Susanna Plotnick

Painter, Illustrator & Doll-maker

I spent my childhood reading antique fairy tale books, writing and illustrating my own stories, and making dolls and puppets. These passions have sustained me and continued throughout my life in the form of narrative oil paintings, illustrated books, graphic novels, and handcrafted art dolls and puppets.

Some of the most enjoyable work I have done is teaching puppetmaking, dollmaking and illustration to children and adults in schools and institutions.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

Solo Shows, Paintings
Prince Street Gallery – New York City
Harriman College – Harriman, New York
Details Gallery – Provincetown, Mass.

Recent Group Shows
Blended Beings, Artfront Galleries, co-curator with Janet Morgan, 03/23
Below A Brooklyn Sky, Established Gallery, 10/22
More Art of Coney Island, BWAC, 8/22
Sequential Synergy: The Art of Comics, 7/22
The Art of Coney Island, BWAC, 2021
Visual Stories, Artfront Galleries, 2021
Mirror, Mirror, Artfront Galleries, 2019

Comics Festivals
MOCCAFEST New York City, 2012, 2013, 2022

Craft Shows and Galleries
Albright Knox Museum – Buffalo, New York
Mill Gallery – Rochester, New York
Leonardo’s Box – Rochester, New York
The Art of Craft – Denver, Colorado
Puppeteers of America National Festival

PUBLICATIONS

Jove Books
Dell Publications
Ms Magazine
Book of the Month Club News
Art Direction Magazine
Society of Illustrators Annual

TEACHING

Hospital Audiences
BOCES
Westchester Council for the Arts
Artpark
Rochester City Schools
Puppetry in Practice
Eldercraftsmen
United Federation of Teachers
Act Program, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Crisis Center, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Artsreach
Cabrini Nursing Home
Northern Westchester Council for the Arts