in the Southeast Gallery Guide.
Susan has been honored by the American Orchid Society to exhibit in the Society's national
headquarters in Delray Beach, Florida. Susan is participating at New York Artexpo 2008. Susan
has had a long and unusual association with the fine art. For twelve years up until 1999,
she was Graphic Arts Director at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan. She concurrently pursued artistic
studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The New York School of Visual Arts,
National Academy of Design and The Art Students League of New York.
A graduate of the prestigious Shanghai Art College, her career in the arts was interrupted by China's
Cultural Revolution. But even in those turbulent times, her talent was recognized. She found herself
being asked to paint larger-than-life murals of Chairman Mao and related revolutionary themes.
During the seventies in China, subject to the restraints placed on women and artists in a period of
national disorder and intolerance, she was still able to express herself artistically in a variety of ways
including stage-painting for an Army ballet performing group and later creating large murals for
advertising purposes. Reflecting her protean talent, in 1972 she was chosen to exhibit a collection of
her hand-painted woodcarvings in the Beijing Army Museum. With China's opening after the
Cultural Revolution, Susan came to the United State in 1981.
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