ARTIST STATEMENT

Undercurrents
Michigan artist Susan Morosky’s enthusiasm for the physical act of painting is vividly apparent in these remarkably inspired works on canvas.  At first blush these works appear as abstraction.  Further examination reveals the artist’s love of nature and the landscape.  With perhaps one toe dipped in the genre of landscape, the artist takes the viewer on a hopeful and uplifting trip with a sensuously applied gesture of brush and color.  Beginning with the simpler concept of landscape, Morosky allows the idea, the color, and the courage of nature to move her through the process of painting.  In each painting, as in nature, there are passages of aggression followed by the smooth calm of a storm’s passing.   Morosky creates a kind of joyous improvisational duet with the rhythms of nature.


EDUCATION

BFA   Eastern Michigan University - Sculpture and Painting, cum laude
MS     Eastern Michigan University - Biomedical Science, academic honors
BA     Western Michigan University - Biology/Chemistry, cum laude
Study in Orvieto, Italy with Graham Nickson, Dean, New York Studio School, 1999

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008         Paysage, Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
                A Painter’s Promise of Summer, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2006         Mechanics and Organics, Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, Oct.
2004         Edges, Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, Jun.
2000        New Abstracts: Susan Morosky, Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, MI Aug and Daimler-Chrysler Terminal, Oakland County International Airport,                                    Waterford, MI Apr-Aug.

1999         Susan Morosky, Art Ventures Gallery, Brighton, MI
1997         Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Nov.
1996         Rebecca Berman Pelletier Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, May
1995         New Paintings by Susan Morosky, Livonia Arts Commission City Gallery, Livonia, MI, Sep.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007         4-Person show, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2005         Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, 2-Person Exhibition; Group Exhibit, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2004         Three Michigan Painters, 3-Person Show, Ward Gallery, Harbor Springs MI
2003         Group Exhibit, Ward Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI and Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2002         Chicago Design Show Merchandise Mart, Ward Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001         Women and Art, Group Exhibition, Madonna University, Livonia, MI
2000         International Exhibition of Women’s Art, Soho20 Gallery, New York City. Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art
                National Juried Exhibition, Kreft Center for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI. Juror: Mary Ann Wilkinson, Curator, 20th Century Art, Detroit Institute of Art
1998         Eastern Michigan University, Fine Art Department Juried Alumni Show. Juror: Tony Hepburn, Cranbrook Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI
                Group exhibit, Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997         Selected Artists, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Thelma Golden, Curator, Whitney Museum
1995         Euromoda Design Studio Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
                Two person show, Rebecca Berman Pelletier Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Morosky/Agusta Gunnarsdottir

PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

2008           Susan Morosky Blurb Publications, 20 pgs; Susan Morosky: Painter, Video, TCL Communications
2007           American Art Collector, Vol 3, Book 2, pg. 65
2005           Best in Show 2D, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
                  Oakland Press, July 30, interview and photo, pg. 2
                  Focus Santa Fe, “Pushing the Edges,” journal article and images, pg. 16-17 & 71
2004           Juror’s Excellence Award, Orchard Lake Fine Art Fair
2002           Town Magazine, "Modern Masterpiece," art featured in collector’s home, pg. 23
2001           Golden Paint Brush Award, Ann Arbor City Council, Ann Arbor, MI
2000           Hour Magazine, Arts & Entertainment: Featured Image, pg. 107
                  Juror: Commission for Public Art, City of Ann Arbor, MI
                  Development of Pfizer Program for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI; acquisition and exhibition of art
1998/1999   Better Homes and Gardens Remodeling Winter Issue,, article & photos
1998           Oakland Press, Photos of artwork in contemporary home & article, “Perfectly Modern”,& “Living Large” (cover)
1995/1998/2000   National Juried Competition Award, Our Vision: Women in Art. Wallace Smith Theater Gallery, Farmington, MI


SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

AZD Architectural Design, Birmingham, MI
Comerica Bank, Southgate, MI
Campbell-Ewald Ad Agency, Warren, MI
Domino Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI
Pfizer Research, Ann Arbor, MI and Groton CT
Broock Realtors, Orchard Lake, MI
Visteon Corporation, Ypsilanti, MI
NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI.

From the SANTA FEAN, April/May 2011