RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2002 Inaugural Exhibition, Graton Gallery, Graton,
     Sonoma County, CA. Group Show
"Local Delights", First American Title, Sebastopol, CA
     Solo Exhibition*
"Home Grown" North American Title, Sebastopol, CA
     Solo Exhibition*
"From the Neighborhood" State Farm Insurance, Cotati, CA.
     Solo Exhibition*
          *Sponsored by Artists Workshop of Sonoma County
2001-2 "Objects Considered, Modern and Postmodern Still Life"
     Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts,
     Walnut Creek, CA. Carrie Lederer, curator.
"Objects Considered, Modern and Postmodern Still Life"
     City Hall, Walnut Creek, CA. Carrie Lederer, curator
2001 "Salute to the Arts" Festival, Sonoma, Edmund's Fine Art
     Gallery
"Natural Wonders", Graziano's, Circle Gallery,
     Petaluma, CA
     One Woman Show
Grand Opening Exhibition. The Lodge at Sonoma,
     Sonoma, CA
ARTrails, Sonoma County Open Studios, Sebastopol, CA
ARTrails Preview Exhibition, Sonoma County Museum,
     Santa Rosa, CA
"Sonoma Treasures", Edmund's Fine Art Gallery,
     Sonoma, CA
"From Idaho to California" City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA.
     Joint Exhibition with Patrick Fanning
2000 ARTrails, Sonoma County Open Studios, Sebastopol, CA
ARTrails Preview Exhibition, Sonoma County Museum,
     Santa Rosa, CA
"Earth-Given", The Sequoias, Portola Valley, CA.
     Genevieve Oxley, curator. Solo exhibition

AWARDS
1998 Honorable Mention, Kendall-Jackson Festival Art Show.
     Sonoma County, CA
1991 Honorable Mention, Santa Rosa Art Guild, 27th Statewide
     Show, Santa Rosa, CA
1989 Best of Show, First Place, Second Place, Cloverdale Citrus
     Fair, Cloverdale, CA
1988 First Place, Second Place, Cloverdale Citrus Fair
     Cloverdale, CA
1987 Honorable Mention, First Place Oil Painting, First Place
     Pastels, Second Place Graphics, Second Place Mixed
     Media, Bodega Bay Allied Arts Show, Bodega Bay, CA
1986 Best of Show and Second Place Oil Painting, Bodega Bay
     Allied Arts Show, Bodega Bay, CA
1985 Honorable Mention, Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival Art
     Show, Bodega Bay, CA

ART-RELATED STUDIES
1997 Landscapes and Fauve Painters, Robin Child, Instructor,
     Wiltshire, UK.
1986-89 Magic Realism Oil Painting, Charles Becker, Instructor,
     Sonoma County, CA
1985 The Face and Figure, Maury Lapp, Instructor, Santa Rosa
     Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
1980 Watercolor Portraits, Ernestine Maddox, Instructor, and
     Etching, Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland,
     New Zealand
1974 Ceramics, Maggie Grainger, Instructor, Inner London
     Education Authority, London, England

EDUCATION
1977 Ph.D. in Biochemistry
     University of London and St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
     London, England
1973 B.S. Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada



Susan Ratky Ball
E-mail:
susan@susanrball.com
Studio: (707) 823-2923

Gallery:
Graton Gallery
9048 Graton Road
Graton, CA
(707) 829-8912

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