WEBSITE SINCE 1993…
WEBSITE SINCE 1993…
"I asked Suzanne how long it took to sell her first glass creation. “I started working with glass in 2003. I was selling ceramics and paintings prior to selecting glass as my primary medium. My glass started selling within the first year”. That’s 22 years of always creating something different & unique with hard mediums to use." Switching it up each time keeps her mind creating and disciplined, smiling more often with a positive outlook on life. Getting bored easily doesn’t stick well with Suzanne, so her glass art even dazzles completely different throughout the day and night. The challenge is always there throughout the making process, bringing life to the light you see within the intricate glass."
Savannah Carter, Gallery 259, Broken Bow, OK
| EDUCATION: | |
| BA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1964 | |
| Graduate School, 44 hours, double major | |
| Art Education and Fine Art 1964-1966 | |
| Art Education K thru Jr. College. 1966 | |
| Summer School University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1963. | |
| ADVANCED ART EDUCATION: | |
| Master Class, Patty Gray Instructor, The Glass Furnace, Turkey | |
| Master Class, Richard La Londe, Whidbey Island, Washington | |
| SOLO OR TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2026 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Sailing Into Spring |
| 2023 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, The Art of Glass II |
| 2022 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, The Art of Glass |
| 2019 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2019 Collectors & Connoisseurs Studio Show |
| 2018 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2018 Studio Show |
| 2017 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Raku Mask Firing 2 |
| 2017 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Raku Mask Firing |
| 2016 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Howell October Show |
| 2015 | Suzanne Wallace Mears Studio,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Telling Tribal Tales |
| 2015 | Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM,The Art and Soul of Color |
| 2014 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Celebrate Valentines's Day |
| 2012 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, New Work |
| 2012 | Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, Tribal Exploration, Part II |
| 2011 | Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,Tribal Music |
| 2009 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tribal Exploration, Part I |
| 2008 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Studio, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Flying Solo |
| 2008 | Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Images and Allegories |
| 2008 | Basalt Gallery, Basalt, Colorado, Sandia and Mears |
| 2007 | Raffine', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Raffine' Presents |
| 2006 | Studio Swan, Serenbe, Georgia, Kiln formed Glass |
| 2005 | Raffine', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Glass and Painting |
| 2003 | Taylor's Contemporanea, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wall of Glass |
| 1996 | Suzanne Wallace Mears' Gallery, Carbondale, Colorado, New Work |
| 1990 | Hong Kong, ceramic and collage Dancing with Color |
| 1990 | Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, Double Take |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2023 | Oklahoma Arts Festival, Sculpture ParkOklahoma City, OK |
| 2023 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2022 | Oklahoma Arts Festival, Sculpture ParkOklahoma City, OK |
| 2022 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2019 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2019 | "Contemporary Visions" Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, |
| 2019 | "Sculpture Month on Canyon Road" Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, |
| 2018 | "In Living Color," Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2018 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2018 | "Autumn Pop-Up", Nault Fine Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2017 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2017 | syd entel gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida "An Emotional Journey Through Color |
| 2015 | IAO, All artist show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2015 | Line Gallery, Group show invitational, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2015 | Painting in the Courtyard, Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2015 | Art Now, Invitational, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2015-16 | Ballet Oklahoma, annual fund-raising event, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2006-15 | "12 x 12" Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2014 | Pippin Contemporary Group Show, Santa Fe, NM, June |
| 2014 | Oklahoma Festival of the Arts, Sculpture Park, April |
| 2014 | Femme Fatales, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April |
| 2013 | National Water Media Oklahoma Exhibition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2013 | Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, Group Show, 2013 |
| 2012-16 | Painting in the Courtyard, Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Ok |
| 2012 | What's the Journey All About, Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, Augus |
| 2012 | Choices, YWCA Campaign, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2012 |
| 2013-14-15 | Oklahoma Festival of the Arts Sculpture Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Art Expo, Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, January |
