Artist · Holland Tunnel 2020, 2026
Itty Neuhaus
Also known as Itty S. Neuhaus, Susanna Margaret Neuhaus-Schuck
Sculptor · Installation artist · Video artist · Draftsperson
Itty Neuhaus is a multimedia artist and Associate Professor of Art at SUNY New Paltz whose drawings, sculpture, video and installations examine the relationship between people and the natural world, especially Arctic ice.
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Biography
Itty Neuhaus earned a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute (1985), attended Skowhegan (1989) and received an MFA in sculpture from Tyler School of Art (1991). Through the 1990s she showed large installations in New York at the Sculpture Center, Socrates Sculpture Park, Artists Space, Exit Art and PS1, and she has had solo exhibitions at Hallwalls in Buffalo, Black and White Gallery and Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn, the Stadthaus in Ulm, Germany, and the University of Oulu, Finland. Much of her work begins with direct study of natural phenomena at the edges of the world.
She has made more than a dozen trips to Arctic regions, held Fulbright awards in Newfoundland and Labrador (2011) and through the Fulbright Arctic Initiative (2015-16), and developed projects such as Icylla: The Last Iceberg's Story. She has held more than twenty residencies, including MacDowell, Yaddo, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and Tao Hua Tan in China, and received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 1994. Neuhaus has taught at SUNY New Paltz since 2000.
Closer to home she has exhibited at Holland Tunnel Gallery and Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh (2020) and The Re Institute in Millerton (2024). In Unframed (2026) she showed work from three years of weekly painting sessions with the group.
Practice. Drawing, sculpture, video, photo-based work and installation rooted in field study of ice, water and landscape; recent work includes Chinese brush painting, monoprints and video performances.
Holland Tunnel record
Every show and performance at Holland Tunnel, with the artists who were part of it.
- 2026
Exhibition
Unframed
With
- Tom Benson
- Paul Chidester
- Emily Hopkins
- Nancy Manter
- Mitch Markowitz
- Michelle Marozik
- Kendall Munk
- 2020
Group exhibition
Brush Painting: One Hand Knows What the Other Wants
Connections
Who Itty has shown or played with at Holland Tunnel, plus collaborators in the directory.Shown togetherWider circle
Wider circle
- Tom Bensonco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Paul Chidesterco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Emily Hopkinsco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Nancy Manterco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Mitch Markowitzco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Michelle Marozikco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Kendall Munkco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Bill Schucktwo-person exhibition, The Re Institute (2024)
- Karlyn Bensoncurator, Collective Consciousness at the Dorsky (2021)
- Amy Liptoncurator, .edu: Art Faculty of the Hudson Valley (2020); Hudson Valley MOCA talkback
- Holland Tunnel Galleryexhibited 2020 and 2026
- SUNY New Paltzfaculty
Career timeline
- 1985BFA, Pratt Institute; Ida B. Haskell Travelling Fellowship to China
- 1991MFA, Tyler School of Art
- 1993PS1 National Studio Program
- 1997Solo show A Bigger Container, The Sculpture Center, New York
- 2000Joins SUNY New Paltz Art Department faculty
- 2007Home for Haus, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany
- 2011Fulbright Scholar Award, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 2015Fulbright Arctic Initiative scholar (2015-16)
- 2018Sublimation: An Iceberg's Story, Kentler International Drawing Space
- 2020Group show at Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh
- 2026Exhibits in Unframed at Holland Tunnel Revisited, Newburgh
Selected exhibitions
| 2026 | Unframed | Holland Tunnel Revisited, Newburgh, NY |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Itty Neuhaus, Bill Schuck | The Re Institute, Millerton, NY |
| 2021 | Collective Consciousness: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty | Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY |
| 2020 | Brush Painting: One Hand Knows What the Other Wants (group) | Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY |
| 2020 | In-Touch | Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY |
| 2018 | Sublimation: An Iceberg's Story | Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2016 | Ice See Level | University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland |
| 2015 | I C LVL: 1st Monument to an Iceberg | Hudson Beach Glass Gallery, Beacon, NY |
| 2007 | Home for Haus | Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany |
| 2005 | Strata | Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2001 | Squeeze | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY |
| 1997 | A Bigger Container | The Sculpture Center, New York, NY |
Press
- 1997A Bigger Container (review by Grace Glueck) The New York Times
- 2003Landslide: Smack Mellon (review by John Hawke) The Brooklyn Rail
- 2004Beautiful and No Water Required (review by Helen A. Harrison) The New York Times
- 2005Itty Neuhaus, Black and White Gallery (review by Jill Conner) Sculpture Magazine
- 2008Itty Neuhaus on her Work (Beth Wilson) Chronogram