S U S A N L O F T I N
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Earthenware Containers, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Artists Photographing Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, Atlanta, GA
2006 House and Yard, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Irregular Geometry, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Drawings and/or Works on Paper, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Transitions II, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Southern Drawings from the Permanent Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2003 Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2002 Manipulated Clay: Five Georgia Artists, Artwalk at Lenox Square, Atlanta, GA
2000 The Second International Women’s Art Exhibition, American Cultural Center, Aleppo, Syria
3AM, American Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria, Aral Cultural Center, Ragga
Syria, Le Pont Gallery, Aleppo Syria
1999 As Far as the Eye Can See, Chastain Gallery and the Atlanta College of the Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1998 Works by Susan Loftin, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996 Defying the Southern Stereotype, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Nature Redux, Zinc Contemporary Art, Bluewater Bay and Seaside, FL
1995 Artificial Nature: works by Susan Loftin, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Beth Bolgla & Susan Loftin: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Art 54, New York, NY
1993 20 Years, 20 Artists, Nexus Contemporary Center, Atlanta, GA
Works by Susan Loftin, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992 New Works, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1991 Vital Signs, Nexus Contemporary Art Center
1990 Susan Loftin, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1989 Recent Acquisitions, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA The Art of Atlanta, Centro Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988 The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1987 “Pink Chair” installation, Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta, GA
“Theater” installation/performance, Winter Project, Nexus Theater Atlanta, GA
1986 “Drive Against Drive” installation, Arts Festival of Atlanta
1985 “Loveseat”, “No Hiding Place” Alexander Gallery
“The Two and The One” installation, Atlanta in France, Sorbonne Chapel, Paris France
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (cont’d)
1984 “Urban Courtyard” installation, Atlanta Biennial Atlanta, GA
Masters in Clay, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1983 Earthenware Invitational, Evanstown Art Center, Evanstown, IL
1982 Pattern: An Exhibition of the Decorated Surface, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1981 Susan Loftin, Jeff Kipnis Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Centering on Contemporary Clay, Work from the Collection of Joan Mannheimer, University of Iowa Museum, Iowa City, Iowa
Susan Loftin, Southern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
National Crafts 1981, Greenville County Museum of art, Greenville, SC
Limited Editions, The Elements, New York, NY
1980 Westwood Clay National, Otis-Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles and Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
Susan Loftin/Amy Landesburg, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2000 American Cultural Center, Syria
1988 Kohler Arts Industry Studio Program
1987 Art Matters, Winter Project, Atlanta, GA
1985 Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
1985 Ministry of Culture, Paris, France
1981 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
GUEST SPEAKER
1987 University of Georgia, Athens, GA NCECA Conference, Atlanta, GA
1982 University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR
1981 Callenwolde Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1980 Atlanta Junior Collage, Atlanta, GA
1975-77 Orchard Knob Art Center, Atlanta, GA
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES
1991 Education Workshop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1990 Children’s Workshop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1987-88 Arts in Industry, Kohler Inc., Kohler, Wisconsin
Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1987 Performance collaboration with Neil Bogan, Nexus Theater Winter Program, Atlanta, GA
1986 Drawing, Morningside Elementary School, Atlanta, GA
1985 Ministry of Culture, Paris, France
Macon County School System, Georgia Council for the arts
1984 Drawing, Chastain Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Tifton Middle School, Georgia Council for the Arts
1983 American Craft Council Regional Meeting, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
1980 Performance collaboration with David Hammons, Morehouse University, Atlanta, GA
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES (cont’d)
1978-80 Neighborhood Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1975 Artist-in-Schools Program, Georgia Council for the Arts, Terrell County School System, Dawson, GA
1974 Art Specialist, Creative Playgrounds Program, City of Atlanta
PUBLICATIONS
Pamela Blume Leonard, ‘Manipulated Clay: Five Georgia Artists’, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 14, 2000
Catherine Fox, ‘The New Landscapes’, Atlanta Journal Constitution, February 1999
Jerry Cullum, ‘Susan Loftin: Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics’, Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 20,1998
Neil Bogan, ‘Beth Bolgla & Susan Loftin: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawing’, ArtPapers, 1995
Ken Gonzales Day, ‘Susan Loftin’, ArtPapers, 1991
Kathy L. Maschke, ‘Susan Loftin’, Glass, Number 43, Spring 1991
Jerry Cullum, ‘Works by Susan Loftin’, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 21, 1990
Glen Harper, ‘Theater’, Art Forum, April 1987
Glenn Thrasher, ‘Theater’, ArtPapers, March/April 1987
Janet Koplos, ‘Susan Loftin’, American Ceramics, September 1986
Judy Knoft Rushin,’Site Sculptures’, ArtPapers, November/December 1985
Keith Graham, ‘Atlanta in France’, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 10, 1985
Catherine Fox,’Promising Atlanta Artists’, Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 22, 1984
Katherine Pearson, American Crafts Stewart, Tabori and Chang INC., New York, NY 1983
Portfolio, ‘Susan Loftin’, American Crafts Magazine, October 1982
Mary Hutchison Tone, “Centering on Clay: Ceramics from the collection of Joan Mannheimer”, American Craft Magazine, August/September 1981
COLLECTIONS
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Skutt Kilns, Oregon
Mint Museum, NC
Asheville Museum, NC
Jeffery and Beverly Kipnis, Columbus, OH
Joan Mannheimmer, Iowa
Max Scoggins and Meril Elam, Atlanta, GA
Hyatt International, Rochester, NY
Heery International, Atlanta, GA
Tadio Andio, Japan
Pace Collection, Houston, TX
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer INC., Collegeville, PA
Georgia Art Bus, Atlanta, GA
Trammel-Crow, Atlanta, GA
Judith Alexander, New York, NY
Robin Sandler, Atlanta, GA
Debbie Hudson, Atlanta, GA
Dan and Mike Pruitt, Blue Ridge, GA
Jim and Sylvia Kortan, Atlanta, GA
Lucinda Bunnen, Atlanta, GA