• Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Permanent Collection Purchase Award:  "Deshka Camp."

• "ROOM TO BREATHE: Landscapes in Encaustic (2010)," Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• "BEST FOOT FORWARD," National Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA

• "FUSED," Alaska Chapter of International Encaustic Artists, Doriola’s, Anchorage, AK

• 2010 Featured Artist, June Exhibition, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR

• Featured Artist, Alaska Botanical Garden Gala, Anchorage, AK

• Featured Artist, 24^th Annual Anchorage Museum Gala, Denai’ina Civic and Convention Center, Anchorage, AK

• ALEX COMBS ARTIST AWARD, Bunnell Gallery, Homer, AK

• ALL ALASKA JURIED BIENNIAL EXHIBITION 2010, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK

• "COLLECT/ART: 100 X 100," Group invitational, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

• "WAX SQUARED," Alaska Chapter of International Encaustic Artists, Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, AK and Ptarmigan Arts, Homer, AK

• Solo Exhibition, Panache Design, Anchorage, AK

• "SHADOWS AND FOG," 3 artist invitational, Out North, Anchorage, AK

• ENCAUSTIC EXHIBITION, Alaska Chapter of International Encaustic Artists, Doriola’s, Anchorage, AK

• "FOOD," Group Invitational, curated by Hal Gage, Mixx, Anchorage, AK

• Mixed Media Group Invitational, Picture Alaska Art Gallery, Homer, AK

• "PINK" Invitational Show, Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• INTERNATIONAL ENCAUSTIC ARTISTS 4th Annual Retreat/Conference, Carmel, CA

• "NEW EXPLORATIONS IN ENCAUSTICS:" International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

• "ROOM TO BREATHE: Landscapes in Encaustic," Solo Exhibition, Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• 5th Annual Roll Bike Juried Exhibition and Festival, The Warehouse, Colorado Springs, CO

• "ART GONE FISHY," Picture Alaska Art Gallery Invitational, Homer, AK

• ConocoPhillips Gallery Invitational, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK

• "THE ARTS GONE FISHY," Picture Alaska Art Gallery, Homer, AK

• Featured Artist, March Exhibition. The Attic Gallery, Portland, OR

• HER-STORY II, Invitational Show Women's History Month. Ptarmigan Arts, Homer, AK

• 100 x 100 EXHIBITION, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK.

• "WORDS AND PICTURES" Selected works. Bunnell Art Gallery, Homer, AK Anchorage Daily News, Life and Arts Feature Article, "Forced Serendipity,"

• Founder & President, Alaska Chapter of International Encaustic Artists (AK IEA), Anchorage, AK

2008

• 2008 Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant. Funded by the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts to support in part a March 2009 exhibition at The Attic Gallery, Portland, OR

• "WORDS AND PICTURES," Group Invitational, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• "TAKING TIME," Featured Artist, Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• November 2008 Online Artist of the Month, http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/sheary-clough-suiter, The Artist's Magazine

• "HER STORY," Invitational Show, Ptarmigan Arts, Homer, AK

• "STUFF I FOUND ALONG THE WAY," Solo Exhibition, Found Object Art, Virtu Art Gallery, Anchorage, AK

2007

• RASMUSON FOUNDATION Individual Artist Project Award Recipient

• The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition, Finalist

• Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition. Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO Juror: Carla O'Connor

• "BOYS AND THEIR TOYS," Solo Exhibition, Picture Alaska, Homer, AK

• "RE-NEWAL," Juried Exhibition of International Encaustic Artists, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA

• HERE AND NOW – ENCAUSTICS AND TIME, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA

• ENCAUSTICS EXHIBITION INVITATIONAL, The Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, MT

• "SALVE," Invitational EXHIBITION, IGCA/Out North, Anchorage, AK

• "FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING," Solo Exhibition, Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• "Annual Member Artist Exhibition," International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

• "TRUE NATURE," Featured Artist, Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• "MELT DOWN," Solo Exhibition, Carr Gottstein Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK

• "Annual Member Artist Exhibition," International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

• FEATURED ARTIST, May, Gallery 31 Fifty, Anchorage, AK

• "3," Featured Artist, Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• "PORTRAITS OF FAITH," Solo Exhibition, Gallery @ Beautiful, Anchorage, AK

• International Watermedia XIV Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs, CO. Juror: Katherine Chang Liu

• Alaska Watercolor Society’s Signature Member Show, Artic Rose Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks 2005 Juried Exhibition, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA

• "PROJECTIONS," Solo Exhibition, PaintSpot Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• International Society of Acrylic Painters, Annual Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA

• "INSIDE WINDOWS," Solo Exhibition, Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, AK

• Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks 2004 Juried Exhibition, Bellevue, WA

• Annual Peninsula Art League Juried Art Exhibition, Gig Harbor, WA. Dick Blick Art Award

• Alaska Women’s Art Fest, Performing Arts Center

• 2011 Introduction to Encaustics, Machentanz Art Festival, University of Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna, Wasilla, AK

• 2011 - 2008: Ongoing monthly workshops: Encaustic Painting, Anchorage, Alaska

• 2010:  O.L.E.'s Artist in Their Studios Classes

• 2007: June, July, August; Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Anchorage, Alaska

• 2006: March, May, Watermedia Workshop, Studio Central, Anchorage, Alaska
  
  COMMUNITY:

• 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 KAKM Public Television Art Showcase Auction

• 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, Anchorage Museum of History and Art Gala Fundraiser, Donor (2010 Featured Artist).

• 2009 - 2010, Municipality of Anchorage Works of Art in Public Facilities Art Selection Juror, Sand Lake Elementary School Renovation

• 2005, Catholic Social Services Charity Ball, Donor

EDUCATION:

• 1991 – Present: Self Taught Painter, including Workshops with internationally recognized Artists: Katherine Chang Liu, Robert Wade, Christopher Schink, Gerald Brommer, Irving Shapiro, Maxine Masterfield, Fran Larsen, Mary Todd Beam, Jean Grastorff, Don Andrews, Pat San Souchie, and more.

• 1992 – 94 Graduate Studies, Creative Writing (Fiction, children's books author and illustrator emphasis), University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska

• 1992 BA, Cum Laude, English: Creative Writing, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska