State of the Arts: Iowa's Artist Fellows
Mainframe Studios
Des Moines, IA
November 7 - December 30


2025-2026 Iowa Artist Fellowship


Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric
Curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez
Concord Art Center
Condord, MA
April 3 - May 11, 2025


Interlude Artist Residency
November 2024


string theory
2024 Organizer Series curated by Jamila Brown
Hodges Taylor
Charlotte, NC
June 25 - July 20, 2024


2024 MassArt Auction
MassArt
Boston, MA / online
April 13, 2024


Voyaging Tales
Project Art
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
March 18 - June 17, 2024


Humans from Earth: The Song Cave's Photo Fundraiser
March 11 - 25, 2024


Who Cooks for You?
Joanna Powell | Susan Metrican
Headstone Gallery
Kingston, NY
October 7 - October 29, 2023


Landline
Personal Space
Vallejo, CA
September 24 - November 5, 2023


Susan Metrican | No Head No Tail
Mazmanian Gallery
Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
September 13 - October 20, 2023


BLUE
Fundraiser for The Song Cave
April 1 - 7, 2023


Come Together: A Curated Gallery Selection
LaiSun Keane
Boston, MA
March 31 - April 16, 2023


Puffy at Most: A Conversation with Susan Metrican
Interview with Stephanie Rohlfs
Cornelia Magazine, Issue 11
print/online


Faculty Show
Wege Center for the Arts
Maharishi International University
Fairfield, IA
January 20 - Feb 17, 2023


The Midnight Hour
The Hole
Organized by Scroll
New York, NY
January 7 - February 18, 2023


Ambiguity: Michal Fargo • Susan Metrican • Chase Travaille
LaiSun Keane
Boston, MA
October 7 - November 13, 2022


Susan Metrican: Married to the Ground
Rivalry Projects
Buffalo, NY
July 22 - September 2, 2022


Shandaken: Storm King residency program
Fall 2022


Cream City Review
Issue 46.1 (cover / inside pages)
Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to publishing memorable and energetic pieces that push the boundaries of writing.


Source
MassArt x SoWa
Boston, MA
March 12 - April 17, 2022


2021 DuMA Biennial
Dubuque Museum of Art
Dubuque, IA
June 26 - October 31, 2021


Breaking the Material Plane, Part I / Part II
Rivalry Projects
Buffalo, NY


Life on Earth: Superweed, Superpredator, Super Bloom
Tracey Morgan Gallery
Asheville, NC


Area Code Art Fair (August 1 - 31, 2020)
Special Projects Curated by Ellen Tani & Marla McLeod
SPECIAL PROJECT #7: AREA CODE Takeover, Shelter in Place Gallery
Susan Metrican | Music Under Things (August 31 - September 3)

Shelter in Place Gallery is a project by Eben Haines and Delaney Dameron, envisioned at the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic in March 2020 to be a venue for artists unable to make or show large scale works, and without access to studios and galleries. The work is an online-only gallery space that exists in 1:12 miniature scale.


New edition available through Drawer
more info


Love 2020: Perfect Vision
Curated by Rachel Stern
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
Columbia University
2960 Broadway
310 Dodge Hall, MC 1806
New York, NY 10027
January 20 - February 14, 2020
Reception: Thursday, January 23, 2020


Artist Lecture
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
November 21, 2019


Iowa City Press-Citizen
Susan Metrican: Abstracting idea of folk, foreign, and familiar


Field Projects Presents: Pool Party
Curated by Jacob Rhodes
C24 Gallery
560 W 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
July 11 - September 21, 2019
Reception: July 11, 6-8 pm


Susan Metrican | Side Mouth
Curated by Hilary Nelson
Prairie Lights / Times Club Gallery
15 South Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
July 8 - August 4, 2019
Reception: July 21, 3-5 pm


ART MAZE Mag
Playing with Perception: In Conversation with Susan Metrican
by Layla Leiman


The Evening: A Fundraiser for The Song Cave
Prints available online July 1


2019 Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Emergency Grant recipient


Susan Metrican | Neighbor Bridge Neighbor
Unity Gallery, Maharishi University
Fairfield, Iowa
April 20 - May 30, 2019


The Afternoon | 2018 Fundraiser
The Song Cave
Prints available online 8/11/2018 - 12/31/2018


LOVE 2018: Purple Hearts
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University
2785 Frederick Douglass Blvd, NY, NY 10039
Curated by Rachel Stern
January 16 - February 14, 2018
Reception: January 16, 6-8 pm


Circle Time
Able Baker Contemporary
29 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME
Curated by Hilary Irons and Stephen Benenson
January 26 - March 9, 2018
Reception: January 26, 6-8 pm


