Susan York

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Susan York
Born1951 (age 7273)
Nationality American
OccupationArtist
Years active1980s-present
Website susanyork.com

Susan York (born 1951) [1] is an American artist and educator [2] known for her reductive cast graphite sculpture. She lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico where the quality of light and expansive emptiness of the high desert landscape provides inspiration. [3]

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Early life and education

York was born in Newport, Rhode Island. [1]

In 1972, she received a BFA in studio arts from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. [4] In 1995, she received an MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art. [5] While in college, York created a body of floor-oriented assemblage work. [6] These flat reductive works marked transitions between 2D and 3D materials.

Career

After graduating from UNM, York continued her art practice in Santa Fe, where she had a studio space at a local Zen Center. In 1982, York attended an Agnes Martin lecture, where she recalls the impact of Martin's statement: "My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind." This was a pivotal experience and later a mentoring friendship evolved between York and Martin. [7]

In 1997, as an artist in residence at the European Ceramic Work Center, in the Netherlands, York began to experiment with integrating her forms within the rooms of a given space. This led to compositions of stacked fragile porcelain shards positioned next to objects blackened with graphite powder rubbed surfaces. [8] York's sculptures are associated with principles of Minimalism with traces of a repetitive hands-on process. [9] Susan York exhibits her work in New York and Europe. [10]

Public collections

Works and publications

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  2. Roberts, Kathaleen (20 March 2016). "NM artist displays minimal sculptures alongside Georgia O'Keeffe masterpieces". Albuquerque Journal.
  3. Lippard, Lucy R. (2008). "Between Tension and Tranquility". Lannan Foundation.
  4. "Album". Mirage Magazine. UNM Alumni Association. 34 (1): 21. Spring 2014. Susan York ('72 BAFA), a sculptor, is a 2013 recipient of the Santa Fe Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
  5. "Susan York receives Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni Achievement Award". James Kelly Contemporary. 6 November 2012.
  6. Riley, Jan (1 July 2008). "Eliminating Subject and Object, A Conversation with Susan York". Sculpture Magazine.
  7. York, Susan (4 December 2005). "Geese Flying". The New York Times.
  8. York, Susan (2008). "Artist Bio". Lannan Foundation.
  9. Hammond, Harmony (2 March 2011). "Susan York at James Kelly Contemporary". Art in America.
  10. "Alumna York Is Exhibiting in New York and Europe". Cranbrook Academy of Art. June 6, 2018.
  11. "Brooklyn Museum".