Susan Gillette

Artist Biography

Sue Gillette was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1960. She grew up in the Woodstock and Rhinebech areas of New York in the sixties and seventies and lived in Ossining, New York until she moved to Phoenix in 1991. Her family has been a creative influence for Susan. Her father is a sculptor, her mother writes poetry, her brother John is a talented cartoonist and another brother, Robert, is an accomplished potter.

Susan received a Bachelors of Art degree in printmaking from SUNY and a Masters degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, but seven years of work with the woodcut artist, Antonio Frasconi, of South America; monoprintmaker, Mauricio Lansanski; lithographer, Murray Zimiles; and master etcher, Rimer Cardillo did much to extend her vision and influence her work.

Susan has traveled extensively in and around the art worlds of Europe, particularly in England and France. Her love of sailing, white-water rafting, camping and biking are apparent in the colors she uses in much of her work.

Susan Gillette Art, Prints and Posters Collection