Susan Clinard
Sculptor
Susan Clinard is a contemporary American sculptor. Her life-scale figurative sculptures combine found objects, carved wood elements, and fired ceramic heads and hands. Her compositions tell stories, help us connect, and speak about our shared humanity. Clinard’s work reflects the times in which we live. Susan is the winner of the national M.H.Hammerschal carving award and the Art by the Northeast award for sculpture. In 2015 she received the Arts Council of Greater NH artist award and IRIS’s Person of the Year honor. She has been the artist in residence at the Eli Whitney Museum for the past eleven years. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts and Gallery 37. She has received substantial public commissions, and her sculptures can be found in many private collections worldwide.
