Suzanne
Klassen
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​Exhibitions & Festivals
2024- Electronic sound piece in group show SixbySix at THIS__Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017- Solo exhibition of paintings at Plaskett Gallery, New Westminster
2016- Anonymous Group Show North Van Community Arts Council
2012 - Vancouver Experimental Theremin Orchestra (various performances including Vivo, Science World, Macmillan Space Centre)
2008 - Choasync, interactive telephone performance
2007- RAV Line Dreams, live performance
2007 - Emily Carr Alumni Show, QE Theatre, light box
2006 - An Everyday Opera (performance)
2006 - World Urban Forum: Goodbye Carwash, Instalation
Publications/Media
2017 - Lives of Women and Mothers Explored
2007 - Main Street: Discussions on Urban Culture
2006 - CBC Radio 3: Last Call (writing)
2006 - Vancouver Coop Radio Soundscapes (Live sound performance)
2006 - CBC Radio1: Nightshift (documentary)
2006 - CBC Radio 1 & 3: Chinita, Love in Transit (documentary)
2005 - Artella magazine: Theatre Memne (photo performance)
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Education
2016 - Theatre for Living Level 1 & 2
2013-14 Dialogue and Civic Engagement- Simon Fraser University
1979 - 1986 Emily Carr University, UVic/UBC (BFA, Open Learning Institute)
Suzanne Klassen is a Vancouver-based artist working primarily across painting, drawing, and photography.
Her work is characterized by a direct and intimate approach, often presenting subjects with a sense of immediacy. Working between observation and invention, she brings faces, figures, and landscapes into view with a deliberate economy, holding them in a state that resists fixed interpretation.
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In a culture shaped by speed and image saturation, this approach creates space for a different kind of encounter—one that is quieter, less mediated, and grounded in presence rather than interpretation.
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At times, this sensibility has extended into object-based projects, installation and performance, though her current focus remains on image-based work.
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Klassen graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1986. Alongside her studio practice, she has had a long career in community service and engagement, maintaining an ongoing commitment to making work.