Curriculum Vitae

Solo*/Two Person Exhibitions
2013 Mending Is Better Than Ending (Performance)*, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2012 Susan Byrnes*, Emery Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Susan Byrnes/Francis Schanberger, Rosewood Art Centre, Kettering, OH
2005 Calling*, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2004 Come Visit!*, Ford Gallery Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2000 Diving the Wreck, Idea Factory Installation (Two person show), Ann Arbor, MI

Group Exhibitions
2012
MEME: Culture In Transmission, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Symphonic Stylings, Par Projects, Cincinnati, OH
Passage, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts (3 person show), Hamilton, OH
Inside the Box, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Mirror Images, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Character Studies, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH 
From the River’s Perspective, ArtStreet, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2011
Activated Spaces, “From the River’s Perspective” Installation, Dayton, OH
Screenless Screening, “Tucumcari Tonight”, Film Dayton Festival, Dayton, OH
2010
Link Gallery Group Exhibition, Dayton, OH 
Mom’s Fridge, Brighton Arts District, Cincinnati, OH
2009
Creative Soul of Dayton, The Armory, Dayton, OH
Unchained III, Link Gallery, Dayton, OH
19th Annual Works on Paper Exhibit, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH
Imagillaboration Project, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville FL
2008
On a Pedestal and Off the Wall, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
.edu, Cannery Art and Design Center, Dayton, OH
3rd Annual Performance Art Festival, Baum Opera House, Miamisburg, OH
2007
Fruit for the Egg, Goloka Gallery, Dayton OH
Sideshow, Circus Art Collective, Dayton OH
Eye to I: Self-Portraits by Women Artists, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2006
Dayton Live Art Network Performance Art Competition, Dayton, OH
2004
Pop Group Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
New Spaces, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Body Role, Lenawee Valley Arts Council Gallery, Adrian, MI
2003
Three: MFA Student Exhibit, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Cupid’s Dementia Revisited, Taubman Gallery, Univ. of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
What’s Crossing Your Path?, Sculpture/Dance Performance, Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti, MI
Hang-Up: Graduate Student Exhibit, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 2002
Shoes, The Sole of Humanity, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Cupid’s Dementia, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Cradle As Art, Art Masters Association Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
Graduate Student Exhibit, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2001
Well-Heeled: A Shoe Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Aperto 2001, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI

Grants/Awards
3rd Place Award, Mirror Images, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012
Audio Producer Trainee, Community Voices Program, WYSO Public Radio,2011
Individual Artist Grant, Montgomery County Arts and Culture District, 2009
3rd Place Award, Dayton Live Art Network Performance Art Competition, 2006
Graduate Research Grant, Eastern Michigan University, 2004
Graduate Fellowship Award, Eastern Michigan University, 2002-2004
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Eastern Michigan University, 2003
Graduate Studio Assistantship, Eastern Michigan University, 2002-2004
Arthur Rockall Graduate Metals Scholarship, 2003
Dorothy Lamming Fine Arts Scholarship, 2002-2003

Bibliography
2013 The Transmission of Cultural DNA, January, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
2013 Exhibit Explores How Memes Affect Culture, January, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH
2012 Meme Exhibit Will Have Visitors Talking, Dec., Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH
2012 Inside The Box, April, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
2010 Other Nature, April, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH
2010 Rosewood Art Exhibition Review, April, Dayton Daily News, Dayton,OH
2009 Creative Soul of Dayton, October, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH
2007 Eye to I: Self Portaits by Women Artists, March, Exhibition Catalogue, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Eye to I: Self Portraits by Women Artists, March, Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico
2005 Openings: Calling at the Harwood Art Center, October, THE magazine, Santa Fe, NM 2004 New Spaces Exhibit, Februrary, The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan University
2002 The Cradle As Art Exhibit, February, The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan University

Broadcasts
2013 Jud Yalkut's Visions and Sur-realities, Producer, WYSO, January
2012 Eco-Artist Basia Irland Comes to Dayton, Producer, WYSO, September
2012 Derby Baby, Producer, WNKU, July
2011 A Blue Sky Summer, Producer, WYSO, September
2011 Tucumcari Tonight, Producer, WYSO, July
2011 Patrick Dougherty Wiggle, Producer, WYSO, May
2005-2011 Radio ArtStreet Weekly Show, Producer and host, WUDR, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2008 Art Talk with Tiffany Shaw Diaz (Miami Valley Community Cable Access), Featured Guest, June, Dayton, OH
2005 Super Sonic Transmissions Weekly Show, Producer and host, WALF, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 
2004 Ghost Lover Weekly Show, Producer and host, WALF, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Conferences/Symposia
2012 Mending (The Emery) Is Better Than Ending, (Workshop), Sept.,Cincinnati, OH
2011 Dayton Tech Arts (Presenter and artist collaborator), Jan., Dayton, OH
2010 Pecha Kucha 3 (Sculpture Presentation), March, Dayton, OH
2009 NOCA -Night of Contemporary Art (Lecture), Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2008 First Annual Arctic Iron Pour (Demonstration), June, Wiseman, AK
2008 Art on Fire Festival (Demonstration), June, Wasilla, AK
2007 Second International Conference on the Arts In Society (Presentation), September, Kassel, Germany

Exhibitions Curated
2012 MEME: Culture In Transmission, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2005-2012 Annual Exhibition Series, ArtStreet Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 2007-2011 Summer Student Artist In Residence Program, University Dayton, Dayton, OH
2009 Creative Soul of Dayton, October, The Armory, Dayton, OH
2007 To Abstraction:The Paintings of Curtis Barnes, University Dayton, Dayton, OH
2007 UD Women Artists, March, Cannery Center for Art and Design, Dayton, OH

Education
M.F.A. in Sculpture, 2004, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
B.F.A. in Photography, Magna Cum Laude, 1989, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Bronze/Iron Casting Workshops, 1999-2013, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, NM