Exhibitions
2024
Faded Sea, Juried Exhibition, New York Artists Circle, New York, NY, gallery and online
Annual Juried Members Show, HCC Art Galleries, Tampa, FL
Wonder, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (online) continuing
2023
Wonder, Juried Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (online)
A Decade at the Table: Creatives Exchange Artist Members, Kress Building, Ybor City, Tampa, FL
Winter Solstice 2023, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Members Juried Exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2022 Favorite Photo, Lenscratch (online)
The 2023 Love Exhibition, Lenscratch (online)
2022
SUZANNE WILLIAMSON: The Language of Light, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, Solo Exhibition
Curator’s Choice, Co-Curate: St. Pete College, & Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, selected by Joanna Robotham, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, Tampa Museum of Art
Color Theory, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2021 Favorite Photo, Lenscratch (online)
2022 Pairs, Lenscratch (online)
2021
Once Upon a Time, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Weather, Juried Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (online)
Members Juried Exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
31st Annual All Florida Juried Art Show, Martin County Arts Council, Stuart, FL, Third Place Award, Kirk Ke Wang Juror
The Abstract Image, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2020
Tertium Sunistra, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
Members Exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Abstract, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Sixth Annual Juried Show, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY (online)
Wish You Were Here: Mail Art Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, FL
Light, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Members Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA (online)
Corona, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA (online)
2019
Secundo Sunistra, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
Fractured/Spaces, HCC Ybor Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
Seminole Heights Artist Studio Tour & Tempus Projects fundraiser, Tampa, FL
2018
Starry, Starry Delights, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Seeing Now, HCC Ybor Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
Shadow and Reflection: Visions of Florida’s Sacred Landscapes, Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL, photographic installation created with writer John Capouya
Soul Survivors, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, portraits of musicians from the book, Florida Soul by John Capouya
2017
13 on the 13th, HCC Ybor Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
Pop-up exhibit—Portraits of Soul Survivor Musicians from the book Florida Soul, author John Capouya, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
2012
3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Florida Museum For Women Artists, Deland, FL
Five By Five, Tampa Museum Of Art, Arts Council Artists Advisory Benefit
2011
Shadow and Reflection: Visions of Florida’s Sacred Landscapes, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Fl, photographic installation created with writer John Capouya
The Cuban Sandwich Show, HCC Ybor Art Gallery and Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Get Wired, HCC Ybor Art Gallery, organized by Arts Council Artists Advisory Committee
2009
Rituals of Attention, The Studio @620, St. Petersburg, photographs with poet Don Morrill
Art On Billboards, Tampa Bay area, on digital Clear Channel Billboards for two weeks.
2001
The Receptive Eye, Photo Gallery West, Philadelphia, PA
A View of MacDowell, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, selected artworks from the MacDowell artist’s collection
1998
Beyond the Lens, Meza Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
Current Undercurrent: Working In Brooklyn, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, works in the Pierogi 2000 Flat Files.
1997
Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum Of Art, NY, The Pierogi 2000 Flat Files
The New York Drawers: The Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Cornerhouse, Manchester & Gasworks, London, UK, Gramercy Art Fair, Pierogi 2000, NY, gallery artists
1996
On the Farm, St. Mary's College, South Bend, IN, installation with photographic works on fabric
New in the 90's-Photography, Katonah Museum Of Art, NY, curated by Ellen Handy
The International Library, collaboration with book artist Helmut Lohr, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
The Art Exchange Show-An Alternative Art Fair, NY, Pierogi 2000 artists
1995
On the Farm, Houston Center For Photography, TX, installation, photographic works on fabric
Landscape, contemporary photographs, New York University, Photography Department Gallery,
Summer exhibition, Dana Bieff Gallery, NY
The Flat Files, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY, work accepted by the gallery.
1994
Tradition and the unpredictable - The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, opening exhibition from collection donation
1993
Good and Plenty, emerging artists, Art In General, NY
Ellis Island: Echoes from a Nation's Past, Ferrara, Italy, organized by Montclair State College, NJ & U.S. National Park Service
1992
Animals, Moore College Of Art, Photography Department Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Country Between Us: Contemporary American Landscape Photographs, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Curated by Barbara Bosworth and Laura McPhee.
