susana reisman
  • Portfolios
    • Tonewood, 2015/16
    • Scotland, 2016
    • Japan, 2015
    • On Technology, 2015
    • On Finishing, 2014/15
    • Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber (Part 1), 2013/14
    • Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber (Part 2), 2013/14
    • Domestic Disclosures, (On-going)
    • Berlin, 2010
    • Time Flies, 2009
    • On The Scale Of History, 2007
    • Landscapes, 2006
    • Measuring Tape, 2005
    • Mapping, 2005/06
    • Photosculptures, 2004/05
    • eBay, 2004/05
    • [Kiss], 2004
    • Plastikos, 2002/03
    • Storefronts, 1999
  • Exhibitions
  • Bio + Resume
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Portfolios
    • Tonewood, 2015/16
    • Scotland, 2016
    • Japan, 2015
    • On Technology, 2015
    • On Finishing, 2014/15
    • Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber (Part 1), 2013/14
    • Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber (Part 2), 2013/14
    • Domestic Disclosures, (On-going)
    • Berlin, 2010
    • Time Flies, 2009
    • On The Scale Of History, 2007
    • Landscapes, 2006
    • Measuring Tape, 2005
    • Mapping, 2005/06
    • Photosculptures, 2004/05
    • eBay, 2004/05
    • [Kiss], 2004
    • Plastikos, 2002/03
    • Storefronts, 1999
  • Exhibitions
  • Bio + Resume
  • Contact
  • Blog

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.

Resume

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
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
2009
On the Scale of History
Artcite Inc., Windsor, 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
Exhibition Assistance Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Recommended by: LACAP
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

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