Susan Rothenberg (American, 1945 - )

  
Semi-figurative, expressionist painter and printmaker Susan Rothenberg was born in Buffalo, New York in 1945. She studied at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, receiving her B.F.A. degree in 1966. She also studied at the Corcoran School of Art and George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

But her biggest apparent break, at least early in her career, was her employment as an assistant to the older, then better known artist, Nancy Graves in 1970, who is credited with easing Rothenberg's way into the art world.

Rothenberg's horse paintings began to appear around 1973, evolving, in the 1980s, into the human figure and were lauded by the critics of the day as a "return" to figurative painting, or a "new figuration."

Rothenberg moved to New Mexico in 1990, after living and working in New York City, with subject matter reflecting her new environment in terms of dogs killing a rabbit, and horseback riding accidents, though her style and expressionist attitude continue to reflect abstract painting traits existing for nearly one hundred years.

The artist's admiration of Abstract-Expressionists like Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning and Clyfford Still is evident in her work.

Rothenberg received a Creative Artists Public Service grant in 1976-1977 from New York State, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980. Some exhibition venues include the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1979; Mayor Gallery, London, 1979; Willard Gallery, New York City (four shows during 1970s, early 80s); Venice Biennale, 1980; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1982; Los Angeles County Art Museum, 1987; The Philips Collection Washington, DC, 1985-1986; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1993; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico, 1996-1997; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 1998-1999; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1999-2000.



Lives and works New Mexico

Exhibitions
1999 - 2000 Susan Rothenberg: Ptgs from the 90's, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
1998 - 1999 Susan Rothenberg: Drawings & Prints, Museum of Fine Arts (& other museums) Sante Fe, New Mexico
1996 - 1997 Susan Rothenberg, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
1993 Susan Rothenberg: Paintings & Drawings, 1974-1992, Museum of Contemporary Art (& other museums) Chicago
1985 - 1986 The Philips Collection Washington, DC
1983 - 1985 , Los Angeles County Museum of Art (& other museums) California