Susan Stair
www.susanstair.com susanstair@gmail.com www.instagram.com/susanstair
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Trashion Fashion Shows, Marcus Garvey Park and Jackie Robinson Park, Harlem, NY
2024 Birdwatching in the Boreal Forest, The Audubon Mural Project, NY
2023 Setting the Stage for Climate Change, Morningside Park
2021 Ascending the Mountain, Marcus Garvey Park, New York, NY
2019 Roots on Fire, Harlem Art Park, New York, NY
2018 Returning to the River, New York, NY
2017 The Wood Wide Web, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
2016 Lenape Landscape, Trees as Tonic, Conference House Park, Staten Island, NY
2016-17 Tree Reflections, Conference House Park, Staten Island, NY
2015 Ceramics: Susan Stair and Ezequiel Taveras, Curated by Julio Valdez, JVS Project Space, New York, NY
2009 By the Waters, PS/IS 189, The Rosa Parks School, New York, NY
2009 The Pillars of PS/IS 189, The Rosa Parks School, New York, NY
1997 The Artist’s View, Nutshell Gallery, Lake Huntington, NY
1996 On the Surface, Delaware Art Center, Narrowsburg, NY
1995 Susan Stair, Toli Gallery, Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Levitation, Curated by Silvana Diaz, Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines
1993 Primarily an Issue of Color, The Fringe Festival, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong, China
1992 Yongzheng Exposure, The Fringe Club, Hong Kong, China
1990 Faces, Places, Thomas Jefferson Center, US Embassy, Makati, Philippines
1984 The Back Porch, Westchester State College, Westchester, PA
1982 Recent Works, Faculty Club, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Shows
2021 Members Only, Curated by Connie Lee, Living with Art Salon, New York, NY
2020 Hidden Landscapes, Curated by Connie Lee, Living with Art Salon, New York, NY
2019 Turner Yellow, Curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan, ODETTA, New York, NY
2017 The Drum Circle, Curated by Leanne Stella, Afloat Hotel, ArtinFluxHarlem, New York, NY
2017 Invocations, Curated by Ellen Fagan, ODETTA, New York, NY
2016 Tree Reflections, Curated by Ellen Fagan, FLUX Art Fair, ODETTA, New York, NY
2016 Women in the Heights: Transitions, Curated by Andrea Arroyo, NoMMA, Rio lll Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Art Fired Up, Curated by Robin Zane, Lazarus Gallery, United Hebrew, New Rochelle, NY
2014 NY Cross Pollinations, Curated by Jean Geisel of Bausch & Lomb Headquarters, Stone Quarry Art Center, Cazenovia, NY
2013 HAWT, Curated by Jean Giesel of Bausch & Lomb Headquarters, Harlem Art Walking Tour, New York, NY
2012 Emerge International Art Fair, Capitol Hotel, Washington, D.C.
2008 Art in Flux Harlem, Curated by Leanne Stella, Small, New York, NY
2008 Westinghouse Project, Curated by Matt Gosser, NJ Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.
2007-8 Harlem Open Art Studio Tour, H.O.A.S.T., New York, NY
1991 The Intramuros Conspiracy, Galeria de las Islas, Manila, Philippines
1990 My Life in the Resistance, Art Lab, Manila, Philippines
1984 The Closet, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Philadelphia, PA
1981-2 New Artists, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1980 10 Artists, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Grants & Awards
2025 Refashion the Future, A Community Trashion Show, LMCC, The Gilman Foundation
2021 Ascending the Mountain, LMCC & UMEZ
2019 Roots on Fire, LMCC & UMEZ
2018 Returning to the River, New York, NY, Art in Flux Harlem, Curated by Leanne Stella
2014 Cross Pollinations, Artist Residency, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY,
2009 By the Waters, Sites for Students
1988 Callicon Landscape, Chojsnicki Assoc. Architect, Callicoon, NY
1987 Stained Glass Fabric, St. Bartholomew’s, New York, NY
Publications / Reviews
2021 “‘Ascending the Mountain’ to Open in Marcus Garvey Park”, GothamToGo, July 12
2019 “Exploring Roots of Trees and Cultural Roots with Artist Susan Stair: Roots on Fire in the Art Park, East Harlem”, GothamToGo, June 15
2016 “21 Art Installations and Exhibits Not To Miss in NYC December 2016”, Untapped New York
2016 “Senior Care Facilities with World Class Art” by Susan Hodara, The New York Times, January 23
2009 “WBAI Interview with Peggy Dominique”, Arts In the Community
1993 “Susan Stair: Levitations, Provocations” by Rod Paras-Perez, Taipan, April
1991 “Susan Stair”, Cosmopolitan, HK, December
1990 “Pale Faces in a Brown Milieu” by Cesare A.X. Syjuco, PI Graphic
Teaching Experience
2017-2022 Rockefeller University Creative Childhood Center, NY
1998-2015 Art Instructor, Studio in a School, New York, NY
1979-81 GTA, Design, Lithography & Papermaking, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Education
1981 M.F.A. in Printmaking, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1976 B.A., Printmaking, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio