Suzanne M. Manns is the Studio School and Department of Arts History, Faculty Chair, at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and received her  Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from Carnegie -Mellon University  in 1971 completing  her  graduate work at Rhode Island School of Design in 1972.  Ms. Manns has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. In Texas she has been included in exhibitions at Flat Bed Gallery, Austin, the Galveston Art Center, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Museum of Fine Art, Houston. 

Artist Statement:
I respond to certain visual qualities that may be referred to as metapatterns. Metapatterns are patterns of patterns, such as lines, spheres, tubes, sheets, layers, that appear everywhere: in plants, clouds, rivers, and planets; in cells, organisms, and ecosystems; in art and architecture, even politics. They are functional universals for forms in space, processes in time, and concepts in mind.
The truth about trees is that they are vitally important. From the late 1970’s aerial views which compared the differences of European and American city structures,  including the floral work of the 1980’s which ultimately focused on the roses that I grew through the 1990’s, to the present content of webs and trees, my work is a response to the patterns of what I feel is important and necessary. Simultaneously it is a meditation on the fragile yet enduring nature of life. Balancing shifts of scale, and using a variety of media, the images of bits and fragments from the familiar environs of my garden, filtered through my physical and psychological perceptions, rather than being simple portraits of nature, are a diary of intimate experience.
 

"Web" stainless steel, 50"x 50" 

"Anticipating Spring" lithographic monoprint, image size 18"x 20"
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Suzanne M. Manns

Studio School and Department of Arts History
Faculty Chair, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 

1971: Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from Carnegie -Mellon University 

1971-1972: graduate work at Rhode Island School of Design 

1973: relocates to Houston, TX after a year abroad living and working as an artist in France and Switzerland. 

1974: Drawing Instructor; Sewall Art Gallery Supervisor, Rice University

1975 - present: Head of the Printmaking Department, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1983 to 1993: Texas Institute for Arts in Education, working in the classroom and in special summer workshops, training teachers in HISD to integrate the aspects of creative thinking into the daily curriculum.

2000 – present:  Studio School and Department of Art History, Faculty Chair of the Glassell School of Art and Program Chair of the Studio Arts Degree component in conjunction with the University of Saint Thomas. 

Maintains an active exhibition record as a professional artist. Work is included in numerous public and private collections. 
 

(Selected) Solo Exhibitions

2010 The Truth about Trees, Nau-haus Gallery, Houston, TX
2008        Of Winter to Spring, The Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
2006 Solve et Coagula, Fotofest, Houston, Studio 314, Houston, TX 
2005 From the Center: New Work, Studio 314, Houston, TX
2004 Tabula Rosa, Project Space, The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Houston, TX
1999 Yard Work, Flat Bed Gallery, Flat Bed Press, Austin, TX
1997 New Work, C.G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, TX
1996 Schematic Pictures, (curated by Sally Spout) Transco Tower, Houston, TX
1993 Galveston Art Center (curated by Clint Willour), Galveston, TX
1991 A Look Back, C. G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, TX
1988 The Watson Gallery, Houston, TX
1982 First National Bank Corporation, Houston, TX
1981 University of Houston, Clear Lake City, TX
1979 Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX
 

 (Selected) Group Exhibitions
 

2010  Artists in Academics: Work by Houston Arts Faculty, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
 Tabula Rosa@Noir, Stiegenhaus Art Center, Langelois/Vienna , Austria
2009 Eclectic Visions, Texas Western College Snyder, Texas
2007 Stranger Drawings,  Museum of Fine Arts Houston, curated by Emily Grenader
2006 Glassell School of Art, Annual Art Auction and Benefit Exhibition
2005 Houston Contemporary Craft Museum: Hand Made Books exhibition
2003 Contextual, Artists Books and Prints, (organized by Kinselman Art Consultants) Travis Tower, Houston, TX
2002 FotoFest (curated by Wendy Watris) Houston, TX
1998 Blurred Boundaries, Foto Fest, Houston TX
1995 Images of Space, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
1994 The Heights Exhibition, Lambert Hall, Houston, TX
1993 Wierzbowski Gallery, Houston, TX
1992 Re-Making the Print, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
1991 Private Investigations, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
1990 40 Texas Printmakers, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
 Direct References, (organized by Liz Ward) The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
1988 Conscience and Content, (curated by Joan Seeman Robinson) Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
 
 

(Selected) Bibliography
 

1998 Kalil, Susie, “Getting the Picture,”Houston Press (November 5-11): 57
1995 Brauer, David, Images From Space (Exhibition Catalog): 9, 21
1990 Fisher, James, “Contemporary Printmaking in Texas, The University and Private Workshop” Forty Texas Printmakers Exhibition Catalog: 9, 56
 

"Dead of Winter" intaglio, image size 12"x 16"
 

"Enchanted" intaglio, 18"x 24"

"Branches" 5 color reduction relief block, 22"x 30" primary state
 

"Branches #2" 5 color reduction relief block, 22"x 30" 

Southern Red Oak, Red Oak veneer onRives BFK 20x26

After Moku Hanga block print 8x10

Morning, Moku Hanga blockprint_8x 10
 

Filigree #3, lithographic monoprint with guilting, 11x 15, image size 6x 6

Web, blind embossing, 22x 30