SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL
2023 Turner Art Center, Valdosta, GA
2023 Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Meyers, FL
2022 Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
2022/2021 Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL, 'Garden Party'
2021 Gallery 14, Vero Beach, FL
2021 Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2019 Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, 'Natural Form'
2019 Daytona State College, Daytona, FL, 'Intimate Landscapes'
2017 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 'Intimate Landscapes'
2015 Foosaner Art Museum FVE Gallery, Melbourne, FL
2013 Casino 2000, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
2013 Cultural Center Barble, Strassen, Luxembourg
2009 Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL
1987 Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL
1979 Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Turner Art Center, Valdosta, GA, "Florida Artists Group, Inc. 2022 Juror's Choice Exhibit"
2022 Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL, FLAG "Florida Palette"
2021 Aquarium ArtWalk, Viera, FL
2021 City Arts Gallery, Flordia Artists Group, Orlando, FL
2021 Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL, 'Robot Love'
2021 Dunedin Art Center, Flordia Artists Group, Dunedin, FL
2020 Foosaner Art Museum, Strawbridge Art League, Melbourne, FL, Visions Gold Award
2019 Ringling School of art, Florida Artists Group Symposium, Sarasota, FL
2018 Weber Gallery - College of Central Florida, Florida Artists Group, Ocala, FL
2017 Foosaner Art Museum, 'Woman-Made: Female Artists from the Foosaner Collection', Melbourne, FL
2014 Florida Dept. of State, 22nd Floor Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 'Out My Backdoor'
2014 Court House Cultural Center, Stuart, FL, 'Ten Women'
2013 Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, 'Winter Garden Holiday Exhibit'
2012 Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 'Bloom'
2011 Gateway Center for the Arts, DeBary, FL
2010 Orlando City Hall, Terrace Gallery, Orlando, FL, 'Ten Women in Art'
2010 Seminole State College, Sanford, FL, 'Ten Women'
2010 Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL, 'Personal Baggage'
2008 Tampa International Airport, Tampa, FL, 'Personal Baggage'
2007 Melbourne International Airport, Melbourne, FL
2007 Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA, 'Ten Women'
2006 Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
2006 LoPressionism Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL
2005 Fish House Art Gallery, Stuart, FL
2005 North Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL
2004 Brevard Art Museum, Strawbridge Four Award Exhibit
2004 Lake Wales Arts Center, Lake Wales, FL
2004 Seminole State College, Sanford, FL, 'Ten Women'
2003 Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2003 Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
2002 Visual Arts Center of NW Florida, Panama City, FL
2002 Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, FL
2001 Fifth Avenue Gallery, Melbourne, FL
2001 Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL
2001 University of Florida, Reitz Student Union Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2000 Louisiana State University, University Center Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
2000 Harris House of Atlantic Ctr. For the Arts, New Smyrna, FL, Two-Person Exhibition,
1999 Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, 'The American Dream', Two-Person Exhibition
1996 City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 'Body Parts', Two-Person Exhibition
1992 Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, 'For Real: Selected Florida Artists'

SELECTED COMPETITIVE EXHIBITIONS

2023 Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, "Treasure Coast Creates: A Tribute to Local Artists"
2023 Florida Artists Group, Museum of Arts and Science, 73rd Annual, 2nd Place, Juror Jered Sprecher
2022 Florida Artists Group, 72nd Annual Exhibition, Best of Show, Juror Holly Koons
2021 NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibit
2020 Artists Magazine, 'Acrylic Works 8', Second Place
2019 Strawbridge Art Gallery, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL, 'Visions', Gold Award
2019 Fifth Avenue Gallery, 'Pure Florida', Melbourne, FL
2018 Alliance for the Arts, 'All Florida Juried Exhibition', Fort Meyers, FL
2018 Florida Artists Group, Ormand Memorial Art Museum, Ormand Beach, FL
2017 Florida Artists Group, Coral Springs Museum of Art, '67th Annual Art Exhibition', Coral Springs, FL
2016 Court House Cultural Center, 'Annual All Florida Juried', Stuart, FL
2016 Visual Arts Center, 'Tenth Biennial National Art Exhibit', Punta Gorda, FL
2016 Derek Gore Gallery, 'Sights, Insights: Ten Women in Art', Melbourne FL
2015 Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 'All Florida Juried'
2014 Strawbridge Art League, Juried Exhibition, Best of Show
2014 Cornell Museum of Art, Delray, FL, Juried Exhibition, Second Place
2013 7th Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Strassen, Luxembourg
2013 Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL, 'Annual Exhibition'
2012 Cultural Court House, Stuart, Fl, Juried Show
2012 Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL, 'Annual Exhibition'
2011 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, 'All Florida Competitive'
2011 Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL, 'Annual Exhibition'
2010 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, 'All Florida Competitive'
2010 Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL, 'Biennial V'
2010 Strawbridge Art League, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, Fl, 'Green', First Place
2009 Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL, 'Inaugural Exhibit'
2007 Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Competitive Exhibition
2005 Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL, Juried Exhibition
2005 Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Competitive Exhibition
2005 Fish House Art Center Gallery, Stuart, FL, Competitive Juried Exhibition
2004 Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL, Juried Exhibition
2003 Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL, Juried Exhibition-First Place
2004 Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, FL, Competitive Juried Exhibition
2002 Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL, Juried Exhibition
2001 The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL, Juried Exhibition
2000 Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL, National All Media Competition
2000 Artists Unlimited Inc, Tampa, FL, National Open Juried Exhibition
2000 Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, Florida Competitive, 1st Place
1999 Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL, National All Media Competition
1999 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1998 Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL, Annual Juried Exhibition
1998 University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, 'Art with a Southern Drawl'
1997 Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, 'National Exhibition of Contemporary Painting'
1997 Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, Florida Competitive

