SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
In the End a Devastating Beauty, Stand4 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021
In the Beginning There Was Only Water, Five Point Gallery, Torrington, CT
2019
Mid-Summer Day’s Dream, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT.
2017
Open House, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2016
The Wave, Silliman Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2014
Retrospective of Holocaust Paintings: 1985 - 1995, Chase Gallery, West Hartford, CT
2012
Nocturnal Wave, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC
1995
Waiting: Paintings by Susan Hoffman Fishman, Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton MA
1992
Waiting Rooms, Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford, CT
1987
The Newspace Gallery, Manchester College, Manchester, CT
1985
Atria Gallery, Hartford, CT
1984
John Cusano Gallery, South Norwalk, CT
1983
Plumbing and Veneers, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT
Group EXHIBITIONS
2024
Biophilia: In Excelsis at Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT and Peace Boat, NYC
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Exquisite River, New Haven, CT
2022
New York Hall of Science, Landscapes: Interior and Exterior, Curated by SciArt Initiative, Bronx, NY
Nurture/Nature Center, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Easton, PA
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Turning Tides, Alexandria, VA
Ceres Gallery, MAYDAY! EAARTH, New York City
Janice Charach Gallery, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Bloomfield Hills, MI
What’s Next For Earth, What is Resilience? (Virtual)
2021
22-North Gallery, Climate Conversations: All We Can Save, Ypsilanti, MI
Ecoartspace, Embodied Forests, (Virtual with physical catalog)
Think About Water Collaborative, Think About Water, (Virtual)
Artists Literacies Institute, The Artists’ Grief Deck (Virtual)
2020
Ethan Cohen KUBE, Darkness Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Beacon, NY
Google Arts and Culture, United Nations and f-99, Global Conversations (Virtual)
Garner Art Center, Garnerville, NY, RESILIENCE 2020 (Virtual)
Five Point Gallery, Small Works, Torrington CT
2019
Climate Museum, NYC, Pathway to Climate Instagram Exhibition
2018
Ann Street Gallery, Anthropocene, Newburgh, NY
2017
William Benton Museum of Art, Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water, University of CT, Storrs, CT
2016
International Institute of Contemporary Art and Theory, New Grounds, Mangalia, Romania
Site: Brooklyn, Drawing Lines Across Mediums, Brooklyn NY
Hillyer Art Space, FORMAT, Washington, DC
Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY
2015
Manny Cantor Center, Rooted, New York, NY
2013
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT
1998
100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
1995
100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
1993
Washington Art Gallery, Washington Depot, CT
1990
Museum of American Political Life, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT
1989
Showcase Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
1988
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford, C
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
1987
Alternative Museum, NYC
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Showcase Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
1986
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
1985
Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
COLLABORATIVE Installations
2024
Flood 2.0, a multi-disciplinary installation produced by Water Women, a collaboration of Susan Hoffman Fishman, Krisanne Baker and Leslie Sobel, which focuses on water and climate change, at Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2023
Flood 2.0, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2017
The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT with Elena Kalman
2016
HOME: A Site Specific Public Art Installation on the Meaning of Home and the Tragedy of Homelessness at:
Stamford Government Center, Stamford, CT with Elena Kalman
The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
Connecticut State Captiol, Hartford, CT with Elena Kalman
"The Reservoir Wave," Susan Hoffman Fishman and Elena Kalman. Polycarbonate Film and Parachute Cord, Site Specific Installation, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, May, 2016.
"Open House," Susan Hoffman Fishman and Elena Kalman. Parachute Cord, Charcoal and Plastic Sheeting. Governor's Island, NYC, 2015. Site Specific Installation Completed at Art Kibbutz Summer Residency.
2015
Open House: A Site Specific Installation at: Governor’s Island, New York, NY;
The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
Governor's Island, NYC with Elena Kalman;
Chase Gallery, West Hartford, with Elena Kalman
"The Wave," Susan Hoffman Fishman and Elena Kalman. Polycarbonate Film and Parachute Cord. Site Specific Installation, The Wadsworth Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, 2014.
