Susie Ganch is a first-generation American artist of Hungarian heritage. She is a sculptor, jeweler, and educator living in Richmond, VA where she is Interim Chair for the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Ganch received her MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of her practice is directing Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international jewelry mining and recycling project that continues to travel across the country and abroad. Issues of waste and cultural habits of consumption are imbued through her work.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Have a Nice Day, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA; How Soon is Now?, MS State University; TIED, an ArtForum Critics’ pick, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA; Land and Sea, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA. 

Her work has been included nationally and internationally in museum exhibitions including: Smithsonian National Museum for Women in the Arts, MFA Boston, the Design Museum, London, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, Milwaukee Art Museum. 

She is represented by Sienna Patti Contemporary Gallery.

www.susieganch.com and www.radicaljewelrymakeover.org.

The Scott Artist Series supports the exchange of ideas among artists from multiple disciplines, various places, and diverse backgrounds. Inspirational speakers and artists are invited to the CSU campus to share creative and innovative ideas aimed at broadening the horizons of art students. Guest artists in the series are art influencers who have national and international exposure. Their involvement with our community is critical to the long-term impact that art has on society.

Alumni Shaesby Scott (’97, Art), and wife, Catherine Scott (’98, History) established the Scott Artist Series fund.

Susie Ganch's lecture will begin promptly at 5 pm, followed by a Q&A session.