Susan Russell Hall

MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST

PAINTER

First solo show in 1977 at the University of Washington Women's Cultural Center followed by over 60 solo or group shows

MEDICAL ARTIST

May 15, 1979 to present

Documentation of over 6500 congenital heart surgeries from life in the operating room. Illustrations have been published in more than 30 medical books and journals, and have been used in professional and educational presentations locally, nationally and internationally.

MUSEUM COLLECTION

Tacoma Art Museum

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

"Encaustic Works 2009" seventh international biennial exhibition, The College of New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, New York, March 29 - June 19th
Junctions: Selected Drawings from Contemporary Artists and Modern Masters
James Harris Gallery August 2006

WOODSIDE/BRASETH GALLERY

A Spring Salon, Our 49th Anniversary Group Exhibition Woodside/Braseth Gallery April 2010
"Small & Everlasting" Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery March 2009
e-ART-h Exhibit at Woodside/Braseth Gallery 2008
Paul Horiuchi 1906 - 1999, Sept, 2007, also on display the artworks of Kathleen Adkison, Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, William Cumming, Jeff Day, William Elston, Dennis Evans, Paul Havas, Susan R. Hall, Nancy Mee, Penny Mulligan, Jared Rue, Ginny Ruffner & Mark Tobey Woodside/Braseth Gallery
Summer Salon A Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery August 2006
Spring Salon A Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery March 2006
Small and Significant, Our 44th Annual Holiday Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery Dec 2005
Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery March 2005
A Summer Salon Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery August 2004
43rd Anniversary Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery June 2004
A Spring Salon Our 41st Anniversary Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery April 2002
A Celebration of Spring: Woodside/Braseth Gallery March 2002
Holiday Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery November 2001
Dealer's Choice Our 40th Annual Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery
A Spring Salon: Woodside/Braseth Gallery April 2001
A Celebration of Spring (works inspired by nature): Woodside/Braseth Gallery February 2001
Northwest Realism: Woodside/Braseth Gallery September 2000
An Exhibit of Works by Wes Wehr and Friends: Woodside/Braseth Gallery August 2000
Major Small Works by Northwest Masters and Selected Artists: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 2000
38th Annual Group Exhibition: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1999
New Arrivals at the Gallery: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1996
Celebrate the Skagit Harvest: Valley Artists Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1995
35th Annual Group Exhibit: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1995
Susan Russell Hall, Catherine Eaton Skinner, John Worthey Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1995
Holiday Show: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1994
Dealers Choice 34th Annual Group Exhibit: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1994
William Slater & Gallery Artists: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1994
Landscape Show: Gallery Dei Gratia
William Cummings & Gallery Artists: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1993
Solo Show: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1992
Northwest Landscape Artist: Woodside/Braseth Gallery 1991
Solo Show: "Opening Show” Woodside/Braseth Gallery at the BON 1991

ARTISTS INTERVIEWS

Featured Artist Broadcast on Pierce County News, April 2009
Art Documentary Broadcast on KCPQ "Susan Russell Hall: Heart Artist" February 20, 2001
Art Documentary Broadcast on KSTW "Susan Russell Hall: Healing Hands" July 23 & 24 1996

OTHER SHOWS

Solo Show, Primo Grill Nov. 2005 - May 2006
Solo Show, Primo Grill May 2004 - Nov. 2004
Solo Show, Primo Grill October 2002 - May 2003
Solo Show, Primo Grill June - Nov 2008
Tacoma Art Museum: Curator's Choice Street Gallery Artists, The Night Tacoma Danced March 2005
Northwest Pastel Society's 21st International Open Exhibit, June 2007
Northwest Pastel Society 3rd Annual Membership Exhibit: Amy Burnett Gallery 1995
Northwest Pastel Society Ninth Annual International Open Juried Exhibition 1994
Northwest Pastel Society Show 1992
Northwest Pastel Society Exhibit Members' Juried Exhibit 1994
Northwest Pastel Society Travel Showcase 1988, 1990
Northwest Pastel Society International Open Juried Exhibit 1987
APSA Boca Raton, Florida 1995
PAPS Kagoshima, Japan 1994
American Medical Illustrators Meeting, Toronto 1983
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Pacific Science Center, 1982
Scientific Illustration: Burke Museum 1981 and 1982
Solo Show: Women's Cultural Center 1977

