Susan Matthews
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 City of Berkeley, 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, Dancers and Deities of Afro-Cuba 2010 Downtown Berkeley Association, 2210 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, Afro-Cuba, Alive and Well 2008 Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba, Havana, “Lo Que Yo He Visto” 2007 Merced Multicultural Art Center,” Rhythm and Style, Africa and Afro-Cuba” 2006 EBMUD Gallery, Oakland, “Cuban Traditions: Rhythm and Dance” 2006 Pacifica Center for the Arts, “Susan Matthews, Paintings” 2005 Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA, “The Cuban Confection” 2004 Latham Square, Oakland, CA, "The Quarterly 2004 Artship Foundation, Oakland, CA “Windows at the Waterfront” 2000 Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, "Cut Time-The Essence of Cuba" 1997 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "Susan Matthews, Recent Paintings" 1996 Merced College Art Gallery, Merced CA, "Narrative Portraits" 1995 East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Oakland, CA "Narrative Portraits" 1994 Bucheon Gallery, S. F., CA, "How Do You Figure"?
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, “50/50 Show” Avenue 50 Studio Inc., Los Angeles, “Ashe, Blessings, Energy, Power” GTU, Berkeley, “Distilled Spirits, Works of Cherie Raciti and Susan Matthews” Addison Street Windows Gallery, Berkeley, “Portraits From Far and Near” Counterpulse, SF, “Burning of the Ancient Library of Alexandria“ 2008 Mission Cultural Center, SF, “ Ilusion 8” SOMARTS, SF, “Day of the Dead in a Time of Change” Gallery Concord, Concord, CA, “Explosion of Color” Mission Cultural Center, SF, “Women on War” 2007 Berkeley Art Center 24th Annual National Juried Exhibition SOMARTS, SF, “ Offerings for the Altar of Life” Gallery One, SF, Healing and Día de los Muertos Mission Cultural Center, SF, “Almas y Corazones” Gallery One, SF, “Mothers of Creation” Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, OaklandCivic Center, “Women by Women” ARTworks SF Gallery, San Francisco, “Breaking Ice” Mission Cultural Center, SF, Mapp Retrospective 2006 Berkeley Civic Center Art Exhibition De Young Museum, SF “Fuera del Barrio/Beyond our Block” Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, “The Faces of Heros” SOMARTS Cultural Center, SF, Main Gallery, SF, “The Sea” SOMARTS Cultural Center, S.F., “La Luz del Corazón Para las Sombras del Alma” Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA, “Women International” NoHo Gallery Los Angeles, “The Black Arts” NoHo Gallery Los Angeles, “New Beginnings” 2005 Los Angeles International Airport, (Cultural Affairs Dept) “How to Look at Art” San Francisco Art Institute, “Breakthrough” Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, S.F., CA, “Solo Mujeres 2005: Mujeres Visionarias” Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, “The Return to Africa” 2004 Flintrdige Foundation, Pasadena, Yassine Art Center, Dakar, Senegal: “African Art” SomArtsCultural Center, S.F., CA, “Offerings of Passion, Miracles, and Peace” Teatro Arco Iris, S.F. CA, “Poeta Pan, 100 Anos de Neruda”, Shadow Images Heritage Square, Emeryville, CA "Visual Poetry" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "The Map Show" Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA, ”The African Soul of Cuba” 2003 Back Street Gallery, Los Angeles, "Cuba: Rich in Spirit" William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, "Bridges III, Three Women Artists" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA "Solo Mujeres" SOMARTS Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "Bringing Light to the Darkness" Porfilio Is, S.F., "Altars for the Wind" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA "Illusión" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA "Box Art" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, "New Visions" 2002 SOMARTS, SF, "Entre La Luz y La Muerte" Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA "Box Art" Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA, "African