SUSAN BANKS

1612 S.W. 14th Terrace

Miami , Florida 33145

(305) 856-0506

EDUCATION

1988 Master of Fine Arts, University of Miami , Florida

1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Florida International University , Miami , Florida

1975 Associate Degree, Miami-Dade College , Miami , Florida

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROJECTS

2000-2001 American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge-Ceramic Tile Mural

5 panels - 4 feet x 5 feet each

1998-1999 “Growing With Technology” Ruth K.Broad Elementary School

Ceramic Tile Mural,Steel Rod - 18 feet x 30 feet

1996 Windscape, Bayfront Park , Miami , Florida ,Temporary Site-Specific Kinetic sculpture Collaboration:Susan Banks,Jack Lembeck May 10-19, 1996

1995 Brittle Star Park ,Downtown Miami , Florida

Collaboration:Susan Banks,Jack Lembeck, New World School of the Arts

Landmind, Laboratory for Environmental Art,Downtown Miami , Florida

Collaboration:Susan Banks,Jack Lembeck

P.S.I., Sculpture in the Landscape, University of Miami , Florida

30' x 50' steel, wood,lacquer

1993 “e”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami , Florida

Collaboration:Susan Banks,Robert Chambers, Robin Griffiths, Robert Thiele

Earth,water,sound and electronic components

EXHIBITIONS

2005 Unearthed, Miami Dade College-Wolfson Campus, Miami , Florida

Distinctive Paths, New World Gallery, Miami , Florida

2004 CUP, New Gallery, University of Miami , Florida

The Figure and the Foliage, Hilary Gallery , Miami , Florida

2002 Expanded Paths-Basal Art, Miami , Florida

17th Annual Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition,UVSC Woodbury Gallery, Orem , Utah ,Southwestern College Exhibition of Seven Women

CCACA: California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis , California

A is for Art, The Miami Alphabet, Main Library, Miami , Florida

13th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis , California

A Rendezvous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney , Nebraska

2001 Unaffiliated Artists,Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Basel Art Fair

Clay Rocks, Florida Craftsmen Gallery Inc., St. Petersburg , Florida

SOFA New York , John Natsoulas Gallery

30 Ceramic Sculptors,John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis , California

The Brickell Gallery, One Brickel Square , Miami , Florida

Paths 2001, New World School of the Arts, Miami , Florida

2000 Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami , Miami , Floirda

1999 The End is Near:Artists Look at the 20th Century,Charles A.Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine , Wisconsin

All God's Children Got Shoes, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami , Florida

1998 45th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition, Hollywood , Florida

1997 Formed In Clay, South Florida Ceramic Artists, University of Miami , Florida

Ceramic Cup Invitational, Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland , Oregon

1996 Common Ground, South Florida Art Center , Miami , Florida

Water:From Placid Pool to Raging Flood, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin

1st Annual Invitational Small Works , Valencia Community College, Orlando , Florida

AWARDS

1995 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award

1993 Finalist SAF/NEA Sculpture Competition

1992 Honorable Mention, Tallahassee Florida National, Tallahassee , Florida

1991 Best in Show, The Wichita National, Wichita , Kansas

Finalist SAF/NEA Sculpture Competition

1990 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award

Award of Merit, Rahr-West Museum of Art, Manitowoc , Wisconsin

First Place , Fifth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition

1989 Honorable Mention, Florida State Individual Artist Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-Present Associate Professor of Art, New World School of the Arts, Miami , Florida

 2006 ENDOWED TEACHING CHAIR

COLLECTIONS

1996 Sterling Software Corporation, Columbus , Ohio

1995 Florida International University Conference Center , Miami , Florida

Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami , Florida

1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami , Florida

1993 Miami-Dade Community College , Miami , Florida

City of Orlando City Hall , Orlando , Florida

1990 San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo , Texas

1989 Florida Craftsmen, Inc., St. Petersburg , Florida

PUBLICATIONS

The Studio Potter,December 1991,Volume e 20 Number 1,Portfolio,p.41

Sculpture magazine,March-April 1994,Reviews pp. 48-49

Sharing the Sun A Kid's Guide to South Florida ,Debbie Fox & Marie-Helene Paquette Suarez

Ceramics Art and Perception,Issue 25 1996,”Feminist Visions in Clay”,by Nancy Kapitanoff, pp.48-52.

The Studio Potter,December 1998,Volume 27 Number 1,Part Two:Studio Conversations with South Florida Potters,pp.66-83.

CATALOGUES

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts ,Fifth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition April 19-May 27,1990

Fellowships: Florida 's Finest 1990-1991

Combined Talents-The Florida National 1992

Southern Fires Ceramics Art in Florida ,November 5-December 12,1993

41st Florida Craftsmen Exhibition,The Deland Museum of Art , January 15-March 14,1993

The Fine Art of Craft,August 16-September 24,1993

Exploring A Movement:Feminist Visions in Clay,October 27,1995-February 9,1996

Sculpture in the Landscape,December 1995

The End is Near Artists Look at the 20th Century,Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art ,1999