Susu Pianchupattana

Susu Pianchupattana was born and raised in Bangkok city, Thailand and came to New York to study painting in the Fall of 2002. After graduating from the New York Studio School, she was granted an O1 artist visa on the merit of her accomplishments and had her first solo show at the Robert Steele Gallery in Chelsea in 2008. The following years saw Susu split her time between Bangkok and the United States; continuing to establish her work while living in NYC, Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN. Awards include the Hohenberg Travel Grant (Italy), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Fellowship), Masur Museum of Art’s 35th Annual Juried Competition (Best Painting), VCCA Resident Fellow (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts), Award of Merit at the 18th Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City (Taiwan). She enjoys a distinguished reputation as a painter among her peers and art connoisseurs and collectors. She has settled in New Jersey and currently lives and works at the Jersey Shore with her husband John Carpenter, a native NJ guitarist and songwriter. John taught her how to drum and now she plays and records with the band “Johnny Nameless”.
" My work is essentially about my love for the richness of color. It emphasizes the rel...

2002–2007, MFA and Certificate in Painting, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, NYC

summer 2007, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Maine

summer 2006, Drawing Marathon in Orvieto, Italy, New York Studio School

summer 2003, Chautauqua Institution, School of Art Studio Program, NY

1991–1993 Computer Aided Art & Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

1986–1990 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand

Solo Shows:
2019 "Inseparable", Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2011 "ROAD HOME", Art Republic, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 “BLOW IN”, HOF ART - CICADA Art Factory, Hua-Hin, Thailand
2008 "Adrift", Robert Steele Gallery, West 25 Street NYC
2007 Hohenberg Award Recipient Exhibition, New York Studio School, NYC

Two person Shows:
2019 “Binary Stars”, with Jessica Cheung, SFA Projects NYC
2015 “momentos”, with Pattachote, The Vazquez – window gallery, Bushwick, NYC

2021 Group Shows:
Aug onward, "Art by the Sea Side", mural paintings on location by the Carousel Museum, Seaside Heights Boardwalk, NJ

Aug 2–Sep 30, New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition On Artsy

May 18 –Aug 15, “Truth To Power”, Margalit Startup City, 122 Grand Street NYC

Dec 15 – Feb 28, “8x8 ART ON PAPER-season 2” online exhibition, Flatfile Gallery / SFA Projects NYC