Susan Meyer Sinyai
CurriculumVitae
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
2017 Pastel Workshop with Dawn Emerson
2015 Plein Air Workshop with Richard McKinley
2013 Pastel Workshop with Marsha Savage
2006 Color Workshop with Thomas Nash
2007 Mural Painting with Tuck Cooke (UNCA) Reproduction of School of Athens (Raphael)
1997 Portrait Seminar with Daniel Greene
1995 Portrait Painting with Tucker Cooke
1994 BFA UNC-Asheville
1973 BA Sociology UNC-Chapel Hill
HONORS
2000 Recipient of Emerging Artist Grant, Asheville Arts Alliance
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Statewide Pastel Show On Common Ground Hickory Museum of Art, Lyn Asselta, Juror
2018 Appalachian Pastel Society Membership Show – 2nd Place Luana Luconi Winner, Juror
2017 Swananoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibit – Best in Show, Fleta Moneghan, Juror
Statewide Pastel Show On Common Ground Morganton, NC, Honorable Mention, Stan Sperlak, Juror
Appalachian Pastel Society National Show, Dawn Emerson, Juror
2016 Statewide Pastel Show On Common Ground Hickory Museum of Art, Elizabeth Mowrey, Juror
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Show, 2nd Place Oil Painting category, Qiang Huang, Juror
2015 Statewide Pastel Show On Common Ground The Art Shop, Greensboro NC Award, Teresa Gaia, Juror
APS Member Show, Black Mountain Center for the Arts
Best in Show, Bring Us Your Best, Hendersonville NC, 1st Place 2D Category
2014 APS National Pastel Show, Bascom Gallery, Highlands NC, Honorable Mention, Stan Sperlak, Juror
2013 Statewide Pastel Show On Common Ground, Hickory Museum of Art, Judges Choice Award, Frederick Somers, Juror
APS Member Show, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Marsha Savage, Juror
Regional Art League Exhibition, Bascom Gallery, Highlands NC
2012 Statewide Pastel Exhibition, On Common Ground Bev’s Art Gallery, Raleigh NC – Award, Marla Bagetta, Juror
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibit, Black Mountain Center for the Arts 1st Place, Wendy Outland, Juror
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibit, Black Mountain NC, 1st Place Pastel, Constance Richards, Juror
Regional Art League Exhibition, Bascom Gallery, Highlands NC
2011 Pure Color-The Power & Versatility of Pastel, 3 Woman Show, Blackbird Gallery, Asheville NC
Art Kudos International Online show – Holly Koons McCullough, Juror
Pastel Society of American Online Exhibition (2 Paintings)
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Show, Black Mountain NC, 1st Place Pastel Award, Paul Harcharik, Juror
Regional Art League Exhibition, Bascom Gallery, Highlands NC
2010 Appalachian Pastel Society National Exhibition, Waynesville, NC 3rd Place Award, Ann Templeton, Juror
Art Kudos International Online Exhibition, Mitchell Albala, Juror
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibit, Award
2009 The American Artists Professional League, Inc., Eighty-First Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York
One Woman Show Lay of the Land, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
The Halpert Biennial National Juried Visual Art Competition, Boone, NC, Terry Suhre, Juror
Southern Appalachian Coalition Exhibition The Vanishing Landscape, Blackbird Frame & Art, Asheville NC
2008 Southeastern Pastel Society National Exhibition, Atlanta Ga., William Hosner, Juror
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibition, Black Mountain Center for the Arts 1st Place Pastel, Wendy Outland, Juror
Work purchased by Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery AL, Auction ‘08
2007 Appalachian Pastel Society Member Show, 2nd Place Award, Luana Luconi Winner, Juror
Solo Exhibition Asheville Gallery of Art (Artist of the Month)
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Member Exhibition, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 1st Place
Pastel, Drew Deane, Juror
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
310 Art Gallery, Asheville, NC (2017-present)
Deerfield Retirement Community, Asheville NC (2018-present)
Majik Studios, Asheville NC (2017-2019)
Asheville Catholic School (1993-2000)
Piedmont Pastel Society, Appalachian Pastel Society
ASSOCIATIONS
National Association of Women Artists
Asheville Area Arts Council
River Arts District Association
Appalachian Pastel Society (Signature Member)
Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League
GALLERY REPRESENTATION (2005-2018)
Asheville Gallery of Art
Blackbird Frame and Gallery
Susan Marie Designs
Broad Street Gallery
Miya Gallery
310 Art
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Contemporary Painters (Schiffer Publishing)
2012 The Laurel of Asheville, Cover Artist, April 2012
2009 Visual Art Guide – Best of American Pastel Artists, Kennedy Publishing
COLLECTIONS
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Mission Hospital Health Centers
Western Carolina Retinal Associates
