Biography of Suzanne M Packer

One Person Exhibitions
Invitational and Juried Exhibitions
Formal Education
Awards
Corporate and Museum Collections
Selection of Private Collections
Demonstrations, Lectures and Teaching
Current Gallery Representation
Memberships/Professional Organizations
Articles and Publications

One Person Exhibitions

The Vault Gallery, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Unruly Flowers, 2010
Gallery 333, Falmouth, MA, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
The Framing Gallery, Hawthorne, NY, Flower Riot, 2009
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Spanning The Years, A. S. Packer & Suzanne M. Packer, 2007
The Vault, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, 2007
Bellezza Day Spa, Falmouth, MA, 2006
Star Gallery, Orleans, MA, 2002, 2003, 2004
Old Selectmen's Building Gallery, Barnstable, MA, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Bass River, MA, Open Studios, 2002
Dennis Public Library, Dennis, MA, Wall Of Wonders, 2001
Sparrow House Museum, Plymouth, MA, Suzanne's Work, 1999
Market Barn Gallery, Falmouth, MA, Suzanne, 1997, 1998, 1999
Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster, MA, Lush Environments, 1998
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Flourishing, 1997
Cape Cod Conservatory, Barnstable, MA, Recent Works, 1997
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, A One-Woman Exhibition, 1999
Cape Cod 5 Cents Saving Bank, Wellfleet, MA, Suzanne's Works, 1996
Collections Gallery, Provincetown, MA, First Landscapes and New Still Life's, 1995
Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, Sunflowers and More, 1995
C3TV Gallery, South Yarmouth, MA, A Part of Me, A Part of You, 1994
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Invitational and Juried Exhibitions

Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 21 In Truro, 2012
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, America The Beautiful, Fiber & Paint, 2011
State House, Boston, MA, America The Beautiful, Fiber & Paint, 2010
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Glories of the Garden, 2010
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, America The Beautiful, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Between Sea & Sky, 2010
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Through Windows, 2010
Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Black & White, 2010
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Permanent Collection Exhibition, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Celebrating The Arts, 2009, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Mutual Muse II & III, 2009, 2010
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, National Juried Paintings, 2010
Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA, First Things First, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, First Annual Members, 2010
Falmouth Art Guild, Falmouth, MA, Color of Snow, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Celebrating The Arts, 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Mutual Muse II, 2010
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Women's Week, 2008
Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, What is BIG?, 2008
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Small Works, 2008
Castle Hill, Truro Center For the Arts, Truro, MA, Small Works, 2008
Castle Hill, Truro Center For the Arts, Truro, MA, New Instructors, 2008
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Art of the Garden, 2008
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, A Feast For the Eyes, 2008
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Human Figures from the Permanent Collection, 2008
National League of American Pen Women, Washington, DC, 2008
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, 2nd Annual Gala Featuring the 21 In Truro, 2008
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City, Cape Cod At Blue Mountain, July 10 - 28, 2007
Osterville Fine Art and Design Gallery, 2006 - 2008
Castle Hill Auction, Truro, MA, 2007
Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Visions & Voices of the Outer Cape, 21 In Truro Artists and Outer Cape Poets, 2007
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Celebrating the Arts, 2007
Highland House Museum, Truro, MA, 21 In Truro, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, National Open Paintings, 2002
Trinity Communications, Boston, MA, RISD Alumni, 2001
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juried, 2007
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, 12 x 12 Auction, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Gala Opening, 2007
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Snow Scenes, 2007
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Small Pleasures, 2007
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Grand Opening, 2006
Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA, Spring Jury, 2006
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, 21 IN TRURO, 2005
Osterville Fine Art and Design, Osterville, MA, Selection of Works, 2005, 2007
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Members Open, 1993 through 2007
Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, MA, Drawings, 2005
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Fresh Art, 2005
Cotuit Center For The Arts, Cotuit, MA, December, 2004
Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, Star Gazing, 2004
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, All Cape Show, 2004
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA, Intimations, 2004
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA, As It Was In The Beginning: The Art of The Nude, 2004
Gallery 31, Orleans, MA, Selected Works, 2003, 2004
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Snow Birds, 2003
Ruth Hogan Gallery, Orleans, MA, 21 In Truro, 2003, 2004
Star Gallery, Orleans, MA, Mini Masterpieces, 2003
Star Gallery, Orleans, MA, Cosmic Women, 2003
Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA, inch x inch, 2002
Old Selectman's Building Gallery, Barnstable, MA, 21 In Truro, 2002
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, All Cape Art Show, 2002
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, 21 In Truro, 2002
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA, Originators of Women Creating, 2002
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave 2002
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, Leo Diehl Exhibition, 2001
Hyperbole Gallery, Newburyport, MA, Twenty-one in Truro, 2001
Rehabilitation Center, Cape Cod & the Island, Sandwich, MA, Reclamation of the Wild Child, 2001
Star Gallery, Orleans, MA, Wild Child I, 2001
Cataument Arts Center, Cataument, MA, The Laundry Show, 2001
Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA, A Body of Work, 2001
Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape and Islands, Sandwich, MA, Dreams and Myths, 2001
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Women Creating, 2000
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 21 In Truro, 2000
Jan Collins Selman Fine Art, Falmouth, MA, Meet The Artists, 1999, 2000
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, Wind and Wave, 2000
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, Abstraction, 2000
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, Portraits, 2000
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA, Cape Cod Ghost Ranch Painters, 1999
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, Members Juried, 1999
PAAM, Provincetown, MA, Members Open, 1999
C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, CCWO, 1999
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Brush Off, 1998 through 2007 Elizabeth Rowley Gallery, Dennis, MA, 1998, 1999
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Pocket-sized Pictures, 1998
Faxon Center Gallery, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, Color: up close & far away, 1998
C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, Yarmouth Cultural Council's, 1998
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Women Creating, 1998
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, Visual Artists Cooperative, 1998
Old Selectmen's Building Gallery, Barnstable, MA, New Works, VAC, 1998
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA, Secret Gardens, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Cummaquid Fine Arts, Cummaquid, MA, Small Works, 1997
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Brewster, MA, The Figure In Art, 1997
The Market Barn Gallery, Falmouth, MA, Shadows and Reflections, 1997
Swansborough Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, Visual Artists Cooperative, 1997
Cape Cod Conservatory, Barnstable, MA, Winter Works,Visual Artists Cooperative, 1997
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, The Province Lands, 1997
C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, Summer Splendors, VAC, 1997
Brain Center, New Seabury, MA, The Creative Process of Artistic Expression, 1997
Mashpee Commons, Mashpee, MA, Women Creating, 1997
Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Recent Gifts To The Collection, 1996
Mashpee Commons, Mashpee, MA, Art-in-the Marketplace, 1996
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA, Fall Show, VAC, 1996
Guyer Barn Gallery, Hyannis, MA, Suzanne Packer and Linda Young, 1996
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Brewster, MA, Small Works, 1995, 1996
Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA, The League at the Cape, 1993
Cummaquid Fine Arts, Cummaquid, MA, Nudes By Invitation, 1993
Town Hall Art Gallery, Orleans, MA, One Old-One New, 1993
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Formal Education

Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, Selina Trieff, Burt Yarborough
Castle Hill, Truro, MA, Anna Poor, Sal Del Deo, Carol Odell
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Sal Del Deo
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, Ron Rizzo
Hingham, MA, Pricilla Sibley
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Art Students League, New York, NY
New York, A. S. Packer
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Awards

Creative Arts Center, All Cape Show 2009, oil, Blue Bureau XII
Awards Creative Arts Center, All Cape Show, oil, Happy Day
Yarmouth Cultural Council, A Part of Me, A Part of You
Yarmouth Cultural Council, A Series of Hand painted Prints
Cape Cod Women's Organization, Study at Bennington College, VT
Cape Cod Women's Organization, Study at Ghost Ranch, NM
Steffi Nosson Scholarship
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Corporate and Museum Collections

Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, The Note, Rainy Day
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA, Four Panel Screen, Flowers and Shells
Cape Cod Museum of Art, formerly, Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis, MA, River Rising
Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, Sunflowers
Forrester Research, Cambridge, MA, Memories of Mexico I, Memories of Mexico II
King-Miles Art Restoration, Providence, R.I., Still Life with Tin Pail
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Artist's Geraniums
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, Sandwich, MA, Still Life
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Selection of Private Collections

The Sparrow Collection of Contemporary Cape Cod Art, MA
The Xiques Collection of American and French Art, CA
The Ann Bengston Collection, D. C.
The Maria Constantinidis Collection, Greece
Alice King Miles Antiques and Art, RI
The Gregory Pappas Collection, Pakistan
Westmoreland Conservation of Fine Art
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Demonstrations, Lectures and Teaching