2014
The Wave at:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT and
Ferguson, New Haven, New London and Willimantic, CT Public Libraries with Elena Kalman
"The Wave," Susan Hoffman Fishman and Elena Kalman. Polycarbonate Film and Parachute Cord, National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD for World Ocean's Day, 2013.
2013
The Wave: An Interactive, Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT;
National Aquarium, Baltimore MD;
Van Cortland Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
2012
The Wave: An Interactive Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
Connecticut Office of the Arts, HOT School Institute, Hartford, CT;
EnvisionfestHartford, Hartford, CT;
Gaffney Elementary School, New Britain, CT
2011
The Wave: An Interactive Public Art Installation Celebrating Water at:
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA;
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA;
Worthington Hooker School, New Haven, CT
Grants/Residencies/Awards
"Megaliths," Susan Hoffman Fishman, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 4' x 8,' 1984. Collection of the Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford, CT.
2024
Artist Grant to support community-based programs that respond to current issues, Connecticut Commission on the Arts
2023
Invitational Artist in Residence, The Swimming Hole Foundation, Bearsville, NY for Water Women, a three-person collaborative.
13 images from the series In the Beginning There Was Only Water (2019 - 2020) published in the Netherlands in a book by the group, Writers for Justice (Schrijvers voor Gerechtigheid) on climate justice and climate change.
2022
Artist in Residence, Five Points Art Center, Torrington, CT for Water Women.
2021
Artist in Residence at Planet Labs, Inc., an independent provider of global daily Earth satellite data. (Virtual 3-Month Sci/Art residency), San Francisco, CA
2020
Artist in Residence, Cel del Nord (Virtual), Orissa, Barcelona, Spain.
2018
Invoking the Pause Grant, Creative retreat for a collaborative team to develop new responses to climate change. Awarded to Artists and Climate Change core columnists.
2016
Vision Award, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2015
City of Stamford, CT: Community Arts Partnership Program Grant Award
Artist in Residence, Governor’s Island, NYC
2014
Awesome Foundation Connecticut Grant Award
Draftsmen’s Congress Mini-Residency, New Museum, NYC and Art Kibbutz
2013
Connecticut Office of the Arts, 2014 Arts Catalyze Placemaking Grant Award;
2012
2012 Curatorial Open Call Installation Award, LaViola Gallery, NYC
1995
Artist in Residence, Commendation and Assistance Award, Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA.
1986
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant
1984
Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company Purchase Award
Commissions
"The Brooklyn Wave," Susan Hoffman Fishman and Elena Kalman, Permanent Installation at 40 North 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 2014.
2021
HOME, Permanent Installation at Pacific House, Shelter for the Homeless, Stamford, CT
2017
The Wave, Permanent Installation, William Benton Museum of Art, University of CT, Storrs, CT
2014
The Wave, Permanent Installation, Carnegie Management, 40 North 4th Street,: Brooklyn, NY
1986
Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford, CT
Collections
"Waiting Room III," Susan Hoffman Fishman, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, 1992, Collection of the William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs,CT
Carnegie Management, 40 North 40th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford, CT
MidState Medical Center, Meriden, CT
EDUCATION
B.A. in Fine Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
M.A. Ed., Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Catalogues
Catalogue Published by The Connecticut Commission on the Arts Highlighting CT Individual Artist Grant Award Recipients, 1995
In the End a Devastating Beauty
Published by Susan Hoffman Fishman and Leslie Sobel, 2024
Published by The Torpedo Factory, Arlington, VA, 2022
Climate Conversation: All We Can Save
Published with funding by Nurture Nature Center, 2022
Embodied Forests
Published by Ecoartspace, 2021
Investing in Dreams: Connecticut’s Commitment to Imagination:
Published by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1995
BAA 1988 Exhibition of Works on Paper:
Published by the Berkshire Art Association, 1988
From the Files: Curator’s Choice:
Published by the Alternative Museum, NYC, 1987
Connecticut Circumscribed:
Published by Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1986
Hartford Art Hartford:
Published by the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, 1986