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1977
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Bachelor of Fine Art, Magna Cum Laude, University of Connecitcut at Storrs, Connecticut.
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1979-1982
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Art Teacher at the New Haven Correctional Center, Connecticut Mental Health Center, CETA Summer Program, and Hillhouse After School Program, New Haven, Connecticut.
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1980
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Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
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1982
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Master of Fine Art, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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1982-Present
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The F. H. Sellers Professor in Painting (endowed chair 1998), with tenure, (1989)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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1983
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Visiting artist, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.
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1984
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Ragdale Foundation Residency, Lake Forest, Illinois.
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1985
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Received Illinois Arts Council Grant.
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Visiting artist, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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Associate professor, painting, University of Illinois, Circle Campus, Chicago, Illinois.
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1987
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Received S.A.I.C. Faculty Enrichment Grant (also in 1990 and 1991).
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Visiting artist, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Illinois.
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1988
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
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Visiting lecturer, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana.
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1989
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Panelist, "The Role of a Liberal Arts Curriculum in the Education of Visual Arts," The School of Visual Arts. New York, New York.
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Lecturer, Uptown Hull House, Chicago, Illinois.
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1990
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Received Chicago Artists Abroad Travel Grant.
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1991
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Visiting artist, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Graduate advisor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Resident artist for students from the four
Scottish art schools, Hospitalfield Trust, Abroath, Scotland.
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1992
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Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Studio Program. Received Illinois Arts Council Grant.
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Panelist, "Exposures, Women, and self-definition," Sazama Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. November, 1992.
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Visiting artist, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
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1993
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Received Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.
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Received National Endowment for the Arts.
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Instructor, HEOP early college program, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York.
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Instructor, Design and Color, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, New York Academy of Figurative Art, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
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Curator, Home Girls, Beacon Street Gallery at Uptown Hull House, Chicago, IL
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1994
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Received Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Visiting instructor and lecturer, Bard College, Hudson, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Lecturer and graduate critic, Four Painters Series, The Boston Museum School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Lecturer and critic, The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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Curator, Prodigal Daughter, Rockford College Art Gallery, catalog with essay by Dr. Carol Becker.
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1994-2006
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Visiting critic, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
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1995
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Lecturer, Instructor of drawing marathon, Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Visiting artist, The University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Illinois.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
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Critic and Instructor of Drawing Marathon, The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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1995-1996
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Received The Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Funds Purchase Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1995 and 1996.
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1996
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Received The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.
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Instructor, Intro painting, New York University, New York, New York.
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Instructor "Imaging the Inferno", Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy.
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Graduate advisor, The American University, Washington, D.C.
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1997
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Panelist, "Face to Face," Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. November 8, 1997.
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Lecturer and graduate critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Visiting lecturer, The New York Studio Program, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and graduate critic, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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1998
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Visiting lecturer, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
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1999
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Instructor, The Cooper Union School of Art and Design, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York.
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Artist-in-Residence, The Studio Art Exhibition Program, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Lecturer, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Visiting instructor, lecturer, graduate critic, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Lecturer and graduate seminar, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Visiting lecturer and graduate critic, The University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
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2000
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Lecturer and critic, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Instructor, Advanced Painting, The Cooper Union School of Art and Design, New York, New York.
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Lecturer and critic, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Lecture series, The New York Academy of Figurative Art, New York, New York.
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2001
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Panelist, "Identities: Contemporary Portraiture," New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey.
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Panelist, "Figuration in Contemporary Art," College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
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Lecturer and critic, The University of Washington at Seattle, Seattle, Washington.
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Lecturer and critic, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Lecturer and critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Instructor, Advanced Painting, The Cooper Union School of Art and Design, New York, New York.
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Lecturer and critic, Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Connecticut.
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2002
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Participant, "Symposium on Thomas Eakins, Scholars/ Artists Day" The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Painting instructor, Advanced Painting, The Cooper Union School of Art and Design, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, The University of California at Davis, Davis, California.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Presenter, "Symposium on Religious Paradox/Ambiguity and Materiality," Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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2003
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Kendall School of Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Connecticut.
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Curator, Paying Attention, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut.
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2004
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Drawing instructor, The American Academy of Design, New York, New York.
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Painting instructor, The Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado.
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Instructor, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Program for H.S. Juniors, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Visiting faculty, The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer and Curator for The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
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2005
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Lecturer, "On Failure," The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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Panelist, "Portraiture, An Historical Perspective," The Staten Island Museum, New York, New York.
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Panelist, "Color and Paint," College Art Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Painting instructor, The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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Visiting lecturer, Pace University, New York, New York.
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2006
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Residency at Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy. May, 2006.
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Member of The National Academy of Art and Design, since 1999.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, The Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Visiting lecturer and critic, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Instructor, The New York Studio School, New York, New York.
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2007
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Resident Faculty, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Lecture - Susanna Coffey, Lecture Center 102, School of Fine and Performing Arts. Suny at New Paltz. New Paltz, NY. November 14, 7:15 p.m.
Sponsored by the Student Art Alliance.
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Instructer, Advanced Painting and graduate Advisor, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
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2008
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Honorary Doctorate and Commencement speaker, The Pennsylvania College of the Arts, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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The Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Funds Purchase Award from the
American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Lecture, critiques, Massachusetts College of Art, Low Residency Program, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Lecture, Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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"The Wier Farm Lecture," Western Connecticut State College.
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2009
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Lecture - Susanna Coffey, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, November 4.
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Graduate Critiques and Seminar, MICA, Hofberger School.
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Lecture and Critiques, Vermont Studio Center.
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Summer Painting Class, Jung Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
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Panel, Closed and Open Form: Clarity/Ambiguity 2009, Artists Equity Association, New York.
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Panel, WNYC Community Advisory Board Art Coverage Symposium.
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2010
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Panel, CAA 2010, "Painting Here in Chicago," Chicago, Ilinois.
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