| 2011 | All Gallery Show, Pippin Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2011 | Oklahoma Friendly, Oklahoma Art Guild, Juried Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2011 | Reigning in the Arts, Oklahoma Art Guild, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2010-14 | Red Dot, IOA Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2010 | A Party Different, Invitational, Allied Arts, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2010 | All Gallery Artists, Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2009 | The Container Show, PAA, juried, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2009 | Price Tower Arts Center, international invitational juried show, Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
| 2007 | All Gallery Artists, Janne Fine Art, Carefree, Arizona |
| 2008-14 | Oklahoma City Art Museum annual fund-raising event invitational |
| 2008-15 | Free to Live, annual fund-raising event |
| 2008 | Dinner in the Deuce, Invitational, Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2008-15 | Refreshing the Palette, The Metro, Invitational |
| 2001,10,11 | Cafe City Arts Invitational, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1997-2006 | All Gallery Artists Show, Hayden Hays Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
MEDIA: |
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| 2026 | Oklahoma Gazette, Painted Flowers Bloom Too, p.19, March 2026 |
| 2018 | ionOKLAHOMA, Autumn Pop-Up Show, August / September 2018 issue, pp 58-59 |
| 2017 | OETA: "Gallery America" Episode 301 first aired July 12, 2017 |
| 2016 | ionOKLAHOMA, Suzanne Mears: Glass Artist, December/January 2017 issue |
| 2015 | The Santa Fean, The Art and Soul of Color, June/July issue |
| 2015 | American Art Collector, Feathers on the Loose, p. 162-163, June/July issue |
| 2013 | Western Art and Architecture, Illumination, p.58, June/July |
| 2012 | Slice, Color my World, November |
| 2012 | Albuquerque Journal Newspaper, Art as Life |
| 2011 | The Oklahoman, Tour for Connoisseurs, September |
| 2011 | Oklahoma Magazine, Creating Happiness, July issue |
| 2009 | Nichols Hills News, Touring the Metro, p 30, December issue |
| 2009 | Saturday Magazine, Friday, p. 7, March 20 |
| 2008 | Urban Tulsa Weekly, December 4-10 |
| 2008 | Distinctly Oklahoma Magazine, Magical World of Suzanne Wallace Mears, May issue |
| 2006 | Mid-West City Advocate, p.11, January |
| 2005 | Quail Creek Magazine, Bridging Mediums to Bring Joy, September issue |
| 2005 | Downtown Magazine, Bridging Mediums to Bring Joy, September issue |
| 2005 | Oklahoma Today Magazine, Glass Menagerie, August issue |
| 2005 | Oklahoma Gazette, Art This, p.34, September 21 |
| 2003 | The Sentinel Record, Art Review, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| SELECTED COLLECTORS: | |
| Steve Spitz and Steve Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Rob Littlefield and Jim Curtis, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Eric Green, NYC, NY | |
| Michael Kowalski, NYC, NY | |
| Rhonda and Governor David Walters, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Kim and Governor Brad Henry, Oklahoma | |
| Molly and President David Boren, OU, Norman, Oklahoma | |
| Dr S.J. and Hugh Pickens, Ponca City, Oklahoma | |
| Tony Colby, Iowa City, Iowa | |
| Pat Hartwell, Arlington, Virginia | |
| David and Cheryl Merritt, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Larry Connor, Centerville, Ohio | |
| Sam Blackstock and Jeffrey Erwin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Russanne Bull Solomon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Jim and Carla Tourtlelotte, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Santa Fe, NM | |
| Elizabeth Gilbert, Mahwah, New Jersey | |
| Renee and Denny Hogan, Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Joyce Turley Nicholas, Tiburon, California | |
| Kyle Singler, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Barry and Gay Golsen, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Stuart Turner, Tuxedo, New York | |
| George Nash, Denver, Colorado | |
| Alan and Judy Manzler, Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Ty T Hartwig, Oklahoma | |
| Holly and Steve Golsen, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Ken and Jimi Davidson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Bill Lavin and Michael Lavin, Frisco, Texas | |
| Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Don Goode, Columbus, Ohio | |
| Paul and Ann-Marie Lundmark, Manakin Sabot, Virginia | |
| Nancy Leonard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Pamela Levy and Rick Crandall, Aspen, Colorado | |
| Gideon Gartner, NYC, NY | |
| Burton Goldberg, Tiburon, California | |
| Dr. James Brand and Dr. John Stuemky, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Berlin, Germany | |
| Nick and Renee Preftakes, Oklahoma City and Chicago, Illinois | |
| Lance and Cindy Ruffel, Oklahoma City and Tesuque, NM | |
| John and Tsinena Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: | |
| 501 Restaurant, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Painting) | |
| Meat Market Refectory, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma(Paintings, mixed media works on paper) | |
| Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (kiln formed glass sculpture) | |
| Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Painting, kiln formed glass, ceramics) | |
| 2006-2010 Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins Offices, Oklahoma State Capitol (Paintings, kiln formed glass) | |
| Mabee Gerrer Art Museum, Shawnee, Oklahoma (collage, glass) | |
| MEMBERSHIPS: | |
| 2017-2023 | Independent Artists of Oklahoma |
| 2017-2019 | Oklahoma Contemporary Museum of Art |
| 2017-2019 | Myriad Botanical Gardens |
| 1998-2023 | Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition |
| 2007-2019 | Glass Art Society |
| 2006-2019 | Oklahoma City Museum of Art |
| 2009-2019 | Paseo Arts Association |
| 2008-2019 | Oklahoma Art Guild |
| 2011-2019 | New Mexico Glass Alliance |