12.75″x24.5″; sewn mixed media; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Susan Smereka: re:shape
at the South Burlington Public Art Gallery in South Burlington, Vermont, USA
12 February-26 March 2026
“re:shape” is a solo exhibition by Susan Smereka exploring memory, place, and the body through reclaimed materials and layered processes. Using worn textiles, stained paper, topographical maps of Vermont, and employing techniques such as monotype printmaking, collage, and sewing, Smereka transforms fragments marked by time into new visual languages. Her work invites viewers to consider how past and present intersect, creating new forms that emerge from memory and material.
Susan Smereka is a Canadian-American artist whose career spans more than four decades. She was born outside Toronto, Ontario, and has lived in Vermont for over thirty-five years. Duality, as both a tension and a concept, has long been central to her life and artistic practice.
10.5″x7.5″; sewn mixed media; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
Smereka has exhibited widely, with shows at AVA Gallery, Flynndog, and Burlington City Arts. She has participated in residencies at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, and New City Galerie, and has received grants from the Vermont Arts Council and the Kittredge Foundation.
The exhibition was curated by Maedeh Asgharpour.
(text adapted from material provided by the gallery)
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