Susan Bee
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Susan Bee is a painter, editor, and book artist who lives in New York City. She has had six solo shows at A.I.R. Gallery
in New York, and has published six artist's books with Granary Books. These include several collaborations with poets: Bed Hangings, with Susan Howe
, A Girl’s Life, with Johanna Drucker
, The Burning Babe and Other Poems with Jerome Rothenberg
, and Log Rhythms and Little Orphan Anagram with Charles Bernstein
. In addition, she has published seven artist's books for other publishers, most recently Entre (2009) with poems by Regis Bonvicino, from Global Books, Paris. She has a B.A. from Barnard College
and a M.A. in Art from Hunter College
. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts
MFA in Art Criticism and Writing program.
in New York, Susan Bee has also had solo shows at Kenyon College, Columbia University, William Paterson College, and Virginia Lust Gallery, and her work has been included in numerous group shows. She is currently represented by Accola Griefen Gallery and A.I.R. Gallery.
Her artwork is included in many public and private collections including the Getty Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Yale University, Clark Art Institute, New York Public Library, and Harvard University Library.
Her work has been reviewed in Art in America, The New York Times, Art Papers, The Brooklyn Rail, and ArtNews. She has had Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2002 and 1999 and Yaddo Fellowships in 2001 and 1996. In addition, she has had publication grants from the Visual Arts Program, the National Endowment for the Arts
, from 1992 to 1997 and Publication Grants, from the Visual Arts Program, New York State Council on the Arts, from 1989 to 1997.
, of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artist's Writings, Theory, and Criticism, with writings by over 100 artists, critics, and poets, published by Duke University Press in 2000. She was the coeditor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: A Journal of Contemporary Art Issues from 1986–1996 and is currently the co-editor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G Online.
. They have had two children, Emma Bee Bernstein (born May 16, 1985 - December 20, 2008) and Felix Bernstein (born May 20, 1992). Her parents Miriam Laufer and Sigmund Laufer, were also artists, who lived and practiced in New York City.
A.I.R. Gallery
A.I.R. was the first all female cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time in which the works shown at commercial galleries in New York City were almost exclusively by...
in New York, and has published six artist's books with Granary Books. These include several collaborations with poets: Bed Hangings, with Susan Howe
Susan Howe
Susan Howe is a American poet, scholar, essayist and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others poetry movements. Her work is often classified as Postmodern because it expands traditional notions of genre...
, A Girl’s Life, with Johanna Drucker
Johanna Drucker
Johanna Drucker is an author, book artist, visual theorist, and cultural critic. Her scholarly writing documents and critiques visual language: letterforms, typography, visual poetry, art, and lately, digital aesthetics...
, The Burning Babe and Other Poems with Jerome Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg
Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally known American poet, translator and anthologist who is noted for his work in ethnopoetics and poetry performance.-Early life and work:...
, and Log Rhythms and Little Orphan Anagram with Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein is an American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein holds the Donald T. Regan Chair in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets . In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of the American...
. In addition, she has published seven artist's books for other publishers, most recently Entre (2009) with poems by Regis Bonvicino, from Global Books, Paris. She has a B.A. from Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
and a M.A. in Art from Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
MFA in Art Criticism and Writing program.
Painting
In addition to her shows at A.I.R. GalleryA.I.R. Gallery
A.I.R. was the first all female cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time in which the works shown at commercial galleries in New York City were almost exclusively by...
in New York, Susan Bee has also had solo shows at Kenyon College, Columbia University, William Paterson College, and Virginia Lust Gallery, and her work has been included in numerous group shows. She is currently represented by Accola Griefen Gallery and A.I.R. Gallery.
Her artwork is included in many public and private collections including the Getty Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Yale University, Clark Art Institute, New York Public Library, and Harvard University Library.
Her work has been reviewed in Art in America, The New York Times, Art Papers, The Brooklyn Rail, and ArtNews. She has had Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2002 and 1999 and Yaddo Fellowships in 2001 and 1996. In addition, she has had publication grants from the Visual Arts Program, the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, from 1992 to 1997 and Publication Grants, from the Visual Arts Program, New York State Council on the Arts, from 1989 to 1997.
Editing
Bee is the co-editor, with Mira SchorMira Schor
Mira Schor is an American artist, writer, editor, and educator, known for her contributions to the critical discourse on the status of painting in contemporary art and culture as well as to feminist art history and criticism.-Early life and education:Mira Schor's parents Ilya and Resia Schor were...
, of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artist's Writings, Theory, and Criticism, with writings by over 100 artists, critics, and poets, published by Duke University Press in 2000. She was the coeditor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: A Journal of Contemporary Art Issues from 1986–1996 and is currently the co-editor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G Online.
Personal life
Susan Bee is married to poet Charles BernsteinCharles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein is an American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein holds the Donald T. Regan Chair in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets . In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of the American...
. They have had two children, Emma Bee Bernstein (born May 16, 1985 - December 20, 2008) and Felix Bernstein (born May 20, 1992). Her parents Miriam Laufer and Sigmund Laufer, were also artists, who lived and practiced in New York City.