Exhibitions, Recognition & Collections

JURIED EXHIBITIONS & RECOGNITIONS

2022 • THE BIG SHOW, Imago Gallery, Warren, Rhode Island

2021 • INCLUSIVITY. 2021, Art League RI on Artsy - Honorable Mention from Joshua Cullion

2020 • HOPE, “Onward and ART ward”, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2019 • Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition 2019, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

2018 • Parsing Sign and Image, Open Juried National Exhibition, Art League of Rhode Island, The VETS Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2018 • Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition 2018, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

2018 • The Joy of Art, 2018 Members Exhibit, Bristol Art Museum 2018 Members Exhibit, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island

2017 • Newport Annual: Members' Juried Exhibition 2017, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island • First Prize in Pastel/Drawings/Prints

2017 • Boats, Surf and Beaches: Open Juried International Exhibition, The VETS Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island - Juror’s Second Place Award

2016 • ART UNITES COMMUNITIES, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Gallery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2016 • OPPOSITES, ART LEAGUE RHODE ISLAND 2016 OPEN JURIED REGIONAL EXHIBITION, The VETS Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2015 • ART UNITES COMMUNITIES, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts

2014 • 50 YEARS, Bristol Art Museum Celebrates Rhode Island Artists, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island - The Peggy Nerone Award 

2014 • Newport Annual: Members' Juried Exhibition 2014, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island 

2013 • NEW WORK, NEW YEAR, Curated by Judith Tolnick Champa, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island 

2011 • The State Ballet of Rhode Island’s Artist Exchange, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island

2010 • Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

2010 • Bristol Art Association Annual, Lindon Place, Bristol, Rhode Island

2010 • THE ELEMENTS, ‘EARTH’, Bristol Art Association, Roger’s Free Library, Bristol, Rhode Island - Juror’s Award

2002 • Visions 2002, 5th Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Newport Congregational Church, Newport, Rhode Island

2001 • ART PROVIDENCE 2001, Convergence XIV and Capitol Arts Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

1999 • The Providence Convergence Exhibition, Convergence site, Providence, Rhode Island

1997 • Visual Verbal/Verbal Visual, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island 

1996 • Winter Members Exhibition, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

1996 • Fall Members Exhibition, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts - First Prize Painting

1996 • Copley Women Artists “96, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

1995 • Open, Juried Painting Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island

1994 • Juried Drawing Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island 

1992 • Rhode Island Open, Warwick Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island

1992 • Cranston Cultural Arts Council Juried Art Show, Cranston Cultural Arts Council, Cranston, Rhode Island

1991 • 5th Annual Rhode Island Open, Warwick Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island - People’s Choice Award

1991 • Cranston Cultural Arts Council Juried Art Show, Cranston Cultural Arts Council, Cranston, Rhode Island - Honorable Mention

1991 • Wickford Art Association Annual Members Show, Wickford Museum, Wickford, Rhode Island

1990 • 4th Annual Rhode Island Open, Warwick Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island - The Christoph Associates Award

1990 • Cranston Arts Showcase, Cranston Cultural Arts Council, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island - First Prize - Best Drawing, Print or Pastel

1989 • Cranston Arts Showcase, Cranston Cultural Arts Council, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island -Third Prize

1989 • Wickford Art Association Annual Members Show, Wickford, Rhode Island

1989 • South County Art Association Art Annual, Helme House, Kingston, Rhode Island

1988 • Fifth Annual Juried Show, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island 

1988 • South Shore Art Competition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts - Honorable Mention

1987 • Competitive Painting Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts - Balfour Award

1987 • National Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

1987 • Wickford Art Association Annual Members Show, Wickford, Rhode Island - Best of Show

1987 • South County Art Association Art Annual, Helme House, Kingston, Rhode Island

1986 • Bristol Art Museum Show, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island - Margaret Nerone Award

1987 • Competitive Painting Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts

1986 • Wickford Art Association Annual Members Show, Wickford, Rhode Island - John Huszer Award, Man’s In-Humanity to Man

1985 • “The Subject is Nude II”, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island

1977 • Primo Rassegna Internazionale delle Pitrici, Galleria Mediterranean, Brindisi, Italy - Trophy

1976 • Terzo Concorso Nazionale di Pittura e Scultura, Trofeo Regionale di Puglia, Galleria Mediterranean, Brindisi, Italy - Second Place Cup Award

