Artist Biography
Personal History and EducationBorn in Smith Falls, Ontario
Live in Utopia Ontario, since 1993
Bachelor of Art Education, Queen's University, Kingston 1972 - 1976
Bachelor of Education, York University Toronto 2000
After graduation in 1976 spent a year of travel in Europe
Represented by Roberts Gallery in Toronto and Coles Art Market in Huntsville
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Excursions, Two Person with Rèjean Roy, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2022 Summer, Solo Show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2020 Summer Dreaming, Solo show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2018 fragments of the day, Solo Show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2018 10 New Paintings, Studio 22 Open Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2017 A Perfect Day, Solo Show, Studio 22 Open Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2016 Against the Current, Solo Show, Roberts Gallery Toronto
2015 Interludes, Solo Show, Studio 22 Open Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2014 Reflections, Solo Show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2013 Susan Oomen Oils, Studio 22 Open Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2009 Flowers, Memories, Dreams, Solo Show, Robert Macklin Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
2005 Still Waters, Solo Show, Muskoka Moose Gallery, Port Carling Ontario
2004 New Summer Paintings, Solo Show, Muskoka Moose Gallery, Port Carling Ontario
1991 Shadows, New paintings, Solo Show, Galerie Rochon, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Neighbourly, Group Show, Cole’s Art Centre Huntsville
2025-2009 Artists Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2021-2009 Art Toronto, Roberts Gallery, Toronto Ontario
2019 Painting the Landscape, Group Show Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon
2018 At Night, Group Show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2017 150 Years of Landscape, Roberts Gallery, Toronto
2014 Open collection, Group show, Studio 22, Kingston
2012 4X Oils, Studio 22 Open Gallery, Kingston Ontario
2011 Summer Side, Four Artist Show, Academy Gallery Bath, Ontario
2010 Three New Artists, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2009 A Touch of Rouge, Rouge Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2008 Coast to Coast, Celebration of Canadian landscape painting, Roberts Gallery
2008 Flowers That Last, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Ontario
2007 Spaces Between, Four Painters, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie Ontario
2006 Feminine Persuasion, Group Show, Latitude 44 Gallery, Toronto Ontario
2006 Local Colour, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
2004 Landscape the Lasting Tradition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto
2003 The Longest Night, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto
1990 Beneath the Surface, Five Women Painters, Galerie Rochon, Toronto
1988 Discord & Harmony; Two Painters, The Gallery & Library, Cambridge, Ontario
1978 Les Esprits, Five Person Show, Another Space Gallery, Kingston Ontario
Bibliography
American Psychologist, Cover, September 2016, Volume 71, Article by Kate Hays p. 511
American Psychologist, Cover, May-June 2015, Volume 70, Article by Kate Hays p. 354,
Sandra Poitras, Artist profile Susan Oomen, Alliston Herald, Sideroads, p.16, winter 2005
Awards and Grants
2007 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1999 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1992 Ontario Arts Council Artists in the Schools Project Grant
1991 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1988 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1984 - 1992 Aviva Benefit Art Show Toronto, Prize for painting
1984 Honourable Mention for Painting, TOAE, Toronto
1979 Ontario Arts Council Grant