Actions Kits II
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 S. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA
Curated by Matt Rich
Opens January 27, 2018


Forms & Alterations
808 Gallery, Boston University
808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Curated by Lynne Cooney
February 2 - March 2, 2018
Reception: February 2, 6-8 pm
wbur


WORK IN PROGRESS
September 2017 Issue
Caroline Larsen, Conrad Bakker, Leeza Meksin, Shona McAndrew, Susan Metrican


Selvedge
Able Baker Contemporary
29 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME
Curated by Tessa O'Brien
Elizabeth Fram, Cassie Jones, Erica Lycea Kane, Beth Kleene, Susan Metrican, Maria Molteni, Tessa O'Brien, Isabelle O'Donnell, Martha Tuttle
June 16 - August 5, 2017
Reception: Friday, June 16, 6-8 pm


The Den
SPRING/BREAK Art Show
New York, NY
Curated by Alex Sewell and Marine Cornuet
Todd Bienvenu, Marine Cornuet, Maggie Ellis, Susan Metrican, Alex Sewell, Brent Stewart, Willie Stewart
March 1 - March 6, 2017


Susan Metrican : Shimmy Life
Nepenthes NY
307 W 38th St, New York, NY
Curated by Juan Amaya
January 25 - March 21, 2017


Dog, Tree, Table
GRIN
Providence, RI
Curated by Corey Oberlander & Lindsey Stapleton
Austin Ballard, Harry Gould Harvey, Susan Metrican
January 14 - February 4, 2017
Reception: Saturday, January 14, 6-9 pm


NADA NY
Samsøn
May 5 - May 8, 2016


Quicksand
curated by Casey Ausman
New Art Center
Newton, MA
April 29 - May 8, 2016
Reception: Friday, April 29, 6-8 pm


Excavations
curated by Rachel Frank
Field Projects
New York, NY
March 17th – April 30, 2016
Reception: Thursday, March 17, 6-8 pm
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Ellie Krakow, Susan Metrican, Julie Ann Nagle, and Arthur Simms
EXCAVATIONS: Conversation on Fragments with Rachel Frank and Sarah Madole
EXCAVATIONS: Conversation on Fragments Part II with Ellie Krakow and Sarah Madole


LOVE 2016
curated by Rachel Stern
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
Columbia University
January 19 - February 18, 2016
Reception: Thursday, January 21, 5-7 pm
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Scott Alario, Whitney Artell, Nayland Blake, Michael Buhler-Rose, Allana Clarke, Peter Clough, Alli Coates & Signe Pierce, TM Davy, Nick Doyle, John Edmonds, Alex Forsyth, Hobbes Ginsburg, Bobby Gonzales, Martin Gutierrez, Michelle Handelman, Patrice Helmar, Phoebe Hinton, Brooke Holloway, Henry Horenstein, Bryan Jabs, Joseph Kaplan, Jason Lazarus, Leigh Ledare, Matt Leifheit, Paul Legault, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Sharon Madanes, Susan Metrican, Matthew Morrocco, Leah Moskowitz, Natasha Ochshorn, Justin Olderud, Genesis P Orridge, Sheila Pepe, Benjamin Peterson, Bryson Rand, Kent Rogowski, Thomas Roma, Yoshie Sakai, Meredith Sands, Kimberly Smallz La’Beija, Michael Stablein Jr., Sara Stern, Marc Swanson


Ortega 100: OyG's First Ever Benefit Party!!!
Ortega y Gasset Projects
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, December 16, 2015


Feelers
24th Drawing Show
curated by Susan Metrican
Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts
October 9 - December 20, 2015
Boston Globe
Artscope
Big Red and Shiny


The Abstract Body
curated by Craig Stockwell
New Hampshire Institute of Art
Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery
September 4 - October 31, 2015
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Rachel Beach, Amanda Church, Jennifer Paige Cohen, Lucy Mink Covello, Richard Jacobs, Dennis Kardon, Jutta Koether, Steve Locke, Sangram Majumdar, Susan Metrican, A. B. Miner, Carrie Moyer, Lee Newton, Paul Pagk, Enrico Riley, Lucinda Bliss, Tricia Rose-Burt, Porfirio DiDonna, Rostislav Eismont, David X. Levine, Jill Moser


kijidome in the Foster Prize Exhibition
ICA | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
21 April - 9 August 2015
Boston Globe


Movie Posters for The Song Cave
Jackie Klempay Gallery, 81 Central Ave (1A) Brooklyn, NY 11206
March 6, 2015
jackieklempay.com


