PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Susan has been making art her whole life, and began showing her work publicly in 2007. Since then her work has been shown at; The International Museum of Art, Hal Marcus Gallery, Sunland Park Gallery, Crossland Gallery, Brannigan Cultural Center, as well as at various restaurants and businesses around the region. She has had solo shows at Mision de la Galleria de Senecu, and at the Armando Pena Gallery.

She spoke in 2011 about her “Accidental Abstractions” series for a Pecha Kucha Vol 9, (a Japanese presentation style that roughly translates to “Chit Chat”).

She was a recipient of the Windsor & Newton award in 2011 for outstanding use of watercolor.
She collaborated with The City of El Paso in 2016 for the public art project, "The Alameda Corridor Brio Bus Stations". Susan’s image, “Ysleta at Dusk” can be seen just outside of the Ysleta High School, at the 2 Davis bus stops on Alameda Street.

The City of El Paso purchased 2 of her “Quarantine Dream” paintings as part of their Art Purchasing Program, to display at government offices in 2021.

She has been a feature artist in the “Visual Arts” section of the El Paso Times, and her artwork has been on the cover of the El Paso Scene, May 2017.

Susan's work can be seen in person at “El Paso’s Finest" in downtown El Paso right across from San Jacinto Plaza, in the historic Cortez building. You can also see her work at The Ysleta Mission Gift Shop, next to the historic mission in East El Paso. She does local juried festivals such as “Las Artistas” and “Chalk the Block” in El Paso, Texas. In Mesilla, New Mexico. you can visit her at the annual "Franciscan Festival of the Arts” held every year over labor day weekend.
Follow her at instagram.com/susanwesterperez for all current and upcoming events.


EDUCATION:

Susan studied art and design at Massachusetts College of Art and at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.