PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2013-Present
- Professor Emerita, Crafts Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- 1973-2013
- Professor and Section Chairperson, Fiber Design Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- 1980-1990
- Chairperson, Crafts Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Sept 2017
- Connections Gallery, North Campus Research Complex, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Sept 2016
- Robinson Gallery, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- June 2015
- Rose Gallery, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
- Mar 2012
- Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
- Sept 2010
- River Gallery Fine Art, Chelsea, MI
- June-July 2009
- Elements Gallery, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
- April-May 2006
- Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
- Oct 2004
- Batista Gallery, Ferndale, MI
- Apr 2004
- Downriver Council for the Arts, Taylor, MI
- Apr 2002
- Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
- May-June 1998
- Anderson Gallery, Pontiac, MI
- June-Aug 1997
- Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
- Apr 1995
- Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI
- Feb 1994
- Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Mar 1993
- South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Southbend, IN
- Mar 1992
- Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI
- Oct 1988
- Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI
- Sept 1986
- Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
- July-Aug 1982
- Sarkis Gallery, U.I.C.A. Grant Recipients, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Feb 1979
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
- Jan 1977
- Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2021-2018
- Form & Concept Gallery, Group Shows Featuring Gallery Artists, Santa Fe, NM
- June 2021
- 40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Corinne Maillard Robinson Award, Birmingham, MI
- Mar 2020
- Detroit Artists Market, Annual Scholarship Exhibition featuring Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
- July 2018
- Annex Gallery, BIG Highland Park Show, Highland Park, MI
- June 2018
- Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 37th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
- June 2018
- 1301 Broadway, From then till Downtown: Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni, Detroit, MI
- Apr 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2011
- Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Teapots! 12th Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA
- Apr 2018
- Detroit Artists Market, Biennial Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2018
- Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Women Strong Invitational, Detroit, MI
- Nov 2016, 2014, 2012
- Eastern Michigan University Gallery, New Fibers 2016, Pat Williams Award, Ypsilanti, MI
- Sept 2016
- 333 Midland, BIG Sculpture Exhibition, Highland Park, MI
- May 2016
- Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, The Dark Side, Birmingham, MI
- April 2016
- Detroit Artists Market, Biennial All Media Exhibition 2016, Detroit, MI
- Mar 2016
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Threads: A Sampling of Fiber Art, Dowell, MD
***Juror's Award for Fox sculpture
- May 2015
- Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Women's Mixed Media Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- Dec 2014
- Snyderman-Works Galleries, Animal Imagery: Five Person Show, Philadelphia, PA
- Mar 2014
- Snyderman-Works Galleries, 9th International Fiber Biennial, Philadelphia, PA
- Feb 2014
- Detroit Artists Market, DAM/Cranbrook Scholarship and Exhibit, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2014
- Davenport Gallery, Wayne Art Center, Craft Forms 2013, Wayne, PA
- 2013
- del Mano A Gallery of Fine Contemporary Craft, "What's Available" Fiber Art section
- Feb 2013
- River Gallery Fine Art, No Plan B, 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Chelsea, MI
- Nov 2012
- Eastern Michigan University Gallery, New Fibers 2012, Ypsilanti, MI
- Oct 2012
- Long Island Children's Museum, Chaos and Containment, Garden City, NY
- Summer 2012
- Sleeping Bear Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, Empire, MI
- June 2012
- Racine Museum of Art, Animal Nature, Racine, WI
- Feb 2012
- Detroit Historical Museum, The Detroit Artist Market, The First 80 Years, Detroit, MI
- Summer 2012-2010
- River Gallery, Group Exhibitions, Chelsea, MI
