SUSAN OPIE

Sue Opie is the only artist in this show who did not study at Kent State University, but she taught at the Akron Art Institute for several years. Ms. Opie studied at Syracuse University, BFA; and at Carnegie-Mellon University, MFA. She has had one person shows at the Allentown Art Museum; Charles More Gallery, Philadelphia;

Louisiana State University and the Lowe Gallery in New Orleans. She’s been in many group exhibitions, Muhlenburg Art Center; "Artists Choice", New York; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Akron Art Institute and the Carnegie Museum of Art where she received an award by juror David Smith. Her work is in numerous private collections among them; the Cleveland Museum of Art and the collection of First Lady Laura Bush.

Artist’s statement:

"My sculpture is representational with various themes: people, animals, furniture, disasters, bugs and lizards and some miscellaneous that fit no category. Whatever the subject, there is a larger commonality uniting a lifetime of work. We live on a planet bursting with life and energy and I want my sculpture to reflect this vitality and to be as lively as possible. My animals, people and objects are portrayed doing things, often at their own peril. Furniture comes alive and stretches and wiggles. Volcanoes erupt. Crocodiles emerge out of pies. While there is whimsy to many of the sculptures, look for a darker side of nature in collision with technology, most openly portrayed in vehicle-wildlife disasters."

L.L. Bean Catalogue, 17 x 17 x 25 inches, Bronze