Susanne Stephenson

Susanne G. Stephenson was born in 1935 in Canton, Ohio. She received her BFA degree (’57) from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and her MFA degree (’60 ) in Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She has exhibited her work widely in the United States. Her work has been shown abroad at the AIC Members Exhibition, Riga, Latvia 06; World Ceramic Center, Korea 04; 4th International ceramic exhibition (’95), Mino, Japan; Fletcher Challenge (’92 & ’94), Auckland, New Zealand; and XXIII Concorso Internationale della Ceramica D’Arte (’65), Faenza, Italy. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan in 1992. Susanne Stephenson has participate in symposiums and /or workshops in China, Japan, Switzerland, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Susanne’s work is in many public and private collections including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, Pa. and the Victoria and Albert, London. Susanne is Professor Emeritus from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.