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Biography

Susan Hamburger is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Brandeis University, an MFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and an MA in Art Education from The City College of New York, CUNY. Her awards include a 2026 Anita Wetzel Residency Fellowship at The Women’s Studio Workshop, fellowships from Dieu Donné Papermill, The Wassaic Project Print Studio, The National Academy Abbey Mural Workshop and Aljira; residencies at Ucross Foundation, Jentel Foundation, Saltonstall Foundation and The Millay Colony; and New York studio residencies at PS122, Abrons Art Center and Chashama. She has an upcoming exhibition in fall 2025 with Asya Geisberg Gallery in Tribeca, and has had solo exhibitions and projects at The Wassaic Project, Roger Smith Hotel, Auxiliary Projects, Schroeder Romero & Shredder, The Gallery at 1GAP, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Tomasulo Gallery at Union County College, Safe-T Gallery and Cheryl McGinnis Gallery. Group exhibition venues include The Brooklyn Museum, Urban Glass, Mixed Greens, Pierogi Gallery, 601Artspace, Pelham Art Center and No Longer Empty. Her work has been featured in American Craft Magazine and Cultural Politics (Duke University Press) and has been reviewed and/or reproduced in numerous publications, among them, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Better Homes & Gardens, Apartment Therapy, The James Kalm Report, ArtFCity.com and hyperallergic.com. From 1996-2002 she was the contributing art editor for Waterfront Week, covering Williamsburg’s nascent art scene.