Photo by Keith Meisel
About Susan Wagner
My image anchors are based on landscape, architectures and geometric planes. Through these, I express my particular sensibility, which is an attraction to undercurrents of feeling, the observed moment, the contrasts in energy found in nature. The building up of layers in my work is an accumulation of emotions, decisions, and actions—one following the other—coming together to form atmosphere.
Award-winning Minneapolis based artist Susan Wagner has been redefining the landscape with her paintings and mixed media works since 2005. At the heart of all her works are elements of the land, using recognizable characteristics and architectural shapes as her starting points. Susan uses oil and acrylic paint, Venetian plaster and paper to create works that are newly constructed worlds evoking connection, energy and emotional atmospheres.
In addition to the Twin Cities, her work is in private collections in New York, NY, Roanoke, VA, Dallas, Portland OR, Utah, Las Vegas, Sweden. Selected paintings can be purchased through Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Juried Prizes
2017 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis: NEMAA Wintertide Biennial Juried Show, Third Place: Mixed Media
2015 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis. NEMAA Wintertide Biennial Juried Show, First Place: Painting and Drawing
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis. Best Road Trip Ever
2019 The Hamilton Studio, Minneapolis. A Different View
2015 Traffic Zone Center for the Arts, Minneapolis. The Art of The Line
Juried Exhibitions / Galleries
2024-25 Bridgewater Lofts Gallery, Juried. Abstracted Perspectives, Mpls.
2024 The Underground Art Gallery, Juried. Elemental, Minneapolis
2024 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Fall/Winter Group Show, Minneapolis
2024 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Spring + Summer Group Show, Minneapolis
2023 Gallery 360, Winter Group Show, Minneapolis
2023 Veronique Wantz Summer/Winter Group Show, Minneapolis
2022 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried. Mark Granlund. Class I, Oil and Acrylic Painting
2022 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Summer Group Show
2022 Traffic Zone Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, Spring Open Studio, Guest Artist (Jim Conaway)
2022 AZ Gallery Gallery, St. Paul, MN, April/May. Cultivate the Creative. Juried.
2021 Nov-Dec. 18 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Holiday Small Works Show
2021 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, St. Paul. Art of Abstraction, Juried: Ta-coumba T. Aiken
2021 April-May AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN, No Holds Barred, Juried.
2019-Jan 2020 Art at The Mill Yard, Minneapolis. Fall Group Show
2019-2020 Art at Bridgewater, Minneapolis. Inclusive Space, Juried: Alison Price
2019-2021 Jimmy Wilson Gallery, Minneapolis. Guest Artist and Featured Artist
2019 Studio Pintura, Minneapolis. Small Works, Juried: Armando Gutierrez G.
2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried: Kristie Bretzke. Class I, Oil and Acrylic Painting
2017 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis. NEMAA Wintertide Biennial, Juried: Robert Cozzolino, MIA, Jovan Speller.
2016 -2017 Tres Leches Gallery, Minneapolis. Guest Artist
2016 Art at Bridgewater, Minneapolis. Juried: Alison Price
2015 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis. Wintertide Biennial Juried: Leslie Hammons, Jean Bevier, Christina Schmid
2015-2016 Flow Art Space, St. Paul. Art4Good: Minnesota Museum of American Art, Juried.
2014 Phipps Center for the Arts/Hudson Hospital, Juried. Hudson, WI.
2013 Forecast for Public Art, Northeast Minneapolis. Hennepin County Public Library
2012 Two Tigers Gallery, Minneapolis. Landscape, Juried.
2011 Altered Aesthetics Gallery, Minneapolis
2009 Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis. Open Door 5, Juried.
2007 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Showplace Home Tour, Summit Avenue, St. Paul
Juror
2018 Uptown Art Fair, Entries Juror: all categories, Minneapolis
2015 Phipps Center for the Arts, Member Show, Solo Judge. Hudson, WI
Arts Community Leadership
Board of Directors, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), 2008-2013
Board President, 2011 and 2012, Emeritus 2013
Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Bachelor of Arts