EDUCATION
- 1979 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario: AOCA Honours, Design (Textiles)
- 1970 Mackinac College, Michigan: B.A., English Literature
AWARDS
- 2005 Elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 1991 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts
GRANTS
- Canada Council ‘A’ Grant 1996, 2010
- Canada Council Travel Grant 1992, 2001, 2006
- Canada Council Project Grant 1985
- Ontario Ministry of Culture & Communications, Arts Abroad Grant 1992
- Ontario Arts Council Project Grants 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991,1994, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012
- Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants 1982, ’84, ’86, ’89, ’90:, 2001
COLLECTIONS (Selected)
Public
- Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade
- Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau QC
- Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa ON
- Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto ON
- Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
Corporate
- The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Toronto ON
- Fujitsu Canada, North York ON
- Claridge Investments, Montreal QC
- Imperial Oil of Canada Ltd., Toronto ON
- Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal QC
- AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Mississauga ON
- Ontario Municipal Retirement Systems, Toronto ON
COMMISSIONS (Selected)
- St. Laurent Paperboard, Montreal QC 1997
- Young & Rubicam, Toronto ON 1995
- Credit Suisse, Toronto ON 1993
- Constitution Square, Ottawa ON 1987
EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
Solo
- 2018 Visible Hemispheres, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto ON
- 2016 Opening Pages, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio USA
- 2010 WaterLine, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto ON
- 2007 ReVisions, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto ON
- 2006 Verso, Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON
- 2004 Verso, Prime Gallery, Toronto ON
A Gathering, Canada Quay, Harbourfront, Toronto ON - 2001 Mimesis, Prime Gallery, Toronto ON
- 1995 Out of Nature: A Survey of Fibre Work from 1982 to 1995, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON (catalogue)
- 1991 Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau QC. Four works acquired by the museum.
- 1988 Out of Nature, Prime Gallery Toronto ON
- 1985 Prime Gallery, Toronto ON
Group
- 2021 Spin, Twirl, Twist, Preston Gallery, Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge ON
Touch, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto ON - 2019 The Alchemy of Paper, Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries, Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis,IN
- 2016 Words, Northern Front Studio Gallery, Whitehorse YT
- Prix Saidye Bronfman Award and the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts: 10 recipients,
David Kaye Gallery, Toronto ON - 2013 Raw Potential, Delmar Loop Gallery, St.Louis, Missouri USA
- 2012 Linen Diaspora, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- 2011 Moon º Circle º Void, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
- 2011 Linen Diaspora, Moulin de La Chevrotière, Deschambault-Grondines QC
- 2010 Selections from the Fibre Art Collection, Cambridge Galleries, Design at Riverside, Cambridge ON
- 2010 Selected Works of ‘Unity & Diversity’, Museum of Vancouver BC, presented with the Cultural Olympiad 2010 (catalogue)
- 2009 Paper º Future º Universe, Friends of Dard Hunter Exhibition, Ozu Washi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (c)
- 2009 Unity & Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, guest country exhibition, Korea (c)
- 2009 Art Textiles of the World: Canada. Book launch and exhibition, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal QC
- 2008-10 Art of the Book ’08, national travelling exhibition. (c)
- 2008 The Embedded Image, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri USA (c)
- 2007 Hard & Soft: Metal & Fibre Sculpture Now, Lafrenière & Pai Gallery, Ottawa ON
- Susan Warner Keene and Jean-Pierre Larocque, Galerie Elena Lee, Montréal QC
- 2006-07 Unique!, 30 Years of Outstanding Crafts, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau QC
- 2006 Fibreworks 06, juried biennial, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
- A Book Arts Mosaic, travelling exhibition. (c)
- 2004-05 Manifesta: Vision and Mastery in Contemporary Craft, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON and Gallery Stratford, Stratford ON
- 2003 Patterned, Case Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
- What’s New?, new gallery, The Distillery, Toronto ON
- 2001 Looking Forward, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound; McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton ON (c)
- Paper Stories, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
- 2000 Language and Symbol in Contemporary Craft, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver BC (c)