COMMISSIONS

'Poinciana Blossoms', 66 x 108", 2012, Las Verandas Hotel & Villas, Roatan, Honduras
'Magnolias', 6' x 12', 1993, Daytona Beach Regional Airport,commissioned by Volusia County, "Art in Public Places"

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Advent Health, Celebration, FL
American Bank, Austin, Texas
Appleton Museum, Ocala Florida, Acquired from Foosaner Museum, Melbourne, Florida
Burdines (now Macys), Orlando, Florida
Chugai-Upjohn Company, Chicago, Illinois
Commune de Strassen, Strassen, Luxembourg
First Florida Bank, now Bank of America, Melbourne, Florida
Marriott at Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida
McGraw-Hill Companies, New York City, New York
Orange County Convention and Civic Center, Orlando, Florida
Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama
Sterling Drug Incorporated
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida
Walt Disney World Productions, Orlando, Florida

HONORS

U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies Program, 1989

PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA

Best of Acrylic: Special Issue, "Winners of Acrylic Works 9", 2nd Place, Fall 2022
Locala Magazine, "Q and A with Susan Martin", Patricia Tomlinson, February 2022, Page 37
Video "Artist's Outlook with Susan Martin", December 2021, https://youtu.be/xPwj1931xjY
Best of Acrylic: Special Issue, "Winners of Acrylic Works 8", 2nd Place, Fall 2021
Top Art Awards 2021, https://www.topartawards.com/post/artists-magazine-acrylicsworks-8-1
Spaces: Space Coast Style & Design, "Ladies' day", Maria Sonnenberg, September 2017
Brevard Live, "Florida Art: Susan Martin", John Leach, October, 2015
Brevard Culture, "Susan Martin Exhibition", Pam Harbaugh, September, 2015
Florida Today, "Local Botanicals go on Display Overseas", Maria Sonnenberg, May 4, 2013
New American Paintings, No. 94 Southern Edition, 2011
Florida Today, "Ten Women' turns 20", Pam Harbaugh, April 3, 2003
Space Coast Living Magazine, "The Tennies"-Ten Women in Art, December 2005
Islander North, "OffCenter Exhibit Captures Afterthoughts of the American Dream", Joelle Moran, July 6, 1999
Medizin im Bild, "Uberrealistische Perspektiven", July-August, 1996
Florida Today, "The Wheel Thing," Brian Bixler, August 13, 1988

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Florida Artists Group
National Association of Women Artists
Ten Women in Art, Founding member

EDUCATION

1966 B.F.A. in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
1968 Study with Photographer Russell Lee, University of Texas at Austin
1967 Art Education Certification, University of Texas at Austin
1964 Art History, University of the Americas, Mexico City

    Biography

    Susan Martin was raised in south Texas. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin, and then continued coursework in Art Education and Art History. A significant part of her educational experience was the opportunity to study photography and composition under the eminent photographer Russell Lee.

    Lee's lasting influence can be observed in her sharp, clean examination of the subject, her preference for strong contrast that reveals surface quality and detail, and an emphasis on composition that comes from years of work in black and white.

    Early in her career, the artist turned to acrylics in her quest for the clean edges that a quick drying medium can deliver, adding depth of color through multiple layers of paint. Her work developed 'Super-Real' characteristics, creating an image beyond the scope of the camera.

    Martin works out of her home studio on south Merritt Island, Florida.