- Oct 2011
- Southwest Artists Network of Detroit, Members’ Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- Apr 2011
- Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Teapot! 5th Annual Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA
- Mar 2011
- Detroit Artists Market, Cranbrook Scholarship and Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2011
- Center Galleries, Faculty Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2010
- Sisson Gallery, Motor City Revue, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
- Sept 2009
- Work Detroit Gallery, Migration, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2009
- Work Detroit Gallery, Fear, Detroit, MI
- Sept 2008
- Work Detroit Gallery, Icon, Detroit, MI
- May 2008
- The Scarab Club, Women Image Women, Detroit, MI
- Summer 2007
- Tvedten Fine Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Harbor Springs, MI
- June-Nov 2007
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Hot House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Jan 2007
- Center Galleries, Sabbatical Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Oct 2006
- Berkowitz Gallery at University of Michigan, New Fibers 2006, Dearborn, MI
- Aug 2006
- Devos Art Museum, New Fibers 2006, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
- June 2006
- Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, New Fibers 2006, Grand Rapids, MI
- June-July 2005
- Detroit Artists Market, Detroit Now, Nine Person Invitational, Detroit, MI
- Apr-Oct 2005, 2004, 2003
- Ram Dass Library, Group Exhibitions, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
- Apr 2005
- The University of Akron, Man & Beast, Akron, OH
- 2001-2004
- Hand Artes Gallery, Group Exhibitions, Truchas, NM
- Oct 2003
- Swords into Plowshares Gallery, Listen to Me! Women/ Culture/ Voice, Detroit, MI
- Jun 2003, 2001, 2000
- Robert Bly Conference, Group Exhibitions, Orcas Island, WA
- Oct 2002
- Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, Limitless Visions, West Bloomfield, MI
- Feb 2002
- Guadalupe Fine Arts, Ravens in Winter, Santa Fe, NM
- Jan 2002
- Au Courant, Three Person Exhibition, Ferndale, MI
- May 2001
- Museum of New Art, Exhibition/Art Auction, Detroit, MI
- Jan-Mar 2001
- Christensen Heller Gallery, Three Person Exhibition: Reflections, Oakland, CA
- Oct 2000
- Oasis Gallery, The Crow Show, Marquette, MI
- Jan 2000
- Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Sabbatical Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- June-Aug 2000
- Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Women in Allegory, Colorado Springs, CO
- Nov 1999, May 2000
- William Havu Gallery, Works on Display, Denver, CO
- Nov 1999, May 2000
- Christensen Heller Gallery, Group Shows, Oakland, CA
- Oct 1999
- William Havu Gallery, Women in Allegory Four Person Exhibition, Denver, CO
- Mar-Apr 1999
- University of Colorado, Codices: Archetypal Images, Boulder, CO
- Jan-Feb 1999
- University of North Carolina, Codices: Archetypal Images, Charlotte, NC
- Feb 1999
- Craft and Folk Art Museum, Cranbrook: Postopia Alumni Vitae Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
- 1998
- Cranbrook Art Museum, For the Young at Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Sep 1996
- Muskegon Museum of Art, Tornado Warning Invitational, Muskegon, MI
- June 1996
- Detroit Artists Market, New Millennium Invitational, Detroit, MI
- June 1996
- Bunting Gallery, Group Exhibit, Royal Oak, MI
- Nov 1995
- Xochipilli Gallery, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
- June 1995
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Interventions, Detroit, MI
- June, July 1994
- Xochipilli Gallery, Choice Objects, Birmingham, MI
- June 1993
- Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Earth, Air, Fire, & Water: Elements of the Permanent Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Nov 1992
- Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, The Cranbrook Collection: New Acquisitions, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Jan 1992
- Gilman/Gruen Galleries, New Talent 1992, Chicago, IL
- 1989-1993
- Mobilia Gallery, Work on Exhibit, Cambridge, MA
- 1989, 1990
- Miller/Brown Gallery, Work on Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
- Mar 1989
- Institute of Culture, Motor City Review, Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, Mexico
- 1988, 1989
- Objects Gallery, Work on Exhibit, Chicago, IL
- 1988, 1989
- Delta College, Traverse City Arts Council, University of Michigan/Flint, Alma College, Center for Creative Studies Faculty Traveling Exhibition
