BIO

Susan Joseph was born in New London, Connecticut in 1952 and was raised in Everett, Washington. She did her undergraduate work at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington receiving her B.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture with a minor in Art History in 1984. In 1984 she moved to Claremont, California to attend graduate school and received her M.F.A. in installation sculpture in 1986 from Claremont Graduate University. In addition she has done extensive course work in Women’s Studies in Religion at the Claremont Graduate University. In 1993 Susan developed an interest in the internet and time arts initiating her current study in interactive computer arts and digitally developed video and animation. In 2000 Susan began a web site, perfectbitch.net, in support of women artists and writers.

Susan Joseph has exhibited, lectured and participated in panel discussions extensively in the Southern California region. She is currently teaching introductory classes in multimedia and 3-D animation at Long Beach City College and has taught painting, sculpture, installation sculpture and critical theory at Claremont Graduate University and at the Chino Youth Authority through the University of La Verne.

Susan has been living and working in a studio in down town Los Angeles since 1999. She is married, has a 24 year old daughter and 2 parrots, Kenny, an African Grey and Tilla, an African Senegal.