Education
1991 Master of Fine Arts, University of Southern California
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute
Awards
Pollock-Krasner Artist’s Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation; 2006-7
Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; 2006
(also 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994 & 1993)
Visual Artist Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council; 2004
Mecklenburg Regional Artist Project Grant; 2004
Visual Artist Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council; 1994/95
Southern Arts Federation/NEA Regional Fellowship in Painting and Works on Paper; 1992
Public Art Commissions, Performances & Residencies
Charlotte Douglas International Airport Public Art Commission: terrazzo floor art design for terminal lobby expansion; Charlotte, NC (currently being installed, 2022)
CATS BLE Light Rail Public Art Commission: art glass for elevator-stairway towers at University City Blvd. and JW Clay stations; Charlotte, NC 2017
Performance with collaborative group “Artists Take Action”: Bang…Bang…Fall Down! In conjunction with activities sponsored by the Charlotte Coalition to Stop Gun Violence; Charlotte, NC. 2000
Artist Residency with Fellowship; Vermont Studio Center; 1998
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Susan Brenner: Everything Will Be Fine, Charlotte, NC; 2022
Rowe Arts Gallery, UNC Charlotte, Susan Brenner: The State of Things, Charlotte, NC; 2018
Ross Gallery, CPCC, Natural Histories; Charlotte, NC; 2015
Cleveland County Community College Gallery, Recent Work by Susan Brenner; Shelby, NC; 2011
Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Susan Brenner: After Migrations, Winston-Salem, NC; 2007
Rowe Arts Gallery, UNC Charlotte,Susan Brenner, Charlotte, NC; 2005
Salem College, This is history…that is not over, Winston-Salem, NC; 2002
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Susan Brenner, Charlotte, NC; 2002
Smith Gallery, Dissections, Davidson College Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC; 2001
Presbyterian College, Tending the Corporeal Garden; Clinton, SC; 1998
Winthrop University Galleries: The Reproduction of Hysteria; Rock Hill; SC; 1994
The Mint Museum of Art: Susan Brenner: Memory Traces; Charlotte, NC; 1993 (catalog)
University of Colorado at Denver, School of the Arts: Susan Brenner, Denver, CO;1992
Helen Lindhurst Gallery, University of Southern California: This is history…that is not over; Los Angeles, CA; 1991
Selected Group Exhibitions
Pierogi Gallery, Pulp at Pierogi (group), Brooklyn NY, November 2021 – March 2022
Mint Museum of Art; Coined in the South (group) Charlotte, NC; 2019
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Evolution: Susan Brenner & Chase Langford (2-artist), Charlotte, NC; 2018
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Summer Selects, Charlotte, NC; 2019
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, The Art of Struggle (3-artist exhibition), Charlotte, NC; 2018
Space 301, Chroma, Mobile AL. March – May, 2011
Hand-to-Hand (traveling group/collaborative exhibition, organized by Cecelia Kane): The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Vermont, October – November, 2010; Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA August – September, 2010;Western Kentucky University Gallery, October 2009; Carol Henry Studio Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA, July, 2008; Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March-April, 2008.
Cabarrus Arts Council Galleries, All in the Approach – Abstract, Allegorical, Analytical, Concord, NC; 2010
WODA (4-artist, international, exhibition of outdoor site-specific installations) at WROCLAWNON-STOP 2008 (international arts festival), Wroclaw, Poland; 2008
Winthrop University Galleries, Deliberate Interference, Rock Hill, SC; 2007
The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film, Intrinsic Artifice: Susan Brenner, David Maisel, Carl Chiarenza, and Stan Brakhage, Charlotte, NC; 2006
The Asheville Museum of Art, North Carolina Arts Council Film Video and Visual Artist Fellowship Recipients 2004-05, Asheville, NC; 2006 (catalog)
The Mint Museum of Art, Crosscurrents, Charlotte, NC; 2006
North Carolina Museum of Art, Crosscurrents, Raleigh, NC; 2005 (catalog)
Boston University 808 Gallery, The Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA; 2005 (work made collaboratively with Heather Hoover)
2005 International Digital Art Awards Exhibition; QUT Art Museum Brisbane Australia, VCA Gallery Melbourne University, UTAS Academy Gallery Tasmania, COFA Gallery Sydney Australia, Miami Institute of Art; and online
Hodges Taylor Gallery, The Figure: Inside Out, Charlotte, NC; 2004
Columbia Museum of Art, The Felt Moment, Columbia, SC; 2003 (installation)
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Homegrown II, Winston Salem, NC; 2001
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Turning the Century: Front Range Women in the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO; 2000 (catalog)
McColl Center for Visual Art, Residual Value, Charlotte, NC; 1999
Salina Art Center, Body, Salina, KS; 1999 (installation) (catalog)
The Art Gallery: University of Maryland at College Park, Terra Firma, College Park, MD; 1997
(featured six U.S. women artists: Susan Brenner, Nancy Fried, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Faith Wilding, and Barbara Zucker) (catalog)
West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts; After Appalachia, Morgantown, WV; 1995 (catalog)
City Gallery of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Raleigh, NC; 1995 (catalog)
Transmission Gallery, Exquisite Drawing: Lines of Correspondence, Glasgow, Scotland; 1994