Influences in Latin America" Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, "Regla de Ocha" Oakland City Center, "Oakland 150th Birthday Mural" 2001 Oakland Art Gallery, "Reconstructing Reality" SOMARTS, S.F., CA "Ciudad de los Milagros" Craft and Cultural Arts Dept., Office of the Mayor, Oakland, CA, "Galleries of Oakland” 2000 Pro Arts, Oakland, CA "Juried Annual" Chi Gallery, Oakland, CA, "Alegres Cantos en Mi Ser” 1999 Museo de La Revolución, Havana, Cuba "Jazz En Vivo y a Color" GAMA, Grupo Taller Plástico, Havana, Cuba SOMARTS, S.F., CA, "Casa de Espantos" SOMARTS, S.F, CA, "New Paintings and Drawings: Susan Matthews, Jesus Romero, Phe Ruiz 1998 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, S.F., CA, "Laberinth, a Day of the Dead Exhibition" Art Commission Gallery, S.F., Art In City Hall, "Flights of Fancy" The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, "The Language of the Body" 1998 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, "9th Annual All Creatures Great and Small” New College of California, "Offering Light to the Shadow" Sunnyvale Creative Arts Center Gallery, "Connections", Susan Matthews, Josephina Bates
THEATER 2004-05 Shadow scenery designer and percussionist for “POETA PAN” premiered at S F State University, toured Chile in 2005 and 2007
EDUCATION 2006 International House, Barcelona, Cambridge English Language Teaching to Adults 2005 San Francisco Art Institute, Summer Session 1995-2002 Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba: popular and folkloric percussion workshops 1990 M.F.A Painting, California State University, San Francisco 1979 B.F.A. Painting, University of California, Berkeley
GRANTS 2005 George Sugarman Foundation 2003 George Sugarman Foundation 1995 Creative Artist Fellowship, City of Oakland Creative Arts Division MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Museo de los Orishas, Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba, Havana, Cuba Museo Municipal de Perico, Matanzas, Cuba
SELECTED REVIEWS 2009 Peter Selz, “Images of the Buddha and of Nigerienne Men and Women”, The Berkeley Daily Planet, August 13-19 2009 DeWitt Cheng, “Likenesses”, East Bay Express, April 29-May 5 2007 Kelly Vance, “Women’s World,”, East Bay Express 7/25/07 2007 Dhyana Levey, “Art Inspired by Travels”, Merced Sun-Star 1/18/07 2006 Bonny Zanardi, “African Travels the Inspiration for Susan Matthews Exhibition”, San Mateo County Times 1/12/06 2005 ‘New Beginnings’ Begins,Valley News, Southwest Edition, Los Angeles, 12/ 21/ 05 2005 Paula Sheil, “Cultural Inspiration”, The Record, Stockton, CA 2/20/05 2001 Rona Marech, "Artists Open Their Studios Throughout the East Bay", S.F. Chronicle, 6/1 Joshunda Sanders, "Art Pays Tribute to Oakland's Dead", SF Chronicle, 10/18 Michael Lando, "Exhibit Shows Day of the Dead's Livelihood", The Montclarion, 10/18 Robert Taylor, "Celebrating the Dead", Contra Costa Times, 10/30 2000 Marie Smith, "The Music is Gonna Getcha", Las Vegas Weekly, 3/2 Tiffanie Bond, "Exhibits Highlight Cultural History", Northern View, 2/9 (Las Vegas, NV) "Cut Time, The Essence of Cuba" Los Vegas Weekly Scope, 2/3 Tammy D. McMahan "Exhibit Captures Cuba's Rhythm", , The Las Vegas Sentinel Voice, 2/3, 1997 Denise Sullivan, "Susan Matthews, An American Original", S.F. Bay Guardian, "Natsoulas Gallery Hosts Colorful Artists", The Aggie, UC Davis, 1/1 Victoria Dalkey, "From Funk to Firmly Festive", Sacramento Bee, 1/19 1996 "Portraits for Today", The Merced Sun Star, 1/5
TEACHING 2006- Present College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA: Drawing , Oil Painting, Watercolor 2007 Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA: Acrylic and Gold Leaf St. Giles International School, SF: English as a Foreign Language 1977- Present Maybeck High School, Berkeley, CA: Instructor of Art, Spanish, Percussion 1998 Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education, W. C., CA: Drawing 1991-95 Festival at the Lake, Oakland, CA: curriculum development, exhibition design and installation, mask making
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