
Susana Reisman (b. 1977) was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lives and works in Toronto. She received a BA in Economics from Wellesley College, Boston (1999) and an MFA in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology (2005). After teaching photography for a number of years, Reisman now dedicates her time to making art and running Circuit Gallery.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include Productive Displacement, a series of billboards curated by Bonnie Rubenstein for the 2015 CONTACT Photography Festival; Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber (2014) at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto; Unsettled Primaries (2014), curated by Mariangeles Soto-Diaz for the Torrance Art Museum, California; Immoderation (2014), curated by Megan Press for the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga; Micah Lexier: More Than Two (2013), curated by Micah Lexier for The Power Plant, Toronto; Flash Forward Festival 2013, outdoor exhibition at Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston; Objects in Mirrors May Appear Closer (2013), UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans; and Like-Minded (2012), curated by Micah Lexier for the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Selected Work
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Managed Forest, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Kiln Dried Wood, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

House Frame, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Oriented Strand Board, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Lumber Yard, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Sawmill By Products, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Sawmill, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Six Cords, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2013–14

Dressed Lumber (exhibition view), from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2014

6″x1″x36″ Rough-cut slab, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2014

1″x6″x5″ Premium Western Red Cedar, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2014

1″x1″x4″ Pressure Treated Nailing Strip, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2014

4″x24″x24″ Plywood, from Standardizing Nature: Trees, Wood, Lumber, 2014

The Real Thing (after Robert Morris), from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

The Real Thing (after Donald Judd), from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

The Real Thing (after Carl Andre), from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

Cleaning Gloves, from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

After the Dinner Party (Judy Chicago),, from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

Splitting (after Gordon Matta-Clark),, from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing

One and the Same (after Hilla and Bernd Becher),, from Domestic Disclosures, 2007–ongoing