Suzie Buchholz grew up in the heart of Kansas farmland, where clothes were made by hand, meals were hearty and people made do with what they had. Mining those rich memories while deconstructing modern life, Suzie's work is a joyous explosion of color, movement and light. Her mixed media abstract paintings create a tactile drama on the canvas, playing vibrant colors against deeply layered memories, emotions and artifacts. Her whimsical mixed media installations and sculptures employ humor while creating a tension between belief and physics, burden and freedom. Suzie studied painting in Aix-en-Provence, France and received a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute.

Selected Exhibitions
2010 S O M A : Begneaud | Buchholz | Wilson, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Teenage: You Just Don't Understand," Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francico, CA
2010 "Artivores Antics" benefit exhibition, di Rosa, Napa, CA
2010 "Art of Peace" juried exhibition, Bay Model Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2010 Anniversary Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2010 Juried Exhibition ó "Surface Tension: H2O," Bay Model Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2010 Kite Sculptures, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2010 "7," Blue Mountain Gallery, NewYork
2010 "Paper," Monterey Peninsula Airport Galleries, Monterey, CA
2009 Solo Exhibition ó Hay Barn Gallery, Napa, CA
2009 "New York," Galerie Mani, Berlin, Germany
2009 "The White Show," Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2009 "Red," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2009 Juried exhibition, 2cc Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2009 "Art Alive" benefit exhibition, di Rosa, Napa, CA
2009 "De-construct" juried exhibition, Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA
2008 Solo Exhibition ó Deborah Young Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2008 "Wild Things" benefit exhibition, di Rosa, Napa, CA
2007 Solo Exhibition ó Bay Model Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2007 Solo Exhibition ó "Flight," installation, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Solo Exhibition ó "Aquilones," Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2006 Solo Exhibition ó "pARTicipate," SOMArts gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Absolutely Abstract," juried exhibition, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2004 "Fare, Disfare, Rifare," Galleria di Biblioteca, Pienza, Italy
2004 Sant' Anna in Camprena, Pienza, Italy
2004 "Remains of the Day" public mural, Sycamore St., San Francisico
2004 ArtSF, San Francisco, CA
2004 Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Juried artists' book exhibition, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Bread > Circus," The Lab Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Cell Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Friday the 13th Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Ascending Gallery, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 Zedd Fine Art + Design, San Francisco, California
2002 Juried exhibition, Sight/Insight Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2002 Juried exhibition, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1998 Atelier du Soleil, Aix en Provence, France

Juried and Group Exhibitions
2010 "7," Blue Mountain Gallery, NewYork
2010 "Paper," Monterey Peninsula Airport Galleries, Monterey, CA
2009 "The White Show," Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2009 "Red," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2009 Juried exhibition, 2cc Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2009 "Art: It's Alive!" auction exhibition, di Rosa, Napa, CA
2009 "De-construct" juried exhibition, Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA
2008 "Wild Things" auction exhibition, di Rosa, Napa, CA
2006 "Absolutely Abstract," juried exhibition, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2004 "Fare, Disfare, Rifare," Galleria di Biblioteca, Pienza, Italy
2004 Sant' Anna in Camprena, Pienza, Italy
2004 "Remains of the Day" public mural, Sycamore St., San Francisico
2004 ArtSF, San Francisco, CA
2004 Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Juried artists' book exhibition, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Bread > Circus," The Lab Gallery, San Francisco
2003 Cell Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Friday the 13th Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Ascending Gallery, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 Zedd Fine Art + Design, San Francisco, California
2002 Juried exhibition, Sight/Insight Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2002 Juried exhibition, SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1998 Atelier du Soleil, Aix en Provence, France

Curatorial
2009 "De - Construct," Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA
2008 "Does Size Matter," Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA
2006 "Jimmy Lee Sudduth at 96," Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005 "Modern Man," Josh Pavlick, Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005 "Lost & Found," Fernando Ribero, Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005 "Modern Women," Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
1998 "Three Women and a Little Art," B&R Studios, Carmel, CA
1997 "From Prague with Love," Vaclav Matejicek, B&R Studios, Carmel, CA
Teaching & Professional
2004 – 2006 Gallery Director, Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2003 Instructor, California College of the Arts

Teaching & Professional
2004 ñ 2006 Gallery Director, Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2003 Instructor, California College of the Arts

Education
San Francisco Art Institute BFA
Atelier du Soleil, Aix en Provence, France

Affiliations
di Rosa & di Rosa Foundation – board of directors
ICB Artists Association - board member, former president
Sausalito Arts Commission - Public Art Advisory Group
International Academy of the Visual Arts - member
Marin Arts Council - member
Oxbow School - former trustee and vice chair