Suzanne Wright

Suzanne Wright is an artist and professor living and working in New York City. She earned her BFA at Cooper Union and MFA at the University of California San Diego and also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her exhibition record includes shows at Stephen Friedman Gallery (London), Charlie James Gallery(LA), Luis De Jesus(LA), Stefan Stux (NY), Claire Oliver Gallery (NY), and most recently, Congruence, I LIKE YOUR WORK online juried exhibition, and The Other Side of the Rainbow, ArtPort Kingston(NY). Solo shows at Wilding Cran Gallery (LA). Commonwealth and Council (LA), Angel's Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro, California), and Monya Rowe (NY).

She was awarded the Kraus Visiting Professorship in Painting and Drawing at Carnegie Mellon, she has taught at several universities in New York and Los Angeles and was the Grant Wood Fellow in Painting (2019/20) at the University of Iowa. Most recently, Suzanne was selected for the Silver Art Projects 6-month residency and exhibition (NY), The Blackball Artist Achievement grant for 2021(NY), and the forthcoming Alex Brown Foundation Residency (Des Moines, IA) 2022. Her work can be seen in the newest edition of New American Paintings issue # 149 and selected publications including Cock, Paper, Scissors, Feminist Landscapes, Strange Attractors, Armpit of the Mole, and Art and Queer Culture (Phaidon, 2013). Wright has been an active member of various AIDS and LGBTQ organizations, including ACT UP/New York, from 1989 to 1998.