- 1996-99 Transformation: Prix Saidye Bronfman Award, Musée de Beaux Arts, Montréal; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC.; Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver BC; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax NS; American Craft Museum, New York, NY (c)
- 1996 Peter Fleming and Susan Warner Keene, Prime Gallery, Toronto ON
- 1995 Contemporary Canadian Bookworks, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo, Japan (c)
- 1994 Felt Exotic, West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre, Castlegar BC
- 1993 Selected Treasures (organized by the Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver BC); Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; Canadian Embassy, Tokyo; Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago IL; Koffler Gallery, North York ON (c)
- In Our Hands, international miniature textile exhibition, Nagoya and Kyoto, Japan (c)
- 1992 Triennial of International Tapestry, Central Textile Museum, Lodz, Poland (c)
- 1988 Restless Legacies: Contemporary Craft Practice in Canada, Olympic Arts Festival, Calgary AB (c)
- 1987 Paper Present, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (c)
- 1986 Feltmaking: Four Major Installations, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington ON (c)
- 1985 Papiers Transformés, Salles d’exposition des Écuries de l’Hôtel de Chazerat, Clermont-Ferrand, France (c) 1982-85 • Canada Mikrokosma: Contemporary Canadian Tapestry. Travelling exhibition organized by the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Kingston, Ontario, for the Canadian Department of External Affairs. Barbican Centre, London, England. European and Canadian tour (c)
- 1983 Paperworks: Canada/USA, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary AB (c)
PUBLICATIONS
- Art Textiles of the World: Canada, ed. Matthew Koumis, Telos Art Publishing, Brighton, UK, 2009
- Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences, ed. Melanie Egan, Alan C. Elder, Jean Johnson, Canadian Museum of Civilization Mercury Series, 2008
- Filt: Kunst, Teknik, Historie, by Annette Damgaard, Forlaget Hovedland, Denmark, 1994
- The Story of Linen, by Linda Heinrich, Interweave Press, Colorado, 1993
- Fiberarts Design Book 1, 1980, Fiberarts Design Book 2, 1983, Lark Publications, USA
- Selected Paper Artists 2004: 62 images of contemporary artwork by 19 paper artists (slide and CD ROM) juried from the Hand Papermaking Magazine Artist Registry
- Video: Susan Warner Keene (1991), and Susan Warner Keene (2006), Canadian Museum of Civilization
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY (Selected)
Teaching
- 2001- 03: Co-head of Textiles Studio, Sheridan College, Faculty of Arts, Animation, and Design
- 1993-2005: Sheridan College, Oakville, part-time faculty, School of Craft & Design
Visiting artist
- 2011: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
- 2007: Ontario College of Art & Design, Material Art & Design Program, Toronto ON
- 2000: Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson BC
: Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary AB - 1996: Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury ON
- 1995: McMaster University, Hamilton ON
- 1995: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
- 1992: Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut
- 1988: Saskatchewan School of the Arts, Fort Qu’Appelle SK
- 1986: Montclair State College, Montclair NJ
- 1985: New Brunswick Craft School, Fredericton NB
- 1983: Banff School of Fine Arts, Fibre Studio, Banff AB
Lectures
- 2007: “Craft in an Industrial Age”, Sheridan College, Craft & Design Program, Oakville ON
- 2006: “Imagined Books: Case Studies”, paper presented to the Textile Society of America symposium, Textile Narratives and Conversations, Toronto ON
- 2001: Paper + Finland + Art Symposium, Harbourfront, Toronto ON
- 1999: “Making it New: Contemporary Craft in Canada”, Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
- 1994: Keynote speaker, Felt in Transition symposium, Castlegar BC
- 1991: Ontario College of Art and Design Women at the Edge Lecture Series
Board Member
- Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON, 2000-06
- Surfacing, Textile Artists and Designers Association, president, 1992-93
- Public Art Policy Advisory Committee, Metropolitan Toronto ON, 1995-98
Guest Curator
- Pictorial Space: New Textile Images, 1990, The Museum for Textiles, Toronto ON. Three-person show by Nancy Edell, Marna Goldstein Brauner, Marcel Marois. (catalogue)
Project Consultant
- Making and Metaphor: A Discussion of Meaning in Contemporary Canadian Craft, a symposium held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau QC, October 1993. Papers published by the CMC as part of the Mercury Series.
- Common Ground: Contemporary Craft, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts, a symposium held at the Musée de Beaux Arts and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal QC, March 1997, by the Institute for Contemporary Canadian Craft. Papers published by the CMC as part of the Mercury Series.