2000 “Realism Today” John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000 “The Artist’s Magazine’s 2000 Annual Art Competition,” Finalist
1999 “National Watercolor Society” Brea, California
1998 “Still Life Painting Competition” The Artist’s Magazine, Finalist
1997  “National Watercolor Society” Brea, California Grumbacher Gold Medal Award
1997 “Watercolor Magic 1997 Water media Showcase” Merit Award
1995 “ Watercolor West” Riverside, California
1995 “San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition 1995" San Diego, California
1995 “Realism ‘95" Parkersburg, West Virginia
1995 “Rocky Mountain National Water media Exhibition ‘95" Golden, Colorado
1993  “Rocky Mountain National Water media ‘93" Golden, Colorado
1993 “53rd National Exhibit of the Northwest Watercolor Society” Kirkland, Washington
1992 “San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibit, XII” San Diego, California
1992 “52nd National Exhibit of the Northwest Watercolor Society” Kirkland, Washington
1992 “Louisiana Watercolor Society 22nd Annual International Exhibition” New Orleans, 
Louisiana, Honorable Mention Award

One Woman Exhibits and Group Shows

Mar. 1998:        “Suzy Smith, Still Life Watercolor” Christina Gallery, Atlanta , Georgia
May 1998:         “Dazzling Detail, Color & Shine” Patrician Design, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nov. 1996:        “The Feminine Touch” Third Canyon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Apr. 1996:         “Three Viewpoints in Contemporary Art” Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 
Oct. 1991-1998:“Gallery Exhibition” Jessel Gallery, Napa, California

Publications

International Artist: January/February 2001
American Artist Magazine: October 2000
Southwest Art: September 1995
The Artist’s Magazine, Cover Page: November 1994
Watercolor 94, American Artist Magazine, Spring Issue, February 1994
 

Corporate Collections

Nordstrom Corporate Art Collection
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Corporate Art Collection, Berkeley, California
Kaiser Foundation Art Collection, Vallejo, California
 

Suzy Smith is a Wyoming native, who relocated four years ago to New Mexico, after residing in
California for seven years.  She has been painting professionally since 1987, and has exhibited her
work around the country in various juried art shows, as well as one woman shows and group
exhibitions.

Her work was recently accepted to the “Realism Today” show at the John Pence Gallery in San
Francisco, accompanied by an article in American Artist Magazine.  Her paintings have also been
accepted to “The National Watercolor Society” 1999 show as well as the 1997 show, where she
won the “Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award,” and achieved signature status. 

After many years of painting elusively in watercolor, Smith is now painting in both watercolor and
oil.  “I painted in watercolor for fifteen years and it was refreshing to pick up oil painting again. 
There’s nothing quite like the smell and feel of painting in oil, yet each medium presents different
problems and different joys.”