Painting Demo, Yarmouth Art Guild, 2010
Painting Demo, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 2010
Color & Composition, Six Week Courses on an on going basis, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, 2008, 2009, 2010
Color Your Summer, A Six Week Course, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, 2009
Painting With Oils, One Week Course, Kingston House, Bermuda, 2009
Color and Still Life, A Five Day Workshop, Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA, 2009
Brighten Up Your Winter, Two Still Life Painting Workshops at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Jan and Feb, 2009
Color and Still Life, A Five Day Workshop, Truro Center For The Arts at Castle Hill, 2008
Gallery Talk, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, Sept 17, 2008
Oil Painting Demo, Yarmouth Art Guild, 2008
Gallery Talks for Spanning the Years, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Sept, Nov., 2007
Gallery Talks for Visions and Voices of the Outer Cape, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, 2007
Brown Bag Talk, Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA, Sept, 2004
Still Life Oil Painting, The Atelier Program, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 2004, 2005
Intimations, Lecture, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA, 2004
Still Life Painting, Demo, Yarmouth Art Guild, Yarmouth, MA, 2004, 2008
Painting The Still Life, Demo, Newton Art Association, Newton, MA, 2003
Painting In Greece, Lecture, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 2003
How To Be An Artist, Talk, Elementary School, Pensacola, FL, 2003
Life and Art, Illustrated Lecture, Seimens Lecture Series, South Yarmouth Library, 2003
Listening to the Muse: Career Transitions and Contact with your Inner Artist, Panel, CCWO, 1998
Art in Spring, AAUW, Yarmouthport, MA, 1998, 1999
Oil Demos, Elizabeth Rowley Gallery, Dennis, MA, 1998
Chefs' Sampler, Housing Assistance, Hyannis, 1997
Flourishing Gallery Talk, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 1997
The Great Lighthouse Moving Paint Off, Truro, MA, 1995
Secret Garden Tours for the Cape Cod Museum of Arts, (Cape Museum of Fine Arts), 1997, 2005, 2006
Brush Off, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 1996 through 2007
Still Life Demo, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA 1998
Private Painting Lessons, Contact Suzanne M. Packer, on-going
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Current Gallery Representation

Arlene Hecht Gallery 333, Falmouth, MA, Newton, MA
The Framing Gallery, Hawthorne, NY
Small Works Gallery, Creative Art Center, Chatham, MA
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Memberships/Professional Organizations

Brickbottom Artists Association
Cape Cod Art Association, Artist Member
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Life
Cape Cod Women's Organization
Creative Arts Center, Artist Member
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Trustee
Falmouth Art Guild, Artist Member
National League of American Pen Women
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Artist Member
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Association and Presidents Circle
Shenendehowa Lunch Bunch, Honorary
Twenty-One In Truro
Women's League for Peace and Freedom
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Articles and Publications

The Art of Suzanne M. Packer: Capturing the Color, Light and Movement of Cape Cod, Cape Women Online, Winter 2010 - Nicola Burnel
My Art, My Space, My Love, Cape Cod Magazine, March 2009 - Kim Benson, photography by Jay Elliott
21 In Truro, Highfield Hall Catalogue, 2008 - Highfield Hall Publication
Visions and Voices of the Outer Cape, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, 2007, 21 In Truro Publication
Spanning The Years, A. S. Packer & Suzanne M. Packer, Cape Arts Review, 2007 - Gillian Drake
Art Talk, Provincetown Arts, 2007/08 - Suzanne M. Packer
The Early Years Of The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Memoir, Cape Arts Review, 2006 - Suzanne M. Packer
21 Artists In Truro, Cape Cod Chronicle, 2005 - Stephanie Foster, 21 In Truro, Cape Cod Museum of Art Catalogue, 2005 - 21 In Truro Publication
Suzanne Packer, The Making of An Artist, Cape Women Magazine, Winter / Spring, 1999 - Deborah J. Carr,
Women Creating, Arts Festival, Cape Women Magazine, Winter / Spring, 1999 - Deborah J. Carr,
Changing Identity Isn’t Easy, Cape Cod Women, Spring 1998 - Helen Graves
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, The Permanent Collection, - PAAM Publication, 1998
Suzanne M. Packer, Cape Cod Life, September 1997 - Editors, Cape Cod Life
The Two Collection 1994, The WGBH Channel 2 Auction, Catalogue - Channel 2Publication
’59 Art Student Told ‘Sit in the Back’, Cape Cod Women Magazine, Spring, 1993 - Stephanie Foster
The League At The Cape, 1993, PAAM Catalogue - PAAM Publication
The Art of Bringing a Dream to Fruition, Cape Cod Times, Saturday, April 11, 1992 - Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll
The Drawings of Edward Hopper, Acknowledgments,Cape Museum of Fine Arts - Catalogue Suzanne M. Packer
Arnold Geissbuhler, Retrospective, Cape Museum of Fine Arts Catalogue, Acknowledgment - Fielding Dupuy, March 1987

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