North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh, NC; 1993 (catalog)
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Southern Arts Federation NEA Fellowship Exhibition, Atlanta, GA; 1993 (catalog)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LACE Annuale, Los Angeles, CA; 1991
Selected Lectures, Panel Discussions & Community Engagement Activities
Online Community Engagement Event for CLT Airport Terrazzo Floor Art; Charlotte Council of Garden Clubs members and others participating; 2020
Artist's Gallery Talk: Evolution: Susan Brenner & Chase Langford; Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC 2018
Panel Discussion: The Art of Struggle exhibition; Elder, Charlotte, NC 2018
Artist's Gallery Talk: The State of Things exhibition; UNC Charlotte; Charlotte, NC 2018
Artist's Slide-Lecture; CPCC; Charlotte, NC 2015
Panel Discussion: Deliberate Interference exhibition; Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 2007
Visiting Artist's Slide-Lecture & Gallery Talk; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 2007
Artist's Gallery Talk: Intrinsic Artifice, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. 2007
Artist's Gallery Talk; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 2003
Artist's Slide-Lecture; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC 2003
Artist's Gallery Talk; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC 2001
Visiting Artist’s Lecture, Tyler College of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1999
Artist's Gallery Talk; Salina Art Center, Salina, KS 1999
Panel Discussion: Critical Theory/Feminist Body: Conversation with Susan Brenner and Faith Wilding; The Art Gallery, University of Maryland at College Park 1997
Artist's Slide-Lecture; The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, Charlotte, NC 1993
Artist's Slide-Lecture: Memory Traces; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC 1993
Artist's Gallery Talk/Slide-Lecture; Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1993
Artist's Slide-Lecture; University of Colorado at Denver School of the Arts. 1992
Visiting Artist (week-long residency conducting workshop and critiques); University of Colorado
at Denver School of the Arts, 1992
Organizer and Coordinator for The International Quilting Bee, an internationally
collaborative work associated with The Dinner Party; San Francisco, CA. 1979-80
Artist/Craftsperson for Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party; significant contributions in design and needlework; Santa Monica, CA. 1978
Selected Bibliography
Moran, Pat. “Susan Brenner Examines Upheaval While Celebrating Trees: Chaos and beauty,” Creative Loafing, online January 17, 2018 and in print January 18-24, 2018. Vol.31, No.48
Schreiber, Barbara. “New exhibits at CPCC, Gantt; showcase at ‘Goodyear,’”
Charlotte Observer, online August 19, 2015 and in print August 23, 2015.
Peters, Josh. “Susan Brenner: Putting Planning into Abstraction,” Charlotte Viewpoint,
August 23, 2015. web.
Rubenson, Lisa. “In the Studio with Susan Brenner,” CLT Happenings, August 19, 2015. web.
“CPCC and the Ross Gallery Presents: Susan Brenner,” Charlotte Viewpoint: About Town, August 2015. web.
Agata Saraczynska, “Non-stop bez formy,” Gazeta Wyborcza, July 29, 2008.
Agata Saraczynska, “Zalew Imprez we Wroclawiu,” Gazeta Wyborcza, June 28, 2008.
Millet, Ann. “Crosscurrents: Art, Craft, & Design in North Carolina,” Art Papers, Jan/Feb. 2006.
Virginia B. Spivey. North Carolina Arts Council Film/Video and Visual Artist Fellowship Recipients 2004-05 exhibition catalog, The Asheville Museum of Art, 2006.
Paschal, Huston. Crosscurrents exhibition catalog, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2005
Patterson, Tom. “Homegrown Style,” exhibition review of “Homegrown II,” The Winston-Salem Journal, September 2, 2001
Gluckerstern, J. “Front Range Women,” exhibition review “Elbows & Tea Leaves: Front Range Women in the Visual Arts, Boulder Daily Camera, 2000
Grossman, Wendy. Terra Firma exhibition catalog, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland at
College Park, 1997
Dorsey, John. “Women artists address the subject of women,” exhibition review of “Terra Firma,”
The Baltimore Sun, Sunday, February 23, 1997
Howell, George. exhibition review of “Terra Firma,” Art Papers, May/June, 1997
Richard, Paul. exhibition review of “Terra Firma,” The Washington Post, Sunday January 26, 1997
Withers, Josephine. response to exhibition review of “Terra Firma,” The Washington Post, Sunday, February 16, 1997
Doss, Erica. “Susan Brenner,” North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowships 1994-1995 exhibition catalog, Raleigh City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC, 1995
Dougherty, Linda Johnson. exhibition review of the “North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowships 1994-1995” exhibition, Art Papers, July/August, 1995
Brown, Linda Luise. exhibition review of “Susan Brenner: Memory Traces,” Art Papers, January/February, 1994
Auping, Michael. “Susan Brenner,” North Carolina Artists Exhibition 1993 exhibition catalog,
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 1993
Fox, Catherine. exhibition review of “Southern Arts Federation/NEA Fellowship,”
The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, June 11, 1993
Leach, Mark. Susan Brenner: Memory Traces catalog/brochure, Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, NC, 1993
Lazzari, Margaret. “Susan Brenner,” Southern Arts Federation NEA Fellowship Exhibition, exhibition catalog, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA. (also published as an insert in New Art Examiner), 1993