Terry Suhre holds a B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois- Urbana/ Champaign (1976) and a M.F.A. in Painting (1980) from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is currently the director of Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Prior to Suhre's appointment at UMSL he was director for five years at the Catherine Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University, Boone North Carolina, where in addition to the curatorial, administrative and teaching duties he oversaw the visual arts component of An Appalachian Summer. Suhre began his career at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.
Since 1983 he has curated over 50 exhibitions. In addition to his university and gallery responsibilities Suhre serves on several community arts boards and is active as a guest curator and juror.