Suzanne E. Szucs                    

Personal

Professor of Art, Photography, Rochester Community & Technical College, Rochester, MN

MS St. Cloud State U / MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago / BFA San Francisco Art Institute                                                                                                        

Selected Exhibitions (2000-2025)

2025       Cyclone, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

Witness, Gallery 101, University of WI - Riverfalls

 Breathing in Place: Lake Erie, James Wegner Gallery, Riverland CC, Austin, MN (solo)

 RCTC Faculty Exhibition, RCTC Art Gallery, Rochester, MN

 Datura Glow, 125Live Gallery, Rochester, MN

2024      Foto Matter 1.0, RCTC Art Gallery, Rochester, MN     

2022      RCTC Faculty Exhibition, RCTC Art Gallery, Rochester, MN

 Group Exhibition, 125Live Gallery, Rochester, MN

Community, Century College Gallery, White Bear Lake, MN

2021        Breathing in Place, Watkins Gallery, Winona, MN (solo)

2020      Breathing in Place, RCTC Art Gallery, Rochester, MN (solo)

2018       Regional Artists, Goodness Gallery, Rochester, MN

2016       La Mese Della Donne, University Center Art Gallery, Rochester, MN

2015       Field Study, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago, IL

 Art to Heal the Earth, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

2014     Superficies, University Center Art Gallery, Rochester, MN (Solo)

Perspectives, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN

 Positive ID: Bodies & Subjectivities in Photography, NOVA, Woodbridge, VA

Lifeloggers, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carlton College, Northfield, MN

·       Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL  (traveling)

SPE 2nd International Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore (jurors: Catherine Lord, Leslie King-Hammond)

2013-4   MnScu System Office Exhibition, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, St. Paul, MN

2013        Queer Things, The Salon, Rochester, MN

2012        Breathing in Place, RAC2 Exhibitions, Rochester Art Center, MN (Solo)

 The ReVerb, Local Artists Show, Rochester, MN

 Regarding Place: Photo Media Invitational, Tower Fine Art Gallery, SUNY Brockport, NY

2011        Science, Poetry & The Photographic Image (jurors: Deborah Willis, Mary Ann Lynch, traveling)

·       Trois Gallery, SCAD, Atlanta, GA

·       Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ

2010        SPAS Faculty Exhibition, SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY

2009       Hall of Mirrors, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 Self-Portrait: Silver Eye at 30, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

 Digital Ritual, Curatorial Center, SMart Festival, Grand Rapids, MI

Trees I Have Known, Lawrence Percolator, Lawrence, KS

2008      Elements, John Jellico Gallery, Denver, CO

2007      Romanticism Restaged, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY

10,000 Artists on a Lake, Art Shanty Projects, Minneapolis, MN

2006      Volatile Bodies, Elastic, Chicago, IL (two person show)

The Substance of Light, The Independent, Minneapolis, MN

2005  Recent Invitations, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN (Solo)

Photo Bravo, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN

Exquisite Corpse, Flatfile Photography, Chicago, IL     

Volatile Bodies, Washington Galleries, Duluth, MN (two person show)

Aurora Pours, North End Arts Center, Superior, WI

2004 Road Work : Deer Project, No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN (Juror’s award)

Fotowerk, Flatfile Contemporary, Chicago, IL                                     

Seven Deadly Sins, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN                                                  

 Absence, Flatfile Photography, Chicago, IL    

Perspectives From America, Palermo, Italy

Proof & Invitations, Mezera Arts, Knife River, MN

2003-4 Golau: Expressions of Light, Mezera Arts, Knife River, MN                              

2003 Road Work, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN (Solo)

The Big Picture, Visual Aids, San Francisco, CA

Turn up the Heat, 2750 Degrees, J.Pepper Inn, Knife River, MN

2002 Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN                                   

Silver Eye Center for Photography, Fellowship Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA

2001-2  Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York

2000  Recent Invitations to Religion, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL (Solo, multiple venues)

·       Gallery A, MassArt, Boston, MA

·       Moser Performing Arts Center, The University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL

·       Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

All System Go, Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN

Faculty Exhibition, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois                 

Selected Personal Awards/ Commissions

2025  MN State Arts Board Creative Individuals Grant

2024 SEMAC Individual ArtistGrant

2014/19 Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council McKnight Established Artist Grant

2013 Transformer Cabinetry Mural Project, Rochester Downtown Alliance, Rochester, MN

2012/6 Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Initiative Fellowship                                                        

2001/5 Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development Grant

2004 Arrowhead Biennial, Juror’s Award                           

2002/4  Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant                                                          

2002  Summer VDIL Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota – Duluth                        

 Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship 2002, Honorable Mention

 Centrum Center for Arts & Education, Residency

 Chancellor’s Small Grant, University of Minnesota – Duluth                                                   

UMD Tech Camp VI, University of Minnesota – Duluth                                                           

1999  Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant                                                             

1998  Illinois Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship                                                                    

 Project Completion Grant, Columbia College Photography Department

1996-8  Chicago Arts Assistance Program, grant recipient                                                                  

1997 Linda Kramer Fund Award, Artemisia, Chicago, IL

1995  James Weinstein Memorial Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago                

Major Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Photography

Tweed Museum

Bibliography

Selected Reviews/ Publications

·     A Brush with Life Blog: #5-In Focus! with Suzanne Szucs, 4/7/25, https://www.abrushwithlife.org/2442066/episodes/16928473-5-in-focus-with-suzanne-szucs

