ABOUT

Susan in her studio | Fall 2020

Susan in her studio | Fall 2020

 

Susan Aurand was born in the Midwest and received her M.A. in Art from the Ohio State University. She moved to the Northwest to take a teaching position in art at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She served as tenured faculty there, teaching sculpture, ceramics, drawing, painting, art history and humanities until 2018.

As a faculty member at Evergreen, Susan team-taught with biologists, ecologists, geologists, chemists, philosophers, psychologists and anthropologists. These experiences deepened her knowledge of the natural world, and significantly informed her artworks over the years. Susan has worked in a variety of media, from sculpture and printmaking to painting. Her images consistently reflect her passion for nature and her philosophical inquiry into symbols, metaphor, consciousness, and the nature of perception.