Suzanne Wright CV 2022 - 2026
www.suzannewrightdossier.com (Third year review Tenure Track packet)
www.suzannewrightstudio.com (Artist website)
Education
2011 University of California in San Diego, Masters in Fine Art
2004 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1990 Cooper Union, NY; Bachelors in Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2027 TnT Art LAb, San Francisco, CA (upcoming)
2026 Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles CA (upcoming)
Artist research residency (in prep for solo), TnT Art Lab, San Francisco, CA
2024 The Alchemy of Equals, Tappeto Volante Projects, New York, NY(November)
2022 Gateways, Tappeto Volante Projects, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Every Woman Biennial, Brush Gallery, NY, NY
2025 TnT Art Lab’s fall auction. San Francisco, CA
5 UNDER 5, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angels CA
Feminine Energy, Goddess Art Magazine online juried exhibition
La Banda, Tappeto Volante Projects, New York, NY
2024 10th Autumnal 2024 – Juried ARTHOUSE NY, 138 Sullivan Street NY
10 years, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angels CA
Every Woman Biennial, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY
Art Solon, ArtPort Kingston, New York
2023 Sense and Sensibility, ArtPort Kingston, New York
Garden: Ladies Room, Los Angeles CA
2022 Photo Realness: The Queer Aesthetics of Photography. Schlomer Haus, San Fransisco CA
Our Mother the Mountain, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY
Curatorial / Collaborative Projects/Art Fairs
2025 Season Contemporary, Michigan Central Station, Detroit MI (Art Fair)
2024 “Fairies Solon” , performance and readings, Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Spring Break NY, 625 Madison Ave, NY, NY (Art Fair Booth 1160)
Publications / Lectures / Public Rituals/workshops
2026 Book cover, Against Enclosure for Suzanne Wright’s Gateways, published by Pamenar Press(upcoming)
Studio visit Magazine – Legacy Volume 53 (upcoming)
2025 Goddess Art Magazine: Feature and an interview (upcoming)
Featured as a Studio Visit Artist, I like your work artist platform
Visiting Artist in The Works online community, I like your work artist platform
2024 Art Spiel Magazine: Suzanne Wright: The Alchemy of Equals at Tappeto Volante
Review of Suzanne Wright Solo Show “The Alchemy of Equals”@Tappeto Volante Gallery, Mathew Ward
“The Only Way Out” the racial and sexual performance of escape - Book cover art, Unnameable Books, Author: Katherine Brewer Ball
Movement Research Performance Journal May publication “Read my lips before they are sealed” GANG artist collective for LBGTQ and AIDS visibility in
conversation
2022 New American Paintings Issue #149 Juried Exhibition Midwest Edition
Organizations and Art Affiliations
Member of A.C.T.U.P. (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) a diverse group of people committed to ending the AIDS crisis. Work done with graphics, video outreach safe sex education and civil disobedience.
D.I.V.A. TV (Dammed Interfering Video Activist) a collective of video makers who work in creating alternative stereotypes and forms of media information around the AIDS crisis, work on cable access, and outreach in the Gay and Lesbian Communities.
Fierce Pussy (co-found fierce pussy) a group of queer woman creating direct-action art and performance that prioritized lesbian visibility altering the city streets with posters, stickers, and stencils.
GANG a collective of artists dealing with current issues of censorship, AIDS, sexism, racism; work includes video, performance, gallery installation, and wheat pasting
Teaching Experience
2023 - Present Assistant professor of Painting, University of Iowa School of Art, Art History,Design
University of Iowa School of Art, Art History and Design, Select list of courses taught: FALL 2023 -Present
Advanced painting & Painting II (Spring 2026)
Advanced Concepts in Drawing & Grad Workshop in Painting and Drawing (Fall 2025)
Painting I & Advanced Painting (Spring 2025) University of Iowa School of Art, Art History and Design
Painting I (Fall 2024) University of Iowa School of Art, Art History and Design (2 sections)
Painting 2 & Graduate Workshop (Spring 2024) University of Iowa School of Art, Art History and Design
Painting I (Fall 2023) University of Iowa School of Art, Art History and Design(2 sections)