Suzanne Sunshine is a painter and alcohol ink artist whose practice moves between fine art and functional design. She is the founder of Suzanne Sunshine Living Art and exhibits new work year-round at the Piermont Flywheel Gallery. Her work draws inspiration from two distinct environments: the natural landscapes and river habitats of Piermont, New York, where she maintains a second home, and the cultural energy of New York City, where she lives and works.
Across her career, Suzanne’s work has moved fluidly between several disciplines, including textile design, art-making, nonprofit leadership, and real estate. Her alcohol ink compositions have been translated into textile designs for homewares and fashion produced in England, while her paintings are held in more than 100 public and private collections. Her background as an art historian and curator has also shaped her approach to making and presenting art, grounding her studio practice in a deep understanding of art history and exhibition.
Art has formed the foundation of Suzanne’s life since her early academic years. While studying International Relations at Brown University, she contributed research and catalogue writing for the exhibition Flying Tigers: Abstract Expressionist Painting and Sculpture in New York 1939–1946, presented at the Bell Gallery and the Parrish Art Museum. She later received a Rhode Island Committee of the Humanities grant to produce a documentary on the origins of Abstract Expressionism in New York during World War II. After graduating, she served as Assistant Art Curator at Equitable Life, helping develop the art program for the Equitable Center in Manhattan, collaborating with artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Sandro Chia, Sol LeWitt, Barry Flanagan, and Scott Burton.
Alongside her artistic work, Suzanne has built a forty-year career spanning nonprofit leadership and real estate. She earned an MBA in Real Estate from Columbia Business School and has held leadership roles supporting both community development and scientific research initiatives. Through her commercial real estate advisory firm, S. Sunshine & Associates LLC, she has advised more than 150 New York City nonprofit organizations. Suzanne has been a member of the Art Students League of New York since 1994 and joined the Piermont Flywheel Gallery in 2022. Her paintings have been widely collected and include a permanent installation of three large works at the headquarters of The Entertainment Community Fund in Times Square.
Suzanne Sunshine is a painter and alcohol ink artist whose work explores the movement of color, material, and abstraction. She is the founder of Suzanne Sunshine Living Art and exhibits regularly at the Piermont Flywheel Gallery. Her work is shaped by both the natural landscape of Piermont, New York and the energy of New York City, where she lives and works.
With a background in art history, curatorial work, nonprofit leadership, and real estate, Suzanne brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her practice. Her paintings are held in over 100 public and private collections, and her alcohol ink compositions have also been translated into textile designs for homewares and fashion.
Suzanne studied at Brown University and later served as Assistant Art Curator at Equitable Life, where she helped develop the art program for the Equitable Center in Manhattan, working alongside major contemporary artists. She has been a member of the Art Students League of New York since 1994 and continues to exhibit and produce new work each year.