Suzanne McClelland
American artist (born 1959)
Suzanne McClelland is a New York-based artist best known for abstract work based in language, speech, and sound.
Early life and education
McClelland studied with photographer Joanne Leonard and painter Gerome Kamrowski at the University of Michigan, receiving a BFA in 1981. In 1989, she received a MFA from School of Visual Arts, citing Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard and Jackie Winsor as influential teachers.
Work
McClelland's work has been exhibited at The Whitney Museum, both 2014 and 1993 Biennials; The New Museum, The Museum at University at Albany SUNY, and The Fralin Museum of Art at University of Virginia. Her work can be found in MOMA, The Walker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum and Saatchi. She is currently on faculty with School of Visual Arts Fine Arts, MFA Program.
Collections
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, Mallorca, Spain
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island City, New York
Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, Virginia
Grunwald Center Collection, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Agnes Gund, New York, New York
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
The Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, New York
New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, New York
Nice Public Library, Nice, France
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
The Rubell Family Collection
St Louis Art Museum, St.
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