Education
MFA Photography, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN
BA Art, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Professional Experience
Professor of Art: Photography; Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN; 1982 - Present
Interim Department Chair 1991 - 1993Instructor of Photography and Drawing; El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX; 1971-1981
Teaching Associate: Photography; Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; 1977-1978
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Presence and Absence, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN2011
Recent Works, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2010
Chiapas, Branigan Cultural Museum, Las Cruses, NM2009
This Sky, This Gesture, Downtown Artists Co-op, Clarksville, TN
Chiapas, Halcyon Contemporary Gallery, Terre Haute, IN2008
Chiapas, Coleman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM2005
A Woman's World View, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2004
Storefronts, Downtown Artists Co-op, Clarksville, TN
2002
New Panoramics, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville, TN2001
Revival: The Montgomery County Courthouse Project, Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN
Recent Works, The Renaissance Center Visual Arts Gallery, Dickson, TN2000
New Work, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN
New Work, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN1999
At Home/In the World, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN1997
Recent Works, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Recent Works, Artifacts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN1996
Susan Hicks Bryant: 1986 - 1886, A Decade of Photographic Work, The Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greenville, TN1994
Recent Works, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Proximity: Near & Far, Maralyn Wilsom Gallery, Birmingham, AL1991
Wideflux: Irrational Order, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Recent Works, Water Tower Art Association Gallery, Louisville, KY1989
Hand-colored Photographs, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN1988
A Romance With Color: The Hand-colored Print, Vanderbilt University Sarratt Center Gallery, Nashville, TN
Recent Works, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville, TN
Recipient of TAC Grant1985
Recent Hand-colored Works, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN
Recent Works, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University1984
Recent Work, Shercliff Art Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN1979
Intimate Moments, Fox Fine Arts Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Selected Juried and Group Exhibitions
2011
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Poetry of Shadows, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (international juried)
Human + Being, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (international juried)
Alternative Processes, Mills Pond House Gallery, St.James, NY (national juried)
Alterations, A-Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. (national juried)
Summer, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM (international juried)2010
Black and White, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (International Juried Exhibition)
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Art in Nature, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (International Juried Exhibition)2009
Photography Re-Imaged: 3rd Annual Juried Alternative & Historic Process Show, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2008
Works with Words, Nashville Public Library (Juried)
Space Place Life, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY (Juried)
Small Packages XIII, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2007
Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (Juried)2006
Small Packages XII, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2005
Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, KY (Juried)
Assemblage, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Re...Convene, Collect, Create, ISU Alumni Exhibition, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2004
Graphic, Coleman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Small Packages XI, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2003
5 th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Dickson, TN (Juried)
Small Packages X, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2002
Surroundings, Coleman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Small Packages IX, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
4 th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Dickson, TN (Juried)
APSU Art Department Biennial Exhibition, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2001
The Alchemy of Light, The Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Small Packages VIII, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN2000
Small Packages VII, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2 nd Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Dickson, TN (Juried)
APSU Art Department Biennial Exhibition, Trahern Gallery, Clarksville, TN1999
Small Packages VI, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN1998
Coleman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Small Packages V, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN1997
Tennessee Suites; Visions of Tennessee, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University; (small group invitational)
International Photography and Digital Image Exhibitions, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University; (national, juried)
Small Packages IV, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN1996
Stereoscopic Vision: Mixed Media Works by Susan Hicks Bryant and Billy Renkl, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Collaborative Work
Small Packages II, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Magic Silver Show, Clara Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; (national, juried)1995
Combined Talents: The Florida National 1995, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL; national, juried
Americas 2000: Works on Paper Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND; national, juried
Works on Paper, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; national, juried
