Education M.F.A. Sculpture, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2004
B.F.A. Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1989
Corning Museum Studio of Glass, Corning, NY, 2023
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2018
Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA, 2007
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Viscosity Series: Fields, Clouds and Dot Patterns, Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 Viscosity Series, Massillon Museum of Art, Massillon, OH
2018 Experimentality, Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, OH
Viscosity Series, 124 Pike St. Gallery, Covington, KY
2017 Motion Capture, Dayton Art Institute Experiencenter, Dayton, OH
2016 Domestic Departures, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Discover, C-Link Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Susan Byrnes/Diana Duncan Holmes, Requiem Project, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Mending Is Better Than Ending, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Dress For The Birds, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2012 Susan Byrnes, Emery Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Susan Byrnes/Francis Schanberger, Rosewood Art Centre, Kettering, OH
2005 Calling, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2004 Come Visit! Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2000 Diving the Wreck, Idea Factory, Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Summerfair Select, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Circles, Squiggles, and Lines, Summit Hotel Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Cantata, Dana Wiley Gallery, Dayton, OH
Ohio Biennial, Medici Museum of Art, Warren, OH
Artists of Clifton, Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 Ohio Biennial, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Metal, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Attention to Detail, 1628 Ltd., Cincinnati, OH
42nd Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competion, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
Persist and Reimagine, Women’s Work Art Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art , online
Grey/Gray (Matter), Divisible Gallery, Dayton, OH
Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Synthetica, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Clotheshorse, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Women at the X, Xavier University Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Burning Ring of Fire: Cast Iron Art, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
Igniting Change, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Domestic Bliss, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash, Cincinnati, OH
Second Glances, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Tech, C-Link Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Gleaning, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2016 Women and Money, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Remnants, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
Art and Science, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
2015 Gathering: Indiana Glass Arts Alliance, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Seeing Through, Covington Arts, Covington, KY
2014 Yellow Springs National Sculpture Trail, Yellow Springs OH
Tales Told, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Through the Eyes of the Mother, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 Function/Dysfunction, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hue:RED, Gallery One One, Cincinnati, OH
SOS Art, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2012 MEME: Culture in Transmission, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Passage, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Inside The Box, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Mirror Images, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Character Studies, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2010 Link Gallery Group Exhibition, Dayton, OH
2009 19th Annual Works on Paper Exhibit, Rosewood Art Centre, Kettering, OH
Imagillaboration Project, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville FL
2008 On a Pedestal and Off the Wall, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2007 Eye to I: Self-Portraits by Women Artists, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2004 Pop Group Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
New Spaces, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Body Role, Lenawee Valley Arts Council Gallery, Adrian, MI
2003 Cupid’s Dementia Revisited, Taubman Gallery, Univ. of MI Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Shoes, The Sole of Humanity, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Cupid’s Dementia, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
2001 Well-Heeled: A Shoe Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Aperto 2001, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
Grants/Awards
Aid to Individual Artists Award, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH 2020
Yeck Fellowship, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH 2017
Reimagining Works, Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, OH, 2014 and 2015
Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence Program, 2014
Cincinnati Art Ambassador Fellowship, Cincinnati, OH, 2014
Selected Artist, CSArts, Cincinnati, OH, 2014
Ohio Artist, Yellow Springs National Bronze Symposium, 2013
Mirror Images Exhibition Juror’s Award, 3rd place, 2012
Montgomery County Arts and Culture District Individual Artist Grant, 2009
Visiting Artist/Artist Residency
Sculpture Trails, Solsberry, IN, Visiting Artist, 2023
Wave Pool, Cincinnati, OH, Teaching Artist, 2023
ArtsConnect, Springfield Township, OH, Teaching Artist, 2022
Woodford Paideia School, Cincinnati, OH, Visiting Artist, 2019
Art Connects, Pomerene Arts Center, Coshocton, OH, Artist in Residence 2017-2018
Interlochen Art Academy, Interlochen, MI, Visiting Artist, 2015, 2016, 2017
SCOESC Gifted Services Program (Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence), Portsmouth, OH 2016
Kennedy Heights Art Center (Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence), Cincinnati, OH 2016
Oakes Creek Ranch, Clarendon, TX, Artist in Residence, 2015
Associazione de Arte Contemporanea, Campello Sul Clittuno, Italy, Artist in Residence 2014
National Bronze Symposium, Yellow Springs, OH, Artist in Residence, 2013
Commissions/Collections
Dayton Metro Library, West Branch, Dayton, OH
Southern Ohio Medical Center Family and Urgent Care Facility, Portsmouth, OH
Dayton Metro Library, Miamisburg Branch, Dayton, OH
Dayton Metrop Library, Main Branch, Dayton, OH
Village of Yellow Springs, Yellow Springs, OH
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Associazione de Arte Contemporanea, Campello sul Clittuno, Umbria, Italy
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Exhibitions Curated
2012 MEME: Culture in Transmission, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2005-12 Annual Exhibition Series, ArtStreet Studio D Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2009 Creative Soul of Dayton, Armory Building, Dayton, OH
2007 To Abstraction – The Paintings of Curtis Barnes, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2007 UD Women Artists, Cannery Center for Art and Design, Dayton, OH
Bibliography
Exhibit Review: Igniting Change: Sculpture X Symposium, Hyperallergic, Oct. 2018
Exhibit Review: Viscosity Series, AEQAI, July 2018, Cincinnati, OH
Exhibit Review: Second Glances, City Beat, May 2018, Cincinnati, OH
Exhibit Review: Domestic Departures, AEQAI, May 2016, Cincinnati, OH
Susan Byrnes’ Exhibition “Discover”, Around Cincinnati, March 2015, WVXU, Cincinnati, OH
The Transmission of Cultural DNA, January 2013, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
Exhibit Explores How Memes Affect Culture, January 2013, Dayton Daily News, OH
Meme Exhibit Will Have Visitors Talking, Dec., Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH
Inside the Box, April 2012, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
Other Nature, April 2010, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
Rosewood Art Exhibition Review, April 2010, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH
Creative Soul of Dayton, October 2009, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH
Eye to I: Self Portraits by Women Artists, March 2007 Exhibit Catalogue, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Exhibit review, Eye to I: Self Portraits by Women Artists, Mar. 2007, Daily Lobo, Univ. New Mexico
Exhibit Openings: Calling at the Harwood Art Center, October 2005, THE magazine, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibit Review: New Spaces Exhibit, February 2004, The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan Univ.
