Susan Elting Hillyard
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Education
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, BA English Literature, minor Art
- San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Graduate studies in photography
- Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA, Course work in photography
- Cabrillo College, Aptos CA, Course work in photography
- San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, MLS, Library Science
Exhibits
featured and solo exhibitions (*indicates solo exhibit)
- On the Road to the Summer of Love, California Historical Society, San Francisco 2017
- Wildlife Beyond Borders, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA 2016
- Wild Above, Wild Below, San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA 2016 *
- Unbridled, Santa Cruz County Bank, Santa Cruz CA 2016
- Wildlife Beyond Borders, PhotoCentral, Hayward CA 2015
- Local Color, State Senator Monning’s Office, Santa Cruz CA 2015-2016 *
- The Art of Dance, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA 2014
- The Beast Project (collaborative exhibit with two visual artists and a writer) Sagebrush Art Center, Sheridan, WY January, 2014
- Spirit of the Wild Mustang, Vino Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 2013 *
- The Spirit of the Wild Mustang, Woodside Library, Woodside, CA March-April 2011 *
- Grateful Dead Images from the Sixties, Pearl on Irving, San Francisco, CA February – April 2011 *
- Haiku, Kelly Street Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA March
- Different Directions, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA January – February 2011
- Grateful Dead Images from the Sixties, Y Studio, Santa Cruz, CA 2010 *
- Out of Here, Santa Cruz County Government Center, November 2009 – January 2010
group shows (recent)
- Alameda on Camera, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA 2020
- The Meaning of Green, Grey Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA 2020
- A Ballad of Our Changing World, PhotograHER, Online 2020
- Lineage and Legacy: The Imaged Horse, Ucross Foundation Gallery, Clearmont, WY 2018
- Imagemakers: 20 Years of Creativity, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA 2017
- Point of Transition, Fraction Brewery, Alameda CA 2017
- Members’ Juried Exhibition”, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, 2016
- Images from a Glass Eye, (International Exhibit), Tehama County Photo Club, Red Bluff, CA, 2016
- 29th Annual Juried Members Show, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio Public Library, 2016
- 4th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Palazzo Italia(Römischer Hof), Berlin, 2016
- Angles, Lines, and Curves: Architecture of the World, Filoli, Woodside, CA 2015
- Photo Alchemy: Alternative Processes in Photographic Media, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville CA, 2015
- Photography: The Full Spectrum, Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA 2014
- ImageMakers @ MOM, Museum of Monterey, Monterey, CA 2014
- Celebrating the Building Trades, Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA 2014
- Cimarron Sky Dog Equine Photography, Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, NM 2014
- The Visual Narrative, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN 2014
- The Whole Earth. California and the Disappearance of the Outside, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Germany, 2013
- Sharing our World: Animals Seeing Each Other, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, 2013
- New Mexico, Matrix Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2013
- Photo ID, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA 2013
- 2012 Center for Photographic Art Juried Exhibition, CPA, Carmel, CA 2012
- Member’s Exhibit, Texas Photographic Society, 2012
- Journeys, Davenport Gallery, Davenport, CA 2011
- Art in Nature, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO 2011
- Images from A Glass Eye, The Big Picture, Red Bluff, CA 2011
- Art of Photography, The Davenport Gallery, Davenport, CA 2011
- Artists Among Us, Eloise Smith Gallery, Cowell College, UC Santa Cruz, 2011
- 16@49, Modernbook, 49 Geary St., San Francisco, CA March 2011
- Flowers, Trees, Birds, Bees, Vermont Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT 2011
- 50-50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 2010
- Abstract Images, Vermont Photography Workplace, Online Exhibition, 2010
- Different Directions III, Four Women Photographers, Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz 2010
- Bay Area Wildlife: Beautiful, Vital, and Fragile, Filoli, Woodside, CA 2010
- Los Pajaros, Pajaro Valley Art Center, Watsonville, CA 2010
- 24th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Texas Photography Society, Austin, TX 2010
- Pinhole Show, RayKo Photography Center, San Francisco, CA Juried Exhibition 2010
Gallery Affiliation
RayKo Gallery and Photographic Center, San Francisco, CA
Artist in Residence
- Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY 2018
- Playa Artist Residency Program, Summer Lake, OR 2017
- Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY 2016
- Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA 2012, 2015, 2017
- Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA 2011, 2014
- Le Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France, 2013
- Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY 2013
- Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL 2011
Published Works (Recent)
- Scott, Felicity, Outlaw Territories, Zone Books/MIT Press, 2015
- Shadow and Light, Vol 1, #1, featured artist, October 2014
- Phren-Z, online literary journal, featured artist, August 2012
- A Collection of Works by Women Photographers, The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 2011,
- B&W Magazine, 2010, 12 (72), 108
- Flight, Vermont Photography Workplace, Blurb.com, 2010
- Hillyard, S., The Spirit of the Wild Mustangs, Blurb.com, 2010
- Bernstein, D, ed., The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, UC Press, Berkeley, CA. 2008
Awards
- Images from a Glass Eye, (International Exhibit), Tehama County Photo Club, 2016, Third Place
- Development Grant, Arts Council of Santa Cruz County, 2014, 2015
- Cimarron Sky Dog Equine Photography, 2014, Honorable Mention
- Love, Worldwide Gala Competition, 2013, Honorable Mention
- Sharing our World: Animals Seeing Each Other, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, 2013, Honorable Mention
- Member’s Exhibit, Texas Photographic Society, February 2012, Honorable Mention
- Haiku, Kelly Street Gallery, 2nd place, 2010
- Julia Margaret Cameron International Women’s Award, Finalist, 2010
- Equine Ideal Photography Contest, Fifth and Sixth place awards, 2010
- Warhol Now and Then, de Young Museum, College Night, Lead Image, 2009