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SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS / EXPOSITIONS & PROJETS INDIVIDUELLES 2021 PUDDLE/PUDDLES/POOL, ongoing self-directed environment interventions, studio work, audio- spoken text, & 150+ book series 2018 (an incomplete) MUSEUM (of ART) for the FUTURE, ongoing self-directed ‘time-capsule’ project and 20+ book series 2018 ‘A Companion Library’, (an incomplete) MUSEUM (of categories) for the FUTURE, [funded 3-book set produced for 3 public library collections, 14 additional books developed for the series] 2017 Parlance [selected works], DTK/BIA space, Kitchener, Canada 2016 Artist-in-Residence project: ‘A Companion Library’ for (an incomplete) MUSEUM (of categories) for the FUTURE] 2016 Terre Océane, [exhibiting during this 2016 Artist-in-Residence program], Ayr Public Library, Ayr, Canada 2015 (an incomplete) MUSEUM (of categories) for the FUTURE]: self-directed ‘time-capsule’ project presented on Twitter site 2015 GROOVY: installation & projections, NIGHT/SHIFT 2015, DFB, Kitchener, Canada 2014 Neon/Wood [Nature Alert], installation 1, NIGHT/SHIFT 2014, DFB, Kitchener, Canada 2013 The LITTER-ARTI Project, 2013 Artist-in Residence for the City of Kitchener, Canada – City Hall galleries, ‘pop-up’ public installations, video-animation projections on City Hall’s exterior CUBE, display booklets & a set of 50 graphic artist-books. 2009 The Language of Nature, Côte St. Luc Library, Montréal, Canada 2009 Grand Shadows, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada (May-July 2009) 2008 The Language of Nature / La langage de la nature, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada 2007 Terre Océane, PDT Space, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada 2006 Astral Projections / Celestial Travellers, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2002 Le Spectacle de la Nature: A Collector’s Compendium, Harbourfront Center: Photo Passage, Toronto, Canada 2001 Lunetic: Be the First Woman on the Moon, The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada 1998 Birds, Bones & Feathers, Lallak + Tom Gallery, Chicago, USA 1997 De Profundis, Arts Place, Annapolis Royal, Canada 1997 Telling Stories, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Canada 1997 Re-Viewing the Nude / Refusing the View, Galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, Canada GROUP EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES 2021 Articulating Legibility: Works from the Permanent Collection, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada 2019 THE LIFT series, Robert Langlen Art Gallery’s Library Spaces, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada 2017 Night\Shift 2017: ‘P.U.D.D.L.E.S’ [site-specific installations], Kitchener, Canada 2017 Photopolis: ‘Arrangements’ [Susan Coolen + Dean Brousseau + Renate Deppe], Secord Gallery, Halifax, Canada 2017 Art That Moves You, Grand River Transit [‘art on buses’ program], Region of Waterloo, Canada 2015 Neon/Wood [Nature Alert], installation 2, Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Canada 2014 The LITTER-ARTI Project [video-animation projections], The CUBE (Kitchener City Hall), Kitchener, Canada 2012 Collecting Resonance, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada 2012 Dee and Deeper, Llangollen Public Library, Wales 2008 Cadavre Exquis, ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Canada 2007 *Re-Collect*, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada 2006 TRASH – Edward Burtynsky + Susan Coolen, David Mirvish Books, Toronto, Canada 2006 Astres/Stars/Goleuadau & Astral Projections, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto + Galerie Espace, Montréal, Canada 2005 Cadvre Exquis and Tout près / So close, Maison de la Culture - Le Plateau, Montréal, Canada 2005 Memento Memoriae, VMAC Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2005 Tout près / So close - Trafic Inter/nationale d’art actuel , Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada 2004 Beyond Science, Metrònom, Barcelona, Spain 2004 CAFKA’04:Peace of Mind – Primordia, Kitchener, Canada 2004 Petite Enveloppe Urbain #11:La science-fiction comme commentaire social, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA and at SKOL, Montréal, Canada 2004 Curiouser, ‘new’ Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2003 Sphere, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada 2003 In the Light of: Six Contemporary Artists Explore the Legacy of William Henry Fox Talbot, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada 2003 Shifting Sites, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada (produced by Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography / le Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine, Ottawa, Canada) 2002 Shifting Sites, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax and MOCCA, Toronto, Canada 2002 Invitation au voyage, Maison de la Culture_Frontenac, Montréal, Canada 2001 Tour de Villeneuve : interventions photographiques in situ / Villeneuve Tour : Site Specific Photographic Interventions 2001 (Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal), Fovea collectif de photographes, Montréal, Canada 2001 Lux Nova - Contact 2001, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada 2001 Shifting Sites, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Canada; Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, Canada 2000 Encuentros con la Imagen, Asociación para la Difusión de la Fotografía, Tenerife, Spain 2000 Mouvance et mutation/Shifting Sites, Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine/CMCP. Ottawa. Canada 2000 Photography Invitational, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. 