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B i o

Born in Oklahoma City
Lives & works in Oklahoma City

 

smorrison6@aol.com

Awards
 

State Capitol Bicentennial Mural Nominee, The Oklahoma Arts Council

                       

Artist-in-Resident, The Oklahoma Arts Council 2002-13

                       

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Artist

1 month Residency

                       

MAPS Public Art Commission, Bricktown Ballpark Murals, OKC

                       

ARTS in TRANSIT New York Subway Mural Commission 1995, MTA New York

                       

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, VT

2 week Artist Residency

                       

Alumni Travelling Fellowship Recipient

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

                       

Louis B. Tiffany Foundation Grant Nominee,

New York

                       

Berkshire Museum Painting Award, Awarded by Patterson Sims, Dir. Whitney Museum. NY

                       

State Fellowship Finalist, Massachusetts

Council on the Arts, The Danforth Museum

                       

Clarissa Bartlett Travelling Scholarship, School

of the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston

                       

 

 

 

Public Collections

 

OK Governor Mary Fallin

The City of Oklahoma City

St. Anthony Hospital,OKC

Chesapeake Energy Corporation, OKC

The Reynolds Foundation, Tulsa

OKC Barons, OKC

New York MTA, NY

OU Health and Sciences Center, OKC

Tufts University, Boston

MTA (MassPort), Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Stillwater Medical Center, OK

Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield CT,

Fidelity Corporation, New York,

Prudential Insurance Corp.,NY 

Sage Laboratories, Natick MA 

WCVB/TV Channel Five Television, Boston, Morrison Distribution and Marketing Inc., OKC 

Borofsky, Lewis & Amodeo-Vickery, NH

LEK/Alcar Investments, Washington, DC, Bingham, Dana and Gould Law Firm, Boston Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar Law Firm, Boston

Hale and Dorr Law Form, Boston,

Westminster Presbyterian Church, OKC.

 

Education
 

1979

5th Year Program

The School of the Museum of Fine arts, Boston

 

1978

BFA Tufts University

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

1975

Diploma in painting

The Art Institute of Boston

 

Solo Exhibitions
 
2013           

Bank of America and OKC Arts Council Susan Morrison at Leadership Square

 

2010           

Nault Gallery Urban Abstractions; Tony Dyke and Susan Morrison

 

2000           

City Arts Center, Susan Morrison and Randy Marks ; New Works

 

1992           

55 Mercer Street Gallery,  Susan Morrison at Mercer Street Gallery, New York

 

1990           

SOHO Center for the Arts, New York Painting Exhibition: Susan Morrison and David Carbone

 

1988           

Richard Green Gallery, New York, Solo Exhibition: Susan Morrison

 

1987           

Harris Galley, Houston, Texas, Solo Exhibition: Susan Morrison

 

1986           

STUX Gallery, New York   Susan Morrison New Paintings

 

1984           

STUX Gallery, Susan Morrison Solo Exhibition, Boston, MA

 

 

 

Public Commissions

 

OKC Barons Hockey Team Gift to Aubrey McClendon at Chesapeake Energy Corp. - commissioned oil painting

           

Special Care Mural Commission, 120 Ft. Performing Arts Center Mural

Architectural Design Group, OKC  

 

St. Anthony Hospital, Painting commissioned by Architectural Design Group (ADG)

Margaret Love Vessels Corridor

           

Buffalos on Parade, Public Art Commission, Picasso Buffalo Purchased by Chesapeake Energy Corp. and The Oklahoma Nature Conservancy, Cox Convention Center

           

Reynolds Foundation Mural Commission, Tulsa Boys Home, Sand Springs, OK   

                       

Miami Dade Public Art Commission, Flamingos in Paradise, FL

 

Metropolitan Area Project (MAPs) Commission, Bricktown Ballpark Murals Commissioned by The City of Oklahoma City 1999-2000  

           

New York Metropolitan Transit Authority Mural Commission, Art-in-Transit, Borough Hall Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY 1995

Commissioned by The City of New York

 

Disney World Mural Commissions, The Dolphin Hotel, Architect Michael Graves, Orlando, FL 

                       

Braintree Athletic Club Murals, Braintree, MA   

Group Exhibitions
 

2016

Harvard University/ Real Colegio Complutense

Exhibition honoring Spain, Cambridge, MA

 

2012            

Cohn Drennen Fine Art, Exhibition,

Dallas, Tx

 

2010     

Nault Gallery, New Works by Gallery Artists, Curated by Brian Nault, OKC

 

2007             

City Arts Center, Under the Influence, Curated by Troy Wilson, OKC

                                                

2002              

JRB at The Elms, Paseo Arts Festival Invitational Exhibition, OKC

 

1991                

Wake Forest University, American Contemporary Painting, Winston-Salem, NC

 

1990      

Laughlin/Winkler Gallery, New Work, Boston, MA

 

1990      

Aldrich Museum, New Acquisitions, Ridgefield CT

 

1989       

SOHO Center for Visual Artists, Susan Morrison: New Paintings, New York

 

1988       

Richard Green Gallery, An Awareness of Place, New York                                                

 

1988       

The Art Institute of Boston, Alumni Exhibition, 75th Anniversary

 

1988       

The Bowery Gallery, Invitational, New York

 

1988       

Caroline Lee Gallery, The Fictional Figure: Texas and New York Artists, Houston TX

 

1987      

The Brockton Museum, Fifth Brockton Triennial, Brockton MA

 

1987       

The University of Southern Maine, Icons in Space: Selections from the.Stux Gallery, Portland, ME

 

1987      

Massachusetts College of Art, New England Women Artists L. Simms; Curator Metropolitan Museum

 

1987              

The Institute of Contemporary Art, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Boston

 

1986      

The Stux Gallery, New York Inaugural Exhibition, New York

 

1986     

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Artists Banners, Boston

 

1985      

Boston College, Space: From Inner to Outer, Brookline MA

 

1985      

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Travelling Fellows Exhibitions

 

1985      

Provincetown Museum, Young Artists, Provincetown, MA

 

1984      

Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, IL

 

1983      

Brockton Art Museum, Brockton Triennial, Brockton MA

 

1983      

The Berkshire Museum, The 1983 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Pittsfield, MA

 

1983      

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston "NOW": Part I , Boston MA, Curated by David Ross, Dir. Whitney Museum, NY

 

1983      

Tufts University, Tufts University' Alumni Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Medford MA

 

1982      

The Danforth Museum, The Art of the State Exhibition, Arts Council Fellows, Framingham, MA

 

1982      

Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston Invitational Exhibition, Boston, MA

 

1981      

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Travelling Scholars Recipient Exhibition, Boston, MA

 

1975      

The Art Institute of Boston,Three Women Painters, Boston, MA

 

 

 

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