Biography

Susan Rostow (b. 1953, Brooklyn, NY) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose practice encompasses printmaking, sculpture, and artist’s books.

She has received several awards for her sculptural books, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts NYSCA/ NYFA Fellowship and the Isaac Anolic Family Book Arts Award. Her research residencies include the rare books library at the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York Historical Society in collaboration with Central Booking, New York.

He works are held in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress National Print Archives, Washington, DC; the Allan Chasanoff Bookwork Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; and the Washington State Public Art Collection, Olympia, Washington.

Recent solo exhibitions include Coddiwomples at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Loft Gallery, Narrowsburg, New York, and Hello from Here at Atlantic Gallery, New York City. Selected recent group exhibitions include Two-Way River, Westbeth Gallery, New York City, co-curated by Sabra Booth and Sophie Sanders, Contemporary Volumes at the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, curated by Bryant Small; The Interior Wild at Atlantic Gallery, New York, curated by Etty Yaniv; and I woke up dreaming at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Patricia M Hernandez. Rostow has also participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, Peru, Korea, and Japan.

In addition to being a full-time artist, Susan is an innovative inventor of printmaking methods, materials and tools. She is the creator of Akua, two lines of printmaking inks and supplies. In 2012, Speedball Art Products acquired the Akua brand, and she joined the Speedball team working as a freelance consultant.