Suzy González

Diana

Oil, resin on panel

"[My] 'Plantcestors' [series] depicts 14 artists, activists, and culture workers based in Yanaguana/San Antonio, Texas, that bring inspiration to the community through their art, leadership, and social justice work...My public artwork has included themes of celebrating contemporary artists and activists, histories of the land, native plants and animals, and concepts of love and solidarity. My work serves to work through my own intersections and to strive for intercultural conversations in my community. This, I hope, will open doors to compassion and healing in this world of destruction."

— Suzy González

About the artist

Suzy González

American

Suzy González is an artist, educator, writer, self-publisher, curator, and organizer. She is an Assistant Professor & the Program Head of the Visual and New Media Arts Program at Our Lady of the Lake University. She is a current public artist in residence with Austin Art in Public Places at the Austin History Center. She has had solo exhibits at San Antonio's Central Library, Austin's Central Library, Galería E.V.A., Spellerberg Projects, Presa House Gallery, Hello Studio, Palo Alto College, and two-person exhibits at Museo Eduardo Carrillo, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, and the University of Connecticut.

González has created public art with Rochester Contemporary Art Center (NY), Texas A&M-San Antonio, the City of Roswell, GA, the City of Logan, UT, the City of Pasadena, TX, San Antonio Museum of Art, Centro San Antonio, the City of San Marcos, TX, the City of San Antonio, TX, and the San Antonio Street Art Initiative. She has received artist grants from the City of San Antonio, Luminaria, VegFund, the Culture & Animals Foundation, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Rhode Island School of Design.

She's an alum of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute, the Intercultural Leadership Institute, and served as a mentor for the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. She earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA from Texas State University.