About Susan Snipes
Art + Stories of Transformation
Artist’s Statement
My art captures pivotal moments of the hero’s journey – the universal story of leaving for an adventure, overcoming challenges, and returning home transformed. This journey is a commitment to pursue the unknown. As an artist, it is the path I am destined to follow.
Working intuitively, my experiences as a mystic and seeker emerge in my art. I incorporate personal symbolism – thistle thriving in harsh conditions, gemstones formed by time and pressure - and set scenes using memories of place - jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains, vast waters of the Great Lakes.
I rely on this fusion of the material and immaterial worlds to capture the otherworldliness of key moments of the hero’s journey.
I hope that those who experience my art will find inspiration and solace during their own journeys of transformation.
I hope that those who experience my art will find inspiration and solace during their own journeys of transformation.
Artist Biography
Susan Snipes is a mixed media painter. She creates richly textured paintings about personal transformation using abstract organic forms.
Susan’s paintings have won multiple awards and have been exhibited nationally. Her art is in private collections across the United States.
Susan’s paintings have won multiple awards and have been exhibited nationally. Her art is in private collections across the United States.
Susan is pursuing an MFA in interdisciplinary arts at Vermont School of Fine Arts with an anticipated graduation in January 2024. She received a B.A. in Art History from Case Western Reserve University. Susan was born in Toledo, Ohio and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Exhibitions
2022
CAN Triennial (FORTHCOMING), The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Member Exhibition, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
Member Exhibition, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
2021
Primal Disposition, Vestige Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Potential Energy (SOLO EXHIBITION), Suite 215 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
May Show, The Gallery at Lakeland, Kirtland, Ohio
48th Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, Pennsylvania - MERIT AWARD
Celestial Bodies, Adrian Center for the Arts, Adrian, Michigan - HONORABLE MENTION
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition 2021, Sullivan Gallery, Bay Village, Ohio
Art in Isolation, Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, Ohio - HONORABLE MENTION
Potential Energy (SOLO EXHIBITION), Suite 215 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
May Show, The Gallery at Lakeland, Kirtland, Ohio
48th Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, Pennsylvania - MERIT AWARD
Celestial Bodies, Adrian Center for the Arts, Adrian, Michigan - HONORABLE MENTION
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition 2021, Sullivan Gallery, Bay Village, Ohio
Art in Isolation, Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, Ohio - HONORABLE MENTION
2020
49th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Margaret “Peg” Bowen Gallery, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, Michigan
Art from the Shutdown, YARDS Projects, Cleveland, Ohio
Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, Michigan
Art from the Shutdown, YARDS Projects, Cleveland, Ohio