Susan Lenz is a full time, professional studio artist in Columbia, South Carolina. Her studio is located at Mouse House, Inc. at 2123 Park Street where she has both a studio for 3D sculptural and installation work and a separate fiber art studio. She stitches both by hand and machine but also indulges a passion for book arts and unique, 3D found art objects. Altering found photos is an obsession. Susan's work has appeared in national publications, numerous juried exhibitions, and at fine craft shows including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Smithsonian Craft Shows. She has been featured on art quilting television programs and on South Carolina Etv's Palmetto Scene. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Textile Museum in Washington, DC and the McKissick Museum in South Carolina. Susan is represented by the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, and her solo shows and installations have been mounted all over the country.

UPCOMING SOLO SHOWS

The Feminist To Do List at the Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa; January 18 - April 12, 2020.

Anonymous Ancestors at Lander University's Monsanto Gallery, Greenwood, SC; February 27 - March 27, 2020.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Susan will be conducting a half-day workshop on embellished wooden thread spools for IMAGINE 2020: A Quilting Expo in Carrollton, Gallery on Friday, February 21, 1 - 5 PM. She will also be presenting her "Beyond a Series" lecture during the Expo's Saturday, February 22nd luncheon. For more information and registration, CLICK HERE.

Susan's 2-day HOT workshop will be taught for the Gate City Quilt Guild in Greensboro, NC, September 4 - 5, 2020. More information will be coming on the guild's website.

UPCOMING ART RESIDENCY

Susan will be spending four weeks at the Enos Park Residency in Springfield, Illinois. January 17 through February 14th.