ABOUT

Sue - Self Portrait, 1971

Sue Jenkins is a fine art photographer, web and graphic designer, front-end developer, illustrator, software instructor, and writer, as well as owner and creative director of Luckychair, a full-service web and graphic design studio serving businesses across the U.S. Sue has been a professional designer since 1997 and is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor. In addition, she is the author of several 'For Dummies' and other instructional books on Web Design, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Photoshop including her most popular books Smashing Photoshop: 100 Professional Techniques, Tumblr For Dummies, Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, and Dreamweaver All-in-One For Dummies. Sue holds an MFA in Fine Art Photography and taught courses in Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Illustrator at Noble Desktop in New York City for eight years before entering academia. In addition to running Luckychair.com, she is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Marywood University teaching courses in graphic design, web & interactive media, photography, and art foundations. She is also an award-winning software instructor having appeared in several Adobe Software Training programs on Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Web Design, and Design Aesthetics from ClassOnDemand, Lynda.com, and LinkedIn Learning, the trusted global online course provider taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business.

EXHIBITIONS

2024 – Small Works 2024, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2024 – 2024-2025 Great Wall of Honesdale, Wayne County Arts Alliance, Honesdale, PA
2024 – Image within the Image, online juried group film exhibiton, Analog Forever Magazine, USA/WORLDWIDE
2024 – In the Weeds: Pollinators Exhibit, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
2024 – International Jazz Dance Open 2024, House of Music, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2024 – Color Stuck: 4th Annual Shutterbugs Memvber Exhibition, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2024 – Lenscratch Favorite Photo of 2023 Online Exhibition, Lenscratch.com, WORLDWIDE
2023 – 100 Milses Regional Juried Exhibition, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2023 – Three: A Show in Three Dimensions, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
2023 – Natural Natural Wonders, a solo exhibition, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2023 – Roaming Focus: A special Photography Exhibit, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
2023 – Lenscratch Favorite Photo of 2022 Online Exhibition, Lenscratch.com, WORLDWIDE
2022 – Small Works 2022, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2022 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2022, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2022 – Into The Night, Narrowsburg Union, Narrowsburg, NY
2022 – Call & Response Collaboration at a Distance: Text - Cycle 16, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022 – 10 Layers Collage Challenge, CC Magazine Issue #10, Digital Publication/International
2022 – International Jazz Dance Open 2022, Karel Pippich Theatre, Chrudim, Czech Republic
2022 – Call & Response Collaboration at a Distance: Nature- Cycle 14, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022 – It's Magic. A Beyond Experience, International Group Exhibition, curated by LoosenArt, Rome, ITALY
2021 – I Am (Finding Home), The Sketchbook Project, Vol No. 18, Brooklyn Art Library, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021 – Call & Response Collaboration at a Distance - Cycle 13, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2020 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2020, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2020 – 24x24 Photo Marathon, Twitter/Instagram Online Exhibition, WORLDWIDE
2020 – Chairs: A Solo Exhibition, Zummo's Cafe, Scranton, PA
2019 – Heroes Real & Imagined, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
2019 – Marywood Print Guild 2019, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2018 – Marywood Print Guild 2018, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2018 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2018, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2018 – Chairs: A Solo Exhibition, The Marketplace at Steamtown, Starbucks, First Friday Scranton, Scranton, PA
2017 – Women in Art, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2017 – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, 1650 Gallery // 2nd Place, Best in Show // Los Angeles, CA
2017 – Making Waves, The Soft Within Art Collective, Berlin, GERMANY
2017 – It's a Sign: The Medium is the Message, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA // 3rd Place, Best in Show
2017 – First Annual Spring Photography Show, Waverly Community House, Waverly, PA
2017 – GoggleWorks 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2017 – Nasty Women Everywhere, Online Digital Exhibition, NastyWomenEverywhere.org, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
2017 – Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
2016 – Small Works 2016, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2016 – Flora and Fauna Small Works, Waverly Community House, Waverly, PA
2016 – Department of Visual Arts Full-Time Faculty Exhibition, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2016 – Marywood Print Guild 2016, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2016 – Branches, Brambles, and Roots, VIEW Gallery, Old Forge, NY
2016 – Get Out The Vote, Non Partisan Poster Art, Philadelphia, PA
2016 – Shadow Stories Vol. 2, Sixteen Mile Arts, Milton, Ontario, CANADA
2016 – NEPA Art Fair, NEPA Art Fair 2016 @ The Leonard, Scranton, PA
2016 – The Cat's Meow Charity Art Show, The Workshop, Scranton, PA
2016 – January Art Space, Duffy's Coffee House, Clarks Summit, PA
2015 – November/December Art Space, Duffy's Coffee House, Clarks Summit, PA
2015 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2015, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2015 – Marywood Print Guild 2015, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2015 – Telling Stories, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2015 – PageMaker, AIGA Philadelphia SPACE, Philadelphia, PA
2014 – Marywood Print Guild 2014, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2014 – Matters of the Heart, Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY
2013 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2013, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2013 – Marywood Print Guild 2013, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2013 – Phone-tography, Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA
2013 – Living With Our Peers' Art, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2012 – Allison Lehman's Online PhonePhoto Challenge, juror Heather Zweig, Show & Tell, Columbus, OH
2012 – Photography On Campus,Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2012 – Group Photography Show, Vision Burn Gallery, Dunmore, PA
2012 – Small Works, National Juried Competition, juror Karen Marks, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2012 – The Beginning of the End, Independent Artists Collective, apARTment Gallery, Scranton, PA
2011 – MFA Graduate Exhibition, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 – Photography Exhibit 2011, Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA
2011 – Marywood Art Faculty Biennial 2011, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 – Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2011 – IAC Group Invitational Show, June 2011, Independent Artist Collective @ Connell Gallery, Scranton, PA
2011 – Diverse-City: Celebrating The Many Faces of Scranton, ArtWorks Gallery & Studio, Scranton, PA
2011 – 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Greater Carbondale Area Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, PA
2011 – Measure: Sue Jenkins, solo exhibition, Mahady Gallery Lobby, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 – Small Works, National Juried Competition, juror Richard Klein, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2010 – NEPA Regional Art 2010, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA and Linder Gallery at Keystone College, La Plume, PA
2010 – We Got Art! Art Walk II, Greater Carbondale Area Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, PA
2010 – We Got Art! Art Walk, Greater Carbondale Area Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, PA
2010 – Synthesis II, Marquis Gallery, Scranton, PA
2010 – 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Greater Carbondale Area Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, PA
2010 – Generations Mix and Meet, The Maslow Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2010 – MFA Group Works: Revelations, Mahady Gallery Lobby, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2010 – Seasons of Art, Greater Carbondale Area Chamber of Commerce, Carbondale, PA
2009 – Marywood University Art Student Exhibit, The Scranton Club, Scranton, PA
2009 – Analog: A Plastic Camera Photo Exhibit, Dream In Plastic, Beacon, NY
2009 – Next Generation 2009, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
2009 – Synthesis: A Group Showing, Marquis Gallery, Scranton, PA
1999 – Group Show, Powerlines Gallery @ Producers Club II, New York, NY
1991 – Solo Exhibition, Alternatives, An Art Space, San Francisco, CA
1991 – Woman As Object, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