·     Interview: Suzanne Szucs on Sound as Art, Harmonic Content 002, July 2025

·     Art is Breathing for Rochester Artist Suzanne Szucs, Post Bulletin, June 25, 2025 https://www.postbulletin.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/art-is-breathing-for-rochester-artist-suzanne-szucs

·     The Rutledge Companion to Photography, Representation and Social Justice, Moritz  Neumüller, ed., 2023

·     Great Lake-focused art exhibit explores movement and randomness, Post Bulletin, Feb 5, 2020, https://www.postbulletin.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/great-lake-focused-art-exhibit-explores-movement-and-randomness

·     The Rutledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture, Moritz Neumüller, ed., 2018

·     An Analysis and Demonstration of E-Learning Multimedia Best Practice, M.S. Portfolio Thesis, St. Cloud State University, 2018

·     Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves, Jill Walker Rettberg, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

·     Are Selfies Fine Art? Artist Spotlight, 507 Magazine, Post Bulletin, July 30, 2015

·     Making Art Out of the Data of Everyday Life, Chicago Reader, 6/16/2014

·     Portfolio: Sketch 4 I.D., Afterimages Online , 2014

·     Complicating the Identity Narrative, Regarding Place: Photo Media Invitational, Afterimage V 39 #6

·     The Elements of Photography, Angela Faris-Belt, Focal Press, 2nd ed. 2011

·     The Body - Nothing Else, 1/25/2011 (web-blog art project)

·     Moosebook: Black River Crossing 1996-2007, S.E. Szucs, 2008

·     The Elements of Photography, Angela Faris-Belt, Focal Press, 1st ed. 2008

·     Shanty Projects Offer Art on Ice, With a Twist, Star Tribune, 2/2/2007

Catalogues

·     Positive ID: Bodies & Subjectivities in Photography, 2014

·     SPE 2nd International All Caucus Juried Exhibition, 2014, http://vasa-project.com/gallery/spe/

·     2012 PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, 2012

·     56th Annual Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, 2005

·     55th Annual Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, 2003

·     The Constructed Self: Who Do You Think You Are? TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, 1998

·     Tarazona Foto, Spain, 1995

Selected Columns/Articles

·     Pedagogy Now Teach: a blog dedicated to Art & Design Pedagogy (2011-2018)

·     Superscript: Arts Journalism and Criticism in the Digital Age, Afterimage Vol 43, No 3, 2015

·     International Pop, Afterimage Vol 43, No 3, 2015

·     Lights, Camera, Community!, Afterimage Vol 41, No 4, 2014

·     The Protagonist, Afterimage Vol 41, No 3, 2013

·     Tending the Fire, Afterimage Vol 40, No 3, 2012

·     Let’s Dance: Rineke Dykstra Retrospective, Afterimage Vol 40, No 1, 2012

·     Look, Listen, See, Afterimage Vol 39, No 5, 2012

·     Lost 40 Limited, Afterimage, Vol 39, No 3, 2011

·     Compound Coupling, Afterimage, Vol 36, No 3, 2008

·     New & Used, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, Fall 2007

·     In Review: In the Realm of the Senses, The Rake: 10,000 Arts, August 2007

·     Impale This! The Latest from Fearless Filmmakers, MNartists.org 6/25/2007

·     Still Standing: Carl Gawboy, MNartists.org 6/25/2007                        

·     Beyond Likeness: Light Shed on the Body, MNartists.org 5/28/2007    

·     The Price of Admission, MNartists.org 12/31/2007                            

·     MN Film: Responsibility is our Middle Name, MNartists.org 5/7/2007 

·     Boxing Makes you Smart, MNartists.org 3/11/2007                           

·     Lots of Feminist Blockbusters…, MNartists.org 11/13/2006    

·     In Review: Photography, The Rake: 10,000 Arts, Autumn, 2006

·     Artists on Artists: Coral Lambert, MNartists.org 8/6/2006                              

·     Body Whirled, MNartists.org 6/27/2006                                                        

·     American Tourist: Aaron McLeod at the DIA, MNartists.org 7/1/2006 

·     The Column: Thaw, MNartists.org 5/20/2006                                    

·     The Column: The Sacrificial Poet, MNartists.org 5/6/2006                              

·     Moving Intelligence: “Only Human” at the MMAA, MNartists.org 2/26/2006

·     I want my Feminist Blockbuster, MNartists.org 12/30/2006                

·     Ambitious: Zenith, MNartists.org October 26, 2005                           

·     Aurora Pours: Thoughts About Iron, MNartists.org 9/1/2005  

·     The Column: War Talk, Peace Talk, MNartists.org 5/16/2005             

·     Second Skin: “Marked Men” at Rogue Buddha, MNartists.org 7/29/2005        

·     Young and Restless: Full House, MNartists.org 7/22/2005                  

·     Arrival of the Sun, MNartists.org 7/8/2005                                        

·     Nine Months in America: Unassuming Grandeur, MNartists.org 3/15/2005     

·     A Little Mess, the Mystery of Light, MNartists.org 2/2/2005               

·     An Uneasy Trip: Budoff & Cristancho at DIA, MNartists.org 12/31/2004