Photo by Keith Meisel
About Susan Wagner
My image anchors are based on landscape, architecture and natural and geometric forms, and through these, I express my particular sensibility, which is an attraction to undercurrents of feeling, the observed moment, and 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 a story and 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.
Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Bachelor of Arts
Arts Community Leadership
Board of Directors, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), 2008-2013
Board President, 2011 and 2012, Emeritus 2013
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
2019 The Hamilton Studio, Minneapolis. A Different View
2015 Traffic Zone Center for the Arts, Minneapolis. The Art of The Line
Group Exhibitions / Galleries
2024 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Spring + Summer Group Show/ North Loop Art Gallery Walk, Minneapolis
2023 Gallery 360, Winter Group Show, Minneapolis
2023 Veronique Wantz Summer/Winter Group Show, Minneapolis
2022 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 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
2022 AZ Gallery Gallery, St. Paul, MN, April/May. Cultivate the Creative
2021 Nov-Dec. 18 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Holiday Small Works Show
2021 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, St. Paul. Art of Abstraction
2021 April-May AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN, No Holds Barred
2019-Jan 2020 Art at The Mill Yard, Minneapolis. Fall Group Show
2019-2020 Art at Bridgewater, Minneapolis. Inclusive Space
2019-2021 Jimmy Wilson Gallery, Minneapolis. Guest Artist and Featured Artist
2019 Studio Pintura, Minneapolis. Small Works
2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Class I, Oil and Acrylic Painting
2017 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis. Wintertide Biennial Juried Show, NEMAA
2016 -2017 Tres Leches Gallery, Minneapolis. Guest Artist
2016 Art at Bridgewater, Minneapolis.
2015 Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis. Wintertide Biennial Juried Show, NEMAA
2015-2016 Flow Art Space, St. Paul. Art4Good: Minnesota Museum of American Art
2014 Phipps Center for the Arts/Hudson Hospital, Hudson, WI.
2013 Forecast for Public Art, Northeast Minneapolis. Hennepin County Public Library
2012 Two Tigers Gallery, Minneapolis. Landscape
2011 Altered Aesthetics Gallery, Minneapolis
2009 Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis. Open Door 5
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