Suzanne Faris

Suzanne Faris is a Professor of Sculpture and Graduate Advisor for Sculpture at Colorado State University, affiliated with the Department of Art and Art History and the University Center for the Arts within the College of Liberal Arts. Her work focuses on sculpture and installation art exploring human relationships with place, objects, memory, and perception. She is a core member of the Artnauts International Artist Collective since 2004, addressing social justice through collective creative practice.

Education:

• M.F.A., Sculpture, University of Colorado, Boulder (2001)
• B.A., Fine Art and Visual Communications Design, Purdue University (1995)

Research Interests: Her practice emphasizes experiential art that interrogates spatial and material relationships influenced by individual memory. Through immersive installations and collaborative projects with Artnauts, she investigates how collective artistic expression can drive societal change. Her work has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Labs/Teams: Co-founder and active participant in the Artnauts International Artist Collective, dedicated to social justice advocacy through art.