Suzanne Keith Loechl
Contact Information
Educational Background
1987
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Art minor
Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
1994
Master of Landscape Architecture
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Artist's Statement
I draw inspiration from seemingly ordinary elements in the landscape that evoke a sense of human frailty, memory and nostalgia. Landscapes are like memories-- layers upon layers of history are recorded in one person’s psyche or one plot of land. Like people, the landscape reinvents itself. It heals when it’s wounded, but sometimes it scars for life. Elements of the whole are nurtured or rubbed away. I endeavor to merge my perceptions as a landscape architect with my deep sense of commitment and vulnerability as a mother into my work by portraying the landscape and those who live in it as strangely beautiful -- yet enormously fragile.
Laundry blowing in the breeze is the clothing worn by our mothers and grandmothers or the dresses that might have been worn by the daughters we never had. What I see in the Middle West landscape are journeys of infinite promise, profound sadness, nakedness and melancholy.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
February-April, 2004
Verde Gallery (Gallery 2), Champaign, Illinois
March, 2001
Boltini, Champaign
October, 2000
Southlynn Studio, Champaign
October, 1998
Borders Books and Music, Champaign
Selected Group Exhibitions
December, 2004
High Cross Art Studios, Champaign, Illinois
October, 2004
Her Mark Calendar Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
August, 2004
Annual Members’ Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
Cheslyn Amato and Monica Ong, Jurors
April, 2004
High Cross Art Studios, Champaign
April, 2003
Springer Cultural Center, Champaign
November, 2002
Cicada Studio, Champaign
March, 2001
Cicada Studio, Champaign
March, 2000
Southlynn Studio, Champaign
April, 1998
Southlynn Studio, Champaign
Awards
Best in Show and two first place ribbons, Illinois State Town and Country
Amateur Art Show, 1998 – Judge: Jerry Savage
Publications
Her Mark Calendar, Woman Made Gallery, 2005
The Octopus, cover, October, 2000
The Octopus, review by Jenny Southlynn, October, 1998
Selected Collections
Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, Illinois
Woman’s Health Practice, Champaign
Cali Bergold and George Gehrken
Jenny Southlynn, Editor, The Pamphlet
Peg Tolliver, Peoria Art Guild
Jon Sokolski and Marci Dodds, Champaign
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