Draga Šušanj is a Yugoslavian-born/American environmental artist, her work encompasses land art and photography. Bicultural, immigrant experiences inform Šušanj’s environmental art practice. Her projects point out our interconnectedness with Nature, environmental imbalances, and cultural issues.
Šušanj’s work has been widely shown in the States and in her native Serbia. Her installations have been seen in the Hudson Valley, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Portland (ME), New York City, and Belgrade, Serbia. Šušanj is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, in 2005. She has also received awards, grant and fellowship support from the New York Foundations for Arts, 2021; New York State Council on the Arts, 2015; Creative Glass Center of America, 2010; The Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship at the National Academy Museum, 2009; The Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship, 2003; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2002; Pilchuck Glass School, 1999 & 2002; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997-2000.
Šušanj has worked as a sculptor and educator at the American Museum of Natural History, NYC, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and John G Shedd Aquarium, Chicago. Šušanj holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University, NY. Šušanj’s work is in private, and in permanent collections such as the Museum of American Glass, NJ, and MOMA, NYC.
