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Education      

MFA - Painting, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

BFA – Painting, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

 Selected One Person, Group, Juried, & Invitational Exhibitions

2019

The Flip Side, BoJu Art Gallery, Virginia Beach. VA

2018 

Washington Women's Art Center, Katzen Gallery, American University, Washington, DC

2017   

 Imagine Five Points, Norfolk Public Arts, Norfolk, VA

Other than Real, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Artists 2017, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA

 2016       

The Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA

 2015       

Still Lifes: Perceptions of Inanimate Objects, Moberly Community College, Moberly, MO

2014       

Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2014, Mary Washington University, Fredericksburg, VA

 2013       

The Still Life Reexamined, Cultural Arts Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA

2013       

New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach,                                                                 

2012       

43rd Faculty Art Exhibit, TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

 100 Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

Biennial 2012, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA,

 2011       

Head, Shoulders, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA

 42nd Faculty Art Exhibit, TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

 2010       

Portrait of the Artist, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

2010 Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University of Mary Washington University, Fredericksburg, VA

 New Waves, Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA                                            

Small Works, Charles H. Taylor Fine Arts Center, Hampton, VA

41st Faculty Art Exhibit, TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

Small Wonders, National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Fredricksburg, VA

 Biennial 2010,  Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

Virginia Artists 2010, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

2009       

40th Faculty Art Exhibit, TCC Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

Virginia Artists 2009, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA

8-Inch Miniature Competition 2009, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

Crux, Mayer Gallery, Norfolk, VA

Small Works, Charles H. Taylor Fine Art Center, Hampton, VA

2008       

39th Faculty Exhibit, TCC Visual Art Center, Portsmouth, VA

Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD,

Small Works, Charles H. Taylor Fine Art Center, Hampton, VA

 Peninsula Fine Arts Center’s Biennial 2008, Newport News, VA

Contemporary American Realism 2008, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

 Art Anonymous, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2008, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

 Aktuell, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD

2007       

Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC, NY

A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

Small Works, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, VA

 Foot Long, Eastern New Mexico University, Runnels Gallery, Portales, NM

Manchester National, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA,

2006       

Figuratively Speaking: Bodies of Work by Elizabeth Leor, Rhona Shand and Susan Tolbert, Visual Arts Center, TCC, Portsmouth, VA

Realisms: Virginia Artists, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA,

 Selected Awards, Recognitions and Grants

 2018       Art Pop Billboard, 26th Street and Colonial Avenue Norfolk, Virginia

2013        City of Norfolk Art in Public Places Grant, 35th Street Corridor Mosaic

            Semi-Finalist, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD 

   Award of Excellence, Peninsula Fine Arts Center’s Biennial al Newport News, VA

 2009        Painting Award, Small Works, Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA

2008        Semi-Finalist, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD

 Featured In Publications

 Washington Art Matters: Art Life in The Capital 1940-1990, Washington Arts Museum 2013, p. 183 photo

GW Alumni,” Alumna’s Paintings Shown in Numerous Exhibits

http://www.gwalumni.org/2014/05/alumnas-paintings-shown-in-numerous-exhibits

AltDaily  March 05, 2010 Friday Featured Artist

http://altdaily.com/features/art/122-visual-arts37/3103-53friday-featured-artist-susan-powell-tolbert

Art Folio, Fall 2008, front cover

William and Mary Review, Volume 46, 2008, front and back cover, 50-51, 89.

GW Magazine,” Artists Quarter” Spring  2007, 51

HamptonRoads Magazine, “Datebook,” May-June 2006 cover

The Winston-Salem Journal: Relish, Nov. 6, 2006

Reviews

 Betsy DiJulio, Veer, with photograph, September 18, 2013

Mark St. James Erikson, “Small Wonders,” Dailey Press, with photograph, November 9, 2010

Betsy DiJulio, “Spying More Than Meets the Eye,” Portfolio, with photograph, November 18, 2008

Teresa Annas, “Art Review with photograph “‘Figuratively Speaking” in Portsmouth,” Virginian Pilot, July 12, 2006 with photograph

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