Professional Artist, Producer, Speaker

SELECTED SOLO OR 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

 2008 Paula Barr Gallery,  Chelsea New York, NY
 2005 Chow Yang Cultural Museum, Beijing, China
 2005 Avalon Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
 2005, 2003 ART21 Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
 2002, 2000  Artistic Adventure Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
 1998 Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
 2007 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, invited
 2007 Triton Museum AVA Fest, CA, invited
 2006 Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos Art Museum, CA
 2006 Hudson Valley Art Association 75th Exhibition, NY, NY
 2006 SOCO Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
 2004, 2003 ART21 Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
 2001, 2000 Artistic Adventure Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
 2000 31st 2-D Competition, San Jose Art League, San Jose CA
 1999 SWA Open Competition, Merced, CA
 1999 CWA Blackhawk Gallery, CA
 1998 SWA 48th Annual, San Francisco, CA
 1998 Rakku Gallery, Jerome, AZ
 1997 Virtual Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:
 Gallery Vision - Society of Local Artists, 2006
 Staging Your Studio – Silicon Valley Open Studio, 2004
 Artists and Galleries – Santa Clara Watercolor Society, 2003
 Art in the Digital Age – ART21 Gallery, 2002

BOARDS and COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
 Silicon Valley Local Artists
 Silicon Valley Visual Arts
 ART21 Gallery
 Palo Alto Arts and Culture Awareness
 Palo Alto Art Walk
 Palo Alto Black and White Ball Decorate and Design

TV:
 Talk Art series,  2007, 2008
  *This series is broadcast through cable by four TV stations with up to 1 million viewers combined.
 Arts and U, 2005, 2004

ARTICLES:
 Society of Local Artists e-zine, Your Painting isn’t Done Until It I Ready To Hang , 2005 Framing for Shows, 2004

JUROR:
 Pacific Art League, Color Spectrum, 2005; Palo Alto Summer Art Fair, 2005; Menlo Park Summer Art Fair, 2001

SUMMARY:
Susan Kraft has shown locally, nationally, and internationally since 1982. In 2005, she accepted an invitation to present a 20-piece abstraction series at the Chow Yang Cultural Museum, in Beijing, China, as part of the China art exchange program. Her work ranges from portraits to abstractions. She creates and cultivates synergetic art groups, art walks, and a TV show interviewing artists and notables in the art field.