Up, The Living Outpost Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Home Interpreted, A View With A Room, Hoboken, NJ
2017 Pancakes and Booze Art Show, M1-A, New York, NY
2017 92Y Collage Exhibition, NY Public Library, Jefferson Branch, Greenwich Village, NY
2017 On Time, New Milford Art Walk, New Milford, CT
2017 @The Collage Club, Scandinavian Collage Museum, Rennebu, Norway
2017 Annual Members Exhibit, Washington Arts Association, Washington Depot, CT
2016 New Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Publications
2023 New Visionary Magazine, Issue 6 Featured Artist (US)
2023 Collage Care: The Method, Laurie Kanyer (Kanyer Publishing) Featured Artist (US)
2023 Corporeal Gestures, Clive Knights, Featured Artist (US)
2022 NWCT Arts Council Interview: Mapping it Out: Place, Space and Time in Susan Lerner’s Collage
2021 Collage Care: Transforming Emotions and Life Experiences with Collage, Laurie Kanyer (Kanyer Publishing)
2021 Litchfield Magazine, Best of Litchfield Readers Choice Issue, Featured Artist (CT, US)
2020 Americana Zine, Susan Lerner (US) (underwritten by the Kanyer Art Collection)
2020 NCS 36th Annual Juried Exhibit Catalog, National Collage Society, Selected Artist (US)
2020 Happy Meal, Oltre Paper Fanzine (Issue#4), Featured Artist (Italy)
2020 Healers Magazine, Featured Artist, (US)
2019 Cut and Paste, Collaboration Project with Edinburgh Collage Collective and National Galleries of Scotland , Featured Artist, (Scotland)
2019 Collage By Women: 50 Essential Contemporary Artists, Rebeka Elizegi Promopress (Spain)
2019 Create Magazine!, Issue #16, Featured Artist, (US)
2019 Kolaj Magazine, Issue #26, Featured Artist, (US)
2018 Excavations, Magazine of Correspondence Art, (Germany)
2018 1340 Art Magazine, Issue Q1, Featured Artist, (The Netherlands)
2018 Food For Thought Calendar, Susan Lerner, sold at the Museum of Food and Drink, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2017 Annual 2017, Collage Collective Co, Featured Artist, (Australia)
2016 Annual 2016, Collage Collective Co, Featured Artist (Australia)
Representation
2020 Katharine Altadonna Fine Art Gallery www.KatharineAltadonna.com
Grants/Awards
2023 Washington Arts Association Members Exhibition, WAA, Washington Depot, CT.
Won 2nd prize Sculpture category for Blowing In The Wind excavated book.
2020 Americana Zine Underwritten by Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection
Curatorial and other Projects
2022 Studio Jiggy: collaboration with Jiggy Puzzle
2022 Collage Workshop for Beginners Gunn Memorial Library, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington, CT
2021 Mothers 2 Mothers Collage Event and Auction Participated with New York Collage Ensemble in raising over $2K for M2M charities. Auctioned off “Power Angels” collage and “The World Awaits” print Online
2020 Cardboard Collage Challenge (#collageoutofthebox), Curator of show (with miss.printed and laotrarous). Selected 40/1250 collages for shows in Sevilla, Spain and Trondheim, Norway).
2019 Jiggy Puzzles Theater District collage licensed for upscale puzzle debut collection https://jiggypuzzles.com/
2019 Art on LinkNYC, 7 collages from the series All Over the Map, Telecom Kiosks, 5 Boroughs of Manhattan, New York.
2018 The Collage Garden, (@thecollagegarden), Organizer of Show, International Group Exhibition, 6BC Botanical Garden, New York, NY
2018 Flower Girl - 3-D collaged dog for Tails of North West CT. Sponsored and purchased by Aspectuck Animal Hospital
Private Collections
2019 Kanyer Art Collection, Doug and Laurie Kanyer, Yakima, Washington (3 Collages)
2018 David Bouley, Restaurateur, NY, NY (2 collages)
2024 Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia (2 collages)
Numerous Private Collectors
Podcast Interviews
2019 Studio Confessions with Luis Martin https://www.studioconfessions.com/podcast/episode/3dd15eb1/on-the-map-susan-lerner
Education and Associations
B.S. Chemistry Foods and Nutrition, Douglass College, Rutgers University Certified Flavor Chemist, Society of Flavor Chemists
European Cultural Academy, Residency, Contemporary Art Framework to Develop Your Ideas, Venice Italy August 2022
Mixed Media Collage, 92 Street Y, New York, NY (Instructors Ellen Alt, Anna Shekeylo, Eric Tibit)
Mixed Media Collage, Sheila Wolper Studios, New York, NY (Instructor Sheila Wolper)
Psychology of Collage, Art Students League, New York, NY (Instructor Steven Rudin)
Founding Member, @nycollageensemble
Signature Member, National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)
Member, National Collage Society (NCS)
Member, Washington Arts Association and Gallery (WAA)
Member, @thecollageclub
Member Visionary Arts Collective
Member, NWCT Arts Council
Member, The International Collage Guild (TICG)
Board of Trustees: The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens