Education:
M.F.A.  Studio Art              Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
M.A.     Psychology            New School for Social Research, N.Y., N.Y.
B.A.     Social Relations      Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Grants/Awards:

• Finalist, Hunting Art Prize, 2009
• Meadows School of Arts Scholarship 2006-2008
• Rigsby Graduate Scholarship in the Visual Arts, 2008

Professional Experience:

• Selection Committee, 2010 Young Masters Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, 2/26 – 4/18, 2010.
• Adjunct Lecturer, SMU-in-Taos, Painting 2300, 3300, 8/2010,
• Adjunct Faculty, Brookhaven College, 2D Design, Spring 2010.
• Visiting Artist presentation, Daimler Corporation, 10/12/2009.
• Adjunct Faculty, Brookhaven College, 2D Design, Fall 2009.
• Adjunct Lecturer, SMU-in-Taos, Painting 2300, 3300, August 2009.
• Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Painting (1300) and Beginning Drawing (1300) SMU Spring 2009.
• Co-Curator, Meadows at the Meyerson, an SMU student art exhibition, 4/1/2009, Dallas, TX.
• Juror, Young American Artist Competition, Dallas, TX, 2009.
• AP Workshop for High School Teachers, Painting in Gouache/Color Theory, Dallas County Community College, Brookhaven Campus, 1/2009.
• Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Painting (1300) and Drawing II (2300), SMU Fall 2008,
• AP Workshop for High School Students, Painting in Gouache/Color Theory, Dallas, TX, 10/11/2008.
• Teaching Assistant in Drawing II, Painting I and II, Advanced Painting, and Foundations, SMU, 2006- 2008.
• Part-time Gallery Assistant, Conduit Gallery Dallas, TX 6/2008 -12/2008
• Visiting Artist Presentation, Islam: the Creation of a New Art, Professor Annmarie Weyl Carr,SMU,presentation on research and work based on fragment #28 of the Topkapi Scrolls, 11/2/2007.
• Instructor, Sketching in the Gallery, Meadows Museum of Art, fall 2007
• Non profit administration, culminating in position of Executive Vice President Science Operations, American Heart Association, National Center.  This position involved oversight of over 100 employees and multiple multimillion dollar budgets, 1990- 2004.
• Nonprofit management: Vice President, Catalyst, NY, NY, (advocacy for women in business), (1980 -1985) and Executive Director and founder of Child Care Partnership, (advocacy for quality child care for the City of Dallas), (1985 -1990). Advertising Account Executive, N. W. Ayer International, NY, NY, 1974 -1980.

Gallery Representation:

• Conduit Gallery, www.conduitgallery.com, Dallas, TX.

Solo Exhibitions:

• Susan Barnett: Geometric Progression, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1/10 – 2/14/ 2009.
• Susan Barnett: Perception, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven Community College, Dallas, TX, 10/3-10/26/2008.
• Susan Barnett: Recent Works, Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Art Library, SMU, Dallas, TX, 7/6 – 9/16/2007.

Group Exhibitions:

• Recess: A Group Exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 11/21 – 1/2/2010.
• Daimler Financial Services, Ft. Worth, TX 10/2009 – 8/2010.
• Faculty Show, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX, 10/2009.
• Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Decorative Center, Houston, TX, 5/2009.
• SMU Faculty New Work, MAC (McKinney Ave Contemporary), Dallas, TX, 4/4 -4/24/2009.
• Small Works Group Exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 11/22 – 11/27/2008.
• Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Financial Services, Ft. Worth, TX, 10/28 reception for new collection on view through 8/2009.
• CADD (Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas) Art Fair, Dallas, TX, 5/30 – 6/1/2008.
• Crossing 2008, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, 6/6 – 6/26/2008. Juried exhibition of MFA programs in the Southwest, Jurors include representatives of the Richard Levy Gallery, Patrick Nagatani, Santiago Perez, Catalina Delgado Trunk and representatives of the Harwood Art Center.
• SMU MFA Exhibition, Mockingbird Station Gallery, Dallas, TX, 4/12 – 5/3/2008.
• MFA Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 4/7-4/19/2008.
• Global Ambitions, 500X, Dallas, TX, 3/8-3/30/2008.
• 2008 CAA/MFA Exhibition, North Texas University Art Gallery, 2/18-2/23/2008. Juried show of MFA candidates in the North Texas area in conjunction with the College Art Association Annual Conference in Dallas, TX.
• Fall 2007  SMU Student Art Association Juried Show, 12/2007, juried by Christina Rees, Director, Road Agent Gallery, Dallas, TX.
• Spring 2007 SMU Student Art Association Juried Show, juried by Francis Colpitt, Deedie Potter Rose Endowed Chair of Art History at TCU, SMU, Dallas, TX, 4/2007.
• Folks from Meadows: New Works, 500X, Dallas, TX, 2/2007.
• Summer Show and Critic’s Choice, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 7/2006.
• In This Place: Student Works, SMU Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM, 6/2005.
• Out of the Blue, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, 3/2006.

Collections:
Daimler Corporation (Art Loan program 2008, 2009)
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek

Bibliography:

• Melyssah Colerangle, Dallas Weekly.com, 12/9/2009
• Lucia Simek, Susan Barnett: Geometric Progressions, THE, February, 2009
• Smart Pick, Crossing Harwood Art Center, Local IQ: Albuquerque’s Intelligent Alternative, 5/29 – 6/11/2008
• Terranova, Charissa. Susan Barnett at SMU Hamon Library, Dallas Morning News, 8/15/2007.
• Compton, J.R. Best of the Contemporary’s ’06 Member Show, Dallas Arts Revue, 8/21/2006.

Professional Organizations:
College Art Association
SMU Meadows Visual Arts Alumni Association – Steering Committee