SUSAN BRABEAU

1516 Pleasants Road

Wendell, NC 27591

919. 279.7626

 

AWARDs

 

2017 WPSE(Women Painters of the Southeast), 3rd Place Online Exhibition

AWA 2017 Award of Merit (American Women Artists)

2017 NC State Fair Best of Show Honors

2016 First and Second place Professional Artist Awards at NC State Fair

2016 First Place Award and People's Choice Award – Clayton Art Fair

2016 Jurer's Choice Award – Women Painters of the Southeast

2015 American Women Artists Annual Master & Signature Members Show & National Juried Exhibition –

Bonner David Galleries – Scottsdale, Arizona

• 2015 WPSE (Women Painters of the Southeast) – First place Award of Excellence-4th annual Juried Exhibit

• Raleigh Fine Arts Society- Juried NC Artists Exhibition

• 2015 First Place Award - Hillsborough, NC, Hillsborough Arts League

• Honorable Mention – Fine Arts League of Cary

• 2014 Professional First and Third Place awards at NC State Fair

• 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2006 NC State Fair - Best of Show Award and 2011 Purchase Award

• Finalist – 2016 and 2013 Artist’ Magazine Annual Art Competition (Still Life Category)

• 2015, 2014 and 2012 Margaret Ritchie Award of Excellence and People’s choice Awards - Clayton Visual Arts Competition

• North Carolina Museum of Art- 2013 Selected into the “Art of the Auction” event

• 2011 First Place Award - Fine Arts League of Cary Juried Exhibiti

• Award-Winning Cafe 26 - Williamsburg One Woman Show

• 2010 & 2011 Chapel Hill’s Festifall - Best of Show

• 2010 Wendell “Animals in Art” Exhibit – First Place Award

• Art Awards 2010, Art and Fine Crafts Show, Virginia Beach Convention Center - Show of Award-Winning Artists

• North Carolina State Fair – 2009 Professional First Place Award

• Lazy Daze Art Festival, Cary, NC - 2010, 2009, and 2006 – Jerry Miller Award – First Place Award

• First Place - Christmas Miniature Show 2006, Lawrence Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

• 15th Annual Mystic International Exhibition , Mystic Maritime Gallery

• Beverly Hills "Affair in the Garden" Exhibition – First Place Awards for 2 yrs.

• Laguna Beach, CA, “Art Affair” (Juried summer Exhibition)

• "Artist's Magazine"- Placed in top 2% of 10,000 in Portrait Painters Competition

• Drama-logue - Critics Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design

COMMISSIONS AND PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

• 2016 SAS purchase for Permanent Collection

• 2016 Art work featured in Netflix movie “Sandy”

• 2012 City of Raleigh Purchase for Permanent Collection, Through the Raleigh Arts Commission, Block Gallery

• 2011 NC State Fair Purchase Award - Purchased by NC Agricultural Commissioner, Steve Troxler

• City of Raleigh Portrait of Edwin Gill for Permanent Collection, State Treasurer 1953-1977

• Dave Reynolds Portrait, Director of the League of Municipalities, Permanent Collection (Raleigh, NC)

• Disney Permanent Collection at Epcot Center, Florida

• NBC, ABC, Warner Brothers and Orion Pictures- Portrait Commissions for Major Motion Pictures

• Outdoor Mural-20'x 80' at Famous Micelli's Italian Restaurant, Overlooking Universal Studios, CA, Used as Backdrop for feature films "Hot Moves"

• Featured on "Eye on LA" and in Twentieth Century Fox Image Campaign (Los Angeles, CA)

 

AFFILIATIONS

• WPSE (Women Painters of the Southeast)- Signature Member

• AWA (American Women Artists)-Associate with Distinction Member

• Artspace Artist Association Membership- Raleigh, NC (Juried Membership)

• FALC (Fine Arts League of Cary) Member

• OPA (Oil Painters of America) Associate Member