“Ariege against the machine"
SUZANNE HUSKY
suzannehusky@gmail.comRESIDENCIES
2010 SF DUMP
2010 DE YOUNG MUSEUM San Francisco “Forest”
2009 POLA, Bordeaux 1 mois
2009 Kaunass textile BIENNALE, Lituania ”Dress you up with my love”
2009 CAZADORO. Mas D’azil, Ariege
2009 [Pollen] MONFLANQUIN. France
2008 Creative Capital Workshop, SF
2005 A Suivre..., France “Domaine arboricole”
STATEMENT
Problematics relating to the exploitation of natural resources, landscape use and globalization are at the core of Husky's multimedia practice. From sculpture to drawings, action and photography, her work questions main stream media in relation to that environmental, social and political agenda. 70ies ideals, contemporary “back to the land” movements and solitary activism have been her recent main area of focus. Her work observes and analyses in an inventory form that allows the nature of the subject to unveil and reveal complexity.
With photography, she respectfully documents an urban neo-hippy movement, in the ideological sense. Individuals
that reclaim the urban landscape and insert illegal viable systems to it, like grey water recycling, sidewalk
removing, pedal wash machines. More recently she documented a contemporary “Back to the land” youth movement. Those political choices are motivated bye desire to reduce economical growth.
In her installations, she utilizes recycled fabrics, found or donated localy, and she creates landscapes and social portraits. That familiar material, and her approximate mode of fabrication translate to incisive and humorous depictions, and proposes a visual reflexion on implication of comfort of our “advanced”countries. The manual quality greatly contrast with object issued from remote anonymous manufactorers.“Forest” , “Rock garden” and “Root Hormone” are fabricated landscapes. The fabric patterns, the colors create foliage texture and reproduce natural and artificial biodiversity.
Her actions are necessary acts in her social-political context. She act where action is in order, and those “obvious” actions successively highlight the flaws in the wheels of production/ consumption logic, the forgotten in the social care system and the lack of solidarity. These action are an extension of her sculpture and photography portraits of solitary activist (“Eco Heroes”, “Modern Wild Lives”. She gleans and cans fruits, and redistributes the jams, she trades physical help for a meal bypassing money transaction, emphasizing on human interaction and exchange, she “Decorate a blind man's house”, man that lived in great financial distress.
EDUCATION
2008- history of us 1877 to now, history of us media
2004 to 2005- Horticulture. Merritt college , Basic Landscape Design certificate,
2005 to 2008- Horticulture. Merritt college , Advance landscape design and construction specialist Certificate
2002- Cob Building, COB VILLAGE (OREGON).
1998 to 2000- MFA, BEAUX-ARTS DE BORDEAUX (FRANCE ).
Semester in CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS (USA)
1995 to 1998- BFA, BEAUX-ART DE BORDEAUX ( FRANCE)
1994 to 1995- Philosophy in UNIVERSITY MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE (FRANCE).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Foest De Young Museum
2009 [Pollen] Monflanquin. France “Moderne Vie Sauvage”
2008- May, June, Triple Base, SF
2005-"Earth wind and Fire"Back room, Adobe Books, SF
2005-"Pollination", Motel Gallery, Portland, Oregon2005-"Poketo Drawing show", Nucleus gallery, LA
2005-"Trees and Rocks", mural, 22nd @Bartlett
2004-"Mushrooms"Mural in the mission, 22nd @ Bartlett, SF
