Background
Grant was born on July 29, 1954 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States.
Susan Kae Grant received the Cornaro Award at Texas Woman’s University.
Susan Kae Grant received the Cornaro Award at Texas Woman’s University.
Grant was born on July 29, 1954 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States.
Grant received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Book Arts in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Susan Grant taught at Wayne State University from 1979-1981 and joined the faculty at Texas Womanʼs University in 1981 where she is currently Professor and Head of the Photography and Book Arts.
Susan Grant is also on the staff of the International Center of Photography where she teaches bookmaking workshops.
Since 1975 Susan Grant has produced 13 limited edition handmade books. Her most recent book, "Shadowed Memory" was created during a 2005 residency at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester New York.
Susan Grant was the recipient of the Society for Photographic Education "Freestyle Crystal Apple Award" in 2003 and 2005 and "The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award" in 2004 from the Santa Fe Center for Photography.
Grant has conducted bookmaking workshops, lectured on artists' books and exhibited her work throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, British Columbia, Africa and Japan.
Her works are included in numerous public collections, including The George Eastman House, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Minneapolis Art Institute, The Tokyo Museum of Photography, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Victoria and Albert Museum National Library. She is represented by Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas; Verve Gallery of Photography Santa Fe, NM; Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Galerie BMG, Woodstock, New York and Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, LTD, Birmingham, AL.
Susan Grant is a member of the Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
