Suzanne Broughel is a 2009 NYFA Fellow in sculpture and 2009-2010 A.I.R. Gallery Fellow.  Her work has  been exhibited at P.S. 1/MOMA, Rush Arts Gallery,  JCAL, and Longwood Art Gallery, among other venues.  In 2008, she was a participant at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.  She was a Creative Capital Strategic Planning Fellow in the Emerge 8 program at Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in 2006.  Her work was included in the 2007 Dieppe Biennial in France with  &NBSP Collective.  Broughel received an MFA degree from Hunter College in 2003.

“Post-racial” has become a buzzword, yet serious inequalities persist.  The social movements of the '60s and '70s had their successes and shortcomings, and global capitalism has found ways to cynically co-opt diversity.  I grew up in a racially charged environment, but as an artist, it was difficult for me to enter the dialogue on race.  I learned that – for me – the personal, autobiographical voice is strongest.  My art materials became everyday household objects.  Band-aids, soap, bed sheets, shoelaces, skin bronzers – these are things that we put on our skin, sleep on, and wear.  So, even though they are commodities, they enter a realm of intimacy as we bring them into our homes and use them on our bodies. My focus is on addressing white skin privilege and economic racism, and the obtaining of materials is often an important part of my work.  I’ve walked a forty acre parcel of land around Manhattan’s African Burial Ground to inventory skin shades of bandaids and searched for Black-owned businesses in Newark, New Jersey from which to buy soap. Experiences such as these impact me and help inform my work