1972 • National Society of Illustrators Scholarship Competition, Society of Illustrators, New York - Third Prize Award

INVITATIONAL, GROUP

2023 • Faculty Exhibit, Knight Gallery, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, Rhode Island

2023 Explore & Inspire, Art League RI Gallery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2022Community Matters, AAA Northeast and Art League RI, Art League Rhode Island Gallery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2022 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2022 Creating Peace, University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWD-N59V6cM&t=5s

2022 • The State of The Arts: URI, RIC, CCRI, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

2021 • Fall 2021 Faculty Exhibition, Flanagan Gallery, CCRI, Lincoln, Rhode Island to Knight Gallery, Warwick, RI

2021 All Members Show, Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 

2021 • Art League Rhode Island Elected Artist Exhibition 2021, Artsy.net, HONORABLE MENTION

2021 • The State of The Arts: URI, RIC, CCRI, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

2020 Inclusivity, Website, Social media, Art League Rhode Island

2020 Water, Water, Everywhere, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Islan

2019 • Members Holiday Show, Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 

2018 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2017 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2017 • The Faculty Exhibition, Knight Gallery, CCRI, Warwick, Rhode Island

2017 • The Faculty Exhibition, Flanagan Gallery, CCRI, Lincoln, Rhode Island

2017 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2017 • 30 Years of Women’s History Exhibit, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2016 • Art League Rhode Island Annual Members’ Exhibition, ALRI/VETS 

2016 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2016 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2016 • CCRI Faculty Exhibit, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln Campus, Lincoln, Rhode Island 

2015 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2015 • Art League Rhode Island Annual Members’ Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

2015 • Imago Gallery, Biomimicry, Warren, Rhode Island

2015 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2015 • THE BIG SHOW, Art League Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

2015 • CCRI Faculty Exhibit, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln Campus, Lincoln, Rhode Island 

2014 • ART AND HEALING: REMEMBERING CHRISTIANE CORBAT THE WORK CONTINUES, URI Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

2014 • Cutler Mills Group Exhibition, Cutler Mills, Warren, Rhode Island

2014 • Art League Rhode Island Annual Members’ Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts, RI

2014 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2014 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2014 • CCRI Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln Campus, Lincoln, Rhode Island

2013 • Art League Rhode Island Annual Members’ Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island

2013 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2013 • Art League Rhode Island, Heritage Art Gallery, East Greenwich, Rhode Island

2012 • Creative Feminisms: Art, Activism & Everyday Action, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island

2012-1988 • Faculty Exhibit, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2012 • Art League Rhode Island 12th Annual Exhibition, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI

2012 • In the State of the Arts in Rhode Island, The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI

2011 • COMFORT ZONE, Art League Rhode Island, Portsmouth Art Guild, Portsmouth, Rhode Island 

2010 • “THE ART OF EXCELLENCE”, TENTH ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION, The Art League Rhode Island, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2009-1992 • CCRI Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island

2008 • HOLODOMER, Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island

2007 • JUST IMAGINE, Community College Conference Center, Warwick, Rhode Island

2006 • W&I OPEN STUDIO & EXHIBITION, Hunnibell Studio, Rehoboth, Rhode Island

2011-2009, 2007 • The State of the Arts in Rhode Island, Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island  

2007-2000, 1995, 1994 • Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln Campus, Lincoln, Rhode Island

2007 • Hope Gallery, Featured Artist, March, Bristol, Rhode Island

2007-1992 • Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island

2006 • Hope Gallery, Featured Artist, March & August, Bristol, Rhode Island

2005 • Portsmouth Art Guild, Juror Display, Portsmouth School and Abbey, Portsmouth, Rhode Island

2004 • Small Works II, Copley Society of art, Boston, Massachusetts

2005-2004 • Boulevard Studio Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island

2003 • CCRI Faculty Exhibition, Fitzburg Mutual Corporate Offices, Rhode Island 

2003 • “inspirations for spring”, a collaboration of R.I. Artists & Artisans

2002 • Seeking Spirit, ART Source, LLC, Atrium Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2002 • ART Source, LLC, a collaboration of R.I. Artists & Artisans, Cranston Central Library, Cranston, Rhode Island 

1996 • Holiday Invitational, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

