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Suzanne Nicholas
Born 1953, Owensboro, KY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education
MFA, 1979, Film, The Art Institute of Chicago
BA, 1975, Film, University of South Florida

Selected Exhibitions
2023
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ

2014
11 or 12 Lithographs, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York

2012
Staff Exhibition, International Center of Photography, New York
Rip Off!, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York

2001
Reactions, Exit Art, New York

1997
25th Anniversary Exhibition, A.I.R., New York

1994
Live Art, Art Projects International, New York

1993
A little river water ain’t gonna hurt me, 494 Gallery, New York
Mother weep, While I think, 494 Gallery, New York
Women’s Art, Women’s Lives, Women’s Issues, Art in General, New York

1992
Salon Exhibition, Art in General, New York
I’m giving up a strange habit, 494 Gallery, New York
Pro Choice, A.I.R., New York
War and Peace, Center for Book Arts, New York
Staff Exhibition, International Center of Photography, New York
Atlanta Women’s Film Coalition, Georgia

1991
Secrets, 494 Gallery, New York

1978
An Evening of Chicago Filmmakers, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
Selected Works of Chicago Artists, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Chicago Filmmakers, Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio

Awards
1995
Recipient, MacDowell Fellowship, New Hampshire
Recipient, Artists Mentor Grant, Film Video Arts, New York

1992
Residency at the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia

1991
Recipient, along with collaborator/choreographer David Appel, Mid-Atlantic New Forms Regional Grant Program Philadelphia

1979
Participant, Ann Arbor Film Tour, Michigan

Collections
Exit Art, New York
Anthology Film Archives, New York

Publication

2023
Anthology for Unseen, Amanda Bauer & Ruoyi Shi, R+A Editions

Former Gallery Affiliation
1991–95
494 Gallery, member, 15 women/cooperative gallery, New York

Related Experience
February 2013
Coordinator, Fotografos al Mundo Festival and Workshops, Bogota, Columbia

April 2011
Coordinator, Photography Workshop, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China

1991
Curator, Race and Culture, 494 Gallery, New York, and City University of New York Gallery, New York

1988–92
Instructor, International Center of Photography, New York

1989–96
Instructor, Film Video Arts, New York, New York

1979–80
Research Assistant and Film Projectionist, Anthology Film Archives, New York

1979
Film Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Employment
1988-2020
International Center of Photography, New York
Director of Continuing Education, 2018–2020
Associate Dean of Continuing Education, 2015–18
Associate Director, Education Department, 1997–2014
Assistant Director of Education, 1993–97
Education Associate and Full-Time Student Affairs Advisor, Education Department, 1988–1992