Susan J Chen

Chosen by Saatchi Art as one of top 100 women artists, Susan is an award-winning, internationally-exhibited fine art photographer. Her conceptual stills and motion work has been described as cinematic, moody and emotionally charged with color and dark humor. Her work has been shown in NY, LA, SF, Minneapolis, Tokyo, Taiwan, Miami Art Week, Moià, Cataluna, Spain, and UK. She has won numerous awards for her photo and motion work including The Art Director’s Club, American Photography, American Photographic Artists, PDN, Graphis, International Color Awards, among others. Her latest work “The New Abnormal” – a satirical depiction of society living with climate change – has been recognized with an ADC award, American Photographic Artists curated by Rebecca Morse of LACMA, published in the American Photography 37 Annual, and recently exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, UK.

Cornell University
International Center of Photography
School of Visual Arts

2024 Fox Talbot Museum, June 29, 2024 - April 27, 2025 in Lacock, UK
2023 The Museum of Gloucester, UK
2022 Royal Photographic Society, International Photography Exhibition 163 in Bristol, UK
2021 AI-AP for “The New Abnormal” and “Time Goes By” in NYC
2021 Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now
2020 AI-AP International Motion Arts for “Eve”
2020 "A World At Home" Group Exhibition of work created during the Covid-19 lockdowns
2019 American Photography 35 Group Exhibition, NYC
2019 Ex Abrupto, Moià, Cataluna, Spain
2019 Group Exhibition with APA LA's Off the Clock curated by WM Hunt at the Santa Monica Art Studios
2019 SeeMe “Her Story” for “The Frog Prince”, NYC
2019 Owada Gallery in Tokyo, Japan
2018 Aqua Art Miami during Miami Art Week / Art Basel
2018 APA SF Group Exhibition at the SOMArts Bay Gallery
2018 Tokyo Foto Awards, exhibited at the ICA Gallery in Tokyo, Japan
2013 See.Me The Exposure Group Exhibition, Long Island City, NY
2012 Projekt 30 Exhibition
2012 MOPLA + Smashbox Studios Group Show
2008 Altered Esthetics Gallery Group Exhibition “Critical Habitat”, Minneapolis
2008 Projekt30 “I (pronoun)” Online Exhibition
2008 Solo exhibit for Underrated, NYC
2007 Gallery FCB NY, ASMP 07 Group Show
2002 Soho Photo Gallery N...