Suzan Scott

"As an artist, I have found my inspiration in The Weather Project. I focus on the sublime & the ordinary, made visible each day; the beauty & wonder of the one sky we all share."
Artist, Curator, and Freelance Publicist

I have created a method of art making that combines my interests in art, nature and science. Observed changes in weather fronts, cloud formations, and shifts in light and color inform my work.

Atmospheric conditions constantly change; countless precise, invisible adjustments are ceaselessly processed, balanced, and realigned. These systems are vital and alive to me. I attempt to capture a moment in time and record both the change and the changeless in this vast system. This approach to my subject and my work process I call The Weather Project.

Outdoors, I use direct observation, photography, personal notations and sketches; I log weather stats and record video clips. In my studio, I explore the process of production through manipulation of physical materials, drawing, painting in, painting out, layering, re-drawing, and glazing. Time, motion, and sequence interest me and through my work and the making of the work, I explore these elements.

Since May 2011 I've been exploring t...

CCSU
Painting & Art History, BA Summa cum laude

Independent Study with Zbigniew Grzyb,
Post Graduate Studio Work

Selected Exhibitions 2000 - present

Solo Exhibitions:
Marking Time, Northwestern Connecticut Community College Gallery, Winsted, CT
Preview Exhibition: Vitamin A (Art) selected days, The Dirt Salon, Hartford, CT
The Weather Project – Selected Works, CT DOT Atrium Gallery, Newington CT
Selected Works, Waterbury Hospital Art Gallery, Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury CT
The Weather Project – Selected Works, Ruth Ann Lever Atrium Gallery, Fine Arts Center, NVCC, Waterbury, CT
The Weather Project, Stevens Gallery, Homer Babbidge Library, UConn, Storrs, CT
Raw Data, Kohn-Joseloff Gallery, Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
The Storm Series, Expanded Views, The Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT

Group Exhibits - Curated:
Overhead Under Foot, John Slade Ely House Contemporary Art Center, New Haven, CT
Earth & Sky, Mercy Gallery, Richmond Art Center, Loomis Chaffee, Windsor, CT

Selected Invitational & Group Exhibitions:
Opening Gala, The 224, Conference of Churches, Hartford, CT
Robin Alexander, Ltd. - A Gallery, Group Show, Kent, CT
Self, Women's Caucus for Art, The Kohn-Joseloff Gallery, Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
Yale Medical Group Art Place Gallery, New Haven, CT

Juried Exhibitions:
46th Annual Open Juried Exhibi...