SUSAN VANDER KOOI

SUSAN VANDER KOOI is a contemporary artist currently working primarily with elemental materials to create sculptures, installations, and photographs. Her work considers how the psychological human experience parallels the rhythms of landscape and the natural world. She has earned a BA from Whitworth University and an MFA from Clemson University.

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RESUME/CV 

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EDUCATION                                                                                                                                   

MFA, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

        Emphasis in sculpture and installation

BA cum laude, Visual Art, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA

        Emphasis in painting and drawing

        Emphasis in digital photography and design

HONORS & AWARDS                                                                                                                                             

Phi Kappa Phi 2018-present

Art Talent Award 2011-2013

Laureate Society 2012-2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                    

2018 — Present     Member of Richmond Art Collective, Spokane, WA

2018 — Present    Display Coordinator, Anthropologie Spokane, WA

2016 — 2018        Teacher of Record, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

            (Courses taught: 3D Foundations)

2015            Adjunct Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA

            (Traveling with a study abroad program in the British Isles)

EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                                                                                               

Organic Matter, Richmond Art Gallery, Spokane, WA, 2019

Transformations, Richmond Art Gallery, Spokane, WA, 2019

Juried Exhibition, Terrain 11, Spokane, WA, 2018

Permanent Installation, What Only Winter Knows, Potter’s Place, Central, SC, 2018

Permanent Installation, When the Stream Gave Itself to the Wind, DCF, Seneca, SC, 2018

Two-Person Exhibition, Statera: A Place Between, Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC, 2018

Temporary Installation, 22 Degree Halo, Grant County, WA, 2017

Temporary Installation, Desert River, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, OR, 2017

Fall Juried Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA 2014

Solo Exhibition, Katz Coffee and Used Books, Lynden, WA 2014.

Real Eyes - Realize - Real Lies, Brian Oliver Gallery, Spokane, WA 2013

Two-Person Exhibition, Ethereal, Lied Center for the Arts, Spokane, WA 2012