1991
Fact or Fantasy – Photographs, Coup De Grace Gallery, NY with Adam Fuss, John Brill, and Ted Serios
More Than a Document - Contemporary Photographs of Ellis Island, RIT Gallery, Rochester, NY, curated by Ron Todd and Nancy Saint-Paul
1990
Opening Exhibition, Museum of Immigration, Ellis Island, New York, NY
Exits and Entrances, organized by Robert Metzger, Ledel Gallery and Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
More Than a Document - Contemporary Photographs of Ellis Island, CCSU, New Britain, CT, curated by Ron Todd and Nancy Saint-Paul
1989
Within the Camera, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, NY
Rooms with a View, Ledel Gallery, NY
1988
Suzanne Williamson, Ancient American Landscapes, Ledel Gallery, NY
24 Exposures, Union Square Gallery, NY
Photography- Living With Aids Fund Benefit Exhibition, Central Falls, NY
Trees, Fotographie Forum, Frankfurt, West Germany
1986
Mementos: Art and Artifacts, Park Avenue Atrium, NY, curated by Ludwig Datene
New Developments, Catskill Center for Photography, at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, NY
Suzanne Williamson & Tom Jenkins, Rapid Algebra, New York, NY, curated by Bob Shamis
1985
Summer show, Hedgepeth Gallery, NY
1984
Central Park Visions, The Dairy, Central Park, NY, organized by Central Park Conservancy
1982
Altered Images, FOTO, NY
Working Photographers, Fourth Street Photo Gallery, NY
1981
Alternative Cameras, Photo-Exchange II, New Orleans, LA, organized by Warren Neidich
1979
Towards Visual Definition, International Center for Photography Education Gallery, NY
COLLECTIONS
Trenam Law Collection, Tampa, FL
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Central Park Conservancy, NY
Fotographie Forum, Frankfurt, Germany
Kaiser-Permanente Northeast, Stamford, CT
MacDowell Fellows Collection, Peterborough, NH
Private collections
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Hillsborough County Individual Artist Grant
2012 Creative Capital Florida Artists Workshop, Pensacola, FL (Advanced)
2011 Creative Capital Florida Artists Workshop, Pensacola, FL
2000 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, Fellowship
1994 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, Fellowship
1992 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Residency
1989 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, Fellowship
1989 Annual Photography Award, Columbus, OH, Society of Communications Artists for Ohio Magazine drought photos.
1988- 1990 Ellis Island Photographic Project, National Park Service
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2022 83 Degrees Media, February 2, 2022, by Caitlin Albritton, Suzanne Williamson: The Language of Light, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, exhibition listing with image.
2022 St. Pete Catalyst, February 5, 2022, by Bill DeYoung, In her new show, photographer Suzanne Williamson explores light and land, profile.
2021 Once Upon a Time, cover, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, exhibition catalogue
2021 Tampa Review, cover, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, University of Tampa, FL, Literary magazine
2021 The Abstract Image, cover, Praxis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, exhibition catalogue
2020 Members Exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, exhibition catalogue
2020 Abstract, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, exhibition catalogue
2020 Light, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, exhibition catalogue
2019 Creative Loafing, July 9, 2019, review of exhibition at HCC Ybor Art Gallery by Jennifer Ring Review of Fractured/Spaces
2019 Tampa Bay Times, Maggie Duffy, Creatives Exchange: Fractured/Spaces, HCC Ybor Art Gallery image with listing.
2018 Creative Pinellas, September 2018, “Florida’s Native Past in Words and Images,” by Julie Garisto Article on Shadow & Reflection exhibition
2018 Creative Pinellas, August 22, 2018, “Art as a Coping Mechanism- the Collective Wisdom of the Creatives Exchange,” by Stephanie Hayes
2018 Creative Loafing, July 18, 2018, review of exhibition, at HCC Ybor Art Gallery by Jennifer Ring
2017 Florida Soul (UPF, 2017) by John Capouya, contemporary photo portraits of “Soul Survivor” musicians
2012 ARTnews, January 2012, review of Williamson/Capouya Shadow and Reflection exhibition at the Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, by Donald Miller
2011 Art Taco, October 17, 2011, review of Shadow and Reflection by Luis Gottardi in his Tampa Bay art blog.
2011 Creative Loafing, October 6, 2011, “Remaking the World” by Megan Voeller, interview with Williamson and Capouya in advance of Shadow and Reflection exhibition opening at the Morean Arts Center
2011 Tampa Bay Times, September 25, 2011, “Florida’s Hidden Monuments”, Floridian section, Williamson photographs and John Capouya article about the Florida Mounds Project and upcoming collaborative exhibition
1999 American Archaeology, Summer issue, photos of Louisiana American Indian mound sites, 1999
1997 Mark Currah, TIME OUT LONDON - ART: Preview, September 17-24, 1997, “Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, 1997 Gasworks(Upcoming)”
1995 Newsletter, Houston Center for Photography, June, 1995, exhibition preview
1995 Texas Monthly, June, 1995, “Around the State”
1994 Tradition and the Unpredictable - The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 1994, exhibition catalog.
1994 MANUAL 1994, Art in General, NYC. Catalogue of shows from the exhibition year.
1994 Nature Through Her Eyes, The Nature Company, CA. Anthology of writings about nature by women writers, illustrated with paintings and photographs by women.
1992 The Country Between Us: Contemporary American Landscape Photographs, Massachusetts College of Art, MA, exhibition catalog.
1991 V. Aletti, "Voice Choices", Village Voice, NYC, August 6, 1991
1990 Art New England, November, 1990, Sal Scalora, "Regional Reviews",
1990 New Letters Magazine, Summer, 1990, Portfolio of photos with ed. note by James McKinley.
1990 Exits and Entrances, by Robert Metzger, Bucknell University, PA, 1990, exhibition catalog.
1989 Ohio Magazine, August, 1989, photographs paired with Journal of a Drouth Year.
1989 Shots #12, Lexington, KY, Dec.-Jan. 1988-89.
1988 Robert Mahoney, "Spaced Out", The New York Press, NYC, May 6, 1988.
1988 V. Aletti, "Voice Choices", Village Voice, NYC, April 26, 1988.
1988 Harpers Magazine, NYC, June 1988.
1988 Bomb Magazine, NYC, Summer, 1988.
1986 Ellen Handy, Arts Magazine, NYC, September, 1986. Review of New Developments at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, NY
ARTIST TALKS
2023 A Decade at the Table: Creatives Exchange, member discussion moderated by Jennifer Ring, Kress Building, Ybor City, Tampa, FL
2022 Artist Exhibition Talk, for solo exhibition, Language of Light, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
2018 Seeing Now, HCC Ybor Art Gallery, Tampa, FL, Artist Talk
2018 Envisioning Florida’s Sacred Landscapes with Words and Images, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL, with John Capouya
2018 Cultural Encounter— The role of photography in telling the story of soul music, in the book Florida Soul, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, sponsored by TBBCA, with John Capouya
2011 Legacy and Meaning, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, panel with artists and archaeologists about Florida’s mounds, and the role of art in illuminating history
2011 Friends of Photography, Artist Talk, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2011 Florida’s Native American Mounds, University of Tampa, Honors Program, with John Capouya
CURATORIAL/ PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION PROJECTS
2023 Guest Curator, Through the Lens of Conflict: Vietnam Press Photographs from the Dr. Robert L. Drapkin Collection, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
2020 Thirty on Thursday, talk on photography in the exhibition, Making of a Museum, 100 Years: 100 Works, Tampa Museum of Art, FL
2017- 2019 Volunteer organizer for Portfolio review-panels, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
2012 Peer Review Panel for State of Florida Interdisciplinary Individual Artist Grants
2011 Family Day, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, with an Archaeology sifting exercise and musicians playing and demonstrating Native American musical instruments, funded by Florida Humanities Council.
2011 Teach for America visit with a Pinellas County Fifth Grade Art Class to talk about photography
2009 Member’s Exhibition Awards Juror, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
2001-2002 Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs, award-winning 9/11 nor-for-profit photo project and book: Part of a volunteer group that initially set up the gallery and selected images from project donors; Later joined the staff to research and edit images for the book, Here is New York…
1996 Art in General Lecture series, “What’s new...” presented by Joe Arnheim, Pierogi 2000 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, gallery artists.
1986- 2000 Consultant & registrar for contemporary photography and book-art collections of Allan Chasanoff.
1995 Houston Center for Photography, TX, Workshop in printing and transferring photos onto fabric SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA, work included in presentation, Women and Animals, by Karen van Meenen
1985 Curator of Stories, Ledel Gallery, NY, with contemporary photographers Tina Barney, Nan Goldin, Lorie Novak, Gilles Peress, Michael Spano,and Patrick Pagnano
1983- 1984 Curator/Administrator for NY Council on Arts grant, traveling exhibition from the photography book, El Salvador, Work of Thirty Photographers (Writers & Readers, New York, 1983)
MEMBERSHIPS
2024-present New York Artists Circle
2020-2022 Artist Chats Steering Committee
2017- 2019 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Advisory Panel, Tampa
2016- 2020 Creatives Exchange, Professional Women’s Artist Collective, Tampa Bay
2011- 2016 Artist Advisory Committee, Hillsborough County Arts Council Board of HCC Ybor Art Gallery
2008- 2011 Artists And Writers Group, artistic society which organizes art events in Tampa Bay.
1998- 2000 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, Board Member and President of the Fellows Executive Committee
1995- 1998 MacDowell Fellows Executive Committee
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