1999 Histoires naturelles, Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, and Cosmogonie, Galerie VOX, Montréal, Canada 1998 Ubiquités, Galerie VOX, Montréal, Canada and Small Works, Three Arts Club, Chicago, U.S.A. 1997 The Altered & Planned Photograph, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. 1996 Vital Signs, Galerie de la Ville. D.D.O., Montréal, Canada 1995 Fictions (Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal), Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montréal, Canada 1994 Jeune photographie, Dazibao, centre de photographies actuelles, Montréal, Canada 1993 Focal Points, Galerie VAV / VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada 1991 One Year, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada SPECIAL PROJECTS / PROJETS SPÉCIAUX 2020 ‘(an incomplete) Museum (of Art) for the Future’, time-capsule project & book series [document], Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada 2018 A Companion Library ‘of Collections’ for ‘(an incomplete) Museum (of categories) for the Future, Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada 2016 (an incomplete) MUSEUM (of categories) for the FUTURE, extended intervention project, twitter feed, and book series. 2015 The Litter-Arti Library, 50 book artist series + companion books, [for 4 public access collections], Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada 2008 Parochial Views No. 6 (commission series), Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada 2007 Astres/Stars/Goleuadau, Le Point Ephemere - International Festival of Digital Poetry, Paris, France 2006 Astres/Stars/Goleuadau, Expanding the Space: Conference on Space and Art Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Valencia, Spain PERMANENT COLLECTIONS / COLLECTIONS D’ART (AND / ET SPECIAL COLLECTIONS / COLLECTIONS SPÉCIAUX) 2017 The Paula Claire Archive of Visual Poetry, Oxford, England (‘Dee and Deeper’, 2012) 2016 Ayr Library, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Canada (‘A Companion Library’ for ‘(an incomplete) Museum (of categories) for the Future)’ 2014 City of Kitchener, Forest Heights Community Centre, Kitchener Public Library, Waterloo Waste Management Educational Centre (‘A Litter-Arti Library’ and ‘Companion’ artist book publications] 2014 Forest Heights Community Centre, Kitchener, Canada 2009 Hydro-Québec, Montréal, Québec, 2008 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada 2004 CCA, Montréal, Canada & New York City / Toronto (CRUM:Petite Enveloppe Urbain No.11: ‘Science Fiction as Social Commentary’). PUBLIC SPEAKING / CONFERENCES PUBLIQUES ‘A.I.R. Info session’ artist presentations (City of Kitchener/Arts+Culture, Kitchener, Canada, 2018) ‘A.I.R. Artist’s Talk’ (Ayr Public Library, Ayr, Canada 2016) ‘Grand Shadows’ artist talk (Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada, 2009) ‘The Language of Nature / La langage de la nature’ artist talk (Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada, 2008) ‘What is Natural Space’ : Roundtable discussion (ARTIVISTIC: Galerie Oboro, Montréal, Canada, 2007) Visiting Artists’ Talk (SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA, 2004) Visiting Artist Talk (Concordia University, Dept. of Photography, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2003 & 2004) ‘Sphere’: Panel Discussion (Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada 2003) ‘Le Spectacle de la Nature’: Artist talk (Humber College & Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada 2002) PUBLICATIONS / PUBLICATIONS Periodicals / Périodiques “Kitchener artist uses found items to tap into viewer’s imaginations”, Kitchener Citizen (2019) “D’Amato: Art from dead animals is where fascination and repulsion meet”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record (2016) “Bringing art and people together”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record (2014) “Artist’s harvest of trash is playfully inspiring”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record (2013) “Kitchener’s Artist-in-residence repurposes our trash”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record (2013) “Trash Talking”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record (2012) “An Interview with Susan Coolen about her sci fi creatures and alien progeny”, Locus Suspectus Magazine, (2007) “Nature mortes. En puissant dans sa collection de pierres, de plantes et d’ossements, la photographe «Susan Coolen crée des ouvres << archeologiques>>», Québec Science Magazine, (2005) “Temporada de Setas / Season of Mushrooms”, Critic-Barcelona, (2005) "Science as Art / Art as Science: Photographic Taxonomy", Scrivener Creative Review, No.28 (2004) "Space: The Next Frontier", Pittsburgh-Post Gazette (2004) "Exhibit explores brain-work behind sphere", The Vancouver Sun (2003) "SPHERE", The PGH News (2003) “SPHERE”. Art Papers, Volume 28 (2003) "Shifting Sites: The Artist as Subversive", Visual Arts Nova Scotia (2003) “Shifting Sites”. The Ottawa Xpress (2002) "Big Crunch", Photo Vision, No. 30 (2001) "Photography Museum Presents Canada's Best", National Post (2000) « Donner une nouvelle vie aux objets trouvés ici et là », L'Express du Plateau, (1999) « Déplacements de sens », Le Devoir, (1998) "Susan Coolen", New Art Examiner (1998) "Piece Work", Chicago Reader (1998) Catalogues and monographs / Catalogues et monographies + Books / Ouvrages N+1 Magazine No. 13 (New York: Winter 2012) River Grand Chronicles: Six/Seven/Eight (Kitchener: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2010) Klara Hobza, The New Millenium Paper Airplane Book (Public Art Fund, New York, 2009) 10 Ans / 10 Years (Agence Topos, Montréal 2008) Peace of Mind (Kitchener: Cafka’04, 2007) Trash (Toronto: Alphabet City Media & MIT Press, 2006) Mementos / 6” x 6” Book Series (Chicago: Columbia College, 2006) Carte Blanche (Toronto: Magenta Publishing for the Arts, 2006) In the Light of: Six Contemporary Artists… (Kitchener: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2004) Sphere (Carlevaris, Anna, Susan Coolen’s Universe (North Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, 2004) Cousineau-Levine, Penny, Faking Death:Canadian Art Photography & the Canadian Imagination (Montréal:McGill Queen's Univ.Press, 2003) Danis, Daniel, Terre océane, (Montréal, Dazibao, centre de photographies actuelles, 2003) Jeffries, Bill, Sphere (North Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, 2003) Invitation au voyage, (Montréal, Ville de Montréal, 2002) Kunard, Andrea, Mouvance et mutation/Shifting Sites, (Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 2001) Le mois de la photo à Montréal:The Power of the Image, (Montréal:VOX, centre de diffusion de la photographie, 2001) Villeneuve Tour : Site Specific Photographic Interventions, (Montréal: Fovea collectif de photographes, 2001) ONLINE MEDIA, TV, RADIO INTERVIEWS / ENTREVUES WEB, RADIO-TELE & LES MÉDIAS AIR25 - 25th Anniversary of the Artist in Residence program celebration, City of Kitchener, Canada [2022 Podcast series TBA] ‘Night\Shift artist chat: Susan Coolen \\ P.U.D.D.L.E.S.’ (2017) ‘Susan Coolen – Scavenger Aesthetics’, COMP Magazine, St. Francis University, Joliet USA (2015) ‘Green Scene’, 6-part TV eco-documentary series [includes Litter-Arti project], Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada (2016, 2015, 2014) ‘50 ways to Leave Your Litter: Interview with artist-in-residence Susan Coolen’, CBC Radio Kitchener-Waterloo (2013) “Does Litter Art Send the Right Message?”, Litter Prevention Program blog (2013) “Not so trashy artist: Susan Coolen”, Red Leather Booth blog (2013) “Kitchener artist picks up what others throw away”(article and TV news VIDEO feature), CTV Kitchener, (2013) [3] ‘Interviews with Susan Coolen, City of Kitchener’s, 2013 Artist-in residence’, Roger’s Daytime TV-Kitchener (2013) ‘Interview with Susan Coolen on her Canadian Museum of Nature exhibit ‘The Language of Nature’, Roger’s TV, Ottawa (2008) ‘Interview with artist Susan Coolen at her Canadian Museum of Nature exhibit ‘The Language of Nature’, CBC Radio, Ottawa (2008) COMITTEES / COMITÉS P.A.W.G. [Public Art Working Group], City of Kitchener, (2013 thru 2018 Member) (2017 thru 2018 Chair) Region of Waterloo:ION Transit Stations, Public Art Selection Jury, Region of Waterloo (2016) GRANTS / BOURSES Region of Waterloo Arts Grant (Project Grant for ‘A Book …of Collections’ books [14] for 2 designated public libraries, 2019) Region of Waterloo Arts Grant (Project Grant for ‘A Book … of Collections’ books [3] for 2 public libraries, 2017) Region of Waterloo Arts Grant (Project Grant for ‘A Litter-Arti Library’ books for 4 public collections & libraries, 2014) The Canada Council for the Arts (Travel Grant, International, 2012) The Canada Council for the Arts (Professional Development Grant, 2009) The Canada Council for the Arts (Exhibition Grant, 2007) Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec (Travel Grant, International, 2004) Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec (Project Development Grants: 2000, 2002 & 2003) The Canada Council for the Arts (Travel Grant, 2001) The Canada Council for the Arts (Project Development Grant, 1999 and Travel Grant, 1999) The Stuart B. Baum Project Completion Grant (Chicago: Columbia College, 1997, 1998) Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec (Travel Grant, International, 1997) The Albert P. Wiseman Fund (Chicago: Project Development Grant, 1997, 1998) The Follett Fellowship (Columbia College Chicago, 1996-1997, 1998) FCAR Graduate Studies Bursary Award (Québec, 1996-1997) Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec (Project Development Grant, 1995) EDUCATION / L'ÉDUCATION 1999 MFA in Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, USA 1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography (with distinction), Concordia University, Montréal, Canada 1977 Bachelor of Design in Communication Design, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada |