SOLO And Two-Person EXHIBITIONS

2024

In the End a Devastating Beauty, Stand4 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Two-person collaboration)

2021

In the Beginning There Was Only Water, Five Point Gallery, Torrington, CT

2019

Mid-Summer Day’s Dream, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT. (Two-person collaboration)

2017                  

Open House, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT (Two-person collaboration)

2016                  

The Wave, Silliman Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT (Two-person collaboration)

2014                 

Retrospective of Holocaust Paintings: 1985 - 1995, Chase Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2012                 

Nocturnal Wave, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC (Two-person collaboration)

1995                 

Waiting: Paintings by Susan Hoffman Fishman, Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton MA

1992                 

Waiting Rooms, Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford, CT

1987                 

The Newspace Gallery, Manchester College, Manchester, CT

1985                 

Atria Gallery, Hartford, CT

1984                 

John Cusano Gallery, South Norwalk, CT

1983                 

Plumbing and Veneers, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT

Group EXHIBITIONS

2024                

Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, Biophilia: In Excelsis, New Haven, CT

Peace Boat, Biophilia: In Excelsis, NYC

Climate Imaginarium, Biophilia: In Excelsis, Governor’s Island, NYC  

Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Exquisite River, New Haven, CT

Silvermine Gallery, Metamorphosis: The Changing Landscape, New Canaan, CT

Higgins Art Gallery, Regenerating Earth, West Barnstable, MA

2022

New York Hall of Science, Landscapes: Interior and Exterior, Curated by SciArt Initiative, Bronx, NY

Nurture/Nature Center, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Easton, PA

Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Turning Tides, Alexandria, VA

Ceres Gallery, MAYDAY! EAARTH, New York City

Janice Charach Gallery, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Bloomfield Hills, MI

What’s Next For Earth, What is Resilience? (Virtual)

2021

22-North Gallery, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Ypsilanti, MI

Ecoartspace, Embodied Forests, (Virtual with physical catalog)

Think About Water Collaborative, Think About Water, (Virtual)

Artists Literacies Institute, The Artists’ Grief Deck (Virtual)

2020

Ethan Cohen KUBE, Darkness Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Beacon, NY

Google Arts and Culture, United Nations and f-99, Global Conversations (Virtual)

Garner Art Center, Garnerville, NY, RESILIENCE 2020 (Virtual)

Five Point Gallery, Small Works, Torrington CT

2019

Climate Museum, NYC, Pathway to Climate Instagram Exhibition

2018                  

Ann Street Gallery, Anthropocene, Newburgh, NY

2017                  

William Benton Museum of Art, Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water, University of CT, Storrs, CT

2016                 

International Institute of Contemporary Art and Theory, New Grounds, Mangalia, Romania

Site: Brooklyn, Drawing Lines Across Mediums, Brooklyn NY

Hillyer Art Space, FORMAT, Washington, DC

Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY

2015                  

Manny Cantor Center, Rooted, New York, NY

2013                 

A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010                 

Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT

1998                 

100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT

1995                 

100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT                 

1993                 

Washington Art Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

1990                 

Museum of American Political Life, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT

1989                 

Showcase Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

1988                 

The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford, C

Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

1987                 

Alternative Museum, NYC

Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

Showcase Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

1986                 

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

1985                 

Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT

COLLABORATIVE Installations

2024

Flood 2.0, a multi-disciplinary installation produced by Water Women, a collaboration of Susan Hoffman Fishman, Krisanne Baker and Leslie Sobel, which focuses on water and climate change, at Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2023

Flood 2.0, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT

2017

The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT with Elena Kalman

2016

HOME: A Site Specific Public Art Installation on the Meaning of Home and the Tragedy of Homelessness at:

Stamford Government Center, Stamford, CT with Elena Kalman

The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

Connecticut State Captiol, Hartford, CT with Elena Kalman

2015                 

Open House: A Site Specific Installation at: Governor’s Island, New York, NY;

The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

Governor's Island, NYC with Elena Kalman;

Chase Gallery, West Hartford, with Elena Kalman

2014

The Wave at:

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT and

Ferguson, New Haven, New London and Willimantic, CT Public Libraries with Elena Kalman           

2013

The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT;

National Aquarium, Baltimore MD;

Van Cortland Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

2012                 

The Wave: An Interactive Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

Connecticut Office of the Arts, HOT School Institute, Hartford, CT;

EnvisionfestHartford, Hartford, CT;

Gaffney Elementary School, New Britain, CT

2011                 

The Wave: An Interactive Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA;

 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA;

 Worthington Hooker School, New Haven, CT


Grants/Residencies/Awards

             

2024

Connecticut Commission on the Arts Artist Grant to support community-based programs that respond to current issues.

The Crit Lab Fellowship

2023

Invitational Artist in Residence, The Swimming Hole Foundation, Bearsville, NY for Water Women, a three-person collaborative.

13 images from the series In the Beginning There Was Only Water (2019 - 2020) published in the Netherlands in a book by the group, Writers for Justice (Schrijvers voor Gerechtigheid) on climate justice and climate change.

2022

Artist in Residence, Five Points Art Center, Torrington, CT for Water Women.

2021

Artist in Residence at Planet Labs, Inc., an independent provider of global daily Earth ­­­­­­satellite data. (3-Month Sci/Art residency), San Francisco, CA­­

2020

Artist in Residence, Cel del Nord (Virtual), Orissa, Barcelona, Spain.

2018

Invoking the Pause Grant, Creative retreat for a collaborative team to develop new responses to climate change. Awarded to Artists and Climate Change core columnists.

2016

Vision Award, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT

2015                 

City of Stamford, CT: Community Arts Partnership Program Grant Award

Artist in Residence, Governor’s Island, NYC

2014               

Awesome Foundation Connecticut Grant Award

Draftsmen’s Congress Mini-Residency, New Museum, NYC and Art Kibbutz

2013                 

Connecticut Office of the Arts, 2014 Arts Catalyze Placemaking Grant Award;

2012

2012 Curatorial Open Call Installation Award, LaViola Gallery, NYC

1995                 

Artist in Residence, Commendation and Assistance Award,  Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA.                 

1986                 

Connecticut Commission on the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant

1984

Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company Purchase Award               


Commissions

 

2021

HOME, Permanent Installation at Pacific House, Shelter for the Homeless, Stamford, CT

2017                  

The Wave, Permanent Installation, William Benton Museum of Art, University of CT,  Storrs, CT

2014                 

The Wave, Permanent Installation, Carnegie Management, 40 North 4th Street,: Brooklyn, NY

1986                 

Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford, CT


Collections

William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs,CT

Carnegie Management, 40 North 40th Street, Brooklyn, NY

Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford, CT

MidState Medical Center, Meriden, CT


EDUCATION

B.A. in Fine Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

M.A. Ed., Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT                                   


Catalogues

In the End a Devastating Beauty

Published by Susan Hoffman Fishman and Leslie Sobel, 2024

Turning Tides

Published by The Torpedo Factory, Arlington, VA, 2022

Climate Conversation: All We Can Save

Published with funding by Nurture Nature Center, 2022

Embodied Forests

Published by Ecoartspace, 2021

Investing in Dreams: Connecticut’s Commitment to Imagination:

Published by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1995

BAA 1988 Exhibition of Works on Paper:

Published by the Berkshire Art Association, 1988

From the Files: Curator’s Choice:

Published by the Alternative Museum, NYC, 1987

Connecticut Circumscribed:

Published by Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1986

Hartford Art Hartford:

Published by the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, 1986