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Solo Exhibitions
2004
Fathom, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
Ex Natura, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Hudson Valley Invitational, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY
Metamorphosis, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2007
The Uncanny, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
Merit Badge 2, Catherine Konner Sculpture Park, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2006
Stilled Life, Islip Museum, Islip, NY
Transitional Objects, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, organized by Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA and Exhibits USA; travels to: DePree Art Center and Gallery, Holland, MI; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2005
Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
Merit Badge, organized by Jason Middlebrook, private residence, Craryville, NY
MapQuest, ParaSite, Beacon, NY
Tracing Journeys: Maps as Metaphors, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, organized by Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA and Exhibits USA; travels to: Gallery 210, St Louis, MO; Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Center, Texarkana, TX
Elements of Nature, Beacon Cultural Foundation, Beacon, NY
This is not an archive, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Prints From the Editions of Trillium Press, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Selections from the permanent collection, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Selections from the permanent collection, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
As-sem’blage, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, organized by Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA and Exhibits USA; travels to: Milton Hershey School Museum, Hershey, PA; Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2003
Turning Corners, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Mapping the Imagination, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA
Bay Area Currents 2003, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Needle Art: A Postmodern Sewing Circle, organized by Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA and Exhibits USA; travels to: J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, TX; Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
Water World, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2002
Cabinets of Wonder/Redux, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Fast Forward II, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Night Skies & Imaginary Coordinates: The Artist as Navigator, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2001
Contemporary Photogravure, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2000
Society of Independent Artists: Time Capsule, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA
1999
Natural Selection, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Images ‘96, Sheppard Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
art@emeryville, Powell Street Plaza, Emeryville, CA
1995
Artists’ Prints, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works On Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1993
Object, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Pro Arts Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Summer Exhibition, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
Summer Selection, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
1991
Buying the Magazine for the Ads, Terrain, San Francisco, CA
June Salon, Upaya, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Student Photography, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

Selected Performances
2008
Rhinoceros, created in collaboration with choreographer Susan Osberg, dancer Marika Blossfeldt, and composer Dean
Sharp, Beacon Studios, Beacon, NY
2000
Beer Drinking Sonata (for 13 players) with percussion, composed by Tom Marioni, Acustica International SF 2000,
presented by the Goethe Institute, San Francisco, CA and the Studio of Acoustic Art of the WDR (West German
Broadcasting station), Cologne, Germany
1995
Social Sculpture (stealth performance), University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Awards
2001
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation: Visual Arts Award
1994
Western States Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts: Regional Fellowship
1991
San Francisco Foundation: Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowship
Mills College: Alumnae Scholarship

Residencies
2001
Public Glass, ASAP47, San Francisco, CA
1995
Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Visual Artists Project, San Francisco, CA

Public Collections
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Security Pacific/Bank of America Corporation, San Francisco, CA
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Education
1992 MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1980 BFA, Parsons & The New School, New York, NY
1978 The American University of Paris, France

Bibliography
Edith Newhall, “Watching Butterfly and Moth Take Wing: The Abington Art Center shows Artists inspired by Transformation,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 2008
Natural World Museum and Earth Aware Editions publishers, Art In Action; Nature, Creativity and
Our Collective Future, 2007
Michelle Lee, “Paradigm Explores Artistic Flow,” Poughkeepsie Journal, Oct. 14, 2005, Entertainment p. 17
Westbrook, Lindsey, “Archives and Audiotapes,”East Bay Express , May 28, 2003, p. 36
Westbrook, Lindsey, “Liquid Assets,” East Bay Express, May 21, 2003, p. 24
Braun, Cassandra, “Artist Shares Lifetime Collection,” The Sunday Times, Feb. 2, 2003, p. C5
Westbrook, Lindsey, “Critic’s Choice: Fast Forward II,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 22, 2003, p. 69
Knight, Heather, “Cabinets of Wonder Capture Spirit of the Past,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2002, p. E-3
Koppman, Debra, “Cabinets of Wonder/Redux and Richard Barnes,” Artweek, October 2002, p. 6
Rapko, John, “Night Skies & Imaginary Coordinates at the Palo Alto Art Center,” Artweek, September 2002, p. 13-14
Knight, Heather, “Navigator Show Gives Art a Sense of Direction,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2002, p. E-3
Knight, Heather, “Artist as Navigator Show at Palo Alto Art Center,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2002, p. E-3
Westbrook, Lindsey, “Critic’s Choice: Contemporary Photogravure,” San Francisco Bay Guardian,
February 21, 2001, p. 88
Tindall, Blair, “Old Technique, New Twist,” Contra Costa Times, Feb. 19, 2001, p. D-1
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA publisher, Contemporary Photogravure, 2001, exhibition catalog
Hull Webster, Mary, “A Grief So Deep: Susan Magnus—Ex Natura at Rena Bransten Gallery,”
Artweek, December 1, 1994, p. 17-18
Western States Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts publishers,
Withinsight: Visual Territories of Thirty Artists, 1994, catalog of fellows
Baker, Kenneth, “Serra Prints, Magnus Cages,” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 23, 1994, p. D-9
Jan, Alfred, “Susan Magnus: Deathly Questions,” Artist/Writer, December 1994, p. 6-7
Bonetti, David, “Through a Glass Brightly,” San Francisco Examiner, April 1, 1994, p. D-19
Bonetti, David, “Alternative Production Looks From the Floor Up,” San Francisco Examiner, January 14, 1994, p. C-4
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA publisher, 1993 Pro Arts Annual, 1993, exhibition catalog
Tanner, Marcia, “Collectors Get Serious About Art,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 6, 1993, p. 8
Bonetti, David, “Unlocking Their Mediums,” San Francisco Examiner, January 1, 1993, p. D-2