SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005  The Back of Beyond, Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2004 The Spell of the Valley, Mission Creek Studios Art Gallery, Los Olivos, California

1999  Shrine Objects and Natural Altars, Art Resources Gallery, Santa Barbara, California  

1997  Nest, Art Resources Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
         Amazing Grace, Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

1996   Susan Jørgensen, Artwalk, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History,
          Santa Barbara, California

1992   Feathers/Plumae coloratae, De la Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
         Icarus, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California

1988  Voices We Shall Never Hear, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
         Santa Barbara, California

1987  Susan Jørgensen, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California

1981  Living Rooms, Visible Light Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

1976  Susan Jørgensen, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana


 

 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007  Made in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

2004  Inspired by Trees: An Exhibition of Art and Poetry, Wildling Art Museum,
         Los Olivos, California
          Blur: Temporary Contemporary at the Bekins, Santa Barbara, California

2003  Working Land—A Photographic Portrait of Contemporary Agriculture,
         Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2002   FORUMulations, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
         Santa Barbara, California

2001  Susan B. Anthony on Mount Rushmore: Women Making a Difference,
         Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
         Fort Wayne Photographers, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

1997 The Cup Show, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

1994  Un Ange Passe, Reynolds Gallery,
         Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
         The Santa Barbara Connection: Contemporary Photography,
         Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

1992  Innovative Photographic Techniques,
        Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

1991  A Tribute to Marion Post Wolcott,
         Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

1990  34 25 x 120 15: Women Artists from Santa Barbara,
        The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, California

         Land Without Water: 3 Views of the Desert, Studio Ten,
         Santa Barbara, California

1989  Current Works 1989, Society for Contemporary Photography Gallery,
         Kansas City, Missouri
         The Extended Image: Contemporary Panoramic Photography,
         Photo Central Gallery, Hayward, California

1988  Brenda Hemsing, Susan Jørgensen, & Patricia Ridenour,
         Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1985  Santa Barbara Collects, Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
         Santa Barbara, California

1983  The Chair: Art Tackles History, James Hansen Gallery,
         Santa Barbara, California
         Death Valley Daze, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History,
         Santa Barbara, California

1974  Maria Ackley, Charlotte Casey, Lynne Harrison, Susan Jørgensen, Penny Janof,
          & Karen Scherwood, Silver Image Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

 

COMMISSIONS

2000  Portrait 2000, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
         Santa Barbara, California

1999  Portrait for the Millennium, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
         Santa Barbara, California

1985  Jane Pauley (life-size photographic sculpture), Today Show, NBC


 

ARTICLES & REVIEWS

2005  “Sedgwick Reserve: A Plein Air Painting Come to Life,”
          Santa Barbara Seasons, Winter 2005

1996  “First Person: Healing Art,” Santa Barbara Magazine, Fall 1996

1982-1984  Eye, limited edition magazine of original prints;
           featured artist in issues #4 and #9

 

 

Born in 1947, Susan Jørgensen has pursued her unique expression of photographic art for over thirty years. Her photo-derived paintings, image transfers, chromogenic prints, and digital prints have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions; her work is included in the permanent collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as well as many private collections.