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SUSAN MENTRAK
Lives and works in Canton, Ohio.
EDUCATION
1992 BFA Illustration, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Legacy: Getting to Give, Giving to Get, The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH Aug 22 – Oct 29
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 25th San Angelo National Juried Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX
2024 Small Favors Juried Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Earth & Fire: A National Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition, Wheeling, WV
2024 Artists Who Teach, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
2024 Fresh Juried Exhibition, Summit Art Space, Akron, OH
2022 The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild May Show, Canton, OH
2019 Christkindl Markt, with The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild, Canton, OH
2019 The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild May Show, Canton, OH
1991 The 3rd Annual Dimensional Illustrators Awards Exhibition, Art Directors Club of New York, New York, NY (illustration)
1990 The 2nd Annual Dimensional Illustrators Awards Exhibition, Art Directors Club of New York, New York, NY (illustration)
EMPLOYMENT
2022 to present Ceramic Studio Manager, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Ceramic Instructor; Intro to Handbuilding adult classes, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
“Gallery”, Doll Collector Magazine September 2010, p.49
Nordstrom Stores, 2010 design for iPhone 4 cases
Scelfo, Julie, “You Design It, They Print it”, The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2009
“American Mother of Chinese Dolls, Interview with Susan Mentrak”, Little Thing Magazine, 05 Issue, China, March 2009, p.108-109
Mentrak, Susan, “Make Your Own Joybucket Dolls” Stuffed Magazine Summer 2009, p.127
Model Engine, The Lean Years Tradition, January 2007, album cover art
Mentrak, Susan, “Off the Cuff Creatures”, Pretty Little Pincushions, Lark Books, November 2007, p.80-83
3-Dimensional Illustrators Awards Annual III, 1991, George Orwell’s 1984, p. 232, The Mists of Avalon, p. 235
3-Dimensional Illustrators Awards Annual II, 1990, p.125