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Biography SUSAN EDER Born in St. Louis, MO EDUCATION 1974Master of Fine Arts Degree, Ohio State University; sculpture major, drawing minor 1972Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, University of Michigan; printmaking major, ceramics minor EMPLOYMENT 1985-PresentArts & Letters, Ltd., Falls Church, VA; Vice President and Co-owner 1977-85North Adams State College, Massachusetts; Artist in Residence 1981, 1979Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Winter Study Instructor 1975-77State University of New York at Morrisville; Instructor 1972-74Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Graduate Teaching Associate GRANTS AND AWARDS 2013Strauss Fellowship, Visual Arts; The Arts Council of Fairfax County, VA 2012Semi-Finalist; The Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, Baltimore, MD 2009The Arts Council of Fairfax County, Strauss Fellowship/Visual Arts 2005Professional Artist Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 2000Virginia Commission for the Arts; Individual Artist Fellowship 1990Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; Professional Artist Fellowship 1984Massachusetts Northern Berkshire Arts Council; Visual Artist Grant 1979National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; Visual Artist Fellowship 1976New York State Arts Council; CAPS Fellowship in Photography SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015"Mutations/Hide & Seek"; Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC 2010"Reflexions"; Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC "Susan Eder: Aesop's Laboratory", Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA 2009"Strata", New Photographs, Susan Eder/Craig Dennis; Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC "Contemplating the Obvious: Photographic Studies by Susan Eder"; traveling under the sponsorship of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,   beginning 1994. 2005"Nothing Lasts Forever", New Photographs, Susan Eder/Craig Dennis; Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC 2003Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC: Susan Eder/Craig Dennis: New Photographs; Collaborations 2002The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Richmond, VA: Sights/Seers 2000George Mason University, Fairfax, VA: I See You: Photographic Installations by Susan Eder 1998Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman Gallery, Washington, DC: Insecta 1994Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman Gallery, Washington, DC: Gods, Angels & Pyramids 1993The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA: Solos/Installations 1991Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, DC: The Concept in Color 1987Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, DC: New Talent 1985Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO: Photographic Works College of St. Rose, Albany, NY: Recent Photographic Works 1983Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY: New Photographic Works 1982Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY: Recent Photographs Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, NY: New Photographs 1981Bennington College, Bennington, VT: Susan Eder: Photographs 1979Hampshire College, Amherst, MA: Susan Eder Trinity College, Hartford, CT: New Works by Susan Eder 1978Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY: Photographic Works 1977Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA: Recent Photographs Midtown Y Gallery, New York, NY: Recent Photographic Work 1976CEPA Gallery/Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY: Photographs by Susan Eder Artists Space, New York, NY: Susan Eder SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC: “Washington Art Matters II: 1940s–1980s” 2012-13The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ: “Feast for the Eyes: The Art of Food” 2012Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD: “The Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Exhibition” McLean Project for the Arts, Mclean, VA; “MPA at Fifty: 4 Perspectives” Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA: “Who We Are, Past and Present” Longwood University, Farmville, VA: “More Than Meets the Eye: Photographs from the Permanent Collection” 2010-11Goucher College, Towson, MD: “Insectology” 2010"Catalyst"; Washington Project for the Arts, American University Art Museum, Katzen Center 2009"Letters, Words and Phrases"; Goucher College, Baltimore, MD 2006Taken for Looks"; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL 2004Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD; The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards Signal 66, Washington, DC: Post Mortem 2003Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Food Matters (curator: Sarah Tanguy) ArtSpace, Richmond, VA; Collected Evidence (curator: Elizabeth Schlatter) 2002The Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA; Contemporary Photography in Virginia (curator: Susannah Koerber) 1999American Center for Physics, College Park, MD; Flowers and Insects (curator: Sarah Tanguy) U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Praia, Cape Verde; U.S. Department of State; Art in Embassies Program (curator: Diane Tepfer) 1998Arlington Art Center, Arlington,VA; ArtSites (curator: Kristen Hileman) 1997Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA; Selections from the Permanent Collection (curator: Richard Waller) The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA; The Whereabouts of Beauty (curator: Deborah McLeod) Longwood Center for the Arts, Farmville, VA; Virginia’s Photographers (curator: Georgia Coopersmith) 1996Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996 (curator: Brooks Johnson) The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Reclamation (curator: JW Mahoney) 1995School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD; Spring 1995 Exhibition (curator: Amada Cruz) 1994Corcoran Gallery of Art and Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC; Art Sites 6 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY: Consuming Passions: Food, Art, Culture (curator: Sara Kellner) 1992International Center of Photography, New York, NY; Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now (Traveled internationally; itinerary on request; curator: Charles Stainback) N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL; Plot (curator: Wendy Jacobs) Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA; Staged Interiors (curator: Karen Kesler) Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; WPA in the Hemicycle 