SUSAN MENTRAK

Lives and works in Canton, Ohio.

EDUCATION

1992 BFA Illustration, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Legacy: Getting to Give, Giving to Get, The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH Aug 22 – Oct 29

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Stark County Artist Exhibition, Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio

Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows curated by Craig Joseph, The Hub Gallery, Canton, Ohio

Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage, Paul Brown Museum, Massillon, Ohio

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio “Best of 2024” exhibit, Lancaster, Ohio

Ohio Designer Craftsmen “Best of 2024” exhibit, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio

25th San Angelo National Juried Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX

Small Favors Juried Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Earth & Fire: A National Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition, Wheeling, WV

Artists Who Teach, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH

Fresh Juried Exhibition, Summit Art Space, Akron, OH

2022 The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild May Show, Canton, OH

2019 Christkindl Markt, with The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild, Canton, OH

The Canton Ceramic Artist’s Guild May Show, Canton, OH

1991 The 3^rd Annual Dimensional Illustrators Awards Exhibition, Art Directors Club of New York, New York, NY (illustration)

1990 The 2^nd Annual Dimensional Illustrators Awards Exhibition, Art Directors Club of New York, New York, NY (illustration)

AWARDS

2024 Ohio Designer Craftsmen Award for Excellence

2024 Fresh Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention

CURATION

2024 to present Guest Curator, Juxtaposed: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future, Summer 2025 Massillon Museum

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024 - present Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Ohio Northern University

Ceramic Instructor, Alpha Romeo Tango ART program for Veterans Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio

Drawing Instructor, Alpha Romeo Tango ART program for Veterans

Military & First Responder’s Center, Louisville, Ohio

2022 - present Ceramic Instructor; adult and children’s classes & workshops, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH

PUBLICATIONS

“Exposure”, Ceramics Monthly, June & July 2024, p.13

“Gallery”, Doll Collector Magazine September 2010, p.49

Nordstrom Stores, 2010 design for iPhone 4 cases

Scelfo, Julie, “You Design It, They Print it”, The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2009

“American Mother of Chinese Dolls, Interview with Susan Mentrak”, Little Thing Magazine, 05 Issue, China, March 2009, p.108-109

Mentrak, Susan, “Make Your Own Joybucket Dolls” Stuffed Magazine Summer 2009, p.127

Model Engine, The Lean Years Tradition, January 2007, album cover art

Mentrak, Susan, “Off the Cuff Creatures”, Pretty Little Pincushions, Lark Books, November 2007, p.80-83

3-Dimensional Illustrators Awards Annual III, 1991, George Orwell’s 1984, p. 232, The Mists of Avalon, p. 235

3-Dimensional Illustrators Awards Annual II, 1990, p.125