SELECTED LECTURES

Tacoma Art Museum Another Way of Illustrating the Way We Work.
March 10 and March 19, 2009

HONORS

Ford Foundation Art Scholarship 1977-1978

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Northwest Pastel Society - Charter Signature Member 1987 - present
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 1977-1995

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Tacoma Art Museum Trustee 2001-2009
Board President 2006 - 2008
American Leadership Forum Class XII 2005-2006,
ALF Member of the Selection Committee 2008 - 2010
Mulitcare Campaign Cabinet Member for Emergency Services 2008 - 2010
Pierce College Foundation Board 2009 - 2010

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Anderson, Hogland, Saint Louis, MO
Bank West One, Idaho
Cairncross & Hempelmann, Seattle, WA
Cardiovascular & Pediatric Surgery, Inc. P.S. Seattle, WA
Crystal Judson Family Justice Center 2006, Tacoma, WA
East West Fisheries, Seattle, WA
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Honolulu, Hawaii
Martin of tours Collection (St. Martin's Abbey), Olympia, WA
Multicare Hospital, Tacoma, WA
Pierce County's Art Bank, purchases 2007 and 2009
Tash, Lyle and Associates, Seattle, WA

PUBLISHED BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

John's Hopkins Manual of Cardiovascular Surgery 2007
24 anatomical Illustrations, Vascular Rings chapter, Woods, R; Mc Graw Hill
National Institute of Health National Surgical Protocol on Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Wood, D.
Achauer, BM, and Russell, RC, ed; Plastic Surgery: Indications, Operations and Outcomes
Illustrations for Maser, B.
Scirmer and Ratner, ed; Ambulatory Surgery Illustrations for Waldhausen, JHT; W. B. Saunders Company
Hickman, RO, ed; Vascular Access Illustrations for Hickman, RO; Waldhausen JHT.
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Illustrations for Murakami, C
Archives of Surgery Illustrations for Maser, B.
Wood, P; Scientific Illustration 2nd Edition 1994
Stehling, L, ed; Common Problems in Pediatric Anesthesia. Ed. 2, Illustration of AV Canal Defect for Morray, JM: Atrioventricular Canal and Down Syndrome, Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia, 1992
Tenckhoff, L; Schofield, DE; Russell, SL; Debich, D; Congenital Heart Disease (for The American Society of Clinical Pathologists Commission on Continuing Education) 1991
Craig, M; Echocardiography, 1990 illustrations for Chapter 18, Pediatric echocardiography: Cardiac Embryology.
Gregory, G, ed; Pediatric Anesthesia, Ed. 1 & 2, Illustration of Diaphragmatic hernia and tracheo-esophageal fistula types for Morray, JP and Kane, EJ: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, New York 1983 (1st edition) 1989 (2nd edition)
Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1998 Year Book of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Illustrations for Huang, MHS; Gruss, JS; Clarren, SK; et al. Science and Practice, 3rd Edition illustrations for Truncus Arteriosus chapter, Lewin, M
Tenckhoff, L; Pediatric Cardiology Handbook 1980, updated 1984 and 1990
Tenckhoff, L; Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease 1990
Smith, MS, ed; Chronic Disorders in Adolescence 1983
Parenzan, L, Crupi, Graham, G, ed; Congenital Heart Disease in the First 3 Months of Life Illustrations for Rittenhouse, EA et al 1981
Stamm, SJ; Tenckhoff, L; Common and Emergent Congenital Heart Disease - Diagnosis and Management of Selected Cases 1980
Wood, P Scientific Illustration 1978