AWARDS

2022 – Featured Winner, digital collage, 10 Layers challenge Issue #10, Contemporary Collage Magazine, UK/Worldwide
2019 – Honorable Mention, Heroes Real & Imagined, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
2018 – The Best Damn Design Awards (Ever!), Wrote Too Many Damn Books Award, NoHatDigital, March 2018
2017 – 3rd Place Best in Show, It’s A Sign: The Medium is the Message, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 – 2nd Place & Honorable Mention, Phone-tography, Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA
2012 – Winner, Allison Lehman's Online PhonePhoto Challenge, Show & Tell, Columbus, OH
2012 – Academic Excellence Award, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 – 1st Prize, Small Works, National Juried Competition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2011 – Finalist, Photographer's Forum 31st Annual College Photography Contest
2010 – Finalist, Photographer's Forum 30th Annual Spring Photography Contest
2009 – DV Award of Excellence, Fundamentals of Photoshop Elements DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2009 – Communicator Award Winner, Designer's Guide to Illustrator DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2009 – Finalist, Photographer's Forum 29th Annual College Photography Contest
2007 – Telly Award Winner, Dreamweaver For Designers DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
1990 – Finalist, Photographer's Forum 10th Annual College Photography Contest
1983 – Creativity Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photography, Los Angeles Unified School District

PRESENTATIONS, TALKS, PODCASTS & WEB SERIES

2021 – PAlette: Exploring the Colors of PA Web Series, Artist Spotlight, ScrantonFilms, Scranton, PA
2021 – GuildCast: Community Member Connect, Featured Guest, Graphic Artists Guild, April 2021, NYC/Worldwide
2019 – The 5 Magnets for Success, Graphic Artists Guild, August 2019, NYC/Worldwide
2019 – Women in WordPress Podcast, Featured Guest, https://womeninwp.com, July 2019, USA/Worldwide
2019 – Featured Artist, Graphic Artists Guild & Intl Council of Design's celebration of Women in Design on World Design Day
2019 – Poster Presentation and Big Ideas Panel member, 2019 Marywood Faculty Research Forum
2018 – Tackling Large Projects Like a Boss, 2nd Annual CONQUER Leadership Conference, Marywood University
2018 – Beyond the Park Mural: A Win-Win Approach to Service Learning in the Design Classroom, SECAC 2018, Birmingham, AL
2018 – How to Write a Tutorial Blog Post, Moms Can Code Virtual Summit, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Where Creativity Works: Building a Student Recruitment Blog, WPCampus, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

