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Susan O'Malley | |
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| Born | 1976 |
| Died | 2015 |
| Alma mater | California College of the Arts |
Susan O’Malley (1976–2015)[1] was an artist and curator from San Francisco's Bay Area[2], and author of the book Advice from My 80 Year-Old Self (Chronicle Books, 2016)[3].
Life
O’Malley received her BA in Urban Studies from Stanford[4] and MFA from California College of the Arts’ Social Practice area. While Curator and Print Center Director at the San Jose ICA (2006–2011) O’Malley oversaw the production of over 50 exhibitions and programs.[5]
As an artist she presented work at the Contemporary Art Museum (Houston, TX), the Parthenon Museum (Nashville, TN), and Montalvo Art Center and exhibited as public projects in San Francisco, New York, and London, Poland and Denmark.[4]
Work
O'Malley's work is largely text-based and has taken the form of posters, buttons, and billboards[4].
In an interview with Content Magazine from 2013 O'Malley said of her inspiration "I’m intrigued by the idea of how and where we live, how we relate to each other, and our physical environment."[6]
San Francisco Arts Quarterly critic Leora Lutz noted that her work appeared "in every avenue of the public imaginable, from front lawns, to billboards, to garden walks as well as galleries and museums."[7] and Los Angeles Magazine's Street Art Spotter, Eva Glettner, called Susan "an artist of the streets." [8]
A 2005 foray into performance paired her with fellow-Stanford alum Christina Amini to form "a motivational team, wearing red 'Pep Talk Squad' jackets that O’Malley created. [9] which according to then director Christian L. Frock "offered scheduled pep talks to the public at Pro Arts"[4]
She worked with independent publishers THE THING Quarterly on multiple commissions, including a tote bag that read "Less Internet More Love"[10] and their 2013 collaboration with Levi’s, Moment to Moment, which commissioned art for advertisement spaces in subway stations in New York and San Francisco.[11]
Her final series of work Advice From My 80-Year Old Self was created in conjunction with a local youth group who helped interview people on the San Pablo Corridor in Berkeley, California.[12] According to Parade Magazine she "asked them to imagine themselves as their kindliest, wisest 80-year-old self and give a piece of heartfelt advice."[13] The series was created in conjunction with Kala Arts Institute which displayed the works as public art.[9] In January 2016 the series became a book of the same name published by Chronicle Books[3] and prints were installed in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the Fall of that same year.[14]
References
- ^ "San Jose Mercury News".
- ^ Tsui, Bonnie. "Trick Your Brain and Smile". San Francisco Magazine.
- ^ a b http://www.artpractical.com/column/printed-matters-advice-from-my-80-year-old-self/
- ^ a b c d Frock, Christian L. (March 2, 2015). "Celebrating the life of artist and curator Susan O'Malley". KQED.
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- ^ "Susan O'Malley". Content Magazine. March 5, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Do More Of What You Love". SFAQ. February 10, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Remembering Susan O'Malley". Los Angeles Magazine. March 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Artist's mural in Berkeley Rises With Her Death". San Francisco Chronicle. March 16, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Thing Quarterly Store, O'Malley Bag". The Thing Quarterley.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Moment to Moment". Good Things Take Time, Moment to Moment homepage.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Remembering the Inspirational Susan O'Malley". East Bay Express. March 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Great Advice: What Would Your 80 Year Old Self Say to You". Parade Magazine. January 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Susan O'Malley, Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self, 2015". SFMOMA.