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SUSAN HERSEY
Born: New York City Education: 1960 B.A.,University of California at Berkeley, CA 1957-58 L'Academie de La Grande Chaumiere, Paris 1955-57 Scripps College, Claremont, CA Travel & Residencies 2000 Papermaking conference in Sarteano, Italy 1994 Travel in Germany, papermaking conference in Amsterdam 1985 Artist in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA. 1985 Crafts Study tour of Japan 1958-1961 Extensive travel in France and elsewhere In Europe. |
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Professional Organizations & Programs:
2001- ongoing Baulines Craft Guild, master member
1982 - 1995 participant, Artspan/Open Studios of San Francisco
1990 - 1995 member, Board of Directors, Artspan/Open Studios of
San Francisco
1991-ongoing member, IAPMA (International Association of Handmade Paper Makers & Paper Artists)
1988-ongoing member, Friends of Dard Hunter (early American papermaker)
1987 participant, "Art in Embassies" Program, United States
Department of State. Work exhibited in U.S. Embassy, Lima, Peru
Selected Collections & Commissions
Kaiser Permanente Health Care System
Sliding room dividers : Dental office of Noe Valley Dentistry , San Francisco, CA
Lobby wall hanging in "Creatrice Polite", a senior citizen's apartment building, San Francisco, Ca
Sculptural installations in various Bon Marche stores, (1997-1999)
Outdoor sculptural canopy for The Art Garden, San Francisco, CA.
Wall hanging triptych for law office in Boston MA
Sconces and hanging pendants for the Healdsburg Inn, Healdsburg
Sconces and hanging pendants for the The Inn at West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA
Numerous private commissions
Selected Publications
“Paper Road”, Santa Maria della Scala in collaboration with IAPMA, Sienna, Italy
“The New Paper Style”, Mimi Christensen, Sterling Publishing Co., New York
“Craft of Northern California”, Alcove Books, Berkeley,
Selected Juried & Invitational Exhibitions:
2017 Petaluma Art Center, NeuwPolitic: Artists Explore
2016 Petaluma Art Center, "Zeitgeist Show" Petaluma, CA
2014 Healdsburg Center for the Arts, “Metal Arts”, Healdsburg ,CA
2013 Installations at Foundry Square 1V and Nations Bank in San Francisco, CA
2012 Corte Madera Town Center, “Baulines Craft Guild 40th Anniversary Exhibit”,
Corte Madera CA
The Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, “Transitions” solo show at the Marin Cancer Institute.
Greenbrae, CA.
2011 Marin Community Foundation, “Paths in Studio Craft: Masters and Apprentices of Baulines Craft Guild”,
Novato, CA.
2010 Dimensions Galleria, “Beyond the Garden Wall”, Petaluma, CA
The Atrium @ 600 Townsend, “On the Make”, Baulines Craft Guild Spring Showcase,
San Francisco, CA
SAA Gallery, “Pulp: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy”, Springfield IL.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Innovations in Fiberarts V”, Sebastopol, CA.
Marin Community Foundation, “Baulines Craft Guild Master Annual” Novato,
2009 Artworks Downtown, “Friends Along the Journey”, Baulines Craft Guild
Masters and Apprentices, San Rafael, CA
Gallery of Wood Art, “CODAchrome a snapshot of craft in America”, St. Paul, MN
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Works with Paper”, Mill Valley, CA
Front Porch Gallery, “Fiber – It’s Good for your Art”, Carlsbad, CA
2008 Gualala Arts Center, “New Directions in handmade Paper”, Gualala, CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, “The Parlors of Earthly Delight”, San Rafael, CA
2007 AAAS Gallery, “Fiber Artists Collective”, Washington DC
Adams Bank Friends of Dard Hunter Juried Exhibition, Silver Spring, MD
Morris Graves Museum of Art, “Expressions in Handmade Paper II” Eureka, CA
2006 Marin Community Foundation,”The Spirit of the Baulines Craft Guild”, Novato, CA
Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, “Masters and Apprentices of the Baulines Craft Guild” Oakland, CA
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Innovations in Fiberart III”, Sebastopol, CA
2005 Salem Fine Arts Center Gallery, “Fiber Artists Collective” Winston-Salem, NC
Fiber Art Center, “Fiber Feast” Amhearst, MA
Claudia Chapline Gallery, “Coming Home” Baulines Craft Guild, Sausalito, CA
2004 Cultural Arts council gallery, “The Deckle Edge”, explorations in handmade paper,
Santa Rosa, CA.
Gualala Arts Center Gallery, “Expressions in Handmade Paper”, Gualala,CA
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2003 Sebastopol Center for the Arts,”Innovations in Fiberart”, Sebastopol, CA
L’Attitude Galleries, “Off the Wall”, Boston, MA
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisoc, CA
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, “Art on Handmade Paper”,Portland, OR
2002 California Design 2002, 600 Townsend,San Francisoc, CA.
Tasmaniana Library, “Island Postcards”, Hobart, Australia
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “A Fine Hand”, Sebastopol, CA
Artisans, “Form: Paper & Fiber”, Mill Valley, CA.
Santa Maria della Scala, “Paper Road”, Siena, Italy
1999 In Sight Gallery, "Gathered Strands" textile & fiber work, San Francisco, CA.
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA and St. Paul, MN
1998 Marin Technology Center, "Eight Paper Artists", San Rafael, CA.
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
1997 Lynn House Gallery, "Pulp and Water: Contemporary Paper Art",
Antioch Civic Arts Commission, Antioch, Ca.
Soundscape Gallery, "The Deckle Edge: Eight Paper Artists"
Santa Rosa, Ca.
American Craft Council, Fort Mason, San Francisco, Ca.
1996 Sterling Vineyard, "The Deckle Edge", Calistoga, CA.
333 Bush Street, "Sculptural Lights, Paper Tapestries & Vessels",
San Francisco, CA.
Metra Gallery, "Re-flected site and illuminated objects", San Francisco, CA
1995 Fisher Gallery, Farmington Valley Arts Center, "Everything Under the Sun:
Contemporary Crafts from the San Francisco Bay Area", Avon, CT
Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
Mill Valley Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA
Snowgrass Institute, "Paper Trail West 1995", Cashmere, Washington,
Danville Fine Arts Gallery, "The Art of Handmade Paper", Danville , CA
UCSF Faculty/Alumni House, "The Deckle Edge: Eight Paper Artists",
San Francisco, CA.
Lindsay Dirkx Brown Art Gallery, "Handmade Paper", San Ramon, CA.
1994 Contemporary Craft Museum, "Made in California", San Francisco, CA
Snowgrass Institute, "Paper Trail West 1994", Cashmere, WA
The Arts Center, "Paper/Fiber XVII", Iowa City, IA
1993 Westbrook Gallery at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
"Paperworks", Atlanta, GA
California Contemporary Crafts Gallery,"Media:Fiber",CorteMadera,CA .
1992 Sun Gallery, "On the Edge: Art Forms in Paper", Hayward CA
1991 Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA
1988 Studio 7 Gallery, "Innovations in Paper", Holualoa, HI
Sun Gallery, "Dimensional Paper", Hayward, CA
1987 Carrara's Cafe Gallery, Installation of Wall Hangings, Emeryville, CA
1986 South of Market Cultural Center, Installation of Wall Hangings,
San Francisco, CA
1982 Textiles by Design, "Paintings in Paper", Berkeley, CA
