Susan Adame

The creation of art has always been a primary focus in my life. It is my intention that my art have a positive influence upon the viewer.

Having grown up the Bay Area, I feel the strong influence of the local atmosphere upon my work. I find the tonal steely blues and grays enticing when partially obscuring the more linear man made structures. The elements become abstract and shadows in the fog environment.
I like to contrast these cool colors with warm yellow, reds and yellow tones to bring a vitality and excitement. I use circles and lines as part of my visual grammar for their symbolic possibilities.

I find myself striving to resolve a tension between contrasting aspects in my paintings with a sense of balance. One such duet of contrasts occurs between the qualities of soft and strong. I find that the loose structures and lines in my work give it a stability and strength and are comforting and reassuring. I am drawn to a degree of containment or partial definition without confinement within a specific closed shape.

The contrast of the more ethereal forms to the lines and open structures create a tension and release along with movement. Movement is at the conception of each piece as I always begin with large gestur...

2017 - Art2Life - Creative Visionary Path Program
2009-10 Northern California Public Art Academy
1993-1994 - California School of Professional Fabric Designers
1985-88 - 4th level degree Sugestu Flower Arranging
1971- Chico State University, BA Art

2019 - SHOH Gallery, 2-Woman Exhibit
2019 - Robert Allen Fine Art, Sausalito, Ca
2018 - Portrait Show, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 - SHOH, Group exhibition, The Space Between, Berkeley, CA 2016 - Contemporary Women Show 2016, Juried exhibition, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2015 - Foyer Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New Abstracts 2015, Albany, CA
2013 - Fibre Art Gallery, Solsiice, Group juried exhibition, Palo Alto
2013 - ACCI Gallery, National juried exhibition, Berkeley, CA
2012 - Connexions, Abstract Exhibition, group exhibition, Corsica, France
2012 - Katie Gringrass Gallery, group exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2010 - Daniel North Gallery, group exhibition, Space, Cut Bank, MT
2009 - ICO Gallery, solo exhibition, Collide, New York, NY
2009 - Infusion Gallery, solo exhibition, Reflections, Los Angeles, CA
2009 - Galleria Gora, solo exhibition, Lyrical, Montreal, Canada
2009 - Artist’s Haven, solo exhibition, Remembering, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2009 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery, group exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2009 - Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, group exhibition, Art on Paper, Annapolis, MD
2009 - ACCI Gallery, group exhibition, Divergence, Berkeley, CA
2008 - National A...