Curriculum Vitae
ART
‧ J. Gernon Picture Fine Art, New York, NY; group show, Eye Spy: Lover's Eyes (August 30, 2024-September 22, 2024)
‧ Arundel Farm Gallery, Arundel, ME; group show, A Different Perspective: Small Works (June 15, 2024-August 15 2024)
‧ Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, IA; group show, Portraiture (February 6, 2024-March 6, 2024)
‧ Anthropologie x Artfully Walls print collection (January 2024-)
‧ Galactic Panther Gallery, Alexandria, VA; group show, Wonder Women (December 9, 2024-March 9, 2024)
‧ Salon 21, New York, NY; Holiday Bazaar (November 30, 2023-December 14, 2023)
‧ Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, IA; Holiday Show (November, 2023)
‧ Mont Marte, mention in “Eye art ideas to inspire you” (November 9, 2023)
‧ Where Women Create, "Susannah Carson", feature article (October 31, 2023)
‧ Antiques & the Arts Weekly, "Q&A: Susannah Carson", feature article (September 5, 2023)
‧ My Modern Met, "Artist Recreates 18th-Century Romantic 'Lover's Eyes' Tradition by Painting Eyes on Vintage Plates", feature article (July 14, 2023)
‧ Colossal, "Susannah Carson Evokes the Amorous Tradition of the Lover's Eye Through Antique Plate Paintings", feature article (April 25, 2023)
‧ PLN DESIGN, "Susannah Carson i romantyczny trend na ceramicznych talerzach", feature article (May 8, 2023)
‧ Bergdorf Goodman x Chairish, New York, NY; group show (January 17, 2023-April 10, 2023)
‧ Goop, Holiday Gift Guide (winter 2022)
‧ Magazinish (by Chairish), (cover, winter 2021; mention, fall 2022; cover, winter 2022)
‧ Lover’s Eyes: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection, ed. Elle Shushan, pub. Giles (September 14, 2021)
Literature
Education
‧ Yale University, Ph.D. in French literature, research assistant to Harold Bloom, founder of the Yale French Colloquium, Elizabethan Club member, teaching fellow (2004-2010)
‧ Paris III, La Sorbonne Nouvelle, D.E.A. (2003)
‧ Lyon II, L’Université des Lumières, maîtrise (2002)
‧ San Francisco State University, M.A. in comparative literature, graduate teaching assistant (2003)
‧ Pomona College, B.A. in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, W. T. Jones Philosophy Prize (1997)
Books
‧ Living with Shakespeare: Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors (New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2013)
‧ A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (New York, NY: Random House, 2009; London, UK: Penguin, 2010; Nanjing, China: Yilin Press, 2010)
‧ Les Dangers du Roman: The Evolution of the Dangerous Novel in Early Modern France, 1667-1736 (Dissertation)
Articles & Presentations
‧ Articles in the San Francisco Chronicle, L. A. Times, etc. on Harold Bloom, Ralph Fiennes, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
‧ Academic articles and presentations on Montaigne, Castiglione, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, Madame de Lafayette, the ballet of Louis XIV, 17th-century fashion in Le Mercure galant, and Early Modern novels
COLLECTORS ONLY
GIVEAWAY
Enter to win this Lover's Eye ring by sending a photo of my work styled in your home or worn on an outfit, and your name will be written on a card and put into a hat for a random drawing!
Send me your photos by Sunday, August 11, 2024 to my email at susannah.carson.art@gmail.com.
If you'd like to enter but don't have any of my work yet, enjoy 20% off until this Sunday, August 4, and we'll ship out orders immediately.
The ring is gold plate over sterling with quartz rock crystal over an original oil painting. It's a one-of-a-kind experimental piece and has a slightly rough, imperfect bezel.
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