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
My work endeavors to merge my perceptions as an artist with my deep sense of vulnerability as a mother by exploring ordinary human marks on and interactions in the landscape. I was born in England and moved to the States as a child. Having experienced many different places growing up, the landscape has been a constant source of inspiration for me. I am particularly drawn to ordinary American space, both outside and in. My inspiration is gleaned from seemingly commonplace aspects of the landscape, and observations of how people exist in these environments. I believe the land we live in and those who live in it to be strangely beautiful -- yet enormously fragile.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2004 - Verde Gallery (Gallery 2), Champaign, Illinois
2000 - Southlynn Studio, Champaign
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 - American Dream: A Juxtaposition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009/2008 - Swope Art Museum, Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition,
Terre Haute, Indiana
2008 - The Art of Real Estate, Gallery 180, Illinois Art Institute - Chicago/p>
2007 - All Star Smiles, Bolingbrook, Illinois
2006 - Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, Tennessey
2006 - Art Attack, The Gallery at Gordon Beach Inn, Union Pier, Michigan
2006 - Holiday Treasures Exhibition, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2005 - Modern Landscape, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
2005 - Annual Members’ Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003 - Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, Illinois
Awards
2008 - Illinois Art Institute, Chicago Permanent Collection Purchase Award
2008 - Indiana State University Permanent Collection Purchase Award, Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition
1998 - Best in Show, Illinois State Town and Country Art Show, Judge: Jerry Savage, Professor of Art, University of Illinois
1998 - Best in Show, Champaign County Art Show
Publications
Book cover, House Where a Woman, Poems by Lori Wilson, 2008
Book cover, Eden in the Rearview Mirror, Poems by Susan Elbe, 2007
Her Mark Datebook, Woman Made Gallery, 2005
Selected Collections
Lowell Cancer Center, Lowell Massachusetts (Commission)
Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Urbana, Illinois (Commission)
Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, Illinois
Woman’s Health Practice, Champaign, Illinois
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