Artist Biography
Susan Lapides is a photographic artist who creates time-based projects focusing on adolescence and place. She employs landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, cultural and community issues.
A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, with a BA in Art History, Lapides pursued an extensive career as an editorial photographer for national publications including Smithsonian, Life, Time, Forbes, The New York Times, and People, among others. She won many awards from the American Society of Media Photographers and has photographed many luminaries including President Barack Obama and Rose Kennedy.
Lapides has held solo exhibitions at Sunbury Shores (St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada), the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton NB, Canada), and the Griffin Museum, (Boston, MA). Her work is also in many group exhibitions including New York's Foley Gallery, Newport Art Museum, Brand Library & Art Center in Los Angeles, the Boston Fence and San Diego's Oceanside Museum. Among her awards are selections as a 2024 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist, and a 2019 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist.
Her photographs are held in numerous public and private collections including the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in New Brunswick, Canada, and Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, in New Brunswick, Canada.
She resides in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and St. George, New Brunswick, Canada.
Curriculum Vitae
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Saint John Arts Centre, (Upcoming) New Brunswick, Canada Sea Change
2024 - Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Frederick, New Brunswick, Canada St. George: Ebb & Flow
2022 - Sunbury Shores Art Centre, New Brunswick, Canada - Sea Change
2017 - Sunbury Shores Art Centre, St. George: Land and People
2017 - Griffin Photography Museum, Boston, MA, Virtual Gallery Crustaceans
2016 - Fidelity Investments Communication + Advertising offices, Boston, MA
2016 - Saint John Arts Centre, New Brunswick, Canada St. George
2011 - Griffin Photography Museum, Boston, MA. St. George. Curator: Paula Tognarelli
2010 - Rossmount Inn, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada St. George
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
2024 - Book: St. George Ebb & Flow, published by Beaverbrook Art Gallery and Goose Lane Editions
2024 - Award: Critical Mass Top 200, Photolucida
2022 - Lenscratch, Feature Article: Sea Change
2020 - What Will You Remember? Nocturne April 2020
2019 - Award: Critical Mass Top 200, Photolucida
MEMORY IS A VERB COLLECTIVE - TRAVELING EXHIBITION:
2023 - Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA. Curator: Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography
2023 - Bonsack Gallery, Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO. Curator: Molly Moog, Saint Louis Art Museum
2023 - Dallas Center for Photography. Curator: Emily Edwards, Dallas Contemporary
2023 - Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA. Curator: Marisa Caichiolo
SELECTED JURIED & INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Griffin Museum: Visionary, Juror: Crista Dix
Curated Fridge, Spring 2024. Juror: Jessica Burko
PhotoPlace Gallery, Sense of Place. Juror:Paula Tognarelli - First Place Award
Cambridge Art Association, Storytelling. Juror: Sherri Littlefield
2023
Center for Fine Art Photography, Center Forward 2023. Jurors: Hamidah Glasgow & Charles Guice
Fraction Magazine, Issue 167 -15th Anniversary Issue
Curated Fridge, Spring 2023. Juror: Debra Klomp Ching & Darren Ching
Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
Foley Gallery - the Exhibition Lab 2023 Curator: Michael Foley
Griffin Museum of Photography - 29th Annual Members Show. Juror: Lisa Volpe
2022
NYC for Photographic Arts, 10th Anniversary, Your Best Shot. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Atlanta Photography Group, APG Atlanta's Airport 2022. Juror: Lisa Volpe
Curated Fridge, 10th Anniversary Exhibition Juror: Aline Smithson
Danforth Art Museum, Aspect Initiative, 5th Anniversary Exhibition
2021
Southeast Center for Photography, A Woman’s View. Juror: Elinor Carucci
Aspect Initiative, 5th Anniversary, online. Curator & writer: Jessica Roscio
Griffin Museum of Photography - Splash. Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Rhode Island Center of Photography, 3rd Annual Members Show, Curator: David DeMelim
2020
The Fence, New England, Photoville, Winchester, MA
Newport Art Museum, Juror: Sharon Matt Etkins
Curated Fridge, Left Behind, Juror: Yorgos Efthymiadis
2019
Newport Art Museum, Forever Young, Curator: Francine Weiss
Rhode Island Center for Photography, Outspoken Extended, Curator: Marky Kauffmann
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mentions. Juror: Elisabeth Biondi,
SE Center for Photography, SE Center Open, Juror: Richard Tuschman
Curated Fridge, Winter Show. Juror: Sarah Kennel
2018
Houston Center for Photography, 36th Annual Members Exhibition. Juror: Lisa Volpe
Beth Block Foundation Honorarium Recipient
Center for Fine Art Photography, Contemporary Portrait. Juror: Ann Jastrab
Los Angeles Center for Photography, The Creative Portrait. Jurors: David & Nicholas Fahey
Curated Fridge, Spring Show. Juror: Sybella Smith
Curated Fridge, Summer Show. Juror: Ann Jastrab
LA Photo Curator, Animals. Curator: Carol Erb
NYC4P, Summer. Juror: Ann Jastrab. Second Place & Honorable Mention.
