About The Artist
Suzanne Siminger grew up in Santa Monica, California, knowing from a very early age that she was an artist. She attended Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Art degree. After graduation Suzanne joined the Peace Corps and served in Brazil. Her main employment was at KGO-TV (ABC) in San Francisco doing courtroom drawing and news graphics for which she won an Emmy Award. At age 40 Suzanne went back to school and attended the San Francisco Art Institute, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Like many young artists, Suzanne experimented with many subjects (figurative, abstract, expressionistic, etc.) and materials (oil, charcoal, pastel, etc.) before settling on contemporary realist landscapes, both in watercolor and oil. Her work is in many collections, both local and abroad. Please visit my website at suzanne siminger.com.
Oil Paint, Watercolor
Studio Information
Contact Information
415 384-8038
Exhibitions & Press
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Gail Van Dyke Gallery, Mind/Body/Spirit/Land, Cancer Center, Greenbrae, CA
2019 Rock Hill Gallery, Coastal California, Community Congregational Church, Tiburon, CA
2016 Tiburon Library, Meanderings, Tiburon, CA
2015 Bay Model, Land Forms of the Southwest, Sausalito, CA
2012 Arroyo Gallery, Land Forms, Telluride, CO
2006 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Contemporary Realist Landscapes, Stinson Beach, CA
1968 The Olympics, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Mexico City, Mexico
1966 Galleria 154, One Woman Show, Olinda, Brazil
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 de Young Museum, The de Young Open, San Francisco, CA
2020 de Young Museum, The de Young Open, San Francisco, CA
2002-2016 Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Ranches & Rolling Hills, Nicasio, CA
2018 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles Invitational, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Heritage Museum, Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Sandwich, MA
2012 Gerald Peters Gallery, Singular Visions, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Gerald Peters Gallery, Land Use/Misuse, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Gerald Peters Gallery, Mixed Contemporary Artists, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Gerald Peters Gallery, Stormy Weather: Holiday Group Show, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Andreeva Gallery, The Lure of Landscape, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Ocean Works, Stinson Beach, CA
2003 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
2002 Santa Cruz Art League, The American Landscape, Santa Cruz, CA
2001 Ann Switzer Gallery, Tiburon, CA
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Landscape Painting, Stinson Beach, CA
2000 Bolinas Museum, On Canvas, Bolinas, CA
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Earth, Sea and Air, Stinson Beach, CA
1999 Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, California Small Works, Santa Rosa, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Biennial Pastel Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Healing Art, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1997 Bradford Gallery, The Land Under a Foot, San Anselmo, CA
1996 Triton Museum of Art, Biennial Watercolor Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
1995 Triton Museum of Art, Biennial Print & Draw Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
1993 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Black and White, Stinson Beach, CA
1988 Emanuel Walter & Atholl McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute,
Overview: Alunmi Annual, San Francisco, CA
1983 Altos de Chavon, Exposición RD/USA, Dominican Republic
1980 Crown Zellerbach Gallery, Showing Our Works, San Francisco, CA
1978 Brustlin Gallery, The West, San Francisco, CA
1976 San Francisco Art Institute, Rushmore: Surveying the American Icon, San Francisco, CA
1975 de Young Museum, The Rainbow Show, San Francisco, CA
1975 Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Rainbow Show, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
In An Artist’s Shoes: An Intimate Look at a Painter’s Life in Art, self-published
Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Lauren Della Monica, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
Landforms of the Southwest: New Paintings, Suzanne Siminger, Fisher Press, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Realist Landscapes, self-published
Ranches & Rolling Hills: Art of West Marin – A Land in Trust, Elisabeth Ptak, Windgate Press, Sausalito, CA
EDUCATION
1987 Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1965 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chouinard Art School, Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS
BNSF Railway
Gulf+Western Corporation
United States Air Force
United States Parks Department
Various U.S. and international private collect
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
1983 Artist-in-Residence, Gulf+Western Corporation, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1982 Emmy Award, Outstanding Individual Achievement in News Graphics, San Francisco, CA
Award of Excellence, Broadcast Designers Association, San Francisco, CA
1963 Guest Art Editor, Mademoiselle magazine, New York, NY
1961 Summer Art Scholarship, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, CA
REVIEWS
Smith, Diane, “Meanderings”, The Ark (June 1, 2016)
Gutenberg, Rhonda, “Sausalito Art Scene”, Marin Scope (Oct. 31, 2000)
Kent, Tom, “No Rainbows Need Apply”, City Magazine (May 13, 1975)
Tarshis, Jerome, “Chasing Rainbows”, San Francisco Magazine (May 1975)
Weeks, H.J., “The Rainbow Show, or- What is That Crock Full Of?”, Artweek (May 10, 1975)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KGO TV (ABC Television), San Francisco, CA 1972-1986
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1985-1986
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1974
Education
EDUCATION
1987 Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1965 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chouinard Art School, Los Angeles, CA
