Susan Makov

“Some personal interests are known to us our entire lives. Other interests take an entire life before we truly understand our passions. A full-time art teaching job in Utah moved me from New York to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1977. My paintings represent my feelings about the land of the west.”

Susan's recent paintings embrace observation, elements of photography and digital assemblage, with an intuitive appreciation for the natural world. Her initial foray into forests started with trips to the Northwest, then Southern Utah.

The trees created a kind of language, speaking directly to her for the first time. While responding to the land’s formal beauty, that day Susan found a joyful way of discovering a living essence of nature in trees.

Susan Makov was born and raised on Long Island, New York. As a professional artist for 35+ years she has an extensive list of national exhibitions with a long list of public and private collections. Her work can be found in The National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and many other collections.

Susan’s art training began with both of her artist parents, then continued to Syracuse University, Bri...

MFA, State University of New York at Buffalo
Diploma, Brighton University, England
BFA, Experimental Studios: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT, solo exhibition

2022
Elements, Best of Show, Art Fluent, Boston, MA
Flora and Fauna, Red Bluff Art Gallery, CA

2021
15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2021 International Summer Exhibition
Shoreline Arts Festival, Shoreline, Washington
Eye of the Beholder, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, MA
Cats & Dogs, Red Bluff Art Gallery, CA2020
Art Invitational at Dixie State University Sears Art Museum, St. George, Utah

2019
Gallery at Library Square, Salt Lake City Main Library,
Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City Arts Council, September-November

2017
Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
Utah Artists at Adobe, Adobe campus, Lehi, UT
Utah Statewide Annual Competition and Exhibition, Painting, SLC, UT
Allen + Alan Fine Art, SLC, UT

2016
Susan Makov, Allen + Alan Fine Art, SLC, UT one-person exhibition
Utah Statewide Annual Competition and Exhibition, Works on Paper, SLC, UT

2015
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah Museum of Art

2013
LA Print Space inside the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, “Man, Machine & Nature”

2012
Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, “Man, Machine & Nature”

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