Susan Lordi marker

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Susan Lordi Marker (born 1954 in Beaver Falls , Pennsylvania ) is an American artist. Susan Lordi Marker is best known for her sculptures which are marketed worldwide under the name "Willow Tree".

Life

The Italian-born Susan Lordi Marker grew up in St. Louis . Her father was an electrician and played the clarinet in an orchestra in Alton, her mother played theater and was an English and Spanish teacher. She has three other siblings. In 1972 she graduated from Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri .

In 1974 Susan Lordi Marker received a scholarship (InterFuture Study Travel Scholarship Award) from the University of Missouri in Columbia and in 1976 received her Bachelor of Science with cum laude for her studies at the College of Human Environmental Sciences in Environmental Design . She then moved to Kansas City and started working as a restaurant interior designer. From 1990 to 1993 she received a Graduate Merit and Research Scholarship Award from the University of Kansas at Lawrence and received a Master of Fine Arts in 1993 .

She mainly works with textile fibers. Susan Lordi Marker received several awards in competitions for her work. She regularly exhibits her works at relevant exhibitions and work shows. She teaches at Johnson County Community College and the Kansas City Art Institute .

In 2000, Susan Lordi Marker began producing clay figurines she had created under the brand name “Willow Tree”. The figures are made of resin and are based on originals made by her.

She has been married to Dennis C. Marker since 1978. The two have two children.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1993: Unspoken Dialogues: Fiber Constructions by Susan Lordi Marker, University of Kansas Regents Center, Overland Park, KS
  • 1993: Susan Lordi Marker: Resonant Voices, University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
  • 1994: Susan Lordi Marker, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
  • 2007: Rhythm: Susan Lordi Marker & Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, International Surface Design Conference, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • 2017: Echoes of the Prairie: Works in Cloth by Susan Lordi Marker, The Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Literature (selection)

  • Portfolio Collection: Susan Lordi Marker; edited by Matthew Koumis; Telos Art Publishing, Winchester, England 2003 ISBN 1-902015-41-X
  • Art Textiles of the World: USA; edited by Matthew Koumis; Telos Art Publishing, Winchester, England 2000 ISBN 0-9526267-1-3
  • Susan Lordi Marker: Resonant Voices, MFA Thesis; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1993
  • Susan Lordi Marker: Explorations in Cloth, essay by Michele Fricke, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 23, No. 2] 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/02/15/willow-tree-artist-sues-cvs-pharmacy.html. Retrieved November 16, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Marker, Susan Lordi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaver Falls , Pennsylvania