THE COOPER UNION- New York City, Bachelor of Architecture

Sue Allen has been designing and printing for many years. Her cards and original limited-edition screenprints are distinctive and colorful, inspired by tradition, nature and imagination. Since receiving her architecture degree, printmaking has been her main focus and livelihood. Artistic directions range from nature and organic order to abstraction and geometry, and veers repeatedly toward the Japanese aesthetic and beauty. Recent studies in the book arts has led to a new passion, one that brings her back to a design/construction format.

CAROL ALLEN- is Sue's identical twin sister. They grew up in Queens, New York and spent happy childhood summers at camp in New Hampshire. After graduating from college, Sue worked in New York City and Stowe, Vermont before moving to Portland, Oregon in 1975. She has lived in Brightwood, in the forest foothills of Mount Hood, since 1981, where she enjoys nature in all her seasons, and can be creative and productive. Her work is shown in

MANY SHOPS & GALLERIES in Oregon and beyond carry Sue's work, and she exhibits extensively and has won many awards. Every quarter, usually in the beginning of March, June, September, and December, Sue has a STUDIO SALE at her home/studio in Brightwood, showing and selling her artwork, with many specials to entice a visit.

AROUND MOUNT HOOD: 12 MONTHS - 12 DIRECTIONS
finished in 2006– is her series of 12 screenprints showing the sides and seasons of Mount Hood. The inaugural exhibit at the Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum in Government Camp began in 2006, and it has been on exhibit frequently since. This project received a grant from the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition
and the Oregon Cultural Trust. She has produced a handsewn book and a 2009 table-top calendar based on the original screenprints.

SUITE SIXTEEN- Sue combines her two main mediums in this project, a series of 16 screenprints of lanterns in the Portland Japanese Garden. Each set of 4 in a season are contained in byobu folding screen, all 4 are housed in a shihu chitsu Japanese four-sided case. The beautiful boxed set is in a limited-edition of 10. Accepted into the Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibit 2006/2007, which traveled to 6 national exhibit venues in over a year.
In 2007 it was on exhibit at Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale WA called Gadzooks! Amazing Books by Northwest Artists.

Clackamas County Arts Alliance- In addition to her studio artwork, Sue has worked part-time since 2005 as the CCAA Exhibit Coordinator/ Art Preparator. Her main duties are to coordinate, design and hang art exhibits in public spaces within the county. The artists exhibited must live or work in the county, and go through a jury process. At the Red Soils Campus of Clackamas County in Oregon City, there are 4 galleries in the Public Services Building; and 5 galleries in the new Development Services Building. Other galleries are at Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Clackamas Federal Credit Union-McLoughlin, Willamette Falls Hospital, and a few more galleries around the county. Our newest venue is the lobby areas of the City of Oregon City. Most venues are changed every three months and use the Arakawa Hanging System, a joy to tweak to perfection, and easy to space and level the artworkl!

  

Sue Allen Zig Zag Yoga- every Wednesday morning Sue teaches a low-key yoga class in Welches. Yoga has been in her life since 1970, when she took her first class in New York City. Over the years she has studied with many teachers, taken many workshops, and only came to teach herself a few years ago. She loves sharing with others what she enjoys so much. Her style is eclectic, but she is most influenced by IYENGAR style, with attention to detail and alignment.