Suzanna Fields
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 Vignette, Gallery 22, Staunton, VA
2025 Answers To Questions That Have Not Arrived, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Constant Anomalies, Quirk Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2020 Morphology, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Inside Out, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 When You Go Between, Rennolds Gallery, Saint Catherine's School, Richmond, VA
2011 Pool, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
From Color to Form, Two-Person Show, Heurich Gallery, Washington D.C.
2009 Chain of Events, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
2004 Semi-Gloss, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
2002 Color/Forms, Two-Person Show, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2001 Ebullient, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 (Not) Strictly Painting 15, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Portals, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2025 Answers To Questions That Have Not Arrived, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2024 Artists Collecting Artists, Richardson Family Art Museum, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
2023 We Are Here! Collective Histories: Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
ArtFields, LakeCity, SC
2021 Homeward Bound, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Made In VA, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2020 Hello There!, Quirk Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2019 The Summer Swan Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2018 The Jules Olitski Project, Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2017 Homeward Bound, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Strictly Painting 11, McLean Project for the Arts, curator Anne Reeve (prize awarded), McLean VA
2016 A Visionary’s Eye: Glimpse into Carol Trawick’s Private Collection, Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo Park, MD
2015 Patterns of Regeneration, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Radius 250, Artspace, curator Amy Moorefield, Richmond, VA
2014 Aquaflora, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS. Traveled to: University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art,
Hattiesburg, MS
2013 Union By Design, The Art Registry Group, Washington D.C.
2012 Art on Paper 2012, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2011 Beyond the Pale, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2010 Site Singularity,The Bridge PAI , Charlottesville, VA (site-specific installation)
2009 Super Cell, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA. Traveled to: Walnut Street Gallery, Wichita, KA; Matchbox Gallery, Columbus, OH
2008 New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2007 Anti-Matter, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Strictly Painting 6, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Plane Text, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (catalogue)
Fresh Ideas, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Options, Washington Project for the Arts, curator Dr. Libby Lumpkin, Washington D.C.
Radius 250, Artspace, curator John Ravenal, Richmond, VA
Introductions, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.
Strictly Painting 5, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2004 Echo, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (site-specific installation
Ladyfest, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 New Talent, Signal 66, Washington D.C.
all small, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2003 Strictly Painting 4, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Rame' Panorama, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA (site-specific installation)
2001 Hot & Sticky, The Painting Center, New York, NY
From Antelope to Zebra, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Selected Publications
“Suzanna Fields,” Suboart Magazine, Nr. 45, September 5, 2025.
Patrick Hite, “We Are Here! Mary Baldwin exhibit shows value of a visual arts degree,” The News Leader, Sept. 5, 2023.
Konstantin Rega, “Playing With Landscapes,” Virginia Living Magazine, https://www.virginialiving.com/exclusives/playing-with-landscapes/, Mar. 29, 2023.
Leslie Grace, “Fields Creates Abstract Art Based In Nature,” A! Magazine for the Arts, vol. 27, no. 7, Jul. 2020
“Suzanna Fields,” from https://www.lisakellner.com/blogwriting/five-questions-for-artist-suzanna-fields-test, Jul. 1, 2020.
Leighton Carruth, “Alumna Artist Earns Prestigious Residency in Key West,” Mary Baldwin Magazine, Winter 2020: 9-10
Ann Landi, “The Studios of Key West,” Vasari 21, May 12, 2019.
Kenneth Steinbach, Creative Practices for Visual Artists (New York: Routledge.2018), 43.
Paul Spencer, “2018 Women in the Arts,” Style Weekly, Feb. 27, 2018.
Sarah Bishop, “Pour, Drip, Spill, Spray…” from patternbank.com, Oct. 1, 2012.
Lauren Healy & Joyne Cordova, “For the Ages.” Belle Magazine, Aug., 2012.
Mike Allen, “Paintings in Exhibit Can Double as Abstract Sculptures,” Roanoke Times, Jan. 9, 2011.
Rebekah Carter, “VMFA has a Birthday; We get Picasso as a Present,” The News Leader, Mar. 24, 2011:10.
Courtney Crane Dauer, “Flower Power,” RHome , Mar./Apr., 2011: 12.
New American Paintings. South Ed., Open Studios Press, Apr./May, 2009.
S. Preston Duncan, “Low Pressure System” RVA Magazine, Apr., 2009: 18-21.
Rebecca Jones, “Pop Goes the Easel,” Urge Magazine, Sept. 2008: 14.
Michael O’ Sullivan, “The Story Behind the Work,” Washington Post, Jun. 12, 2008: 21.
Michael O’Sullivan, “Paint: The Message Vs. the Medium,” Washington Post, Jun. 13, 2008: 21.
Claudia Rousseau, “Politics, Social Issues Dominate Trawick Winners,” Bethesda Gazette, Sept., 19, 2007.
Carrie Nieman Culpepper, “Creation Story,” Style Weekly, Jul. 18, 2007: 23.
Jessica Dawson, "Just a Tinge of the Color School," Washington Post, Jul. 7, 2001: C2.
Andy Kozlowski, “Speak Planely,” Style Weekly, Jul. 2, 2007: 22.
Kristen Capps, “Strictly Painting 6: Color Fields Revisited,” Washington City Paper, Jun. 28, 2007.
Roy Proctor, “An Idea For An Art Show,” Richmond Times Dispatch, Jun. 10, 2007: G12.
Michael O’Sullivan, “At Options 2005, Choose Wisely,” The Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2005.
Michael O’Sullivan, “New Sensations,” The Washington Post, Aug. 19, 2005: WE31.
Michael O’Sullivan, “Different Strokes For Different Folks,” The Washington Post, Jun. 24, 2005: 50.
Paulette Roberts-Pullen, “Climbing the Walls,“ Style Weekly, Mar. 10, 2004: 26.
Paul Ryan, "Suzanna Fields and Ariana Hugget (review)," Art Papers. Mar./Apr. 2003: 40.
Catherine Fox, "Good Things Come in Small Packages," Atlanta Constitution Journal, Jul. 12, 2002: Q6.
Emily Smith, "Practice, Don't Preach," C'ville Weekly. Dec., 17, 2002.
Aaron Steinberg, "Side By Side: Togetherness Brings Out The Best," The Hook, Dec., 19 2002: 27.
“Painting? Sculpture? Second Street Ponders,” The Daily Progress, Dec., 5, 2002.
Honors, Residencies & Awards
2023 Artist in Residence, Mountain Lake Biological Station, Pembroke, VA
2019 Artist in Residence, Studios at Key West, Key West, FL
2018 Women in the Arts Award, Style Weekly, Richmond, VA
2017 Curator's Prize, McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 11, McLean, VA
2008 Bethesda Painting Awards, Third Prize, Bethesda, MD
2007 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2006 Liquitex Purchase Prize, Liquitex, Cincinnati, OH
Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2005 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
Artist in Residence,Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2004 Bethesda Painting Awards, Semi-finalist, Bethesda, MD
2003 Trawick Prize Finalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD1997
Ulysses Desportes Art Award, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Collections
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Kimpton Hotel Group, San Francisco, CA
Markel Collection, Richmond, VA
Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Philip Morris, U.S.A., Richmond, VA
Retail Data, LLC, Richmond, VA
Richardson Family Art Museum, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Shepard and Amanda Fairey, Los Angeles, CA
SJG Properties, Washington, D.C.
Royall Collection, Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Education
2001 MFA, Painting & Printmaking, Summa Cum Laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1997 BA, Art & English, Magna Cum Laude, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA