Selected Solo Shows, Siteworks, Projects

2023     “Small Luminous Paintings”, Dru Arstark Fine Arts, NY

2021      “Moon Rocks”, Joshua Tree Highlands, permanent sitework      

              “Making Light of It”, Loiter Galleries, Long Beach CA

2019       “Save the USPS”, Covid mail art project, Los Angeles CA

2013-17  “One Hundred Gifts”, Los Angeles CA, mail/sculpture project

2009-10 "Fiat Lux IV", Phantom Galleries, Long Beach CA, sitework

2009      "Granite Lookout”, public work, Firehouse 4, 450 E. Temple, Los Angeles CA

2008      "Fiat Lux III", Phantom Galleries, City of Long Beach, CA sitework

2006-7  "Fiat Lux II", Phantom Galleries, Pasadena CA sitework            

2003-4  "Fiat Lux", Jim Kempner Fine Arts, NYC                                      

2004      Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles CA

               Arnaud Lefebvre Gallery, Paris, France                                       

2001       Two Siteworks, Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX

               "Drawings", The Locker Plant, Marfa TX

               Installation, Masonic Building, @Flavin Symposium, Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX

2000      Gail Gates, Brooklyn NY, sitework                                               

1999       Arnaud Lefebvre Gallery, Paris, France

               Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC

               Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany, sitework                                                                     

1999-01  Städtische Galerie Würzburg, Germany, sitework

1998       Brian Gross Fine Arts, San Francisco CA

1997       2 Siteworks, ART/OMI, Omi NY

1995       Sitework, 476 Broadway, NYC

1992       Nancy Driscoll Gallery, Sea Cliff NY

1990       Sitework, Fulton Ferry Landing State Park, NYC

               Performance, Dixon Place, NYC

               Performance, The Knitting Factory, NYC

1988       Sitework, 55 Central Park West, NYC (commission)                                                               

1987       Performance, BACA Downtown, NYC

1984       Windows on White, NYC

1982       Installation, Proarts Gallery, Oakland CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025      “american minimal”, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA

               Artists’ Residency Exhibition, Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica CA

               “Color Impact 2025,” Intersociety Color Council, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY

2024       “Vernal”, J. Peeler Howell Fine Art, Fort Worth TX

2023-4   “Apophenia”, LA Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles                         

2023       “The Art of Transformation”, Loiter Galleries, Long Beach CA                                                      

Wright Contemporary, Taos NM

2022       “Geometric Variations”, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY

2021       “Painting 2011-2021”, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY

2020-3   “Art in the Time of Corona, A Global Art Project”, DAB Art Co. LA CA

2021       “Prayers for the Pandemic”, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ

2020       “Light Works, Darkest Days of the Year”, Loiter Galleries, Long Beach CA

               “At Midnight”, Art on 30th, San Diego CA

               “Purely Abstract”, Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles IL

               “COVID-19”, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris FR

               “Attending to Wonder”, GFAA, Gainesville FL

2019       “Acqueous XXXIV”, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ, Award of Excellence                   

               “Bienvenue”, Cité International des Arts, Paris FR

               “Brooklyn Art Library”, The Other Art Fair, Artists and Fleas, Los Angeles

               “Brooklyn Art Library”, Off the Grid, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco

               "Somewhere We Landed", Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ

2018       "In Bloom", HOTE Gallery, Los Angeles CA

               "Somewhere Over the Interconnected Rainbow", Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ               

2015       "The Sketchbook Project", Brooklyn, Chicago, Austin, LA, Seattle, Toronto, San Francisco

2012       “After Darkness, Hope for Light”, Godine Gallery, MA College of Art-Design, Boston

2011       "Turtle Show", Galerie Arnaud LeFebvre, Paris FR

               "Expo Retrospective", Galerie Arnaud LeFebvre and Galerie Ivana de Gavardie, Paris

               "The Value of Water", St. John the Divine, New York NY

2010       "The Canvas Project", Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn NY

2009      "The Sketchbook Tour", Art Source Gallery, Chicago, Museum of Design, Atlanta, MOCA, Washington DC (9 venues)  

2005      "A Language More Powerful Than Words", 2nd City Art Gallery, LA

               Arnaud Lefebvre Gallery, Paris, France                                                                                   

2003      Arnaud Lefebvre Gallery, Paris, France

2002      8 Invited Artists: Proposals for Public Work, Bergkamen, Germany                                       

               "The Magic of Light", Hudson River Museum                                                                          

2001       "Out of Site", Pasadena City College Art Gallery

               "Minimal 2000", Jim Kempner Fine Arts, NYC

               "Blurring the Line", RareArt, NYC

               Arnaud Lefebvre Gallery, Paris, France

2000      “Generations: A Survey of Women Artists at the Millenium", AIR Gallery, NYC

