Susan Rush
304 East 65th Street
New York, N.Y. 10065
212 628-1389

Susan Rush started her art consulting business in San Francisco in 1970. Her collection for the Bank of America Tower in San Francisco at 555 California Street involved working closely with a selection of California artists and the bank’s executives to curate a distinctive collection. As a pioneer in the field of corporate fine arts consulting, Susan Rush Associates, now Susan Rush Fine Arts, has worked to build many of the most prestigious corporate art collections in the United States. Ms. Rush has also been a consultant to private collectors in the sale and acquisition of major collections throughout  The United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Corporate  Collections include:

— Bank of America
— Bank of California
— Pacific Gas and Electric Company
— Pacific Gas Transmission
— Penzoil World Headquarters
— Marine Midlands Center
— Citizens Bank of Oregon
–Alumax Corporation
— Marshall Field and Company
— Simpson Timber Company
— United Gas Pipeline Company
– Aramco Services Company
— Gulf Oil Chemical Company
— Lillick, McHose and Charles
— The Capital Group, Inc.
— Mitsui Company
— Pogo Producing Company
— Design Professionals
— Pacific Enterprises
— Maguire Thomas Partners
— Union Oil of California

Architect/ Designers include:

— Skidmore, Owens, and Merrill; New York Los Angeles, and San Francisco
— Arthur Gensler and Associates; New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston,
and Denver
— Phillip Johnson; New York
— Piero Patri; San Francisco
— Keating/Rottet; Los Angeles
— DMJM/ Rottet; Los Angeles
— Ricardo Loegretta; Mexico City
— Pei, Cobb, and Freed; New York
— Lawrence Halprin; San Francisco

Other Accomplishments include:

— Director of the Cincinnati Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
— Organizer and Curator of U.S. participation in New Delhi Triennial,
“East Meets West.” Sponsored by the U.S.I.A.
— Curator, “Unframed Works by California Artists,” College of Marin Gallery, Marin, Ca.
— Instructor of painting at Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
— Curator, “New Works by West Coast Artists,” San Francisco, Ca.
— Director, Firehouse Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
— Director, Di Laurenti Gallery, New York, N.Y.
— Curator, “Twenty Under Thirty, “Watermill Museum, Long Island, N.Y.
— Co-Curator with Bob Gaylor of Contemporary Art Center of Santa Fe,
“Man and Nature,” Philadelphia, Pa.
— Curator, art for downtown L.A. (Library steps, Pershing Square, First Interstate
World Center) for Maguire/Thomas Partners, L.A.
— Curator, art for downtown Philadelphia (Commerce Square), major installation by
Jones & Ginzel for Maguire/Thomas I.B.M. Project
— Curator, Corporate Headquarter, UNOCAL Collection, Los Angeles, California
— Curator, UNOCAL Products Company Collection, Costa Mesa, California
— Consultant Sotheby’s New York
— Curator for Maguire/ Thomas IBM, Solano Project, Satellite City (Dallas/Fort Worth)
— Coordinator for Maguire/ Thomas Art Park Projects
— Curator for Singapore Design and Residential Spaces
— Curator, City National Bank, Los Angeles

Education: BFA — Kent State University,
MFA — Pius XII Institute, Florence, Italy

Post-Graduate Study:

University of Florence, Florence, Italy: Italian painting and drawing
Sculo de Nudo, Florence, Italy: Drawing
School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y. Fashion Illustration

Selected Publications:
— New York Observer, January 1996, Pacific Enterprise
— New York Times, November 1995, Pacific Enterprise
— New York Times, 1994, Pacific Enterprise
— L.A. Times, 1992, Dennis Oppenheim /Disney
— New York Times, 1992 Dennis Oppenheim/Disney
— Art News, “How to Pick an Art Consultant”
– PSA, June, 1980, “The Corporate Collections”
— Houston City Magazine, February 1980, “Art”
— Interior Design, June, 1981, “Instant Image”
— Architectural Record, January 1985
— Newsday, 1987, “Twenty Under Thirty”
–Newsday, May, 1987 Profile Feature
— Art in America, Profile, November, 1976