PRESS-
SD Voyager Online Magazine – February 2023
Glass Art Magazine – January/February 2018 Studio Feature
A&E Magazine January 2018 Featured Projects – Memorial Glass
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles – January 2012 "Stars of San Diego"
Handmade Business – March 2016
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles – Interior Design Guide 2007
Decor and Style – Studio Feature November 2007

SHOWS-
Art Glass Assoc 41st Annual Glass Show 2023
Mixed Media–1st place - “Cosmic Cactus”
Oceanside –1st place - “Arctic Flow”

Beyond Boundaries Glass Show 2023- Cannon Gallery Carlsbad CaGallery of Excellence - Glass and Craft Expo 2023
Professional Division –3rd place "Crisis- Families in Ukraine”
Glasstek International Trade Show, Germany 2023
Oceanside Glass Display - "Crisis- Families in Ukraine”
Art Glass Assoc 40th Annual Glass Show 2022
Wall Art –3rd place "Blue Horizon”
Art Glass Assoc 40th Annual Glass Show 2021
Sculpture –1st place "Perspective”
Oceanside – 3rd place "Illumination"
Mixed Media - 2nd place “Remember”
Art Glass Assoc 38th Annual Glass Show 2019
Coatings by Sandburg–1st place "Illusions” Mixed Media- 3rd Place “Memories”
Front Porch Gallery ‘She pushes Boundries’ Women’s Show 2019
Galaxy of Glass Juried Glass Show, Fallbrook Center for the Arts 2018
Art Glass Assoc 37th Annual Glass Show 2018
Vessels–1st place "Birds” Sculpture 3nd Place “Flow”
Galaxy of Glass Juried Glass Show, Fallbrook Center for the Arts 2017
Art Glass Assoc 36th Annual Glass Show 2017
Sculpture –1st place "The Wall” 2nd Place “Repitition”
Art Glass Assoc 35th Annual Glass Show 2016
Uroboros –1st place "Questionable" 2nd place "Juxtaposition"
Wall Art – 2nd place “What are Words for”

Galaxy of Glass Juried Glass Show, Fallbrook Center for the Arts 2016
Art Glass Assoc 34th Annual Juried Glass Show 2015
Uroboros –1st place "Passing Through"
Galaxy of Glass Juried Glass Show, Fallbrook Center for the Arts 2015
Front Porch Gallery Group Show for AGASC 2014
Art Glass Assoc 32nd Annual Glass Show 2013
Uroboros – 1st place "Migration" 3rd place "Words"
Glassline – 1st place "Victorian Elegance"

Front Porch Gallery Group Show for AGASC 2013
Art Glass Assoc 31st Annual Glass Show 2012
Uroboros – 1st place "Something is Askew" 2nd place "On the Surface"
Coatings by Sandberg – 2nd place "White Rabbit"

Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla Ca – June 2012 "Ladies Night" Five Women Artists
Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla Ca – August 2011 Featured Artist
Art Glass Assoc 30th Annual Glass Show 2011
Uroboros – 1st place "Millennium l and ll" 2nd place "Suspense ll"
Best of Show – "Opposition"
Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla Ca – Nov 2010 Featured Artist La Jolla Annual Gallery Tour
Large and Little Show August 2009
Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla Ca, sponsored by SD Visual Arts.net
Trios Gallery, Solano Beach Ca, sponsored by SD Visual Arts.net
Art Glass Assoc 27th Annual Glass Show 2008
Uroboros – 1st place "Synergy Coatings by Sandberg – 1st place "Timelines" 2nd place "Trio"
Art Glass Assoc 26th Annual Glass Show 2007
Uroboros – Emerging Artist - 1st place "Trinity" 2nd place "Connections"
Uroboros – 3rd place "Balance"


PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS:

Scripps Anderson Cancer Center – San Diego
Marriott – Downtown San Diego, Ca
Kaiser Permanente Hospital – San Diego, Ca
Kaiser Ridgeway Medical Center – San Diego
Dental Center – Sacramento Ca
Kaiser Medical Offices – San Diego, Ca
Fallbrook School of the Arts – Fallbrook Ca
Rayzist Photomask– Vista, Ca

EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS:
Inside the Bubble Workshop: Martin Janecky - Corning Studio -  Aug 2023
Bullseye Glass Workshop: Stacy Smith Harnessing Flow- Pasadena 2018
BeCon Bullseye Workshop: Jeffery Sarmiento- Silkscreen Printing on Glass 2015
GAS Workshop: Brian Usher- Casting Illusive Forms 2012
Ditore Glassworks: Dick Ditore - Introduction to Coldworking 2007
Bullseye Glass Workshop: Catharine Newell - Images in Glass 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts, John Herron School of Art, Indiana University



Artist Statement
My work tends to be minimal with subtle illusions. I like to create elements or an underlying statement that appear only with closer observation.




 
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San Diego Home and Garden Magazine

2011 Feature Article

 
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Susan Hirsch

Fused Glass Residential Installation

 
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Cold-working in the studio

Every piece is cut and hand finished