When artist Suzan Etkin founded the studio in 2001, the aim was to use it as an extension of her sculptural work. A conceptual artist of global recognition, she has shown her work at numerous museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as well as countless national and international galleries.
Suzan Etkin
Biography
When artist Suzan Etkin founded the studio in 2001, the aim was to use it as an extension of her sculptural work. A conceptual artist of global recognition, she has shown her work at numerous museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as well as countless national and international galleries. Her passionate involvement with glass began when she was invited to design chandeliers in collaboration with master glass blowers on the historic glass blowing island of Murano, Italy, in 1993.
After these first chandeliers were exhibited in galleries as sculpture, she set out to offer custom glass chandelier design and fabrication to architects and designers. What she discovered was that the design community was eager to design with hand-made glass in applications that had yet to be invented. Thus began a series of unique collaborative ventures, often requiring complex design explorations, engineering and testing to coax the inherently organic material into precise and safely designed structures while maintaining the magic of the glass.
2001-Present – President of Suzan Etkin Inc.
1993-Present – School of Visual Art: Instructor Drawing, Sculpture and Interrelating the Arts
1979-1987 – Andy Warhol Factory: Production Manager, Film & Video
Residencies and Grants
Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant
Artist in Residence – Foundation Cartier pour L Art Contemporanian, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Exhibitions
1997
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City
1995
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1994
“The Beautiful Lie”, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland
1993
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City
Phillipe Rizzo Gallery, Paris
1992
The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City
1991
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City
Marimura Museum, Tokyo
1990
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York City
1989
Aquilon Gallery, Cleveland
1988
Anderson Gallery, Richmond
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York City
Dance Theater Workshop (drawings), New York City
