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SUSANNA VAPNEK
Born in Athens, Georgia 1973
Lives and works in Santa Barbara, CA
Education
1998-2000 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992-1996 BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with Highest Honors in Art
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Lotusland Celebrates: Petal to the Metal, Lotusland, Montecito, California
2018 Curio, Curated by Yasmine Zodeh, Brunswig Square DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Lotusland Charity Auction, selected by Yasmine Zodeh, Lotusland, Montecito, CA
2013 Mabon “Teenie” Hodges- A Portrait of a Memphis Soul Original, directed by Susanna Vapnek, S X SW Film Festival, Austin, TX
2012 Sundowner, Curated by Miki Garcia, Bloom Project Space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara CA
2007 Through the Lies of your Dark, Dark Eyes, Curated by James J. Williams III, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Yearning for Yours, Curated by James J. Williams III, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Far Away, So Close, Curated by Tairone Bastien, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
#21, Curated by Drew Heizler, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 California Welcomes You, Curated by Pascal Spengemann, Scope Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Girls Gone Wild, Curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Beat Surrender, Modern Culture Gallery at the Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
MiArt Fair, Modern Culture Gallery, Milan, Italy
2000 Selections from the MFA Special Projects: Part 1, Curated by Jose Freire, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Recontextualized, Curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Eastside Gallery: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1998 Revenge of L.H.O.O.Q., Curated by William R. Keizen, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Locating Feminism, Curated by Karl Schoonover, Pembroke Center: Brown University, Providence, RI
1996 1996 Honors Exhibition, Curated by Athena Tacha, Fisher Hall Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Residencies
2003 Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1995 Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship in Art to Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, Norfolk, CT
Publications
2014 Mabon Teenie Hodges: A portrait of a Memphis Soul Original Director Susanna Vapnek, Santa Barbara Independent, January 29, 2014
2013 Best Film about a Legendary Musician: Teenie Hodges, Spin magazine, March 18, 2013
2007 Through the Lies of Your Dark, Dark Eyes, New York Times, Martha Schwendender, August 24, 2007, p. B29
2006 Nine lives and Counting: Cat Power sobers up, New York Times, Winter Miller, September 20, 2006, p. E1
2003 Girls Gone Wild, The New York Times, Roberta Smith, July 4, 2003, p. E31
2000 100 Things, Self Service, Winter 2000, p. 102