1991Viafarini, Milan, Italy; Immagini Proiettate, U.S. and Italian Artists (curator: Laurie Palmer) 1988Brody’s Gallery, Washington, DC; Alpha Numerics 1986Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; The RSM Collection Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Frames of Mind (curator: Scott MacDonald) 1984Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA; Aspects of New Narrative Art (Traveled nationally; curator: Deborah Balken) State University of New York at Buffalo; Common Denominator 1979Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Seven Artists (curator: John Coffey) 1978Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY; Auction Exhibition Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY; Group Show (curator: Michael Walls) 1977Artists Space, New York City; Auction Exhibition (curator: Helene Winer) 1976Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY: Artists Use Photography (curator: Charles Clough) Midtown Y Gallery, New York, NY; Surface Appearances (curator: Ruth Breil) 1975Merriewold West, Far Hills, NJ; Projects in Nature: Eleven Environmental Works (curators: Ed Fry and Nancy Rosen) SELECTED REVIEWS Art Papers, 7– 8/02; Eileen Mott 64 Magazine, 4/02; Deborah Abbey Kelly Art Papers, 1 – 2/00; George Howell washington.sidewalk.com, 8/28/98; Glenn Dixon Articulate, 10/98; Suzanne S. Summers The Washington Post, 4/16/98; Ferdinand Protzman Richmond Style, 3/3/97; Paulette Roberts-Pullin San Francisco Times/Time Out, 6/22/94; Karen Hershensen Port Folio, 7/5/94; Curtia James Washington City Paper, 3/12/94; Martha McWilliams After Image, 3/93; Nadine Lemmon Washington City Paper, 3/11/93; Martha McWilliams The Washington Post, 2/27/93; Mary McCoy Chicago Reader, 2/19/93; Fred Camper Museum & Arts Washington, 1/91; Paul Clements Washington City Paper, 2/1/91; Alice Thorson New Art Examiner, 3/88; Dan Cameron/10/87; Roger W. Gilroy The Washington Post, 7/27/87; Henry Allen The Washington Times, 7/17/87 and 7/2/87; Alice Thorson Washington Museum & Arts, 7/87; Florence Rubenfeld Utica Daily Press, 4/10/86; Jonas Kover St. Louis Globe Democrat, 7/15/85; Sydell Pollack The Boston Globe, 11/4/84; Robert Taylor Albany Times-Union, 12/2/83; John Tarlton Artforum, 11/82; Charles Hagen The New York Times, 7/23/82; John Russell Hartford Advocate, 3/7/79; Hannah Rubenstein Arts Magazine, 5/78; Ellen Lubell Buffalo Evening News, 11/11/77; Anthony Bannon The Village Voice, 2/21/77; Fred McDarrah The New York Times, 10/25/75; John Russell Arts Magazine, 12/75; Jonathan Crary SELECTED BOOKS / CATALOGS Europa, cover, Issue #31, Dec. 2011–Jan. 2012; Emmanuel Lemoine, editor. Journal Europa, Nantes, France “Insectology,” exhibition catalog, Laura Amussen, 2011; Goucher College, Baltimore, MD “Letters, Words and Phrases,” exhibition catalog, Laura Amussen, 2009; Goucher College, Baltimore, MD Gastronomica, The Journal of Food and Culture, cover, Fall 2008; Darra Goldstein, editor. U of California Press, Berkeley, CA “Taken for Looks,” exhibition catalog, Sarah Tanguy, 2006; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL “Masterpieces: A Celebration of Food and Art in Virginia,” Terry Ward Libby, 2005; p. 5. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA “Four Ways of Measuring the Distance Between Alchemy and Contemporary Art,” article by James Elkins in HYLE: International Journal     for Philosophy of Chemistry, Vol. 9 No. 1, 2003, pp. 105–118; HYLE Publications, Karlsruhe, Germany “Food Matters,” exhibition catalog, Sarah Tanguy, 2003; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY The Photo Review, Summer 2000; Stephen Perloff, editor, art selected by William Wegman; The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA Focus Magazine, #70, 1998; p. 16. Gruner Und Jahr/Mondadori S.p.A., Milan, Italy Play With Your Food, Joost Elffers, 1997; p. 14. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY ArtSites 98, exhibition catalog, Kristen Hileman et al, 1998; Washington Review volume XXIV number 1, Washington, DC See, A Journal of Visual Culture, 1:1, Winter 1995; pp.44-45. The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA A History of Women Photographers, Naomi Rosenblum, 1994; p. 250. Abbeville Press, New York, NY Contemplating The Obvious: Photographic Studies by Susan Eder, exhibition brochure, Deborah McLeod and Eileen Mott, 1994; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA ArtSites 6, exhibition catalog, Samuel Hoi et al, 1994; Washington Review volume XX number 1, Washington, DC Cloud Alphabet Address Book, Susan Eder and Craig Dennis, 1992; Galison Books, New York, NY Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now, exhibition catalog, Charles Stainback, 1992; International Center of Photography, New York, NY WHITEWALLS, A Magazine of Writings by Artists, #18, Winter, 1988; cover and pp. 51-53. WhiteWalls, Inc., Chicago, IL Originals: American Women Artists, Eleanor Munro, 1979; p. 56 and 392. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY Aspects of New Narrative Art, exhibition catalog, Debra Balken, 1984; Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA Projects in Nature: Eleven Environmental Works, exhibition catalog, Ed Fry and Nancy Rosen, 1975; Merriewold West, Far Hills, NJ VISITING LECTURES / RESIDENCIES 2006Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC 2002Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC 2001Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC 2000George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Chatham Hall, Chatham, VA 1998National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Roanoke College, Salem, VA 1997University of Richmond, VA 1994Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC 1993Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1984Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA State University of New York at Buffalo 1983College of St. Rose, Albany, NY 1981Bennington College, Bennington, VT 1977Apeiron Photo Workshop, Millerton, NY Colgate University, Hamilton, NY SELECTED COLLECTIONS Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Colgate University, Hamilton, NY First National Bank of Boston, MA Gannett Publishing Corporation, Arlington, VA Hillstone Restaurant Group, Beverly Hills, CA IBM Corporation, Baltimore, MD and Hartford, CT LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA Longwood University, Farmville, VA McCabe/Gordon, Boston, MA National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD RSM Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Texaco USA, Houston, TX Ed Tsoi Architects, Boston, MA The University of Richmond, VA The Urban Institute, Washington, DC