• Susan Geddes
• email:  Susan@Geddes.ca

FORMAL EDUCATION:                                                                            

Victoria College of                                                   Camosun College
Victoria, B.C.                                                                 Visual Arts Program
Foundation Program                                               Victoria, B.C.
1983-1984                                                                     1984-1985

Emily Carr College of Art
Colour an Introduction I
1985

Acrylic Painting Course                                       Oil Painting Course
Brian Symons,                                                             Jamie Baxter and Pat Sollows
Victoria, 2000                                                              Mexico, February 2007
6 Week Course

Printmaking Course                                                 Painting Workshop
Bob Hainstock                                                              Wayne Boucher
6 weeks, January 2008                                            November 1, 2008

Encaustic Workshop                                                 Life Drawing Workshop
Lynn Rotin                                                                        William (Bill) Rogers
Summer 2010                                                                 August 2011
                                                           
WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Owner/Operator of Nunavut G                            Owner Operator of Out of Hand Gallery
Victoria, B.C. 1988-1993                                           Victoria, B.C. 1992-1999

REPRESENTATION:

Teichert Gallery                                                               Art Rental and Sales, Art Gallery of Great Victoria
Art Gallery of NS                                                             Moss  Street                                                                                             
1723 Hollis Street                                                           Victoria, B.C.                                                                                                                 
Halifax, NS B3J 3C8                                                       

Great Expectation Bookstore Cafe
  " The Chocolate Shop"
 St. George Street
Annapolis Royal, NS  
B0S 1A0                                                     

EXHIBITIONS:

Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville, NS 2004
Acadia University Gallery, Wolfville, NS 2004 - 2008
Great Little Art Show, Avondale, NS, 2004
Engine Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, 2005
"Transformative Vision", 2 person show, McCarthy Centre, Truro, NS Feb 1-28, 2007
"Diversity", SCA 50th Anniverysary Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario April 5-26, 2007
"It's Heating Up", Solo Exhibition, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS January 2008
"WOW" Exhibition, Group Show, Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville, NS February 2008
Maples Gallery, Featured Artist, Bedford, NS, March and April 2008
"Hands On", Group Exhibition 3 artists, Victoria, B.C. February 2009
Art and Jules Gallery, Solo Exhibition, "Lifted by Love", October 2009
Eclectic Gallery, Group Exhibition, Flower Show, Victoria, B.C. Jan. 2010-Feb. 2010
Eclectic Gallery, Small Works Exhibition, December 2010 - January 2011
Bluerock Gallery, Group Christmas Exhibition, December 2010 - January 2011
Arts Council Gallery, Victoria, B.C. - Opening of new gallery, February 2012
"Magnolias", Group Exhibition, Arts Council, Nova Scotia, May 2012
"Elements", Solo Exhibition, Mym Gallery, Arts Council, Annapolis Royal, NS, August 2012
"Expansion", Featured Artist, Gallery 221, Annapolis Royal, NS, September 2012
"MAGNOLIAS", Group Exhibition, Arts Council, Annapolis Royal, NS May 2013
"Into the Light", Group Exhibition, CAC, Victoria, BC, December 2013
Look, Group Exhibition, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC  April 2014
"Nurture and Nature", 2-person exhibition, Arts Place, Annapolis Royal, Oct. 26-Nov. 23, 2014
Arts and Industry, Open House Exhibition, Rock Bay Square, Nov 21 and Nov. 22, 2014
Arts and Industry, Open House Exhibition, Rock Bay Square, Nov 20 and Nov. 21, 2015
Love At First Glance, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, February 4-March 6, 2016
Featured Artist at the Central Library, Community Arts Council Venue, February 26-April 8, 2016
Second Crack Coffee, Bridge Street, Rock Bay Square, Month of March 2016
Artist-in-Residence, Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria, BC 2016
Integrate Arts Festival, Victoria, BC, August 2016
Land, Sea and Sky, 2 person exhibition at Teichert Gallery in Halifax, September 2016
Arts and Industry Open House Exhibition, Rock Bay Square, November 20 and 21, 2016
​Serious Coffee, Cook Street Village, featured artist for April 2017
Group 216 Group Exhibition at Victoria Arts Council Gallery, September 2017, 4 unique artists
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I have a huge desire to give back and I exhibit my paintings in public places related to healing plus I donate paintings for auction
on a regular basis.

​I have donated a painting to the IWK Children's Hospital in Halifax and one to the Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta.

I am currently working away on a series for an exhibition in Cuenca, Ecuador, yet unnamed.  I am exploring different 
surfaces and collaging and generally exploring new ways of painting.