Susan Pergentini Rice
Contact Information
Education
- 1998
M.A. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Art History
Major Field: American Art
Minor Field: Medieval Art and Architecture
Thesis: "Sculpted Selves: Myth Making and the Subversion of Gender Expectations in the Career of Harriet Goodhue Hosmer"
- 1968
B.A. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Theater Education
Continuing Education:
- 1999-00
Arena Atelier/The Creative Zone, Chicago, studied printmaking under Yumiko Irie-Gokce
- 1980-82
McClendon College, Waco, Texas, figure drawing
- 1961
studied sculpture with Henry Moore
- 1962-64
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, sculpture
Work Experience
- 1999 - present
Printmaker/artist and substitute Art teacher, Whitney Young Arts Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
- 1998-99
Creating Pride, Corporate Artist & Program and Teacher Training Assistant
- 1990-98
Meadows Museum of Spanish Art, Dallas, Texas, Docent and Docent Training
- 1992-95
North Texas State University Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, Summer Institutes, Art Teacher Training Program
- 1988-90
Dallas Independent School District, "I Have a Dream" Program, Art Education Adjunct for inner-city schools
- 1980-82
Waco Art Center, Art Education Intern
Artist's Statement
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Over the last few years, I have been working on a series of monotypes and collagraph prints about nature and time. In creating this series I wanted to accomplish several things. First to convey a sense of the passage of time as if it flows on a river. I used organic shapes and lines found in nature to represent the patterns and intersecting events of life.
Secondly, I was challenged by the idea of producing texture and detail to simulate and reference nature. I began to move away from the flat surface of monotypes to the relief textures in collagraphs. I etched into the plates and built up other areas with natural fibers and delicate handmade Japanese papers. I then inked the plates in multiple colors and ran them through an etching press to create an embossed print.
Currently, I am investigating the connection between Nature and its associations with the feminine and human nature. I produce forceful, yet lyrical and abstracted images found in Nature by layering papers and fibers with oil paint washes and glazes on wood panels or canvas. By focusing on the microscopic patterns in Nature, I draw attention to the universal images that speak to all humanity.
Selected Exhibitions
2001
Studio Collaborative Art Open
Hubbard Street Studio, Chicago, IL
2000
Chicago Art Open 2000*
Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL
*Color Catalogue
Her Mark
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
National Print Show
Juror: Mary King, international artist and printmaker 1999
Chicago Art Open 1999*
Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL
*Color Catalogue
Arena Atelier
Studio Group Exhibition
1981
McClendon County Emerging Artists Group Exhibition*
Juror: John Chapmas
Honors, Grants and Awards
Presentation, Hildegard von Bingen: Architect and Feminist Visionary at International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University
SMU Graduate Advisory Board Travel Grant
Haakon Travel Grant
Meadows Museum of Spanish Art Docent Advisory Board
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: New Student Exhibition, Best New Student Sculpture Award
Selected Collections
Boyer Collection, Jefferson, MO
Borden Collection, Deerfield, IL
Pollak Collection, Skokie, IL
Purchase Award, Metropolitan Center Collection, Chicago, IL
Jacobson Collection, Chicago, IL
Ferrazzano Collection, Chicago, IL
Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX
Hirsch Company, corporate headquarters, Chicago, IL
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