- July 1988
- Ella Sharp Museum, Ritual, Myth & Symbol Traveling Exhibition, Jackson, MI
- Feb 1988
- Kendall School of Design, Ritual, Myth & Symbol Traveling Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
- Summer 1986
- Osaka University of Art, A.I.C.A. 10 Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
- July 1986
- Michigan Gallery, Artists Interpret Fantasy, Detroit, MI
- Feb 1986
- Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Detroit Artists/Update, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Feb, Mar 1986
- Pinnacle Gallery, Photography/Xerography, Rochester, NY
- Dec 1983
- Robert Kidd Gallery, Update Cranbrook, Invitational, Birmingham, MI
- Oct 1983
- Detroit Focus Gallery, Painting & Drawing, juried by Leon Golub & Nancy Spero, Detroit, MI
- Jan 1983
- Detroit Artists Market, Parallel Currents: Folk & Fine Art, juried by Michael Hall, Detroit, MI
- Jan 1981
- Muse Foundation for the Visual Arts, Femmage, Philadelphia, PA
- June 1980-June 1981
- Bass Museum, Artist/Artisan Traveling Exhibition, Miami, FL
- Oct 1980
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Visiting Artists Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
- May 1979
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, Detroit, MI
- Apr 1979
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Unpainted Portrait, Sheboygan, WI
- Fall 1977
- Atlanta College of Art, Invitational, Union of Independent Colleges of Art, Atlanta, GA
LECTURES
- May 2019
- My Creative Process, Essay'd Lecture Series, Bloomfield Birmingham Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- Nov 2016
- My Creative Process, Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Potomac, MD
- Oct 2016
- Lecture on My Sculpture, BIG Sculpture @ The Factory, Highland Park, MI
- Sept 2016
- Lecture on Infolding/Unfolding, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- June 2016
- Gallery Talk, Scarab Club, Blooms, Bugs, and Beasts exhibition, Detroit, MI
- May 2016
- UBS Financial Studio Tour and Lecture, Pleasant Ridge, MI
- June 2015
- N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Solo Show lecture, Detroit, MI
- Nov 2014
- Studio lecture and tour, Palette and Brush Guild, Pleasant Ridge, MI
- Dec 2013
- Gallery Talk, Wayne Art Center, Craft Forms 2013, Wayne, PA
- Nov 2013
- Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Macomb, MI
- Apr 2012
- Eastern Michigan University, Creative Process, Ypsilanti, MI
- Mar 2012
- Mott Community College, One Person Exhibition, Flint, MI
- Mar 2011
- Needlework Textile Guild, Creative Process, Birmingham, MI
- Oct 2010
- River Gallery, One Person Exhibition, Chelsea, MI
- Feb 2009
- Michigan Friends of Jung, Creative Process, Royal Oak, MI
- Apr 2006
- Krasl Art Center, One Person Exhibition, St. Joseph, MI
- Apr 2006
- Artist Lecture, Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Huntington Woods, MI
- Oct 2004
- Artist Lecture, Batista Gallery, One Person Exhibition, Ferndale, MI
- Apr 2004
- Artist Lecture, Downriver Council for the Arts, One Person Exhibition, Taylor, MI
- July 2003
- Artist Lecture, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
- Nov 2003
- Artist Lecture, Swords into Plowshares Gallery, Detroit, MI
- Apr 2003
- My Creative Process, Black Sheep Fiber Arts Guild, Hartland, MI
- Nov 2002
- The Bones of Clouds, Colloquium at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Jan 2001
- My Creative Process, Michigan Women Psychologists, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Feb 1999
- My Creative Process, Michigan Weavers Guild, Center for Creative Studies
- May 1998
- Artist Lecture, Anderson Gallery, One Person Exhibition, Pontiac, MI
- June 1997
- Artist Lecture, Muskegon Museum of Art, One Person Exhibition, Muskegon, MI
- Apr 1995
- Artist Lecture, Xochipilli Gallery, One Person Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
- Feb 1994
- The Creative Process, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Mar 1993
- Artist Lecture, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, One Person Exhibition, South Bend, IN
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
- Oct 2017
- DeGalan, Clara, Detroit Art Review, "Susan Aaron-Taylor@ NCRC Gallery"
- Oct 2017
- Letts, K.A., Rustbeltart.com, "Susan Aaron-Taylor at NCRC Galleries"
- Sep 2017
- Apel, Dora, Essay'd, "77 Susan Aaron-Taylor"
- Nov 2016
- New Fibers Catalog, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, Color photographs
- Sept 2016
- Chessler, Suzanne, "A Tenuous Threshold", Detroit Jewish News, pp. 52-53
- June 2015
