susannebelcher

SUSANNE BELCHER, a native Californian and award-winning artist, found her artistic passion over sixteen years ago painting bold and colorful abstract southwest landscapes in oil and watercolor.  Although she still considers herself a painter, she now incorporates paint with collage, photography, printmaking and more recently, transparency film.  Her current body of work provides a rich backdrop for her strong graphic skills, versatility and love of experimentation. Using repetitious images as personal symbols, architectural elements (stairways, windows, doorways/openings) along with nature subjects, she creates her own unique architecture - sophisticated, intricate, complex, often three-dimensional, surreal and mysterious. 

In her latest series, Susanne continues to play with the idea of choices and their consequences – man in relationship to nature and spirituality, transitions from darkness to light.  The observer as well as the participant on a journey through the urban landscapes of her subconscious, she offers dimensional layers of possibilities for the viewer.  It has been said that her transparency work is like looking at a video or hologram, revealing hidden images, non-static, giving one the illusion of movement and transformation.  

Susanne, a former health care professional, has a doctorate in Psychology, is an ardent nature lover, and is an active member of Women Painters West, Valley Watercolor Society, The Fine Arts Club of Pasadena and Collage Artists of America.  Her work has been exhibited in Germany, shown in several galleries throughout the greater Los Angeles area, and is held in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe.  She was a founding partner and represented artist of the former Abbot Kinney Art Gallery (Venice, CA).

The following is  a selected listing of my Solo/Group Exhibitions.   If you are interested in learning more about me, pleaase visit my artist website www.susannebelcher.com

2008

Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, CA, WPW Juried Exhibit

LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA, WPW Juried Exhibit (Honorable Mention)

Creative Arts Cenrter Gallery, Burbank, CA, CAA Juried Exhibit

2007

VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA., CAA Juried Show

 FINEGOOD Art Gallery, West Hills, CA., WPW Juried Show (Award)

VACO, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (Solo Corporate Installation)

Edward Jones Investments, Chatsworth, CA (Solo Exhibit)

CSU Studio Channel Islands Art Center, WPW Juried Exhibit (Honorable Mention)

VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA, WPW Juried Exhibit

2006     

Brand Library Art Galleries, Brand 35 National Juried Competition

Satsuma Gallery, No. Hollywood, CA, National Juried Exhibit

Gallery of Czech Culture, Int'l Invitational Exhibition, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, "Art Over The City" (100 Artists)             

VIVA Gallery, Open Regional SCORE Exhibition

Abbot Kinney Art Gallery, Venice, CA, Featured Artist

NoHo Gallery LA, "Layers", A Five Women Exhibition

LA Artcore Brewery Annex, WPW Juried Exhibit

2005

VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA, Spring Juried Exhibit

Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena, WPW Juried Exhibit

Howell Green Gallery, Topanga, CA., WPW Juried Exhibit

Abbot Kinney Art Gallery, Venice, CA., Represented Artist

VIVA Gallery, "Five - No Boundaries", A Five Women Exhibition

2004

Brand Libary Art Galleries, Brand 33 National Juried Competition

VIVA Gallery, WPW Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention)

4810 Klump - A Gallery, No. Hollywood, CA., "Sacred Spaces", Solo Exhibit

VIVA Gallery, CAA Fall Juried Exhibit (3rd Place Award)

Long Beach Arts Gallery, "Winner's Invitational Exhibition"

Folk Tree Collection, WPW Juried Exhibit

Finegood Art Gallery, Westhills, CA., CAA Spring Juried Exhibit

City of Burbank Creative Arts Center, Annual Membership Show (Juror's Award)

ART AFFILIATIONS: Women Painters West, Collage Artists of America, Valley Watercolor Society, Fine Arts Club of Pasadena

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS/EXHIBITS

Hunter, Molloy, & Salcido, LLP, Pasadena, CA

Viacell Wireless International, Van Nuys, CA

Louise Bianco Skincare Salon, Sherman Oaks, CA

VACO,Inc.,  Westlake Village, CA

Links:     www.susannebelcher.com 

              www.myspace.com/susannechiquitabelcherart