EDUCATION

1968-72 University of Tennessee
1972 BFA, University of Miami, FL
1975 MFA, University of Miami, FL
1975-76 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

EMPLOYMENT

1992-Present Associate Professor of Art, Portland State University
1988-92 Instructor, Cocoran School of Art
1985 Visiting Professor, St. Mary’s College, Maryland
1984-87 Editorial Cartoonist and Trial Artist, USA Today
1981-84 Federal and Supreme Court Artist for CBS and Washington Post
1979-80 Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida
1975-79 Instructor, Pensacola Junior College
1973-75 Teaching Assistant, University of Miami

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2000 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1999 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Work by Day, Paint by Night, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1999 Work by Day, Paint by Night, Portland State University, OR
1997 Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C
1997 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Mapping Memory: Books and Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Layers of Life/Strata Vitae, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1994 Palimpsest, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery
1993 Paintings and Books, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1992 Emerson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1988 Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1988 Arnold and Porter, Washington, D.C.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

1999 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 International Juried Exhibition: Encaustics, NY
1997 Portland State Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1997 National Museum of Women in the Arts, 10th annual traveling exhibition
1997 Reunion Exhibition, Pensacola Junior College, FL
1996 Imaginary Portraits, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Maps, Charts and Routes, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1994 Beyond the Book, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1994 Book as Art, Forum for Contemporary Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1994 Installations: Day of the Dead, Invitational Exhibition, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, OR
1994 Oregon Biennial, Honorable Mention, Portland Art Museum, OR
1994 Book as Art VI, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1994 Book as Object, North Dakota Museum, Grand Forks, ND
1993 Book as Object, Comus Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Cross Cut, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, OR
1993 The Return of the Cadaver, Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1993 Touch: Beyond the Visual, traveling exhibition
1993 Empowering Monotype, Daidan Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
1993 Gathering Forces, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA
1991 Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes, Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France
1991 The Hand Print Shop Exhibition, Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1988 Linn Munson Williams Proctor Institute and Museum, Utica, NY
1988 Inside the Mid Atlantic, Maryland Hall of the Arts, MD
1988 Gathering Forces, Strahmore Hall, Baltimore, MD
1988 Coastal Exchange II, Juried Exhibition by the Richmond Arts Council and Maryland Art Place, MD
1988 Pyramid Atlantic and Brandywine Print Show, Baltimore, MD
1988 Gathering Forces, Studio 33, Baltimore, MD
1988 A Book in Hand, Arvada Art Center, CO
1988 Book Works, Granary Books, New York, NY
1988 The Gathering Forces, Brady Gallery and Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1988 Pensacola National Drawing Exhibition, FL
1988 Philips Collection Juried Print Exhibition
1988 Book Art and Paper Exhibition, sponsored by NEA and Pyramid Atlantic Press, Washington, D.C.
1987 International Exhibition of Papermakers, Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington , D.C.
1984 Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
1975 Masters Thesis Exhibition, Lowe Museum, Miami, FL

REVIEWS (SELECTED)

1999 Three Distinctive Women Artists, Willamette Week, March
1996 Susan Harlan, Art News, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Gragg, Randy. Keeping an Eye on the Invisible, The Oregonian, December
1995 Gragg, Randy. Portland Biennial, The Oregonian
1995 Frank, Peter. Susan Harlan, LA Weekly
1994 Fleming, Lee. Two at One with Nature, The Washington Post, Dec. 3
1994 McWilliams, Martha. Charting Memory:Paintings and Artist Books, Washington City Paper, Dec.16
1994 Wilson, Janet. Review, The Washington Post
1994 Bosenovich, Kate. Review, Reflex
1994 Gragg, Randy. Charting a New Course at PSU, The Oregonian, Feb. 20
1994 Hutton, Jean, Books as Objects, Reflex, Jan./Feb.
1993 Weinstein, Joel. Books as Objects, The Oregonian
1993 Kimmelman, Michael. The Exquisite Corpse Rises from the Dead, The New York Times, Nov. 7
1992 Wilson, Janet. Review, The Washington Post
1990 The Urge to Merge, Washington City Paper
1990 Washington Artists, The New Art Examiner
1990 McCoy, Mary. Review, The New Art Examiner
1988 Gathering Forces, Washington Review, Artforum
1988 Pollan, Andrea. Gathering Forces, Sculpture Magazine
1988 Washington Art: Two Schools of Thought about That, Washington Times
1988 Gathering Forces: D.C.’s Lightening Bolt, The Washington Post
1988 Gathering Forces Exhibit at School 33 Paints A Bleak Picture, Baltimore Evening Sun
1988 Welzenbach, Michael, Review, The Washington Post
1988 Thorson, Alice. Susan Harlan: Turning Away from Materialism, The Washington Times

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2000 Who's Who in America Global Art
1995 Artist’s Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
1995 Fresco Painting and Drawing in Rome, Italy
1995 Faculty Development Travel Grant to Shanghai, China
1995 Faculty Grant, Fresco Workshop in Italy, Portland State University
1995 Honorable Mention, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum
1994 PSU Foundation Grant for Moscow, Russia exhibition and lecture
1993 PSU Faculty Development Grant
1993 National Museum of Women in the Arts Grant and Publication of Artist Workbook Sculpture
1992 Faculty Development Grant: Moscow Project
1990 Maryland Arts Council Grant
1989 Maryland Arts Juror for Art in Public Places
1981 Florida Arts Council Grant, Clearwater, FL
1979 Artist in Resident, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL

COMMUNITY SERVICE

1996 Curated Portland State University Student Exhibition, Landscape as Metaphor, Art Space, Portland, OR
1995 Keeping an Eye on the Invisible, collaborative exhibition with Masters of Architecture and Art Students, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Volunteer Visiting Artist and Lecturer at Chapman Elementary School
1994 Volunteer Lecturer at Jefferson High School
1994 Host of book seminar and panel of prominent book artists at Portland State University
1994 Coordinator of visits and program by Russian architects Brotsky and Utkin with Portland Art Museum and PNCA

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1994-1995 Membership of College Art Association
1988-present Member of Charter 100: National Organization of Professional Women

COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
J. Paul Getty Museum
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Victoria Albert Museum, London England
Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
The Tara Museum, Chicago, IL
IBM
Western Development Corporation
Arnold and Porter Corporation
Nynex Corporation
The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Pat England, National Museum of Art Book Collection, Washington, D.C.

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