Artist's Statement

I live in an 125 year old brick house. Renovations are not simple or easy. For example, the interior walls are solid brick. The path of least resistance includes learning to work within the confines of these existing spaces. Home life in the twenty first century includes spaces that were not even conceived of in 1885. My home is an example of my love for bringing together the past and the present – just as I do with my artwork


I love lighting. My friends and family are constantly laughing at me when I adjust the amount of light in a room. To my senses, the lighting finalizes the cozy feel and quality of tone a room can exude. By using found, old, decrepitated, and funky parts I combine the past with the present. I make my own shades for each lamp by painting paper, using fabric, or binding hand made papers. It is my hope that these shades entice the luminary to truly radiate

When looking at my lighting I invite you to regard the work as a whole or as a whole which is a sum of its parts. Whichever you see most fit

I hope you enjoy the work

Susan Icove.

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DEGREES
B.F.A. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1976
M.F.A. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 1981

OTHER EDUCATION
1975 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1980 Alfred University, Alfred, New York

EXHIBITIONS
1978 "Functional Ceramics", Wooster, Ohio
1982 Catholic University, One Man Show, Washington, D.C.
1983 "Southeastern Ceramics Invitational", Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
1983 S.E.C.C.A. Invitational Show, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1983 "The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1983 "Craftworks Celebration", Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, New York
1984 "Surface Enrichment", Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1984 "The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1984 "Clay USA", Radford University, Radford, Virginia
1984 "Functional Ceramics", Wooster, Ohio
1984 "Invitational Bowl Show", American Hand Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1987 "Simple Pieces", Beyond Reason Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1987 Featured Artist, Art and Architecture Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1987 "Fact and Fantasy", Expo Designs, Greenvale, New York
1988 "The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1988 "Furniture Today", Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

HONORS AND AWARDS
1982 Purchase Award, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1982 Guest Speaker, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
1983 Featured as "Emerging Talent" at NCECA, National Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Purchase Award, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1984 Honorable Mention, "Clay USA", Radford University, Radford, Virginia 1985 Guest Speaker, Raleigh Center for the Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina

PUBLICATIONS
1983 Ceramics Monthly, April Issue
1984 Ceramics Monthly, March Issue
1984 American Craft, August/September Issue
1985 Ceramics Monthly, July Issue
1985 Studio Potter, June Issue
1986 Ceramics Monthly, June Issue
1988 Metropolis, January Issue

ORGANIZATIONS
1983 Accepted as exhibiting member of Piedmont Craftsmen Inc.