Painter
· Born in 1957
- United States
Sue Graef
267 Artworks
Sue Graef
United States
Credentials
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Works on commission
« I re-create images from life driving my car, walking the streets, strolling in the park and simple objects, using bold color and striking compositions, my rules, no boundaries. »
Sue Graef (b. 1957, Philadelphia, PA) is a contemporary figurative painter celebrated for her vibrant, highly stylized interpretations of the modern landscape. Her formal artistic foundation was shaped by formative training at the Tyler School of Art (1975–1978). A prominent fixture on the contemporary circuit, Graef exhibits extensively at premier national platforms, including Art Miami Context, Art Wynwood, and the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, with museum exhibitions at the Chihuly Collection and Imagine Museum. In 2025, she presented her solo exhibition, Urban Visions, at the College of Southern Nevada. Recently, a major large-scale work was acquired for the permanent collection of the Rosewood Residences of Lido Key, FL. Graef currently works from her studio in Florida.
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1957
- Mediums
- Painter
The CEV Gallery, "Chromatic"- Best in Show- Phoenix, United States
The Bay Area Art Show- Best in Acrylic- Tampa, Florida, United States
Art Center Sarasota Annual Juried Exhibit- Special Award- Sarasota, Florida, United States
35th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition- Certificate of Excellence $1000- New York, United States
Out of Our Hands Gallery, It's a Florida Thing Exhibit- 2nd Place 2 Dimensional Work- Dade City, Florida, United States
Summit Art Center Annual Juried Exhibit- Honorable Mention- Summit, NJ, United States
Urban Paradise / Carrollwood Cultural Center - Tampa, United States
Urban Visions / The Artspace Gallery - North Las Vegas, United States
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and High Desert Hi-Jinks / Twisted Track Gallery - Sacramento, United States
PARADISE CITY / Chihuly Collection Museum - St. Petersburg, United States
Sue Graef Solo / ARTIFACT Gallery - New York, United States
Affordable Art Fair / Starrett-Lehigh Building - New York, United States
She Visions / Twisted Track Gallery - Sacramento, United States
The Palm Beach Show / Palm Beach Convention Center - West Palm Beach, United States
Graphic Worlds Exhibit / Imagine Museum - St. Petersburg, FL, United States
The Harding Art Show / The Harding Academy - Nashville, TN, United States
Art Wynwood - International Contemporary Art Fair / Biscayne Bay - Miami FL, United States
Art San Diego / San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, United States
ARTclectic / University School of Nashville - Nashville, United States
National Painting Exhibition / University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, United States
Hamptons Fine Art Fair / Southampton Fairgrounds - Southampton, United States
Red Dot Art Fair - Art Basel Week / Mana Winwood Convention Center - Miami FL, United States
Wing It! Things That Fly Exhibition / IDEA Museum - Mesa, Az, United States
Chelsea Champions / Amsterdam Whitney Gallery - New York, NY, United States
Cutesy / House of Shadows Gallery - Tampa, FL, United States
Bay Area Art Show / Old Hyde Park Art Center - Tampa, FL, United States
Superfine Exhibit / Herzog & de Meuron Building - Miami Beach, FL, United States
Laguna Art Gallery / Shops at Mission Viejo - Mission Viejo, CA, United States
Gallery artist / DISTRICT Arts Gallery - Frederick, MD, United States
Artist's Vision 2021 / Marin Society of Artists Gallery - San Rafael, CA, United States
Spectrum Miami Art Fair / Mana Winwood Convention Center - Miami, FL, United States
February Virtual Exhibit / Greenpoint Gallery - Brooklyn, NY, United States
Home for the Holidays Juried Online Exhibit / Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Pawtucket, RI, United States
Fresh Art Juried Virtual Exhibit / Marin Society of Artists Gallery - San Rafael, CA, United States
COVID 19. The Art of Isolation/Survey 2 / Curator's Voice Virtual Exhibition - Miami, FL, United States
Manayunk-Roxborough Annual Juried Exhibit / Virtual Exhibition - Philadelphia, Pa, United States
It's a Florida Thing Exhibit / Out of Our Hands Gallery - Dade City, Florida, United States
Super Bowl Gallery Event / Miami Art Mob Gallery - Miami, Florida, United States
Our Perspectives, Our Cultures, Our Community Exhibit / 2nd Century Gallery - Clearwater, Florida, United States
Annual Downtown West Palm Beach Art Festival / South Rosemary Avenue - West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
HaddonfieldDirectory.org- Haddonfield Directory
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay- Chihuly Collection Stages Family Day and Paradise Cities
Inside Sacramento Magazine- To Do (On the cover)
Voyage Tampa Magazine- Change-Makers Series
Circle Foundation for the Arts- Spotlight Magazine Issue 22
World Wide Art Books- World Wide Art Magazine #4
Pigmentonline.org- Pigment Online Issue #8 August 2020
Rosewood Residences Lido Key, United States
Haegeumgang Museum, South Korea
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
Price Waterhouse Cooper, Tampa, Florida, United States
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