EXHIBITIONS + NEWS

 

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

Susan Hagen: This is Real, Documentary film by John Thornton, 5/2013

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Susan Hagen: Social Studies, Documentary film by John Thornton, 7/2013 

 

 

RECENT FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2024

Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

2022

Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

2021

Artist’s Grant, The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2019

Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

2017

Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

Cultural Incentive Grant, Bucks County Community College Foundation, Newtown, PA

2016

Independence Fellowships in the Arts, Philadelphia PA

2015

Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

2012

Fellowship and Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

 

RECENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2024

Seasons, Sea, Sheep and Cat, All the Directions, and the King at the Ballinglen Museum of Art in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland.2023

THE BIRD ETHIC: Sculptures by Susan Hagen,

Opening October 7, 2023:

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

8480 Hagy's Mill Road | Philadelphia, PA 19128  |  215-482-7300  |  info@schuylkillcenter.org

2022

Strictly for the Birds, Swarthmore College Libraries, Swarthmore, PA, August 26-December 18, 2022

2021

Susan Hagen: North American Birds, The Drawing Room, Philadelphia. From October 3 through November 14,

Opening reception October 3, 3:00-6:00 PM

2019

Monster Drawings, The Drawing Room, Philadelphia. PA - October-December 2019

Citizens: New Work by Susan Hagen, One-person Exhibition, Adventureland Gallery, Chicago, IL

Domestic Matters: The Uncommon Apron, curated by Gail M. Brown. Sally D. Francisco Gallery at Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ

Branching Out: Changing Approaches to Art in Wood, List Gallery, Swarthmore College.

2018

Confluence, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

WOOD: 25 Years of Innovation, CWA-sponsored exhibition, SOFA Chicago

2017

Current Reflections on the Natural and the Manmade, curated by Gail M. Brown. Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

The 76th Woodmere Annual at the Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA. The show was curated by Harry Philbrook and focuses on politically-engaged art.

People Power: Recent Work by Susan Hagen, The Marlin Gallery, CCC, Blackwood, NJ (ONE-PERSON)

2016

Reframing Ophelia, The Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

2015

Some New Stuff…, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Figurative Association: The Human Form, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN 

Look! Contemporary Art and Social Justice in Philadelphia, The University Art Gallery, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

The Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN

2013

Susan Hagen: Social Studies, The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA (ONE-PERSON)

Susan Hagen: This is Real/New work about life in Philadelphia, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (ONE-PERSON) ​

Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Sorrows of War, Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis, TN

2012

The Art of Seduction, The Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD

2011

Oil Spill Animals: An Outdoor Installation and Monument, Fact and Fables: Stories of the Natural World, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Penland Gallery, Penland, NC Art Exchange Exhibition,

CAA Conference, New York, NY

 

RECENT AND UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, ARTIST'S TALKS, AND SYMPOSIA

​2024

Tours of Susan's Bird Ethic project at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for members of Art Reach Philly and Disability Pride PA. It was an inclusive and accessible experience with sensory kits, live audio descriptions, American Sign Language interpretations and Braille signage.

Artist's Panel, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA (tentative)

2023

Several artist’s talks at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in October, and collaborative events with local birding clubs.

2021

"Knowing Nature Through Art," At this free family open house, learn about the Delaware River and the North American birds it supports. The event will feature a special project by Philadelphia artist Susan Hagen in collaboration with poets Nathalie Anderson, and Lisa Sewell. The museum exhibit hall will be open for exploration and special activities will include artist talks, drawing and poetry workshops led by our special guests. Activities are appropriate for people of all ages.

Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 12 - 4 PM

Moonstone Art Center’s Virtual Poetry Reading, Drawing and Poetry in Conversation with Susan Hagen, Nathalie Anderson, and Lisa Sewell. For Zoom link visit: moonstoneartscenter.org. October 7, 7:00 PM

Poetry Reading and presentation on Birds of North America drawings at Villanova University – November 4, 6:00 PM

2020

Hands-on Soap Carving Workshop, Eastern State Penitentiary https://www.easternstate.org/visit/events/member-saturday-made-eastern-state

TBD DRAWING FROM BALLYCASTLE: A Sketchbook and Small-scale Drawing Workshop with Susan Hagen
March 7-15, 2021

2018

Lecture and Demo, University of the Arts

2014  

Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

St Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA

2013

The Art of Human Dignity: A Conversation with Philadelphia Sculptor Susan Hagen, Distinguished Visitor & guest lecturer, Haverford College, Haverford PA

Gallery Talk and Hands-on Workshop, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA

Artist’s Talk, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

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RECENT REVIEWS AND ARTICLES ABOUT S. HAGEN

2021

Toho Journal, Featuring Sculptures by Susan Hagen, Volume 3, Issue 1

2017

The Paul Review: http://online.anyflip.com/qmqo/mrar/#p=1

2015

The Figure as a Map to Human Experience, by Edith Garcia Monnet, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 99, March-June 2015

2013

Lessons, Unplanned, by Gwen Shrift, Bucks County Courier Times, 11/26/2013

Artist Carves Adolescents and “Social Studies,” by Burton Wasserman, Art Matters (Philadelphia, PA), 6/2/2013

Galleries: Sculpture, Paintings, and Installation, by Edith Newhall, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/27/2013

Susan Hagen Examines All Sorts in “Social Studies” at Center for Art in Wood, by Chip Schwartz, Knight Arts, 7/9/2013 https://knightfoundation.org/articles/susan-hagen-examines-all-sorts-in-social-studies-at-center-for-art-in-wood/

Susan Hagen’s Tiny Humans at Center for Art in Wood, by Roberta Fallon, The Artblog, 7/1/2013

Susan Hagen: Carving the World Around Her, by Nancy Bea Miller, Fine Art Connoisseur, 8/2013