SUZANNE REESE HORVITZ Resume
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Dr. Horvitz was Executive Director from 1976 to 1997 and Founder of NEXUS/Foundation For Today's Art. Horvitz, a painter, has her BFA and MA from University of the Arts . She holds a Doctorate in College Teaching of the Fine Arts from Columbia University, NYC. She has received Fellowship Grants through Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, PA Council on the Arts and a Masterworks Fellowship, Center For Creative Glass. She had a one person exhibition at the Gulbenkian Museum, Portugal. She has had one person exhibitions and is in the permanent collections of the Fyns Kunstmuseum, Denmark, Utah Museum, Museum of Greater Victoria, and Musee D'Art Contemporain in France. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum, Museum of American Glass, and Glasmuseum, Denmark.

In 1995 she was Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy in Burma . In 1996 she was Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, through the USIA Arts America Program. She gave workshops to, artists-at Escuela Superior de Arte -and lectured at the opening of an exhibition she curated for the "Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes". In 1996 she was sent through the USIA Arts America Program to work to Guayquil, and Quito, Ecuador. She lectured and gave workshops to Ecuadorian artists and attended the opening of the exhibition she curated of American art . In 1997 she was sent by the USIA to the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria. In Syria she lectured at the Said Gallery as well as at Damascus University and lectured to both the Syrian Minister of Culture and the American Ambassador about the American art exhibition that she curated for the Asad National Library. In 1998 Dr. Horvitz was sent by USIA to Cairo Egypt to open an exhibition she curated, to lecture about her artwork and to give workshops for Egyptian artists. She is a member of the Mayor's Arts Camp; Culture Advisory Council, Philadelphia.

EDUCATION

1977 Columbia University, NY, Doctorate-College Teaching/Fine Arts
1977 Temple University, Educational Admin., Psycho-educational processes
1972 Philadelphia College of Art, M.A. Painting, Film, Video
1963 George Washington University, Washington, DC Graduate Fine Arts Program, Painting
1961 New York University graduate Fine Arts Program, Advanced Sculpture
1960   Philadelphia College of Art, BFA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 Juror, Public Art, Primate Center Project, Philadelphia Percent for Art Program
1998 Project Director, Internet Art, University City Science Center, Philadelphia
1998 Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy, Cairo & Alexandria, Egypt, February/March
1997 Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy, Damascus, Syria, April
1996 Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy , Buenos Aires, Argentina, October
1996 Cultural Advisor to the US. Embassy, Quito & Guayaquil, Ecuador, June
1996 Public Art Panel, City of Wichita KS, August
1996,97,98 Mayor's Arts & Culture Advisory Council, Philadelphia, PA
1992,93 Cultural Advisor to the US Embassy in Burma
1975-97 Founder & Executive Director, Foundation fortoday's Art, NEXUS, Philadelphia
1980-present Co-Director, Synapse, A Visual Art Press Ltd., Philadelphia
1977,80 Vice President in charge of Visual Arts and Exhibitions, Phila Art Alliance
1980-present Juror/Panelist,Judge, Nominator, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Fellowships, Southeastern Centerfor Contemporary Art, 1994
Philadelphia Cultural Grants Jury
Delaware Council for the Arts
Association of Nonprofit Financial Officers, l992
West Virginia Museum, Division of Culture and History
1991, Muse Gallery
1991, PA Academy of the Fine Arts School
1991, Co-Curator, "Unique Books," Traveling exhibitions funded through United States Information Agency. 
Exhibitions will travel to Museums in South America and the Near East in 1996/98.
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS Corning, NY
UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Saft Lake City, Utah
HARBIYE SANAT Istanbul, Turkey
MUSEE d'ART CONTEMPORAIN Chamalieres, France
ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM Jacksonville, FL
ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
McALLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM Texas
FYNS KUNSTMUSEUM Odense, Denmark
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GLASS Millville, NJ
GLASMUSEUM Ebeltoft, Denmark
HONORS, GRANTS
1998 Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative/Pew Charitable Trusts, travelgrant
1994 Leeway Foundation, Bessie Berman: Six Phila. Women Painters
1993    Pennsylvania Council on the Arts/Fellowship Grant Collaboration
1992 Cultural Specialist grant from U. S. Information Agency funded by N.E.A.
1992   Mid Atlantic States/ Visual Arts Fellowship / Residency, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1990 Masterworks Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, NJ
1985 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts/Fellowship/Painting
1984 Project Grant/N.E.A.,"Electrographics" Univ. City Science Center
1982/80 Project Grant/N.E.A. for Bookworks
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
1998 HAR  ZION TEMPLE, PENN VALLEY, PA,3, four feet long Panels in Glass & Bronze, "Here l Am", "How Good it is for Brethren to Dwell Together" and " Give Her the Fruit of Her Hands."
1998 Commission from "Champions of Caring" for award plaque in glass & steel
1997 Nexus Gallery, "Works in Aluminum & Glass", Philadelphia, November/December
1994 KUNSTZAAL MARKTZEVENTIEN, Enschede, Holland, June 5 to July5
1993 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April
1991 CENTRE d'ART CONTEMPORAIN, Niort, France
1991 FYNS KUNST MUSEUM, Odense, Denmark
1991 University of the Arts, Window on Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
1991 CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNA, GULBENKIAN, LISBON, PORTUGAL
1991 MUSEE d'ART CONTEMPORAIN, Chamalieres, France
1990 MUSEUM OF GREATER VICTORIA, Victoria, B.C. Canada
1989 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 A. I. R. Gallery, New York City, NY
1987 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
1987 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Harbiye Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
1984 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Asinelli Gallery, Bologna, Italy
1981 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1980 A.B.F. Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1980 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

WORKSHOPS ON PUBLIC ART, CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTISTS, INTERNET ART, COMPUTER SKILLS FOR ARTISTS, BOOKBINDING, GRANTS, PRESENTATION OF ARTWORK, PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION. CAREER PLANNING, PUBLICITY TOOLS, HOW TO CURATE AND HANG ART EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR ARTWORK, THE ART MARKET PLACE, NEXUS GALLERY, Funded by PEW Charitable Trusts & ARCO Foundation
Coordinator of project for the School District of Philadelphia Art Department, placing artists in the Philadelphia schools as volunteers.

