Balancing of Hues
Acrylic, Pen on Canvas
30x30in
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Susan Handau
United States
Credentials
- Art Fair Participant
« The minimalistic nature of my abstracts along with a cube of color is my attempt to stimulate a primitive view of art through shape and color. »
Susan Handau, who has a BA in Art History, began her early work in the 1990s, she created textured layers of collaged watercolors. By strategic cuts from her large abstract watercolor paintings and reconstructing the parts into smaller compositions secured by thread, she created layered landscapes while highlighting built up texture.
Handau later experimented with assemblage using wax and fibrous materials to build three-dimensional pieces out of a flat substrate. She currently works in acrylic, ink, and plaster.
Handau is an Individual Artist Grant recipient from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; awarded a project grant in Fiscal Year 2023 for her works on demystifying aging.
Her work was featured on Reno’s PBS “ARTEFFECTS” and has been picked up nationally on other PBS stations.
FY23 Project Grant- Project Grant- Reno, United States
Endowment Grant Recipient- Endowment Grant- Reno, United States
Affair in the Gardens- Honorable Mention- Beverly Hills, United States
Blending of Two Minds / Reno - Nevada, United States
The Virgil / The Virgil - Reno, United States
Galleries at Work / Reno Orthopedic Clinic - Reno, United States
Annex Gallery / Sierra Arts Foundation - Reno, United States
Hawaii Nei / Wailoa Center - Hilo, United States
Affair in the Garden / Beverly Hills Park - Beverly Hills, United States
Reno Tahoe International Art Show / Reno - Nevada, United States
North Tahoe Arts Gallery / California - Kings Beach, United States
Reno Tahoe International Art Show / Reno - Nevada, United States
Brush's with Greatness: Contemporary Artists of Northern Nevada / Reno International Airport - Reno, United States
Led by Vision / Sierra Arts Foundation - Reno, United States
Reno Fine Arts Collective / Reno Fine Arts Gallery - Reno, United States
Landscapes of Nevada / Nevada Fine Art Gallery - Reno, United States
McKinley Gallery East / McKinley Art Center - Reno, United States
Post Gallery and Van Bokkelen Gallery / St. Mary's Art Center - Virginia City, United States
Liberty Fine Arts Gallery / Liberty Fine Arts Gallery - Reno, United States
BH artSHOW / Beverly Hills Garden - Beverly Hills, United States
Winter Park Autumn Art Festival / Winter Park, Florida - Winter Park, United States
Endowment Grant Recipient Show / Sierra Arts Foundation - Reno, United States
Guinivere Clark- ARTEFFECTS, PBS RENO, Season 6, Episode 614
Kris Vagner- Meet Your Local Artist: Susan Handau
Lacie Flannery, United States
Dr. Ronald Swanger and Diane Crecelius, United States
Christine Fey/Reno Arts and Culture Manager, United States
Sue Wexler & Daryl Hannah/ Fiber Art, United States
Roy Horn/ Fiber Art, Germany
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