Susu Kearney is an artist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her love for visual arts began while a student at Country Day School. She received a BBA in Marketing from Southern Methodist University and continued her artistic journey attending classes at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and workshops throughout the United States. Her varied artistic interests led to commissions of all sorts, from paintings to costumes to sculptures. Susu has been the costume designer for the REX School of Design and taught Visual Arts as a member of the Fine Arts Faculty at Trinity Episcopal School. She has been a  participant on several discussion panels, including Costume Design at the Presbytere, Tulane School of Professional Advancement, and Art in Bloom for the New Orleans Museum of Art. Recently, she was invited to teach a master class in Costume Design at NOCCA.

The art of Susu Kearney spans a breadth of media, including oils, acrylics, gouache, graphite, ink, ceramics, paper maché, and textiles.  “Until recently, my favorite media to work with was two dimensional … painting, and drawing. While teaching, I was introduced to clay and began  exploring and thinking in the third dimension… and now that is my main focus.”

Eventually, Susu’s work with costume design began to find its way into her ceramic work. “I have been able to incorporate my fascination with textures and fabrics into sculpture.”