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SUSAN VANDER KOOI
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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
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