- DeVito, Lee, Detroit Metro Times, "Susan Aaron-Taylor exhibits at N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art"
- Dec 2014
- Schiller, Rebeca, Hand/Eye Magazine, "In Your Dreams", Feature article
- Nov 2014
- New Fibers Catalog, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, Color Photograph, p.1
- Oct 2014
- McNichols, Mary, Mixed Media Magazine, "Susan Aaron-Taylor", Feature article
- Nov 2012
- New Fibers '12 Catalog, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, Color Photograph, p. 4
- Dec, Jan 2011
- Green, Roger, American Craft Magazine, "Deeply Felt Creations", pp.30-31
- 2010
- McNichols. Mary, Jung Journal Culture and Psyche, "A Conversation with Susan Aaron-Taylor", pp.110-122
- 2010
- Surface Design Journal, "Exposure Section", Color photograph, winter issue, p.62
- 2009
- Fiberarts Magazine, "Sampling Section", Color photographs and story, summer issue
- 2008
- Nevin, Dorica, Psyche's Journey, Winter issue 2010 p.11; Fall Issue 2008 p.10; Summer Issue 2008 p.13; color photographs of sculptures
- Apr 2008
- Nevin, Dorica, Psyche's Journey, Volume I, "Interview with Artist & Teacher: Susan Aaron-Taylor", pp.4-7
- 2007
- Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook 1970-2007 Exhibition Catalog, Cranbrook Art Museum, p.34
- Apr 2006
- Gillespie, Evan, The Tribune, "Despite Ideology, Soul Shards work as Art"
- Jan 2006
- Katz, Elizabeth A., The Daily Tribune, "Wax Works"
- Apr 2004
- Lowry, Klint, The News Herald, "A Little Bit of Soul"
- May 2003
- Cohen, Keri Guten, The Detroit News, "Trio explore contemporary approaches"
- May 2005
- Mannisto, Glen, The Metro Times, "Naturists"
- Apr 2002
- Cohen, Keri Guten, The Detroit News, "4 Shows plus Novel Seating"
- Apr 2002
- Colby, Joy Hakanson, The Detroit News, "Four Solos and Ideas for Sitting"
- May 1998
- Colby, Joy Hakanson, The Detroit News, "Artist's interest in Tarot Cards is fans' good fortune"
- Jul-Aug 1982
- Van Eenenaam, Marianne, The Muskegon Chronicle, "Spirituality can be found in her Work", Detroit Monthly magazine, "DIA Views"
- Jun, Jul 1995
- American Craft magazine, Gallery Section
- Mar 1994
- Zimmerman, Marilyn, Ground Up, #3 Issue, "Susan Aaron-Taylor: New Work"
- Mar 1993
- South Bend Tribune, "Intermission Section", p. E3
- Apr 1993
- Arts Indiana Magazine, "A Pair of Shows", p.13
- Mar 1992
- Metro Times, Cover story and feature article
Feb, Mar 1992 American Craft Magazine, Gallery Section, p. 74
- 1991
- Mildred: A biannual journal of poetry and fiction, Volume 4, Number 2 and Volume 5, Number 1, Mildred Publishing Company, Inc.
- Dec 1986
- New Art Examiner, "Susan Aaron-Taylor and Victoria Stoll", p. 50
- 1986
- Anderson, Rae, Masker-Aid Manual
- 1980
- Arnow, Jan and Nostrand, Van, Lightworks: A Handbook of Photographic Alternatives for the Photographer and Surface Designer, Reinhold Company, N.Y.
- Mar 1976
- People Magazine, "Look Out" column
GRANTS and AWARDS
- Apr 1996
- Tannahill Faculty Enrichment Award Recipient
- Apr 1993
- Tannahill Faculty Enrichment Award Recipient
- 1981, 1983
- Association of Independent Colleges of Art Grant
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
- Nov 2016
- Sculptural Basketry Workshop, Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Potomac, MD
- Jul 2003, 2001
- Kozo Sculpture Workshop, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
- May 1999
- Poetry & Art Workshop, with poet Robert Bly, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
CRITIQUES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
- Feb 2008
- Visiting Artist Critique, Fiber Design Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Dec 2003
- Mixed Media Sculpture Demonstration, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
JUROR
- 2017
- Student Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- 2016
- Blooms, Bugs, and Beasts, Detroit Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
- 2013
- Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
- 2011
- Student Exhibition, Bloomfield Birmingham Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- 1986
- A Rich Legacy: Contemporary Textiles by Women Artists: A National Exhibition, The University of Kansas
- 1982-1983
- Detroit Focus Gallery, Exhibition Committee, Detroit, MI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Kamm Teapot Foundation, Statesville, NC
- Wayne State University Art Collection, Detroit, MI
- Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- K-Mart Corporation, Permanent Collection, Troy, MI
- Westin Hotels, Commissioned Wall Relief, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI