About the Artist
 
 
Susan Compton-Maddox
 
Education

MFA, George Washington University, Washington, DC
BA, Fine Arts, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
BA, Sociology and Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD


One Artist Exhibitions

1991
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

1988
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC


Selected Group Exhibitions

1997
Boston Printmakers Members Show, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Los Angeles Printmaking Society Membership Exhibition, Brand Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
14th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1996
61st Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
40th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

1995
Janet Turner National Print Competition 1995, Janet Turner Print Gallery, Chico, CA
Recent Works, Arts Program, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
39th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Los Angeles Printmaking Society Juried Membership Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Eighteenth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Minot Art Gallery, Minot, ND
Artists Council Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

1994
14th Annual National Print Competition, Art Link, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Architecture in Contemporary Printmaking, Boston Printmakers, Traveling in MA, NH, DC
17th Annual North Dakota National Juried Exhibition, Minot Art Gallery, Minot, ND

1993
Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA
Printmaking East/West, Honolulu Printmakers, Traveling in Hawaii
National Printmaking Exhibition '93, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
Boston Printmakers 44th North American Print Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, MA
37th Annual Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

1992
5th International Open Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
12th Annual National Print Competition at Art Link, Ft. Wayne, IN
San Diego Art Institute International Print Show, San Diego, CA
North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
West Coast Works on Paper, The Ink People, Eureka, CA
36th Annual Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

1991
1991 National Printmaking Exhibition, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
National Competition of Works on Paper, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central MO State University, Warrensburg, MO
Los Angeles Printmaking Society Juried Membership Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
1990
3rd Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1990 Stockton National V, Print and Drawing Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

1989
National Competition of Works on Paper, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
West Coast Works on Paper, Eureka, CA
Wenniger Graphics, Provincetown, MA (Two-Artist Show)
Juried Show 1989, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

1988
Prints: Washington, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
2nd Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
National Print Exhibition 1988, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
11th Annual US Print and Drawing Exhibition, Davidson Art Gallery, Davidson, NC

1987
Enchanted Eye Gallery, Hollis, NH
17th National Works on Paper, Minot State College, Minot, ND
Sandford Gallery (Two Artist Show), Clarion University, Clarion, PA

1986
Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA
David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
38th North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Midtown Gallery, Washington, DC
16th National Works on Paper, Minot State College, Minot, ND
National Print Exhibition 1986, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
Printmaking Regional Competition, MD NCPPC, MD
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
9th Annual Eastern US Print & Drawing Exhibition, Charlotte, NC

1985
Boston Printmakers Members Show, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
School 33 Art Center (Three Artist Show), Baltimore, MD
8th Annual Eastern US Print & Drawing Exhibition, Charlotte, NC

1984
Seven Printmakers, Goucher College, Towson, MD (Invitational)
The 1983 Biennial, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

1981
Monrovian College Print National, Bethlehem, PA
MD State Arts Council, Works on Paper Exhibition, Traveling in MD and Japan
Boston Printmakers 33rd National Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
Rockford International 81, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
8th International Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, NYC, NY

1980
The 1980 Biennial Exhibition, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Boston Printmakers 32nd National Exhibition, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Potsdam Prints, 15th National Print Exhibition, State University College, Potsdam, NY

1979
Mid Atlantic Drawing & Print Exhibit, Frostburg State College, Frostburg, MD
Artmesia Gallery, Chicago, ILL
 

Professional Experience

1993
Meet the Artist, Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission, Riverdale, MD

1990
Lecture, George Washington University, Washington, DC

1988
Collectors Seminar, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

1986
Gallery Lecture on Printmaking, Catonsville Community College, Baltimore, MD

1985
Seminar on Printmaking, Brandeis Art Exhibit, Strathmore Art Center, Bethesda, MD
 

Selected Awards

Purchase Award, 40th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ 1996

Award of Excellence, 5th International Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, CA 1992

Honorable Mention, National Competition of Works on Paper, Nassau Community College, NY 1989

Boston Printmakers Award, Members Show, Duxbury, MA 1989

Boston Printmakers Prize, Members Show, Duxbury, MA 1988

Purchase Award, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY 1988

Honorable Mention, Maryland's Best, Rockland Art Center, Ellicott City, MD 1987

Festival Award, Graphics, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 1986

Purchase Award, 9th Annual Eastern US Print & Drawing Exhibition, Charlotte, NC 1986

Purchase Award, 8th Annual Eastern US Print & Drawing Exhibition, Charlotte, NC 1985

David Lloyd Kreeger Award, George Washington University, Washington, DC 1981

Purchase Award, 1979 Area Exhibition of Painting and Graphics, NOVA, VA 1979

 
Grants

Prince Georges Arts Council, MD 1992

Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, NY 1991

Prince Georges Arts Council, MD 1990

Prince Georges Arts Council, MD 1989

Prince Georges Arts Council, MD 1988

 
Memberships

Boston Printmakers

Los Angeles Printmaking Society

Maryland Printmakers

 
Works in Collections

State Department, Washington, DC

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC

Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver, Washington, DC

George Washington University, Washington, DC

Clarion University, Clarion, PA

University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD

Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA

Private Collections
 

Selected Media Coverage

1996
The Sunday Star-Ledger, Hunterdon Warren/Sussex Edition, Clinton, New Jersey

1994
Washington Citizen

1992
Arts and Entertainment Network, Cable TV, produced by Multivision

1989
New York Times

1989
The Pittsburgh Press

1988
Museum and Arts Washington

1988
The Journal

1987
The Nashua Telegraph

1987
Howard County Sun

1986
The Washington Post

1985
Baltimore City Paper

1981
The Washington Post