About the Artist

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Artist Suzanne Wiggin’s roots are planted deep in the swamps of Louisiana. She moved to New Mexico as a young woman and fell in love with the light and the landscape. Her early work focuses on the beauty of the Southwest and has expanded considerably over the years.

Recently, Suzanne has added printmaking to her repertoire of work. Through monotypes and etchings, she has taken her work to a new level. She has explored beyond landscape into several subjects, such as leaf crowns and flower buds.

Suzanne makes her home in a valley near the quaint, art-centric town of Taos. Much of her work is landscapes with the stunning light the area offers. A wealth of colors come in every shade throughout the seasons, giving her an endless variety of scenes to work from. The trees, the leaves, the mountains, the waterways... All have been captured in their timeless beauty through the movements of her brush.


Biography

EDUCATION

1994     MFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
1992     MA, Painting, Utah State University, UT
1985     BAE, Art Education and French, University of NM, Albuquerque, NM
1983     L’Universite d’Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence, France
1980     Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018     Taos Art Museum, Fechin Studio, Taos, NM
2016     Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2014     Encore Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
2008     Art Works Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
2006     Fenix Gallery, Taos, NM
2006     Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004     Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003     Fenix Gallery, Taos, NM
2003     Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002     The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001     Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000     The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999     Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998     The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997     Opus Gallery, NYC, NY
1996     The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994     Collins-Pettit Gallery, Taos, NM
1991     Collins-Pettit Gallery, Taos, NM
1989     Grycner Gallery, Lahaina, HI
 

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018     Harwood Museum of Art, Harwood Collection, Work by Women, Taos, NM
2014     Harwood Museum of Art, Gus Foster Collection, Taos, NM
2013     Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009     Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona Art Center, AZ
2003     Harwood Museum of Art, Contemporary Art/Taos, Taos, NM
2002     Foothills Art Center, Taos Art Today-Northern New Mexico Printmakers, Golden, CO
1998     Albuquerque Museum, NM
1997     Arvada Center, Taos Today Exhibition, Arvada, CO
1997     Anderson Contemporary Art.  Albuquerque, NM
1995     American Academy of Arts and Letters.  NYC, NY
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017     Pressing On 7, Taos, NM
2015     Taos Spirit, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2015     Amore Gallery, Taos, NM
2012     The Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA
2012     Pressing On, Taos, NM
2011     Ten Taos Printmakers, Geoffrey Lasko Gallery, Taos, NM
2005     The Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA
2004     Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
2003     Tucson Museum of Art, Six Degrees Print Exchange, Tucson, AZ
2003     Fenix Gallery, Print as Art, Taos, NM
1999     Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997     Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996     Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1996     Collins-Pettit Gallery, Taos, NM
1995     Trinity Arts Group, Atlanta, GA
1995     Slingshot, Santa Fe, NM
1994     Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1992     New Gallery, Houston, TX
1992     Collins-Pettit Gallery, Taos, NM
1991     Le Mieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1990     Vermont Studio School Gallery, Johnson, VT
1988     University of NM, Thompson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 

JURIED SHOWS

2013     RedLine, 528.0 Exhibition, Denver, CO
2011     Harwood Museum, Mexorado, Taos, NM
2000     Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1997     Open Studios’ Western States Competition
1996     Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1996     SITE Santa Fe, Monothon, Santa Fe, NM
1991     Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY
1991     Boise State University Gallery of Art, Boise, ID
1990     Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
1990     Tippetts Exhibit Hall, Logan, UT
 

COMMISSION

1993    Altarpiece commissioned for the San Lorenzo a Grignano Church, Santa Maria (Chianti), Italy.
 

PUBLISHED  ARTICLES

Tempo/Taos News – July, 2018
Tempo/Taos News – July, 2014
Southwest Art – July, 2008
Santa Fean – June/July, 2008
Western Art Collector – 2008
100 Artists of the Southwest – 2006
Focus/Santa Fe – June/July, 2006
American Art Collector – May, 2006
Taos News – November 26, 2003
Pasatiempo – August 30, 2002
Albuquerque Journal – October 20, 2000
Art Talk – July, 1999
Albuquerque Journal – August 6, 1998
New American Painting – Fall, 1997
Denver Post – August 23, 1997
Albuquerque Journal – June 15, 1997
Taos News – May 1, 1997
Southwest Art – April, 1997
Pasatiempo – June 12, 1996
Santa Fe Reporter – March 27, 1996
Santa Fean – March, 1996
The Magazine – August, 1995
The Magazine – November, 1994
The Houston Post – July 23, 1992
Taos Magazine – July, 1991
 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Hallmark Collection
Harwood Museum
ICG Communications
Knoxville Museum of Fine Art
MCI
Media News Group
Neenan Co.
Sunwest Bank
Paramount Pictures
Partridge Designs
Ritz Carlton
St Vincent Hospital
Texaco
Wildwood Enterprises