ABOUT SUSAN:
Her evocative artwork, which explores such themes as femininity, sexuality, and food have been featured in numerous gallery shows. She has a keen eye for shape, color, and layering surfaces and textures.
Recently, her paintings, “The Three Corsets” were featured in a NYC gallery show and festival “On the Verge” at the Wild Project (March 2024). “The Three Corsets” are multi-media paintings on board that include elements of painting, oil pastels, gold leaf, found objects, and collage. The paintings serve as a nuanced exploration of the complexities of women’s clothing, highlighting both the beauty and the pain associated with these undergarments. The paintings are playful with elements of humor that suggest that women have the agency to reclaim and reinterpret symbols of feminism to reflect their own identities and values.
Her ceramics were included in the group show “Eat It” at the Collar Works Arts Organization in Troy NY, (spring 2023).
Susan co-wrote and created all of the artwork for the book The Green Witch’s Guide to Magical Plants & Flowers: Love Spells from Apples to Zinnias (Skyhorse Publishing, June 2023). She also developed the vegan recipes featured in the book. In addition, Susan wrote and illustrated the books: Flower Parade and Miss Melancholy, 2019.
Susan earned a BFA in Painting and Illustration from The Philadelphia College of Art, and attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY and the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City.
Susan’s art can be found on Instagram at @susanottavianoart