2001 • Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Bush Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

1992 • Copley Society Member’s Exhibition, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

1992, 1993 • Buy Rhode Island, Providence Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island

1990 • PAINTING – SCULPTURE – PASTEL, Three Women: Kaiser, Lynch, Fossati, Wickford Art Museum, Wickford, Rhode Island

1991 • 4th Annual Eddy Arts Weekend, Bell Street Chapel, Providence, Rhode Island

1989 • Third Annual Eddy Arts, Providence, Rhode Island

1985 • Wickford Art Festival, Wickford, Rhode Island

1975 • Incontro per Stranieri, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy

1975 • Galleria di Villa Schifanoia, Fiesole, Italy

1990 • Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York

1986 • Saratoga Springs Art Festival, Saratoga Springs, New York                                                                                      


ONE WOMAN EXHIBITIONS

1995 • Seeking Spirit, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, Rhode Island

1991 • Cranston Senior Center, Cranston, Rhode Island

1992 • Into Her Own, Cranston Central Library, Cranston, Rhode Island

1990 • Baseball, Edgewood, So. Elmwood Association, 1025 Club, Cranston, Rhode Island

1988 • Artist Exhibit, Office of U.S. Representative, Claudine Schneider, Cranston, Rhode Island

1987 • Davol Square, Providence, Rhode Island

1985 • Memorial Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1985 • Edward S. Rhodes, Cranston, Rhode Island

1976 • Personale, Galleria dell’Artista, Foggia, Italy

1975 • Galleria di Villa Schifanoia, Fiesole, Italy

1973 • One Woman Exhibition, Guy Park Avenue Museum, Amsterdam, New York


SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

1975 • Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts Scholarship, Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy

1974 • Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts Scholarship, Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy

1970 • White Mop Wringer Scholarship Grant, White Mop Wringer Company, Canajoharie, New York


COLLECTIONS

2006 • Malcolm Grear Private Collection

1979 • The Indian Museum, Fort Plains, New York

1975 • THE PORTRAIT OF THE ARCH-BISHOP OF PERSIA, Pinacoteca della Chiesa di San Clemente, (Galleria of the Church of San Clemente), property of THE VATICAN, Rome, Italy

1975 • Tito Gobi Private Collection, Rome, Italy

1976 • Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy

Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York

Numerous Private Collections


COMMISSIONS

1991 • Portrait of Charles Morris, Principal, Edgewood Highland School, by school committee and CPTO, Cranston, Rhode Island

1989 • Court Depiction: C.A.S.E. vs Administration, Cranston School System by city-wide C>A>S>E> support organizations, Cranston, Rhode Island

1977 • PORTRAIT OF THE ARCH-BISHOP OF PERSIA, Brothers of the Church of San Clemente, Property of The Vatican, Rome, Italy

Numerous Private Collections


PUBLICATIONS

2005 • The Providence Journal Bulletin, LIVE, Providence, Rhode Island, June 9, 2005, “A parade of art in New Bedford, Newport”

2006 • East Bay Newspapers, SPOTLIGHT: At the galleries, “Works by Susan Fossati”, August 2006

2001 • Providence Journal Bulletin, Providence, Rhode Island, April 20,2001, Art Review

1996 • Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, February 29, 1996, “The Copley Society show is a mix of crowd-pleasing paintings of dubious merit and some real solid work”

1989 • Channel 10, Providence, Rhode Island, March 19, 1990. 6:00PM & 11:00PM News; March 20, 1990, 12:00noon, 6:00PM & 11:00PM News, Federal District Court Sketches: Training School vs Department for Children and Their Families

1993 • The Providence Journal Bulletin, Providence, Rhode Island, May 8, 1989, “Weighty Subjects”

1994 • The Providence Journal Bulletin, Providence, Rhode Island, September 1, 1988, “Cranston Artist Stands Out in a Crowd”,

1986 • Cranston Herald, Cranston, Rhode Island, December 17, 1987, “Award Winning Artist Exhibits”

1985 • The Providence Journal Bulletin, Providence, Rhode Island, July 5 ,1985, “Painting the Town”

1985 • Channel 10, Providence, Rhode Island, July 6, 6:00PM & 11:00PM News, Arts

1973 • The Reminder Weekly, Tarrytown, New York, May 1973, “Marymount Girl Wins Art Award”