South x Southeast Photo Gallery, Dogs and Children. Juror: David Carol
Griffin Museum of Photography - Portraits. Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Expanding Boundaries. Scott B. Davis
2017
Los Angeles Center for Photography, The Creative Portrait, Juror: Ann Jastrab.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA. The Visual Metric
Houston Center for Photography, TX. 35th Juried Member's Show. Juror: Becky Senf
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR. Eclipse. Juror: Christopher Rauchenberg
Boston City Hall, STARE! Juror: Karen Haas
Rayko Gallery, 10th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show.
Newport Art Museum, Members Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror Sarah Kennel
Providence Center for Photographic Arts, 3rd Open Call Exhibit. Juror: Judith Grahame
Concord Art, Member’s Juried Show 2. Juror: Randi Hopkins
2016
Peter Miller Gallery, Providence, RI. Invitational Holiday Exhibit.
Duncan Miller Gallery, yourdailyphoto.com Starry Night,
Griffin Museum of Photography - Lafayette Gallery, MA. Space.
Davis Orton Gallery, NY. 2nd Annual Juried Exhibit.
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Washington Street Gallery, MA.
Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA. Spring. Juror: Karen Haas
Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA. Summer Juror: Matt Gambler & Greer Muldowney
Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA. Fall shows. Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA. Late fall. Juror: Aline Smithson
Danforth Museum of Art, MA. Annual Juried Exhibit,
Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 9th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show
2015
Catamount Arts, St Johnsbury, VT. Annual Juried Exhibit.
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Alternative Cameras.
Duncan Miller Gallery, CA. yourdailyphoto.com. Super Moon.
Somerville Toy Camera Show, Washington Street Gallery, Somerville MA.
Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Family Matters.
Lesley University College of Art and Design, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA. InSight.
Duncan Miller Gallery, CA. yourdailyphoto.com. Signage
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Annual Juried Exhibit,
Cambridge Art Association, MA. 14th Annual National Show,
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Open Call.
Cambridge Art Association, MA. Photography Now.
Griffin Museum of Photography - Lafayette Gallery, & SOWA, Boston, MA. SKY
2014
Flash Forward Festival Faculty Show, Boston, MA. [Photo}gogues: New England (Part 2).
Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. yourdailyphoto.com. SKY.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Off the Wall Juried Exhibit.
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery & Brickbottom Gallery, MA.
2013 Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA. What I did on my Summer Vacation
2012 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Annual Auction.
2011
The Fay Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Art Center, Group Exhibition
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Annual Auction
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Community of Artists
2010 Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Off the Wall Juried Exhibit.
EDITORIAL AWARDS:
1998 - ASMP Big Picture Show two gold award, Exhibition at the Federal Reserve
Bank, Boston, MA.
1997 - ASMP Big Picture Show 1997 gold award, Exhibition at the Griffin Museum
of Photography, Winchester, MA.
1994-96 - ASMP Big Picture Awards, eight Gold and Silver awards
1992 - Advertising Photographers of America Awards one award
1992 - Studio Magazine, Awards of Merit
SELECTED EDITORIAL CLIENTS:
2012-2015
theEditorial.com. Portraits of Visionaries in Cambridge, MA.
1984-2000
Time, Life, Ford Foundation, Trust for Public Land, People, Forbes, Worcester, Art Museum, Worcester, MA. Harvard Art Museums, Conde Naste Traveler, Yankee, New York Times, Smithsonian, Genetics Institute, Unicef, McDonalds, Boston University, MacArthur Foundation, Fidelity Investments Advertising, Tufts University.
COLLECTIONS:
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection
Private Collections in the United States, New Brunswick, Canada.
Private collectors in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto,
Cooke Aquaculture Art collection in New Brunswick, Canada.
VOLUNTEER:
Board Member, Griffin Museum of Photography 2018 - current
Photographer, 2012-2015 theEditorial.com. Portraits of Visionaries in Cambridge, MA.
Board Member, Photographic Resource Center, 2010-2016
Co-Founder, Educational Television Cambodia 2006
EDUCATION:
BA Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston MA