Susannah Hays (born 1959) is an American artist and educator practicing in the fields of philosophy, ecology, technical processes in historical and contemporary photography and the book as art. She first gained recognition for her work in 2000 when she joined Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions there as well as at Seager/Gray Gallery in Marin, California and Photo-Eye Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While she is especially known for cameraless and 19th Century processes, her creative work expands to realms of experimentation in all visual media. Her seminar courses focus on the practice of art and ecology, embodied mind cognition, space constructions, topologies and visual autobiography.
Table of Contents
- 1 Life
- 2 Career
- 2.1 Science imagined : an exhibition of the book as art, October 27, 1996, through December 29, 1996
- 2.2 The Woman's Heritage Scrapbook
- 2.3 A Roll in the Hay
- 2.4 The Killing of Sister George
- 2.5 Kaytee Timothy Hay, 24-Oz Bag
- 2.6 Movement Medicine: How to Awaken, Dance and Live Your Dreams
- 2.7 FURTALK Womens Beach Sun Straw Hat UV UPF50 Travel Foldable Brim Summer UV Hat (Aa-Mixed Beige, Medium)
- 2.8 WORKS & COVERSATION No. 18, April 2009: Body & Spirit
- 2.9 Ambushers [VHS]
- 2.10 Apex Magazine (50 Book Series)
- 2.11 More interesting reads:
Life
Hays was born in Boston Massachusetts (twin brother John Hays) and lived in Connecticut until 1978, when she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend Mills College. She traditional a BA in American Studies from Mills College, and an MFA in Photography from San Francisco Art Institute. Her MA in Visual Studies and PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies were completed at the University of California, Berkeley. While earning her MA, she was awarded the Eisner Prize for Photography. At the Art Institute, she studied when Doug Hall and Ann Chamberlain. At U.C. Berkeley she studied subsequently philosopher Alva Nöe, poet Lyn Hejinian, painter Tony Dubovsky, filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha and digital media player Greg Niemeyer. In 2012, she moved from Berkeley to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she currently resides.
Career
From 1990 to 2012 Hays was the sole overseer of Works upon Paper, a paper conservation laboratory specializing in the preservation of photographs and the production of Artist’s books. From 1991 to 1997 she was married to painter Matt Phillips, with whom she collaborated artistically. In 1996, she curated the national exhibition Science Imagined for the Berkeley Art Center and in 2007 Zero In Zero Out for Donna Seager Gallery. She associated the capability of the San Francisco Art Institute from 2002–2012 and has in addition to taught at California College of the Arts, University of California Berkeley, San Francisco Center for the Book, Shenkar College of Art and Design in Ramat Gan, Israel, Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg Germany, and Santa Fe University of Art and Design. She is currently contributing capability at The University of Georgia Study Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy. Her function has been included in numerous solo and charity exhibitions and featured in various articles and reviews such as the New Mexico Museum of Art, Directly from Nature; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Verniciatura; None-Such Space, Nature Word ~ Verbe Nature; Townsend Center for the Humanities, Everyday Constellations; and Artists Television Access, Penumbra.
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