SUSAN HYDE GREENE
Beauty in the Time of Ugly
In response to this ugly time we find ourselves, I decided to search for beauty so I could spend less time among the ugliness all around me. It began with a memory, a rose, and a coincidence that made me want to photograph the rose. It was April, 2020. We had been sheltering in place for a few weeks hoping to escape the dreaded virus that continues to hunt us down. Her peaceful color and lovely scent stimulated me to look around and notice the many signs of spring providing space the virus could not spoil. Beauty was all around me, creating the perfect place to dwell during this ugly time. Without thinking, I had been collecting beauty since the beginning of our lock down. A gift of tulip buds became a cheerful early morning subject to photograph in the cold, March light of my kitchen. I saw beauty in their opening and as they faded. Enhancing each final spring flower image with a lace overlay, adding the shine of color pencil, then mending with thread would complete my peaceful place of beauty and I now invite you to go there with me.
SUSAN HYDE GREENE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2015
So close with Connie Harris | Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
Water Stories | Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
2007
Seeking Light Looking at Shadows | Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
2002
Evocations: Five Photographers | Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1996
Memory Nests | Institute of Health and Healing, San Francisco, CA
1991, 1992, 1993
100 Years/100 Pictures: Chronicles of One Man’s Life
Salt Lake City Art Center, SLC,UT
Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1993
The Storytellers | Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Language of Walls | The Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA – invitational
8×10 | The Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA – invitational
Content Matters | Marin MOCA, Novato, CA- Jack Fischer, juror
The Art Show | The Mansion, Monterey CA – invitational Gail Enns, curator
Out of the Dark: Alternative Process Photography |Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA – invitational Beverly Rayner, curator
2018
The Ethereal Zone| Monterey Museum of Art: Salon Jane, Monterey CA – invitational
Good and Mad | Open Ground Studios, Seaside, CA – invitational Gail Enns, curator
2017
Independent Presence | Art Intersection Gilbert, AZ
Awakening, artists respond to the election | Kim Cambell Gallery, Carmel, CA
Now What? An Exhibition of Art and Politics | The Press Club, Seaside, CA
International Juried Exhibition | Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, CA | Phillip Brookman, juror
2016
International Juried Exhibition | Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, CA | Heather Snider, juror
The Sand City Juried Art Exhibition | Sand City, CA | Gail Enns, juror
Center for Photographic Art Members Exhibition | Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, CA
Photography Re-Imagined V | Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Artists’ Hand | Holly Roberts juror
2015
International Juried Exhibition | Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, CA | Robert Hirsch, juror
Independent Presence | Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
Collage: New Directions | The Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
2014
Salon at the Triton | Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
How the Light Gets In | SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Preview Party , Fresh Fish | Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
2013
Me, Myself and I | Rayko Photo Center Gallery, San Franciso, CA | David Hilliard, juror
2 person invitational | The Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
International Juried Exhibition | BEST IN SHOW | Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, CA | Chris Johnson and Dean Brierly, jurors
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2012
CA Statewide Photography Competition and Exhibition | Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
Colloquial | Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
Lifeline | Carmel Art Institute, Carmel, CA
2008
A Measure of Time | Oakland Museum of California, Professional Services Division, Oakland, CA
2007
Photographic Exhibition | Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2006
Embroidered Stories, Knitted Tales, | Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2006-2003
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, Traveled throughout US | Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2003
Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Awards Exhibition | Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1999
Photography | SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Family Matters
1994
Mirror/Mirror…Gender Roles and the Historical Significance of Beauty | Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Adobe Systems
Institute of Health and Healing, San Francisco, CA
Bread and Roses, Corte Madera, CA
Victoria and Albert Museum (artists book collection, 1993)
University of Hawaii
Stefan Kirkeby, Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
Private collections
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2015 and 2013
First Place, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA International Juried Exhibition
2002
Individual Artists Grant, Photography | Marin Arts Council
2001, 1997, 1993
Community Arts Grant | Marin Arts Council
2001
Institute of Noetic Sciences Morris Stulsaft Foundation Grant for Art Pals, a community interactive art program for children and seniors with Falkirk Cultural Center | Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1995
Best In Show Award; All Saints All Souls | Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1992
The Quilters Guild of Dallas Endowment Grant The Storytellers | University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1991
Graduate Research Fellowship Award | Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
REPRESENTATION
Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
Smith Andersen North, San Rafael, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery | San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2013 | Leader, Sandra, Susan Hyde Greene: Artist Profile, MONTEREY HERALD, Monterey, CA.
2008 | Review: A Measure of Time, EAST BAY EXPRESS, Oakland, CA.
2003 | ECO2, Evocations, ART WEEK, San Francisco, CA.
1999 | Needlearts, THE NEW ART EXAMINER.
1994 | The Storytellers, FIBER ARTS, 1/94.
1993 | Review, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 5/16/93.
SELECTED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND TEACHING
2005-2008 | Part Time Lecturer | Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
1998-2015 | Access Advisor, Exhibition workshop instructor (developed original projects to enhance response to major exhibitions) | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1995-2007 | Photographer (in charge of photographing performances in hospitals, nursing homes, schools and similar facilities throughout the Bay Area) | Bread and Roses, Corte Madera, CA
MEMBERSHIPS
SFMOMA, SF Fine Arts Museums, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Ballet, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, various environmental organizations and land trusts
EDUCATION
1991 University of Utah, SLC, UT, Master of Fine Arts
1980 Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, Master of Science, Special Education
1972 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Bachelor of Fine Arts,
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
2002 Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa, CA | Adobe Photoshop Certification Training Certificate
1986 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA | Sculpture with Manuel Neri
1980 Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME | Photography with Olivia Parker and Christopher James
