RESUME
SUSAN LYNN CARMAN-VIAN
418 East Third St.
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
(248) 414-5246
e-mail suecarmanvian@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
M.F.A. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 1984
B.Sc. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. 1971
AWARDS:
2018 Invitation from Signal Return Press Connecting artists with Non-profits. Detroit, MI.
1991 Marvin Felheim, Best Local Film Maker, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
1990 Funding for performance “Greenhouse” from Detroit Institute of Arts, Friends of Modern Art, Detroit, MI
1986 Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Grant ( Billboard Project,Detroit, MI
PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTIONS: Directed, written, produced and
Performed
2014 “Pastry Embarrassment” Good Cakes and Bakes Bakery Detroit,MI
2009 “Green Art Performance,” Living Green Event/Banquet, Arkitektura in-situ, Birmingham,MI.
2008 “The Eve of St. Agnes,” Marygrove College, Detroit,MI.
2003 “Sue Carman-Vian Shorts” including the performance “The Art That Painting Made”, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
2000 “It Takes One to Be One” Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
EXHIBITIONS:
2020 "Small Works" Marygrove Gallery Detroit, MI
2019 "Paper Works" Janice Charach Gallery W. Bloomfield, MI
2016 “Drawn Together” Detoit Scarab Club Detroit,MI
2011 “Small Show,” Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2011 “Unmentionables” The Underwear Show, Detroit Artists Market,Detroit, MI.
2009 “Warm Wednesdays in July,” Motor City Brewing Works, Detroit, MI.
2006 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI.
2003 “Ladies of the Lakes”, One person show, Copper Country Community Arts Council, Hancock, MI.
1993 “Sex and Math”, One person show, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
JURYING AND CURATING:
2019 “Snowden Annual Exhibition,” Scarab Club, Detroit,MI.
2010 “Short and Sweet” An evening of performance art, Marygrove College Detroit, MI