Bio
Susana Reisman was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1977. She received a BA in Economics from Wellesley College (Boston, 1999) and an MFA in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, 2005). After teaching photography for a number of years, Susana now dedicates her time to making art and running Circuit Gallery. She lives and works in Toronto.
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Education
Master of Fine Art, Concentration in Photography, 2005
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York
Bachelor of Arts (Honors, Cum Laude), Concentration in Economics, 1999
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2017
- Standardizing Nature
- UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Standardizing Nature
- Curated by Anik Glaude as part of a year-long series entitled Present | Perfect | Continuous.
- Varley Art Gallery , Markham, Ontario
- Curated by Anik Glaude as part of a year-long series entitled Present | Perfect | Continuous.
- 2016
- On The Surface
- Typology Projects, Toronto, Ontario
- 2014
- Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber
- G44 | Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
- 2010
- Selective Affinities | Featured Exhibition: CONTACT 2010 – Pervasive Influence
- Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2007
- Disk Inventory
- Tall Wall Space, The University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
- A Sense of Departure
- Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York
- 2006
- Mapping and Mediation
- Hiestand Galleries, Robert E. & Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- 2005
- Recovery Room
- Art and Music Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
- Objectively Ambivalent
- MFA Thesis Exhibition. SPAS Gallery, Rochester, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2016
- Roaming Realities
- William Harris Gallery, Rochester, New York
- Trace Copy Render
- Curated by Claire Sykes. Circuit Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Place Settings: Diasporic Food Identities
- Curated by Anya Baker, Leah Moncada and Madeline Smolarz. Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada
- 2015
- Productive Displacement
- Curated by Bonnie Rubenstein. Billboards at Spadina Avenue and Front Street West (Toronto) and across Canada
- 2014
- Unsettled Primaries
- Curated by Mariangeles Soto-Diaz. Torrance Art Museum, Online Gallery, Torrance, California
- Immoderation
- Curated by Megan Press. Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
- 2013
- Micah Lexier: More Than Two
- Curated by Micah Lexier. The Powerplant, Toronto, Canada
- Flash Forward Festival
- Outdoor Exhibition at Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts
- Objects in Mirrors May Appear Closer
- UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2012
- Like-Minded
- Curated by Micah Lexier. Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- 2009
- PHOTODIMENSIONAL
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago, IL
- "Maybe when I come back we can have a real un-electronic gathering…"
- The Front, New Orleans, LA
- Bank on Art - (November 24th-30th)
- ATM, 952 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
- Circuit Gallery Showcase Exhibition
- The Department, Toronto, Ontario
- 2008
- Feria Iberoamericana de Arte: XI Salon CANTV
- Galeria CorpBanca, La Castellana, Caracas, Venezuela
- Food for Thought
- The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- CONTACT: Portfolio Reviews Exhibition
- 381 Red Bull Projects, Toronto, Ontario
- 2007
- CONTACT: Portfolio Reviews Exhibition
- HP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2006
- PRC/POV: Photography Now and the Next 30 Years
- PRC Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
- Trash
- Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
- Transformation: Photography of the 21st Century
- Space 301, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama
- 2005
- Binary Articulations (Traveling Exhibition)
- George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
- Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
- Russell/Holt Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
- Re:Imagine
- Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Photographic Constructions
- Synapse Gallery and Center for Photography, Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Breaking the Ice
- Visual Studies Workshop Gallery, Rochester, New York
- 2004
- DIALOGUE art.imagery.technology
- Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
Collections
The Donovan Collection, University of Toronto, Toronto
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
The Media Cafe Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Various Private Collections in Canada, Germany, United States, and Venezuela
Publications / Reviews
"Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber," Portfolio by Susana Reisman. Natural Resources, Prefix Photo, Issue 31, 2015.
"Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber," Exhibition Review by Matthew Brower. Attention, C Magazine, Spring Issue 125, 2015.
Emergence: Contemporary Photography in Canada, Gallery 44. Publication in partnership with Ryerson University [ISBN 978-0-9738294-6-4].
Time Flies. Beirut: Dar Onboz, 2009 [ISBN: 978-9953-465-18-0].
"A Sorry State" by Mitch Miyagawa, Artwork by Susana Reisman, The Walrus. Toronto: December 2009, Vol. 6, No. 10.
"On the Scale of History" (Featured Portfolio), Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop.
"Photographic Medium" (Artist Profile), Vision Magazine. Beijing, China: Youth Vision Magazine, November 2007: 224-227.
"Susana Reisman: Measuring Tape," Flash Forward 2007: Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Toronto: Magenta Publishing for the Arts, Ontario, Canada, 2007: 66-67. [ISBN: 9780973973921].
"Plastikos," Alphabet City: Trash. Ed. John Knechtel. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007: 272-279. [ISBN-10: 0-262-11301-5].
Grants / Awards / Residencies
- 2016
- Exhibition Assistance Grant
- Ontario Arts Council, Recommended by: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
- 2015
- Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship
- Canada, Japan and Scotland
- 2011
- SOMA Summer Residency
- SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2010
- TAKT Residency
- Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
- Visual Artist: Emerging Grant
- Ontario Arts Council
- Exhibition Assistance Grant
- Ontario Arts Council, Recommended by: Visual Arts Ontario
- Bolognaragazzi Award – Opera Prima (Mention)
- Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
- Time Flies by Susana Reisman. Published in 2009 by Dar Onboz (Beirut, Lebanon)
- 2009
- 2nd CJ Picture Book Awards – New Publications (Winner)
- Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
- Time Flies by Susana Reisman. Published in 2009 by Dar Onboz (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Exhibition Assistance Grant
- Ontario Arts Council, Recommended by: Women's Art Resource Center
- 2007
- Artist in Residence, October
- Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
- 2003
- Wallace Library Photo Prize Award
- Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- 1998
- Barnette-Miller Award
- Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Conferences / Lectures
- 2009
- Lecture, Photographic Constructions, ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon
- 2007
- Artist in Residence Lecture, "photo-sculpture," Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
- 2006
- Lecture, "New Pluralism: Photography's Future," SPE National Conference (43rd), Chicago, Illinois
- 2004
- Panelist, "DIALOGUE art.technology.imagery," SPE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Laurel, Maryland
