Bio

Bio

Sue Collier is a Boston born artist working and living in NYC. Collier’s practice includes three directions: plein air, studio painting, and drawing. She earned her BFA and MFA and awarded The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship from Boston University. She is also a 2020 NYFA Fellow in Drawing. At SUNY-Purchase she had half-time tenure and multiple awards. She was granted Vermont Studio School and Weir Farm Visiting Artist residencies and has lectured at Dartmouth College, Queens College, Boston University, Kent State, Marymount Manhattan College at New York City and Tarrytown, and Adelphi University. She has been a board member of The Women’s Caucus for Art NYC and The Painting Center. Collier was included in the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series and participated in the Art in Embassies Program exhibiting in Africa. Collier’s work has been reviewed by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Art News, Art in America, Art New England, Women Artist News, and recently in Thoughts from the Gallerist Desk and Artwatch.

Current Exhibitions:

Tapestry of Imagination, NYFA Invitational, 8 Artists each displaying a body of work for one year from Nov. 2024 to Oct. 2025 at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
In the Light, 4 person show, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Recent exhibitions:

Holiday Exhibition, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
100 Women of Spirit,
Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
Weir Farm AIR Alumni Show,
Wilton, CT, Virtual
lift of blue, AVA Gallery,
Lebanon, NH
Twilight, BirdHouse Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
WAAM/Equity Gallery Exchange Show,
Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, NY
NY Artists Equity Members Invitational Exhibition,
NY Artists Equity Gallery, NY, NY