PUBLICATIONS & INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES

2019 – Photoshop to XD: Web Design Process, LinkedIn Learning, Carpinteria, CA
2018 – The Big Question: Ethics in Design, Net Magazine Issue 322, Future Publishing, worldwide distribution, Bath, England
2018 – Get Learnt, Get Turnt with Sue Jenkins, Featured Guest on (Net)Work B*tch, a monthly newsletter for ambitious women
2018 – The Big Question: Health in Design, Net Magazine Issue 320, Future Publishing, worldwide distribution, Bath, England
2018 – Going Off-Grid, Net Magazine Issue 310, Future Publishing, worldwide distribution, Bath, England
2018 – 8 Essential Skills for Graphic Design Jobs, contributor to an article on Monster.com
2018 – Beyond Pixels with Sue Jenkins, Net Magazine Issue 305, Future Publishing, worldwide distribution, Bath, England
2017 – Book: Farewell Issue #19 Coffee Table Book, Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Melbourne, Australia
2017 – GoggleWorks 11th Annual Juried Exhibition Catalog, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2017 – Beyond Pixels with Sue Jenkins, Net Magazine Issue 293, Future Publishing, worldwide distribution, Bath, England
2016 – Designing Websites from Photoshop to Dreamweaver (2016), LinkedIn Learning, Carpinteria, CA
2016 – Efficient Web Design Workflow, LinkedIn Learning, Carpinteria, CA
2016 – My Quiet Design Identity, UPPERCASE Magazine, Issue 31, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2016 – Design Aesthetics for Web Design (2016), LinkedIn Learning, Carpinteria, CA
2015 – Moodboards for Web Designers, Lynda.com, Carpinteria, CA
2014 – Productivity Tips for Web Designers, Lynda.com, Carpinteria, CA
2013 – Design Aesthetics for Web Design, Lynda.com, Carpinteria, CA
2013 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CC DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2013 – Complete Training for Adobe Illustrator CC DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2013 – Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2012 – Tumblr For Dummies, Portable Edition, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2012 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS6 DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2012 – Complete Training for Adobe Illustrator CS6 DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2012 – Designing Websites from Photoshop to Dreamweaver, Lynda.com, Carpinteria, CA
2012 – Small Works Exhibition Catalog, National Juried Competition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2011 – Play! A Collection of Toy Camera Photographs to benefit Toys for Tots, Composing with Images Press (CWiP), Bear, DE
2011 – Small Works Exhibition Catalog, National Juried Competition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2011 – Dnainfo.com, Feb 2, 2011, "TriBeCa Exhibit Features Tiny Photos," review of Soho Photo Small Works Exhibit
2011 – Annual Awards Book, Photographer's Forum 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest
2011 – WebDesignerDepot: Web Design Predictions for 2011, Jan 4, 2011, WebDesigner Depot, USA
2010 – Layers Magazine: Web Standards, Nov/Dec 2010 Issue, Kelby Media Group, Oldsmar, FL
2010 – Photoshop User Magazine: 100 Hot Tips, Oct/Nov 2010 Issue, Kelby Media Group, Oldsmar, FL
2010 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS5 DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2010 – Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2010 – Annual Awards Book, Photographer's Forum 30th Annual Spring Photography Contest
2010 – Smashing Photoshop CS5: 100 Professional Techniques, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2010 – Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2009 – Guild News: Alien Skin's Bokeh Software Gets Two Thumbs Up, Sept/Oct 2009 Issue, Graphic Artists Guild, USA
2009 – Pixmac, September 21, "Interview with Sue Jenkins," World Top Graphic Designers/Photographers
2009 – Guild News: Keeping Up with Illustrator CS4, July/Aug 2009 Issue, Graphic Artists Guild, USA
2009 – The Scranton Times, April 20, "Next Generation on Display," review of AFA Gallery First Friday Exhibit
2009 – Fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2009 – Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2009 – Dreamweaver CS4 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2009 – How To Do Everything Illustrator CS4, McGraw-Hill, USA
2009 – Annual Awards Book, Photographer's Forum 29th Annual College Photography Contest
2008 – Designer's Guide to Illustrator DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2008 – Designer's Guide to Photoshop DVD, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2007 – Dreamweaver For Designers DVD, Telly Award Winner, Class On Demand, Hoffman Estates, IL
2007 – Web Design: The L-Line, The Express Line to Learning, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
2006 – Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley, Indianapolis, IN
1992 – Calendar, “Untitled (Steve’s Chair)” 1993 Book of Days Engagement Calendar
1990 – Annual Awards Book, Photographer's Forum 10th Annual College Photography Contest