SUZANNE SCHIRESON

A dream of solitary space is contradictory in this moment. In quarantine mothers occupy more time with those they care for, making flashes of solitude particularly rare. Each of my paintings begin as a dedication to a mother/artist I admire, and I invent a studio space for her.

Suzanne Schireson is an artist and professor who lives and works in Rhode Island. She is the recipient of a RISCA Fellowship and two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia, PA), Smith College (Northampton, MA), the New Bedford Museum of Art (New Bedford, MA), the Sori Art Center (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra (Guwahati, Assam, India) and the Carrousel du Louvre (Paris, France). Suzanne attended Indiana University (M.F.A.), the University of Pennsylvania (B.F.A.) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate); she is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.