Suzanne Schireson

faculty

Suzanne Schireson she/her

Professor

Art & Design

Contact

508-999-9289

College of Visual & Performing Arts 356A

Education

2008Indiana UniversityMFA
2004University of PennsylvaniaBFA
2003Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine ArtsCFA

Teaching

  • Painting
  • Drawing

Programs

Courses

The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F.

The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F.

The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F.

The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.

The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.

The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.

Continuation of major and elective studios.

Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline's course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.

Color, methods, materials. Introduction to color and the various methods and materials of painting that form the framework of learning to paint. Through work from direct observation of a variety of subjects, students learn to integrate shape, value and color in the creation of pictorial space and form. Students acquire the fundamental perceptual, technical, design and critical skills necessary to work in painting and begin to develop an understanding of the media.

Offered as needed to present material in the design field. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. May be repeated with change of content

Suzanne Schireson is an artist and the recipient of a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship and two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Providence Phoenix and The Boston Globe. Recent solo exhibits include, "Suzanne Schireson: Aftercare", Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, “Inside Room”, Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL, “Mother Hermit”, West Virginia Wesleyan College and “Ears May Talk Behind Your Back”, Smith College. Her work has been exhibited at The Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia, PA), the New Bedford Museum of Art (New Bedford, MA), the Sori Art Center (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra (Guwahati, Assam, India) and The Carrousel du Louvre (Paris, France). Suzanne attended Indiana University (MFA ‘08), the University of Pennsylvania (BFA ‘04) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate ‘03).

Ears May Talk Behind Your Back, 2014, oil on canvas, 68” x 55”
Weaning, 2017, oil on canvas, 60” x 48”
Nursing, 2017, oil on canvas, 60” x 40”
World Lit by Screens, 2016, oil on canvas, 24 “x 20”
One Week, 2016, oil on board mounted on hardwood block, 3.5” x 2.5” x 2”
Prep School, 2016, film still from stop motion animation “Bullet Eyes”, 0:58.
Going Under, 2016, film still from stop motion animation “Bullet Eyes”, 0:58
Group Cut, 2014, charcoal and watercolor on paper, 54” x 70”
Cut Off, 2015, charcoal and watercolor on paper, 39” x 29”

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