I live and work in Seattle, WA. Much of my art focuses on the impact of travel and the importance place and history play in our ideas, views and memories. I’ve traveled extensively around the US, Europe and Central Asia. I spent two years in Kazakhstan working in the US Peace Corps—an experience often reflected in my art. Also from growing up, the comic Calvin and Hobbes has had a huge influence on my style. I sometimes use humor and irony of the mundane, and sometimes not so mundane, to reflect on social commentary in my art. My work tends to have an illustrative quality, and I work primarily in water color and sumi ink. 

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Solo Exhibitions

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• Hamburg - Binnenalster + Wartburg on loan to Coastal Kitchen, Seattle, WA (Nov. 1, 2016-Feb. 28, 2017)

• Ghosts of the Sea series at the University Friends Meeting Hall, Seattle, WA (July 1-Sept. 25, 2016)

• Bon Voyage: Postcards from Europe series at Rick Steves' Travel Center, Edmonds, WA (May 21-June 11, 2015)

• RENOpolis series at the Windowboxgallery, Reno, NV (Nov. 11-Dec. 28, 2012)

• Svetopolis series at the Windowboxgallery, Reno, NV (March 3-April 7, 2012)

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​Auctions, Group + Juried Show​

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• Collective Visions Gallery juried show (featuring Sqebeqsed Trail), Bremerton, WA (Jan. 14-Feb. 24, 2023).

• South End Yard Art (featuring Fukushima's Revenge) sponsored by the Columbia Hillman Arts + Cultural District, Seattle, WA (November 2020).

• The Artist Trust's Annual Benefit Art Auction (featuring Beshbarmak - A Five Finger Feast) at Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (March 30, 2019)​

• The Artist Trust's Annual Benefit Art Auction (featuring Nazar - A Bowl of Plov) at Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (Feb. 25, 2017)

• Secrets Can... show (featuring One Always Begins to Forgives a Place As Soon As It's Left Behind) at the Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA (Feb. 6-March 25, 2016)

• Dye Hard live painting competition by Adore Creative Media in the Greenwood neighborhood, Seattle, WA (Nov. 1, 2015)

• ​Cultural Reflections with Mia Yoshihara-Bradshaw (featuring A Five Finger Feast painting + illustration series; Fukushima Daiichi + Fukushima's Revenge) at the Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA (June 17-July 31, 2015)

• The Artist Trust's Annual Benefit Art Auction (featuring India + Pandas Love Bamboo) at Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (March 7, 2015)​

• The 36th Annual Art of the Terrace juried show (featuring India), Montlake Terrace, WA (Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2014)

• Animals group show (featuring Animals series) at ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA (June 12-Aug. 2, 2014)

• Around the Square juried show (featuring Around Green Lake on a Foggy Morning) at Studio 103, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA (June 5-8, 2013)

• The Builders’ Association of Northern Nevada’s Be Wine Valentine Auction (featuring Pho + Story of Rama), Atlantis Casino + Spa, Reno, NV (Feb. 8, 2013)​

  

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Projects​

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• Em2, a book on mindful living; author J. Casey, illustrator Tim Suchsland (Commissioned project 2014, Publishing date TBD)​

• A Five Finger Feast: Two Years in Kazakhstan, Lessons from the Peace Corps, author + illustrator Tim Suchsland (Peace Corps Writers, Published May 2022)

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Education, Writings, Awards + Travel

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• B.A. in History with Art History minor (2007) from the University of Nevada, Reno​​

  • Richard + Sharon Davies Senior Thesis Award for “Twist + Shout: Class, Culture + the Beatles in Post-War Britain”​ (2007)​

• M.A. in Counseling + Educational Psychology (2011) from the University of Nevada, Reno​

• TEFL Volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps Kazakhstan (2007-2009)​​

  • Co-Editor of Peace Corps Kazakhstan's Volunteer News Vesti (2008-2009)

  • Seattle Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Association (SEAPAX) Webmaster (2017-2018)

• Artist profile featured in The Review, Phinney Ridge’s newspaper, Seattle, WA (Summer 2015)

• The Moritz Thomsen Book Award (A Five Finger Feast), best book about the Peace Corps experience published in 2022, Peace Corps Worldwide, Oakland, CA (summer 2023)

• Backpacked through Western Europe (2004, 2006, 2010 + 2014); Central Asia + Ukraine (2009); Mediterranean + North Africa (2010); Turkey (2013); Japan (2016); Mexico (2018); Ireland + Australia (2019).​​​

  • Travel blog at GoTravelopolis.wordpress.com​