Greatest Midwest International Exhibition X, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO; national, juried
25th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX; national, juried
7th Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO; national, juried
Photo Work ‘95, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; national, juried
Valdosa Works on Paper VII, Valdosa State University, Valdosa, GA; national, juried
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN1994
Women Artists ‘94, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA; national, juried
VAANGuard ‘94, VAAN Gallery, Nashville, TN; regional, juried
Thinking and Knowing, Barnhard Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; two person exhibition
APSU Art Department Biennial Exhibition, Clarksville, TN1993
From the Mountains to the Mississippi, (State Portion) Tennessee State Museum, (Middle Tennessee Portion) Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN; juried1992
Photo Spiva ‘92, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO; national, juried
Tennessee Art Teacher’s Purchase Exhibition, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN; juried
Magic Silver XIV, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY (travelling to University of Louisville, Louisville, KY); national, juried
Seventh Annual Greater Midwest International, (Collaborative photo/drawing with Billy Renkl), Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO; national, juried
Positive/Negative VII, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; national, juried
Works on Paper, (Collaborative photo/drawing with Billy Renkl), University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX; national, juried
APSU Art Department Biennial Exhibition, Clarksville, TN1991
1990 Fellowship Recipients, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville, TN
Rhythm, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL; group exhibition
National Women’s Exhibition of Works on Paper, Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY; national, juried
Studio Art ‘91, Metro Arts Commission Downtown Gallery, Nashville, TN; invitational group exhibition1990
11th Annual Paper in Particular, Missouri Arts Council, Columbia, MO; national, juried
Magic Silver XIV, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; national, juried
Second Annual Hand Manipulated Photography, Artist Trait Gallery, Ontario, CA; national, juried1989
20th Dulin National Works on Paper Competition/Exhibition, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; national, juried1988
Images 1, Photogroup Miami, Miami, FL; national, juried
Creative Images 1987-1988, Photo Venture, Indianapolis, IN; national, juried
Recent Work, Le Moyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN.; two-person exhibition1987
19th Dulin National Works on Paper Competition/Exhibition, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; national, juried
Creative Images 1986-1987, Indianapolis, IN; national, juried
Showcase ‘86, Water Tower Art Association, Louisville, KY
Tri-State Art Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Black & White, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN; invitational, group
New Work, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN; two-person exhibition1986
Images ‘86, North Carolina Center for Creative Photography, Durham, NC; national, juried
East Texas State University Photography Society Annual Photography Exhibition, Commerce, TX; national, juried
1986 Water Tower Annual, Louisville, KY; regional, juried1985
PhotoWork ‘86, Miami, FL; national, juried1984
The National Print Competition & Annual Show of the Maine Photographic Workshops, The Ledel Gallery, New York, NY; national, juried
The Road Show, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; regional, juried
Magic Silver Show, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; national, juried
1985 Water Tower Annual, Water Tower Art Association, Louisville, KY; regional, juried
Summer Show 1984, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; regional, juried
The Pennington Gallery, Nashville, TN; invitational group exhibition1982
Image, Object & Illusion, Gainesville, FL; invitational group exhibition
The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN; invitational group exhibit1981
The Center of Modern Art, Micanopy, FL; invitational group exhibit
Truman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; invitational group exhibit1979
Chamizal National Memorial Museum, El Paso, TX; invitational, group1978
Wabash Valley Art Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN; regional, juried
Shercliff Art Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
Selected Public Collections
Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
The Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
The Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Liberty Records, Nashville, TN
Bell South, Nashville, TN
AmSouth Bank, Birmingham, AL
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Selected Published Works
Photographs included in literary journal Zone 3, 2008 Volume 23, Number 2, Fall 2008
Photographs included in literary journal River Styx 78 , Saint Louis, MO , 2008
Photographs included in literary journal Shenandoah, Washington and Lee University, 2002
Photographs used for cover of the book, Memory and Architecture, published by The University of New Mexico Press.
Photographs included in publications: In a Quiet Voice: A Photographic Sketchbook of the Land Between the Lakes, Center for the Creative Arts, Austin Peay State University
Center Quarterly, Juried special issue: "Photography Now: How We See", Winter 1992 - 93, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
Selected Grants and Awards
2007
Juror’s Choice, Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art2001
Purchase Award, 2nd Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Dickson, TN1994
Honorable Mention Women Artists 94, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA1992
Kodak Scholarship Recipient for Photographic Educators, Santa Fe Photographic Workshop1991
Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
1987-2005
Faculty Research Grants, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Selected Gallery Representation
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Professional Organizations
SPE - The Society of Photographic Educators
f/295 - An organization dedicated to the production, practice, and advancement of 21st century photography.