               P.S. 122, New York NY

1998       Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden, Germany                                                                                      

1997       "25th Anniversary Invitational", A.I.R. Gallery, NYC                                                                

1996       "Drawn Conclusions", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA

               Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

               Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek CA                                              

Grants and Awards

2023       Camera Obscura Artists Residency, Santa Monica CA

2021       Joshua Tree Highlands Artists Residency, Joshua Tree CA

2019       Award of Excellence, Acqueous XXXIV, Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ

2017       2017 Art Slant Sculpture Prize Showcase

2015       2015 Art Slant Sculpture Prize Showcase

2008      Los Angeles Dept Cultural Affairs Award: Public Sculpture, Firehouse #4, 450 Temple LA

2001       Chinati Foundation Residency, Marfa TX

1998       Artist in Residence, City of Wiesbaden, Germany                                                                   

1997       ART/OMI International Residency, Omi NY

Selected Publications/Press                                                                                                                      

2025       “Celebrating the Minimalist Movement,” San Diego Union, April 14

2024       “Meet Susan Chorpenning”, Bold Journey magazine, February 13, https://boldjourney.com/meet-susan-chorpenning/                      

2022       1001 Modern Artists You Should Know, http://artarchives.net/artists/modern_artists.html

2021       “LA Confidential”, Ann Landi, September 26, https://vasari21.com/l-a-confidential/                                                                                       

               Artists, Art & Story: A Moment in Time, 2020, Karrie Ross, March 21                                    

               Vasari21 Newsletter, Ann Landi, March 2

               Vasari21, Portfolio, February 28, https://vasari21.com/portfolio-susan-chorpenning/

2020       Prayers for the Pandemic, Vol. 3, Drawing Rooms catalogue, December

               Purely Abstract, catalogue, October, https://www.flipsnack.com/FineLineArt/purely-abstract.html

               Covid-19, catalogue, Galerie Arnaud LeFebvre, Paris, June                                                  

2013-7    "One Hundred Gifts Blog”, Susan Chorpenning

2011       The Canvas Project: a visual encyclopedia, Art House, Brooklyn NY, October                     

2009      Fine Arts LA Magazine (photo, “Fiat Lux”), December 29

2008      Fourteen Saturdays at Dangerous Curve, gallery publication, Dangerous Curve, LA CA     

2004      ArtScene, "It's About Time", by Suvaan Geer, December

               LA Weekly, "Art Picks of the Week", by Peter Frank, May 28

2002      Florence Lynch Gallery Presents:  A Site-Specific Installation, catalogue                              

               The Magic of Light, catalogue, Hudson River Museum               

               New York Times, review, Grace Glueck, March 1

               "Show Turns a Spotlight on Light Itself in All Forms", New York Times, W. Zimmer, Feb 17

2001       Chinati Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 6, December

               Alpine Observer, Alpine TX, Kate Hunt. July 4                            

2000      kunsttermine.de magazine, Germany, photo/caption, May         

1999       Heidenheimer Zeitung, "Dem Leben auf der Spur", Bettina Schmid, May 7                           

               Heidenheimer NP, "Wie der Fleck vors Museum kan", bes, May 7

               Bayerische-Staatzeitung, "Asthetische Electroschau" Thomas Senne, April 16                    

               Front page w/photo, Stadt Würzburg, ake, March 23

               Front page w/photo, Volksblatt Würzburg, Rö, March 10

               "Ohne Licht keine Kunst", Mainpost, Achim Schollenberger, February 27                                               

Frankisches Volksblatt, Rö, February 26

               Farb/Licht, catalogue, Städtische Galerie Würzburg, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, February

               Mudfish 11, New York, ed. Jill Hoffman, February

1998       "Zwischen Erinern und Verschwinden", Wiesbadener Kurier, September 21

               "Erinnerung in Licht und Wort", Wiesbadener Tageblatt, September 14

               "Gallery Watch", San Francisco Examiner, David Bonetti, August 14

               "Das grosse Thema Erinnerung", Wiesbadener Tageblatt, July 23

               "Mit Licht und Video", Wiesbadener Kurier, July 22

               Review, Bay Area Citysearch.com, Colin Berry, July 22             

               Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, July 16

               ART/OMI 1997-1998, catalogue                                                                                              

1996       Jahresgaben 1996, catalogue, Kölnischer Kunstverein, September                                      

1993       Art at FGIC, catalogue, May

               NY Times review, January 31

Selected Collections

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA

Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany

San Diego Civic Art Collection, San Diego CA

Bonnier Collection, Stockholm Sweden

ART/OMI Foundation, Omi, NY

Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles CA

Price Waterhouse Corporation, NY

Montecedro Collection, Altadena CA