Susan Rivers
Defying darkness with subversive color and texture.
My photographs and mixed media explore the contradictions of modern society; that despite the tumult around us, we can ease our social and psychic wounds through art
Politics fueled by rage and hatred are threatening basic human rights around the globe. My mission is to create art through color, contrast, and texture to convey subversive
My photographs and mixed media explore the contradictions of modern society; that despite the tumult around us, we can ease our social and psychic wounds through art
Politics fueled by rage and hatred are threatening basic human rights around the globe. My mission is to create art through color, contrast, and texture to convey subversive hope amid the harmony and discord of our unpredictable existence.
Photo by Christopher Collyn
A Lifetime of Exploration
Susan is a former Wall Street Journal editor and corporate communicator, who has lived and worked in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
In addition to her work in journalism and communications, she has produced freelance photographs and/or writing for The Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Newsd
Susan is a former Wall Street Journal editor and corporate communicator, who has lived and worked in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
In addition to her work in journalism and communications, she has produced freelance photographs and/or writing for The Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Newsday, among other publications. She has held two solo shows in Richmond and her works are in private collections.
After moving to Richmond in 2019 she turned her energy and focus to creating art. She has exhibited her photography and mixed media work in Richmond at Art Works, Artspace Gallery, 1708 Gallery, Boyd Realty Gallery and First Unitarian Universalist gallery. Her work has also been exhibited with Fredericksburg (VA) Center for the Creative Arts, (Honorable Mention for "Havana"); the Europe-based FemLens online photography gallery; Virginia Beach Art Center, (Honorable Mention for "Swoop"); Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville VA), Montpelier (VA) Center for Education and Arts; Firefly Artist Collective in Northport, NY; and the Rhode Island Watercolor Society.
She is a member of the Richmond Photographers Collective, the Fredericksburg CCA, Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, and the Virginia Beach Art Center.