Bio
Suzanne Sbarge was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1965. She has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1989. She received a B.A. degree in Art History and Studio Arts from Barnard College in New York City (1987) and an M.A. degree in Art Education from the University of New Mexico (1991). She has also studied studio arts at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, France; Syracuse University in Florence, Italy; The Art Students’ League in New York City; University of Connecticut; University of Massachusetts; as well as Anderson Ranch in Colorado, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited in over 80 group exhibitions and 15 solo shows since the late 1980s. It is in the collections of over 150 local, national and international collectors, and has been represented at galleries across the United States.
In addition to her own artwork, Suzanne has worked as a museum director, curator, graphic designer, and arts consultant. She is the Founder of 516 ARTS, a non-collecting contemporary art museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and served as its Executive Director for 17 years. She is currently working as a consultant focusing on graphic design, writing, editing, catalogs and publications, and project management.
Photo by Daniel Ulibarri
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023: Balancing Act, solo exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2022: New Work, solo exhibition, Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2019: Dovetail, solo exhibition, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Refresh, solo exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2017: Meta/Morph, solo exhibition, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2015: A Wing and a Prayer, solo exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2010: New Work, solo exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2007: Breathing Space, solo exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2006: Inside Out, solo exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2005: Earth to Honey, solo exhibition, PaperGami, Albuquerque, NM.
2004: Solo exhibition, Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA.
2003: Bird’s-eye View, solo exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2001: Hybrids, solo exhibition, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1995: Migrations and Other Travels, solo exhibition, Java Joe’s, Albuquerque, NM.
1994: Painting & Mixed Media Works, solo exhibition, Java Joe’s, Albuquerque, NM.
1993: Love and Anguish, solo exhibition, Salt of the Earth, Albuquerque, NM.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020: Fictive Strategies, Two-person exhibition, Turchin Center for the Arts, Boone, NC.
2015: Wild+Life, Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Public Selects: A Crowdsourced Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
Encompass, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2014: Real and Surreal, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Axle Indoors, Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM.
Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM.
2011: A Common Thread, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2009: Albuquerque Now, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
2008: Miniatures 2008, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
Inception, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM.
Site Unseen, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.
The Boat Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX.
Alice and Wonderland, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX.
2007: 12 x 12, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Miniatures 2007, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
Echoes of Surrealism, Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA.
Party for Two, Corrales Bosque Gallery, Corrales, NM.
Members Only, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
Summer Show, g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
Tributaries, traveling exhibition curated by Lisa Gill, Spirit Room, Fargo, ND & 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM.
Cut & Paste: The Collage Show, curated by James Kaufman, TAG Gallery, Nashville, TN.
2006: Intimate Works, Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT.
Against the Grain, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX.
2005: Wild & Sweet, Orpheum Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Mythical Tales, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Spring show, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX.
Members' show & Women's show, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
2004: Two-person exhibition, g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
Summer show, Galleri Urbane, Silver City, NM.
Art Universe, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2003: Birds of a Feather, 2-person exhibition, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
Art Market, 516 Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
Faces & Figures, Galleri Urbane, Silver City, NM.
Fresh, Galleri Urbane, Silver City, NM.
2002: December Invitational, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
3 Corners, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ.
Now, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM.
2001: Superstition, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM.
Grace Lost & Found, Indications Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2000: Apogee, two-person exhibition, Orbit Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
Polarities, two-person exhibition, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Seeing Red, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM.
1999: Cleavage: An Exhibition on the Breast, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Members Show, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
1998: Two-person exhibition, Albuquerque Press Club, NM.
Photographers, Or Maybe Not..., The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
House Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Manipulated Photographic Image, FACET, Taos, NM.
Transferred Images, New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.
Verbal Visuals, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM.
1997: No Edition, Lucy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Breaking Ground, New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.
Four Artists, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, NM.
Dreamworks by Contemporary Women Artists, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Small Works, Lucy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Traveling Art Gallery, Magnifico Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque, NM.
Extending the Photograph, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
1996: Salon, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, NM.
1994: Art of the Spirit, University of Arkansas Fine Art Gallery
Collaborative Artmaking with Judy Chicago, College of Santa Fe, NM.
Thirty Under Thirty, Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
1993: Power to Feminism, Centennial Gallery, Albuquerque, NM .
1992: The Mystique of Frida Kahlo, Albuquerque Public Library, NM.
Art is for Healing, University of Texas Health & Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
The Universal Link, University of Texas Health & Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
1991: A Sense of Place, Raw Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.