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
2022 • Community 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”