Exhibit Review: The Cradle As Art Exhibit, February 2002, The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan University
Conferences/Symposia
2021-22 Ohio Intensive Creative Aging Training Initiative, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2021 Iron Casting Symposium, Rivers of Steel, Pittsburgh, PA
1999-2019 Iron Casting Symposium, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, NM
2014 Associazione de Arte Contemporanea, Campello, Umbria, Italy
2013 Yellow Springs National Bronze Symposium, Yellow Springs, OH
2011 Dayton Tech Arts (Presenter and artist collaborator), Dayton, OH
WYSO Community Voices (Audio production trainee), Yellow Springs, OH
2009 Night of Contemporary Art (Lecture), Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2008 First Annual Arctic Iron Pour (Demonstration), Wiseman, AK
Art on Fire Festival (Demonstration), Wasilla, AK
2007 Second International Conference on the Arts In Society (Presentation), Kassel, Germany
Teaching and Related Experience
2023 Instructor, Learn to Make a Story for Radio, Wave Pool, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Instructor, Hand-printed Book Class, ArtsConnect, Springfield Township, OH
2018 Instructor, K-6 Integrated Art Education Workshop, Riverview Schools, Warsaw, OH
2017-2018 Artist in Residence, Coshocton High School/Art Connects, Coshocton, OH
2016 Artist in Residence, Ohio Arts Council Arts Learning Program, SCOESC Gifted Services Program, Portsmouth, OH
Artist in Residence, OAC Arts Learning Program, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2015-2017 Visiting Artist, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
2012-2017 Guest Lecturer, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2005-2012 Director of ArtStreet, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2007-2011 Program Designer and Facilitator: UD Summer Student Artist In Residence Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor: 3-Dimensional Design, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2007 Instructor and Course Facilitator: Art+Science, University of Dayton, Dayton OH
2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor: Basic Black and White Photography
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY
2003 Instructor of Record: Introduction to Art, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1999-2003 Executive Director Peter Sparling Dance Co. and Studio, Ann Arbor, MI
1998-1999 Adjunct Instructor: Oil Painting, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, NM
1990-1992 Adjunct Instructor: Studio Photography; Advanced Darkroom Techniques; Multi-media; Creative Sources, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
Articles Published
2014- 2021 Contributing writer, AEQAI, online art journal, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Contributing writer, The Artists Magazine, national print publication
2016-2018 Contributing writer, Acrylic Artist Magazine, national print publication
2013-2015 Art Everywhere, monthly column, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
2023 Contributing Producer to WYSO 91.3FM Community Voices Programming
Studio Visit Season 2 (5 episodes), Producer and writer, WYSO, Yellow Springs, OH
2022 Studio Visit Season 1 (6 episodes), Producer and writer, WYSO, Yellow Springs, OH
2021 Circular: Taiko Drumming in a Rural Ohio School, Co-producer and co-writer, WYSO,
Yellow Springs OH
Tales From the Museum with Dayton Art Institute’s Chief Preparator, Producer and writer,
WYSO, Yellow Springs, OH
Feather’s Vintage: Four Decades in the Oregon District, Producer and writer, WYSO,
Yellow Springs, OH
Checking in with Yetunde Rodriguez, Gem City Artist, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Digging Into Ohio’s Pottery History, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Walk This Way at the Taft Museum, Producer, Writer, WYSO
2020 Seeing Light, Seeing Shadow, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Mendelson’s Is Closing for Good; Dayton Artists Reflect, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Archiving Eden: Dornith Doherty at the Dayton Art Institute, Producer, Writer, WYSO
All Things Being Equal: Hank Willis Thomas at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Producer, Writer, WYSO
A Tale of Two City Walks Part 1: Cincinnati, Writer, Producer, WYSO
A Tale of Two City Walks Part 2: Dayton, Writer, Producer, WYSO
Contact: Art and Social Distance, Writer, Producer, WYSO
Ordinary People Taking Action, Writer, Producer, 51% Program, WAMC
2015 After the Moment: 25 Year Anniversary of Mapplethorpe in Cincinnati, Producer, Writer, WYSO, WNKU, WKSU
2013 Jud Yalkut: Visions and Sur-realities, Producer, Writer, WYSO
2012 Basia Irland, Eco-Artist, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Derby Baby, Producer, Writer, WNKU
2011 Blue Sky Summer, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Tucumcari Tonight, Producer, Writer, WYSO
Patrick Dougherty Wiggle, Producer, Writer, WYSO
2005-2011 Radio ArtStreet Weekly Show, Producer and host, WUDR, University of Dayton, OH
2004-2005 Super Sonic Transmissions Weekly Show, Producer/host, WALF, Alfred Univ.,NY
Ghost Lover Weekly Show, Producer/host, WALF, Alfred University, Alfred, NY