Resume

Suzi Zefting-Kuhn

Studio:   1115 E. Main Street, Box 74

               Rochester, NY 14609

              (585) 233-5645

 

International Recognition

  • International Artist Magazine, Finalist Wildlife Category 2018
  • Art Renewal Center’s International Salon, Finalist, Animal Category 2017
  • Pastel Society of America Enduring Brilliance International Pastel Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC 2015

National Awards and Recognition

  • 2017 Savvy Paint Online Competition, Second Place
  • 2017 Adirondack National Pastel Exhibtion, Glens Falls NY Outstanding Portrait Award
  • 2015 UArt Online Pastel Competition, Caran d’ache Special Award
  • 2015 Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition, Glens Falls, NY ANPE Bronze Award
  • 2014 Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge, NY The Lee Award
  • 2010 Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Waterbury, CT Frame and Safe Custom Frame Award

National Exhibitions

  • Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition, Virtual 2021
  • Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition, Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls NY 2017
  • 75th Annual Arnot Art Museum Exhibit, Elmira, NY 2016
  • Hudson Valley Art Association’s 83rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC 2016
  • Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition, Glens Falls, NY 2015
  • Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge, NY 2008, 2009, 2010,2011,2012,2013, 2014
  • The Connecticut Pastel Society’s Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Waterbury, CT 2010, 2011,2013

National Affiliations

  • Portrait Society of America
  • Cecilia Beaux Forum
  • Pastel Society of America
  • Oil Painters of America

Regional Affiliations

  • Pastel Society of Western New York
  • The Adirondacks Pastel Society

Gallery Shows

  • Pittsford Fine Art, 4 North Main St., Pittford NY 14534 August 2020  Guest artist
  • Mill Art Center and Gallery, 61 N. Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY February thru March, 2020
  • Tribastone Fine Art Gallery, 32 S. Main St. Canandaigua, NY July 2015
  • Shirt Factory Gallery, 71 Lawrence St. Glens Falls, NY 12801 July/August 2015

 

Local Awards and Recognition

            Pastel Society of Western New York

  • First Place, 2019
  • Second Place, 2018
  • Award of Excellence 9/2015

Women Artists of the Finger Lakes

  • Best of Show 6/2012
  • Honorable Mention 6/2011

Rochester Art Club

  • Merit Award 11/17 Rochester Art Club Fall Exhibition
  • Merit Award 5/2015 “Rochester Art Club Signature Member Exhibition”
  • Juror’s Awards: 9/2010 “Faces & Figures: Stories of Life”

5/2010 “Music to My Eyes

3/2013  Spring Exhibition for  Signature members

  • Merit Awards : 9/2010 “ Faces & Figures: Stories of Life”
  • Merit Award:      4/2011 Spring Show

Penfield Art Association

  • Best of Show : 6/2006 “Spring Show”
  • Juror’s Awards: 6/2011; 6/2007; 2/2006; 6/2005

Rochester Area Colored Pencil Club

  • Juror’s Awards: 10/2009

 

  • Merit Awards: 10/2008

Local Affiliations

December 2020 – Current  Pittsford Fine Art, 4 N. Main St., Pittsford NY joined as an artist member

The Rochester Art Club (founded in 1877; second oldest active art organization in the country)

  • President 2011-2020; Board member 2008-2011, 2020-indefinite; Newsletter Editor 2008-2011, 2020-indefinite; Workshop Coordinator 2009-indefinite)

The Main Street Artists’ Gallery & Studio

  • Founder and Director 1/2010-indefinite; Oversees fifteen current member artists; Marketing, Publicity; Web Editor

Publications

  • International Artist Magazine, December/January 2020, Demonstration Article
  • Democrat & Chronicle, November 19, 2017, ARTS section
  • Democrat & Chronicle, December 16, 2012, ROC Living section, feature highlight Artist and Mentor
  • Democrat & Chronicle, April 25, 2010 Public Art, Private Use
  • Editor of two newsletters locally 2008-2011 (The Rochester Art Club and The Rochester Area Colored Pencil Club). Current newsletter editor Rochester Art Club 2020-current.

 

Art Education

  • Workshops with nationally recognized artists Doug Dawson (2008); Liz Haywood-Sullivan (2007, 2008); Mary Whyte (2009, 2019) ; Robert Liberace (2010 & 2011, 2013, 2021)); Ellen Cooper (2011), Frank Serrano(2011), Susan Lyon (2012, 2014, 2018) and Elizabeth Robbins (2012), Steven Assael (2013), Michelle Dunaway (2014), Burton Silverman (summer 2014), David Kassan (2015), Jeffrey Hein (2015, 2017)
  • Studied with locally and regionally recognized artists M. Wendy Gwirtzmann, Sari Gaby, g.a.Sheller, Liz Durand, Brian O’Neill