2004-'Root hormone", Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2003-'Voitures habillees', Le Garage Moderne, Bordeaux , France
2003-'Collective and individual dreams', Alliance Francaise, Shanghai, China
2002-'Adventures in La La Land', HEY Gallery Oakland
2000- "Mon marriage"La tour saint Michel, Bordeaux, France
CURATED SHOWS
2007- So-ex's Garden “project”
2005-ATA, SF, John Brumit, Marl Brest Van Kempen, Sarah Wagner, Zack Strenwalker, DNHTBK, Suzanne Husky
PUBLICATION
2009 "Modern Wild Lives" Catalogue Pollen Monflanquin
2008 Southern Exposure, “Eco Heroes, east bay backyard activism”
GROUP EXIBITIONS
2010 Traveling exibition France, Spain PYRENEES: ART AND ECOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY
2010 San Francisco Art Commition “Chain Reaction 11”
2009 Kaunass BIENNALE, Žilinskas MUSEUM, Lituanie ”Dress you up with my love”
2009 Chinese cultural center BIENNALE, SF “Present Tense”
2008-”Poetic politics”, Skyline college gallery, San Bruno
2008-”Eco heroes”, Free Range grant, Southern exposure, SF
2008-Auction, Intersection for the arts, SF
2008-Gallery K, Bordeaux France
2008- Rare device, SF, CA
2008-Optic illution, So Ex, SF
2007-Greencity Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2007-”Biome” curated by Jay Nelson and Johanna St Clair at Lincart Gallery, SF
2007-”Albedo” Eleanor Harwood Gallery, SF
2007-”A affair with art and artist,” Michael Rosenthal contemporary arts, Redwood City
2006- “Utopia”, curated by Sacha Ecke at 111 Minna, SF
2006- Monster drawing rally, Southern exposure, SF
2006- "Close calls" Headland Center for the arts, Marin
2005- "Domaine arboricole"A suivre, Bordeaux, France
2005- Artist in residency, A Suivre, Bordeaux, France
2005-"Faux Pause", Balazo, SF
2005-"Glammore", curated by Dina Pugh at Play space, CCA, SF
2005-Auction, Southern Exposure, SF
2005-"Close call", Headland Center for the arts
2005-Installation for "Books Awesome", collab. with Jill bliss, Jovi Shnell, Pigman gallery, SF
2005-"Tree show". Drawings, Giant Robot SF
2004- Auction, Adobe, SF
2004-"The Box", Southern exposure 30th anniversary fundraiser project, SF
2004-"Epic" Southern Exposure annual juried exibition, curated by Magaly Arriola, SF
2004-'Boon slog muscle', with Jason Jagel, Liz Walsh, Sacha Eckes, Mimi Barr, SF
2004-"Element of Temporary", curated by Ev Funes and James Bewley, SFArts Commition,
2004-“Books, Awesome” Mimi Barr, SF
2004-'All you can eat', pink Mamouth gallery, SF
2004-'Folk ways', Giant Robot, SF
2004-'Monster drawing rally', Southern Exposure, SF
2004- 'Auction', Mimi Barr, , SF
2004-CBS market watch, SF
2004-'Auction', Southern exposure-, SF
2004-'Soft mural' Artbar café, San Francisco *
2003-"Mikes gift shop", collab with Michael Rosenthal, exibited various places.
2003-'Art Propaganda War', THE LAB, San Francisco,
2003-'Clothing project', IT CAN CHANGE, Basel Germany
2002-"Deep seaded project", Curated by Tia Factor, City Slicker Garden, Oakland
2002-IT CAN CHANGE, Apexart, New york, september
2002-Collaborative show with IT CAN CHANGE, Oakland, august
2002-“She’s crafty”, Lola Gallery, SF
2002-IT CAN CHANGE, Oakland
2002-URBANVIEW, THE BOX, YWCA, Oakland.
2002-IT CAN CHANGE, Fat slice, Berkeley
2002-THE BOX, Urbanview magazine, Oakland
2001-"Where is Ping', Mills College, Oakland
2000-'Performances', TNT, Bordeaux, France
MURALS
2008 Eleanor Harwood Gallery
2003, 2005 Mission, SF "Mushrooms""Trees and Rocks"
PRESS
ARTSLAND,
LECTURES
2009 Museum of Agen, Pollen Gallery, Casa d’Oro, Art i Natura
2004 University of Berkeley art deptmt.
2003 University of Shanghai, art deptmt.