Artist Biography
Mears' training includes degrees from the University of Iowa, postgraduate work in both fine art and art education at the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin. Mears taught several years in the Iowa public school system before moving to Oklahoma City and devoting herself full time as a professional artist.
Her compositional designs are based on recuring themes - the mask, things around her; everyday things she grew up with. Traveling for years throughout Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and the United States has provided an unending flood of ideas, a fascination with history and archaeology. Her work has been shown in many galleries throughout the US and is in many private and corporate collections.
Articles about Suzanne's work have been published in local magazines, including Quail Creek News, Oklahoma Today, and Distinctly Oklahoma.
Suzanne consistently contributes to the arts through donations of her work and juried national and local art fund raising events.
Major public installations include the OU Health Sciences Center, OUHSC's Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, Variety Care Foundation, The Metro Wine Bar and Bistro and The 501 on Classen Curve in Oklahoma City.
Mears' work is at the following galleries:
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Suzanne Wallace Mears Studio, Oklahoma City, OK,
Mears' work has been shown in these galleries:
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Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO
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Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
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Keating Fine Art, Bsalt, CO
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Pickard Galleries, Oklahoma City, OK
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American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
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Matteucci Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
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Vail Village Art, Vail, CO and Scottsdale, AZ
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New West Gallery, Sedona, AZ and Durango, CO
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Sierra Galleries, Stateline, Lake Tahoe, NV
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Callaway Galleries, Rochester, MN
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Taylor's Contemporanea Fine Arts, Hot Springs, AR
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The Basalt Gallery, Basalt, CO
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Hayden Hays Gallery at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO
All Gallery Show: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 -
Janne Fine Art, Carefree, AZ
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Huff Harrington Fine Art, Ltd., Atlanta, GA
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Sara Howell Gallery, Jonesboro, AR
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Lyon-Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO
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Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK
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"Dancing With Colour" Exhibit, Hong Kong
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StudioSwan Gallery, Palmetto, GA
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Basalt Gallery, Basalt, CO
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Below are two of Mears' more recent works. The one on the left is an architectural piece ready for firing the first time. The one on the right is one of the "Eye of Magic" totems, ready for additional firing, with elements that have been fired in previous processes. These are fine examples of the many glass pieces now available in Suzanne's studio and other art galleries. |
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