1982,89  WORKSHOPS ON GILDING AND ARTISTS BOOKS, NEXUSrALI-FRY PHILA.
1981,82  CRITIC-PAINTING AND GRAPHICS, PA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS .PHILA-
1980,81  WORKSHOPS,UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE CENTER PHILADELPHIA, PA
1967,79  OIL PAINTING, DRAWING, FLEISHER ART MEMORIAI PHILADELPHIA, PA
1971/72  ART ED. SUPERVISOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA, PA
1961/64  PAINTING & GRAPHICS, CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART WASHINGTON, DC
1960-62  FINE ARTS, BARTRUM HIGH SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA, PA
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997 "Screens", Paley Design Center
1997 "21st Anniversary", Nexus Gallery
1997 *NERLINO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Fall 1998)
1994,97 "One Of A Kind Artists Books", through USIA Arts America
1994 GALERIE TONER, Paris, France, "Fleurs Bleues", June
1994 "Glass Analogies", The Gallery at Wheaton Village, New Jersey, May
1994 University City Science Center, Collaborative Project/ Robert Roesch and Jonas Dos Santos, Special Projects Grant, PA Council on the Arts, May
1994 GALERIE TONER, Paris, France, "La Dispartion De L'Alphabet" Jan.-Catalogue
1994 UNIQUE BOOKS, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March
1993 GALERIE TONER, Paris, France, "Le Dernier Souper", June 1993 - Catalogue
1993 "Multiple Dialogues/Abstract Expressionism" Painted Bride Art Center, April
1993 "Glass America 1993", HELLER GALLERY, Soho, New York, January
1992 "Volumination/Book as Art Object" Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas
1992 GALERIE TONER, Paris, France, work by six artists 12/2 to 12/28
1992 The Gallery At /Centre Square, Philadelphia, May 1-July 5, Site Specific Installation with sound &light/collaboration with Robert Roesch
1992 PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA, Sculpture lnternational Sculpture Conf, June-July collaboration with Robert Roesch
1992 NEXUS GALLERY, Sculpture, International Sculpture Conference, June-July  
1992 CHOICE, Soho 20, NewYork, NY 1/92, curated Josephine Gear,C. Robins
1992 BOOK CONTAINER, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, III curated/ l /92 1991
1992 PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK ART IN US Univ. of TX, San Antonio/curated 9/91
1992 PERSONIFICATION OF MYTH, Borofsky Gallery, Phila, curated, Oct- Catalogue
1992 DAWSON GALLERY, Rochester, NY, April-May, 1991
1990 EXHIBIT OF 9 ARTISTS working with the screen format- Curated by MARSHA MOSS: Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
1989 ART AT THE EDGES: Port of History Museum, Philadelphia  PA
1989 PA MATTER/ANTI MATTER: 3 Person exhibit, Nexus, Philadelphia
1989 SELF PORTRAITS: Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loreto, PA,- Catalogue
1988 24 K GOLD: Invitational, Ruth Siegel Gallery Ltd., New York City, NY
1988,87 JEUNE PEINTURE: Musee Grand Palais, curated by Francoise Decorse, Paris, France; Sponsored by the French Ministry Culture - Catalogue
1988,87 Four Person Show; Ernst Alexander Gallery, Washington, DC
1986 MIGHTY SMALL WORKS: Hand in Hand Gallery, New York City
1986 NY BOOKWORKS INVITATIONAL: Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
1986 MORE STATIC/ELECTRO-STATIC: Invitational Pyramid Arts, RochesterW
1986 PERSONAL NARRATIVE: 5 person Show, Morris Gallery, P.A.F.A. Phila. 1985
1986 BOOKWORKS/NARRATIVE ART: Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase,W
1986 NEXUS INSTALLATION/Invited: Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Phila
1986 BOOKWORKS INVITATIONAL: Diverse Works, Houston, TX
1986 ELECTROGRAPHICS INVITIATIONAL: Pratt Graphic Center, New York City, W
1984 FOUR PHILA ARTISTS: Curated Janet Kardon, School 33 Art Center,Balt, MD
1984 ARTISTS BOOKS INVITATIONAL: Pratt Graphic Center, New York City, W
1984 AMERICAN BOOKWORKS IN PRINT: Invitational, International Bookfair, Liber '84, Barcelona, Spain - Catalogue
1984 BOOKWORKS: Curated, 36th Frankfurt Bookfair, Germany - Catalogue
1984 BOOKWORKS: Traveling U.S.I.A., Yaonde, Cameroon; Monrovia, Liberia;Dakar Senegal; Freetown, Sierra Leone;Libreville, Gabon - Catalogue
1983 ELECTRA: Musee D'Art Moderne De Laville De Paris, France --Catalogue
1983 BOOKS BY ARTISTS: Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan - Catalogue