Felt Book, organized by The Institute for New Feeling
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland OH
January 30 - March 27, 2015
http://institutefornewfeeling.com


kijidome presents The Song Cave: Boston
January 31 - February 28, 2015


Action Kits
curated by Matt Rich
Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
January 23, 2015 - April 5, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, January 23, 2015, 6-8 pm
Boston Globe


Tightened, as If by Pliers
curated by Joshua Bienko & Leeza Meksin
Knockdown Center
52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378
December 7 - January 25, 2015
Reception Sunday, December 7, 3-6 pm
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Julio Cortazar, Luc Fuller, EJ Hauser, David Humphrey, Mary Reid Kelley, Amy Lincoln, Chris Martin, Susan Metrican, Hooper Turner, Alan Ruiz, Harriet Salmon, Michael Velliquette, Sheilah Wilson


Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Emergency Grant recipient


2014 Boston Artadia Awards Finalist


Sun's Hideout
Proof Gallery
The Distillery, 516 E 2nd Street, South Boston, MA, 02127
October 25 - December 6, 2014
Boston Globe


Video screening
Gallery Protocol
2029 NW 6th ST Gainesville, FL
2014 - forthcoming


SkowheganPerforms
Happyland
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY
September 27, 1-5 pm


Drop Shot
video screening
Dead Space
164 20th St. Brooklyn, NY
September 20, 8 pm


kijidome presents Willie Stewart: The Love You Withhold is the Pain that You Carry
opens September 20, 6-8 pm


kijidome presents The Hovering Life
July 19 - August 16, 2014


Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
June 7 - August 9, 2014


kijidome presents Elizabeth Atterbury
May 3 - June 6, 2014
Boston Globe


Sisters of the Lattice - Hotspot
kijidome
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Ceremonies held @ 2, 4, 6 & 8 pm


Green Dream
kijidome
January 4 - February 8, 2014
Opening Reception: Saturday January 18, 6-8pm
Video Screening: Saturday, February 8, 6-8 pm
Big Red & Shiny / Daily Serving


Wavy Panes
Susan Metrican
Sherman Gallery at Boston University
January 17 - March 7, 2014
Opening Reception: January 17, 6:00-8:00 pm
BU Today
The Arts Fuse
Boston Globe


S01E01
kijidome
Dennis Congdon, Oliver Herring, Elizabeth Riley
October 12 - November 8, 2013
Opening Reception: October 12, 6:00-8:00 pm
Boston Globe


kijidome
experimental project space and collaborative:
Sean Downey, Carlos Jiménez Cahua, Lucy Kim, Susan Metrican
59 Wareham Street, Boston, MA 02118


Me Time
Laconia Gallery
433 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
October 4 - November 15, 2013
Opening Reception: October 4, 5:30-8:00 pm
Boston Globe
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Albrecht Dürer, Lucy Kim, Susan Metrican, Ted Mindeo, Kyle Nilan, Nicholas Sullivan


STING XVI: Sharp and Blurry
curated by Crystalle Lacouture
Beehive
541 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116
September 24 - December 15, 2013
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 24, 6:30-8:30 pm

Samsøn Projects
450 Harrison Avenue &/@ 29 Thayer Street, Boston, MA 02118
March 1 - August 31, 2013
Samsøn

Proof Gallery
The Distillery, 516 E. 2nd Street, South Boston, MA 02127
January 12 - February 23, 2013
Opening Reception Saturday January 12 from 6-8pm
www.proof-gallery.com
Big Red & Shiny

Art Auction to Benefit MassArt Graduate Scholarships
240 Elm Street, Somerville, MA
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Night in the Box
Big Red & Shiny

September 30 - October 31, 2012
Big Red & Shiny

Inside Out: Susan Metrican
Inside Out: Starry Night
Inside Out: Stagey
Inside Out: Sourcery
Inside Out: Coloured Objects
Inside Out: Stripes
Inside Out: Signed Curtain

South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA 02025
November 8 - December 23, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, November 8, 6-8 pm
Curated by Camilo Alvarez
www.ssac.org

Limited Edition Prints, Photographs and Sculpture for around a hundred bucks
South End Open Studios
59 Wareham Street, Boston, MA
September 15 - September 16, 2012

Featuring:
Carlos Jiménez Cahua
Stephanie Cardon
Leah Gadd
Susan Metrican
James Mustin
Bahar Yurukoglu

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
April 24 – May 3, 2012
website

A Show of 12 Men
Curated by Susan Metrican
225 Friend Street, Boston, MA 02114
February 25 - March 16, 2012
Watch on Wall Street Journal
Hung Jury Commercial