Suzanne Baumann
P.O. Box 12096 | Hamtramck, MI 48212 | Email | Portfolio | Linkedin

Projects

Founding member of an active nonprofit community arts organization
Set agenda and provide direction for monthly board meetings
Maintain web presence (email newsletter, blog)
Assist at monthly gallery openings
Design and produce posters, brochures, flyers, and other promotional materials
Assist in rehabilitation and preservation of vernacular art construction Hamtramck Disneyland (D. Szylak, 1920-2015)
Coordinate and staff events, gallery exhibits, performances and retail venues
Worked to acquire and rehabilitate neglected building for reuse as an art center

2014 Demented Detroit: Contemporary Cartoons and Comics from the Motor City, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
2013 Panels in Pink, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2012 Hatch Member Show, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck. MI
2012 Hot/Cold, Headspace Gallery, Dearborn, MI
2010 Graphic Stories Project, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI
2009 Michigan Comics: Mirth, Mockery and Mayhem From the Tri-Coastal State, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2008 The American Comic Book: A Detroit Perspective, Creative Arts Center in Pontiac, MI
2008 WSG/ Imagined Flyers for Fake Gigs (Curator) Cafe 1923, Hamtramck, MI
2008 The Art of Dr. Sketchy Detroit, Cafe 1923, Hamtramck, MI
2007 Exquisite Corpse, Cafe 1923, Hamtramck MI
2006 Leapin' Lizards!, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2004 From Wham!tramck to Yipes!ilanti, Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, MI
1995 Action! Comics, Animation and Contemporary Art, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
1995 Beyond Bunnies (solo show), Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

Beautiful Symmetry, Scott Mills, ed., 2020
Not My Small Diary, Vol. 17, Delaine Derry Green, ed., 2012
Turtleneck Boy series (Editor) 1999-2011
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet Vol. 21, Grant and Link, eds., Small Beer Press, 2007
I Keee You!! A Collection of Overheards, Benn Ray, ed., Atomic Book Co., 2006
The Furnace, Kelli Kavanaugh, ed., 2004
Hamtramck Citizen (monthly feature) 2003
Action Girl, Vol. 7, Sarah Dyer, ed., 1997

Petelka, Leijah: “5 Local Comic Artists to Check Out”, Current Magazine, April 30, 2020
Mott, Nicholas: "The World of Eco-Comics", nationalgeographic.com, September 28, 2012
Mitchell, Brian J.: "Indie Comic Creator Interview with Suzanne Baumann", QRD #56, silbermedia.com, July, 2012
Norris, Kyle: "Improvising Artists Drawn To Comic Jam" NPR Morning Edition, February 22, 2011
Corby, Bob: "Exhibitor: Suzanne Baumann" spaceguy13.blogspot.com, March 30, 2010
DaRonco, Mike: "Underground Triple-Threat" Metro Times, May 14, 2003
Bliss, Pam: "Suzanne's Stuff" sequentialtart.com, 2001

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Library, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, MI
‪University of Michigan‬, Ann Arbor, MI
Schulz Library at The Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, Vermont
Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University, Durham, NC
Denver Zine Library, Denver, CO
Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, ON, Canada

SPACE Prize (Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022
Second Place, SPACE Prize, 2015, webcomic category
Brain Frame (live performance of As Eavesdropped), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, October 18, 2013
Third Place, SPACE Prize, 2012, minicomic/short story category
Cast Member, Script Consultant and Costume Design, The Amazing Cynicalman, No Fun Films, 2011
Panelist, "Women in Comics" (Friends of Lulu) - SPX, Bethesda, MD, October 2, 2004; again in SPACE, Columbus, OH April 16, 2005
Featured Guest, Stumptown Comics Fest, Portland, OR, 2004
Judge, Ignatz Awards (Small Press Expo festival prize), Bethesda, MD, 2002
Panelist, "Independent/Underground Comics" Underground Publishing Conference, Bowling Green, OH, 2000

Major: Studio Art | Minor: English | GPA in Major: 4.0