SUSAN BURTON | MOSAIC ARTIST
Artist Resume
Susan Burton
Art Explorations
2916 East 2575 Road
Marseilles, IL 61341
815-690-3802
FORMAL EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Major Interior Design, Minor in Art, Minor in Architecture, SIU Carbondale, 1978
Associates Degree, IVCC 1975
SELECTED COMMISSIONS & COMMUNITY BUILDS
2022 “SPARK! Mosaic Sculpture Creation”
Rockford Area Arts Council, 703 E State St., Rockford, IL
info@artsforeveryone.com
2022 Purple Heart Mosaic Medal
LZ Peace Memorial, 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL
LZ Smoke Brothers, https://www.lzpeace.org/
2019- “Rockford Women’s Suffrage Plaza” Historical Landmark
2021 Riverfront of the YMCA, 200 Y Boulevard, Rockford, IL
WSC2020Rockford@gmail.com
2019 “SPARK! Mosaic Sculpture Creation”
Rockford Area Arts Council, 713 E State St., Rockford, IL
info@artsforeveryone.com
2019 "Prairie Dreams"
Princeton, IL
“Pollinator Pillars”
Canal Street Art Walk, Ottawa, IL
2018 “Delicious”- The Cupcake
The Ottawa Bakery, Ottawa, IL
“Rotary Stepping Stones”
Rotary Park, LaSalle, IL (NCIArtworks Facilitated)
“Step Up Stepping Stones” (NCIArtworks Facilitated)
LaSalle Elementary School, LaSalle, IL
2017 “Giant Monarch”
Canal Street Art Walk, Ottawa, IL
“Market Star”
Chris Kringle Market, Ottawa, IL
2014 “Rainbow Flower”
Allen Park, Ottawa, IL
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Expedition Known"
Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair, Chicago
"Aboton"
Trashion - Westclox Recycled Fashion Show, Peru, IL
2018 Open Space Gallery, Group Show, Ottawa, IL
Amanda Weygand Group Show, Ottawa, IL
The Bakery, Ottawa, IL
Salt Tree Yoga, Ottawa, IL
Washington Park, Ottawa, IL
ArtWorks Gallery, LaSalle, IL
2017 "100 Moments in Mosaic"
Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair, Chicago
"Charism"
Flower & Garden Show, Navy Pier, Chicago
Heritage Harbor, Ottawa is Blooming
2016 "Totem Pole"
Flower & Garden Show, Navy Pier, Chicago
Heritage Harbor, Ottawa is Blooming
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
2019 Introduction to Picassiette
OpenSpace, Ottawa
Wine Bottle Cutting and Sculpture
OpenSpace, Ottawa
Mosaic Rock Build
OpenSpace, Ottawa
Sandcasting
IVCC, Oglesby, IL
Art Farm, Marseilles, IL
Christmas Ornament Make & Take
Chris Kringle Market, Ottawa, IL
2018 Christmas Ornament Make & Take
Chris Kringle Market, Ottawa, IL
2015-Current Open Studio - Sculpture Garden
Art Farm, Marseilles, IL
2015-Current Mosaic Jewelry
WomanSpace, Rockford, IL
A Mess of Things, Ottawa, IL
OpenSpace Gallery, Ottawa, IL
2011-Current Beginning Mosaics
WomanSpace, Rockford, IL
A Mess of Things, Ottawa, IL
OpenSpace Gallery, Ottawa, IL
Heritage Harbor, Ottawa, IL
Art Farm, Marseilles, IL
408 Fine Arts Factory, LaSalle, IL
PUBLICATIONS
Mosaic and Sculptural Work featured in:
Creations: Contemporary Decorative Mosaic, Jacqueline Iskander
Mosaic Art Today, Jeffrey B. Snyder
Starved Rock Country: State of the Art, Mosaics Make Splash in Ottawa, Charles Stanley
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL COURSES
2022 - SAMA Convention, Toledo, Ohio
2022 - CBA-Community Build Association Convention, Omaha, Nebraska
2022 - CBA- Totem Workshop, Omaha, Nebraska
2019 - SAMA Convention
Portriature-Picassiette/Mixed Materials - Gila Rayberg - http://www.gilamosaics.com/home.html
Go Big or Go Home/Working with Large Tiles - Kim Wozniak - https://maverickmosaics.com/instructors/kim-wozniak/
Paltiya 3D Substrate Material - Maria Sarmiento - https://www.sarmientostudio.com/about-1/
2017 - Concrete/Styrofoam Carving - Sherri Warner Hunter - https://swhartstudioinc.wordpress.com/
2017 - Picassiette/Chicago School of Mosaic Art - Pamela Irving - http://pamelairving.com.au/
2017 - Wet Concrete Carving/Chicago School of Mosaic Art -Elder Jones - http://sandpudding.com/
2015 - Concrete/Styrofoam Carving - Sherri Warner Hunter - https://swhartstudioinc.wordpress.com/
2014 - Bas Relief Sculpture for Mosaic Art - Gwyn Kaitis - http://www.mosaicartnow.com/artists/gwyn-kaitis/
2014 - Artists, Decision Makers/Installers - Julie Richey - http://www.juliericheymosaics.com/
2014 - Bend, Fold & Undulate Substrates - Marian Shapiro - https://www.dariandesign.com.au/
2012 - Designing & Presenting Sculptural Mosaics - https://swhartstudioinc.wordpress.com/
2012 - Making Mosaics Direct Method - Gary Drostle - https://www.drostle.com/
2012 - Mosaic Materials & Adhesives - Sonia King - http://mosaicworks.com/
2012 - Mosaic & Concrete Sculpture - Wouterina de Raad - http://www.concretemosaicsculpture.com/
PRESENTATIONS & PROGRAMS
2021 Rockford Women’s Suffrage Plaza, Rockford, IL
2019 Rockford Women’s March, Rockford, IL
2019 Mary Uthoff Walkway/Prairie Dreams, Princeton, IL
2017 Ottawa Elementary – Mosaic Demo, Ottawa, IL
2017 Ottawa Elementary – Mosaic Demo, Ottawa, IL
2017 Noon Rotary - Rotary & Mosaics, Ottawa, IL
2017 Rotary – Rotary & Mosaics, Ottawa, IL
2017 America In Bloom – Building Public Art, Boston, MA
2016 Noon Rotary – Blooming Mosaics, Ottawa, IL
2016 Morning Rotary – Blooming Mosaics, Ottawa, IL
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM
2019-Current Starved Rock Country Community Art Fund
2018-Complete OmniPrize, Ottawa, IL
2018-Complete NCIArtworks (Artwork Installation), LaSalle, IL
2014-Current Ottawa Wine & Art Walk, Ottawa, IL
2014-Current Ottawa is Blooming, Ottawa, IL
2013-Current America In Bloom (Symposium), CA, MS, KY, IL, MI
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society of American Mosaic Artists
Chicago School of Mosaic Art
Starved Rock Country Foundation Festival of the Arts
Ottawa Art League
River Valley Visuals
Ottawa Downtown Merchants
Ottawa Garden Club
Ottawa is Blooming Committee
WIN Organization
Rising Tide Society
Entrepreneurial Master Minds
Womanspace