Susanna J. Coffey is an American artist who was born in New London, Connecticut. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut in 1977 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Art in 1982. She currently lives and works in New York City.
Coffey is best known for her paintings of heads―often self-portraits―lit from behind. The Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, the...
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Susanna J. Coffey is an American artist who was born in New London, Connecticut. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut in 1977 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Art in 1982. She currently lives and works in New York City.
Coffey is best known for her paintings of heads―often self-portraits―lit from behind. The Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, the Brauer Museum of Art in Valparaiso, Indiana, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the Honolulu Academy of Arts in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota , the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, the National Academy of Design in New York City, the Rockford Museum in Rockford, Illinois, the Weatherspoon Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina and the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown...
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