2022

FIGURATIVE MONOLITHS, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA

2020-2021

FIGURE/GROUND curated by Beth Sale, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2020

45th JURIED EXHIBITION curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2004

WOOD ENGRAVERS NETWORK, Minnesota Center for Book Art, Minneapolis, MN

INNOVATIVE PRINTMAKING ON HANDMADE PAPER, The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA

2003

I CAN READ. YOU LIKE A BOOK, Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

2002

THE ART OF THE BOOK; 20 YEARS OF ART & DESIGN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

2001

STUDIO GROUP AT 20, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

GA EXPONENT: WOMEN/ART/POWER, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA

NEW WORKS: MARY ENGEL, SUSAN NEES & MARY PORTER, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA

2000

*​STUDIES ON A GRID, Heart’s Eye Gallery, Athens, GA

1999

CELEBRATING CRICKET; 25 YEARS OF STORIES & ART FOR KIDS, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

DOMESTICITY: THE ART OF SUSAN NEES & MARY PORTER, Atlanta Financial Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1996

CULTURE & AGRICULTURE, New Vision Gallery, Marshfield, WI

PAGE TURNERS, Benedicta Arts Center, St. Joseph, MN

FOOD: A 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EXHIBITION, Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

*​RURAL ROUTE 2, Tate Center Gallery, UGA, Athens, GA

1995

22ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA NEW WORKS, NEW ARTISTS, NEW YEAR, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC

1994

GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS GRANT EXHIBITION, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

1993

*​AN EXHIBITION OF PRINTS: SUSAN NEES, Institute of Ecology Gallery, UGA, Athens, GA

1991

ARTIST BOOK & SMALL PRINT SHOW, Exhibit A Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1990

RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF ART ON PAPER, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

FRIENDS OF MCBA: FACULTY & FRIENDS, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1989

A PIECE OF HEAVEN: MAIL ART, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

1988

ANNUAL WINTER BOOK EXHIBITION, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1985

WILLIAM H. ELY EXHIBITION, PCA Gallery, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Public Collections

The Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Low Library of Columbia University, New York, NY

Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Washington University, Special Collections, St. Louis,

MI University of Iowa, Special Collections, Iowa City, IA

Princeton University, Special Collections, Princeton, NJ

Corporate Collections

King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Gas & Light

Books and Journals

2003 Smith, Keith A., ​Structure of the Visual Book​, 4th Edition

2002 Brett, Simon, Ed., ​An Engraver’s Globe

1991 Bookways, A Quarterly Journal for the Book Arts​, Number One, Oct.

Folios

2003 INNOVATIVE PRINTMAKING ON HANDMADE PAPER, Hand Paper Making Magazine, Annual Juried print Collection representing a wide range of printmaking techniques – traditional, contemporary, and experimental

2002 SCRAMBLED EGGS, Limited Edition Print Collection

2001 THE PRIVATE PRESS & TYPEFOUNDRY OF PAUL HAYDEN DEUNSING, Limited Edition Suite of Letterpress and Relief Prints

1994 RURAL ROUTE 2, Limited Edition Suite of Wood Engravings documenting the family farm, funded by the Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

Illustrated Books

1998 THE EVERYDAY MAGIC OF WALTER LEE HIGGINS​ by David Haynes, Illustrations for the Annual Limited Edition Book by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1990 LIFE OF THE BODY​ by Jane Smiley, Linoleum Block Illustrations for the Annual Limited Edition book by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN

1989 STAGGERFORD’S INDIAN​ by Jon Hassler, Linoleum Block Illustrations for the Annual Limited Edition Handmade Book by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Awards and Honors

1993

Independent Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

1991

American Institute of Graphic Arts Award

1987

William H. Ely Award

1985

Jack Charles Calmon Award

Teaching

2001 Vitreography, Studio Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1995 Wood Engraving, Studio Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1992 Bookbinding, Non-Adhesive Structures, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1988 Illustration One, Instructor, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Mpls, MN

Education

1985 BFA, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1981-1983 Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

1980-1981 Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, IA