BIO

Suzanne W. Magee is an artist working in North Florida. She was raised in eastern Pennsylvania and had a previous career in nursing. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing, she worked in the Emergency Department for several years before moving to Florida where she studied Art at the University of Miami. Eventually she moved to Jacksonville and earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in painting and drawing from the University of North Florida.

She has exhibited in regional shows and has a studio in Jacksonville, Florida where she continues to create art.  Her work is represented in numerous private collections, galleries, and in public collections such as the Mayo Clinic, Baptist Hospital, the United States Embassy in the Bahamas, and Ponte Vedra Inn and Resort. She is published in Picturing FLorida, a book containing the work of thirty eight artists  from northeast and central Florida who represent the visual arts of Florida today.

RESUME

Education

2009-2018 University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Post Baccalaureate work in Photography, Printmaking, and Alternative Photographic Processes.

1991-1993 University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Bachelor of Fine Arts. Concentration: Painting and Photography.

1983-1984 Jacksonville University. Jacksonville, Florida.
1981 Creative Arts Workshop. New Haven, Connecticut. 1977-1978 University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida.

Workshops

2017 Project Basho Photography Workshop with Greg Miller. Bennabio, Italy. 2010 Radius Photography Workshop with Dan Lipow. Provence, France.
2009 Radius Painting Workshop with Louise Freshman Brown. Provence,

France.
2006 II Chiostro Painting Workshop. Tuscany, Italy.

Honors and Awards

1992-1993 Dean’s List. University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida.
1993 Summa Cum Laude. University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. 1987 Second Place-Illustration. University of North Florida juried exhibition. 1985 Third Place-Printmaking. University of North Florida juried exhibition. 1984 Third Place-Printmaking. University of North Florida juried exhibition.

Juried Exhibitions

1991 University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Jurors: Enzo Torcoletti and Robin Shepherd.

1990 Gallery 88. Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts-Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Bill Schaff.

1990 University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Juror: John Briggs.
1989 Arts Mania sponsored by the Arts Assembly of North Florida. Juror: Roger

Selby, director of Boca Raton Museum of Art.

1988 Gallery 88. Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts-Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Trevor Bell.

1988 Florida Creates, Jacksonville Art Museum. Jacksonville, Florida. Juror: Alexander Milliken.

1987 University of North Florida. Jurors: Nofa Dixon and Ron Yrabedra. 1985 University of North Florida. Juror: Hiram Williams.
1984 University of North Florida. Juror: John Ward.

Exhibitions

2016 Precision. University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida. Curator: Louise Freshman Brown.

2007 Botanica. Stellers Gallery. Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
2001 Snyder Gallery. Jacksonville, Florida.
1999 Picturing Florida. The Mennello Museum of American Art and The

Terrace Gallery. Orlando, Florida. 1990 Arts Mania. Jacksonville, Florida.

1989 Celebration of Women’s History. YWCA. Jacksonville, Florida. Curator: Louise Freshman Brown.

1986-1987 Stereo 90/Channel 7 TV Art Auction. Jacksonville, Florida.

Teaching Experience

2018 Teaching Assistant to Paul Karabinis. Alternative Photographic Processes class. University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida.

2017 Teaching Assistant to Paul Karabinis. Alternative Photographic Processes class. University of North Florida. Jacksonville, Florida.

Commissions

1997-2018 Collections in American Embassy, Grand Bahamas. Collection in Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.

Collections in Baptist Hospital Corporate Collections, Jacksonville,

Florida.
1998 Painting. Vassar Design Show House. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1997 Painting. The Spa at Ponte Vedra. Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. 1991 Logo Design. Florida West Africa Institute.
1991 Logo Design. Career Expo.
1987 Medical Illustration. Baptist Medical Center-Childbirth Educators.

1986-1990 Stage Design for local productions.

Gallery Affiliations

Steller’s Gallery in Ponte Vedra, Beach, Florida. Gallery in Jacksonville, Florida.
Fairfax Gallery in Jacksonville, Florida.

Associations

American Institute of Graphic Arts Jacksonville Art Museum
Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts