Susan Paterson Resume

Education

  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Lithography, 1979; Etching, 1982, 1984
  • Byram Shaw School of Art, London, England, 1981
  • Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, BFA, 1980
  • Sunbury Shores, St. Andrews, NB, summer 1979

Exhibitions

  • Maritime Centre, Halifax, NS, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 & 1989
  • Miners’ Museum Exhibit Centre, Glace Bay, NS, 1980
  • Heritage Museum, Dartmouth, NS, 1980, 1981 & 1995
  • J. Arends Gallery, Edmonton, AB., 1984
  • Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1985, 1987 &1990
  • University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, NS; &
  • St. Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 1987 (traveling)
  • Manna Fine Arts Gallery, Kleinburg, ON, 1988
  • Libby’s of Toronto, 1989 & 1991

Group

  • Dalhousie Medical Research Art Auction, Halifax, NS, 1983
  • “Works on Paper” J. Arends Gallery, Edmonton, AB, 1983
  • “Canadian Landscapes”, J. Arends Gallery, Edmonton, AB, 1983
  • “Acquisitions 82-84”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, 1984
  • “Maritime Artists”, Village Square Art Gallery Ltd., Carp, ON, 1985
  • “Visual Facts”, VANS 10th Anniversary Show, Dalhousie University Art Gallery,Halifax, NS, 1986
  • “Art Expo”, AGNS Art Rental Juried Show, 1993
  • “Far and Wide”, VANS 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 1996

Awards

  • Director’s Award, Nova Scotia Atlantic Winter Fair, 1978
  • Elizabeth Greenshield’s Grant, 1981
  • Lincoln M. Alexander, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Award of Excellence,Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit, 1989

Competitions

  • Atlantic Insight “Original Print” Christmas Card, 1987

Professional Memberships

  • Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour

Commissions

  • “Victoria General Hospital”, etching, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 1984
  • “Off Season-Sherbrooke Village”, etching, Sherbrooke Village Project,Sherbrooke, NS, 1985
  • “Country Road”, etching for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia fundraising campaign -Donor Recognition Program, Halifax, NS, 1985
  • “A View From Dartmouth”, etching, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, fundraising project, Dartmouth, NS, 1994

Permanent Collections

  • Husky Oil, Bank of Detroit, Interprovincial pipeline, Alberta;
  • City of Dartmouth, Heritage Museum;
  • Cape Breton District School Board,Nova Scotia Art Bank;
  • Art Gallery of Nova Scotia;
  • University College of Cape Breton, Chateau Halifax;
  • Bell Canada;
  • Magna International Inc., Citibank;
  • Oshawa Foods;
  • K.K. Sakai, Tokyo, Japan;
  • Olympia & York Developments;
  • Manufacturer’s Life;Dofasco Ltd.;
  • Cyanamid Canada Incorporated, Employment and Immigration Canada, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, TD Bank, Mitsu Taiyo Kobe Bank;
  • North AmericanQuotations Inc.;
  • McInnis, Cooper & Robertson;
  • Mercantile & General Reinsurance Group