Susi Ryan is a Fiber Artist, Performance Artist, Author and Speaker. Born in Connecticut, she is the first American born citizen in her maternal family from Germany and the descendant of Enslaved Africans in her paternal family. Since 1997 Susi has created and exhibited her symbolic story quilts nationally and internationally. Inspired by artists such as Roland Freeman, Liz Scott, Ashley Bryan and Faith Ringgold, Susi's work focuses on acknowledging, preserving, reclaiming and documenting the culturally diverse history of her Enslaved ancestors, Indigenous People, Family members and other persons unforgotten throughout the African diaspora. Her story quilts are entwined with all that she does such as: organic vegetable farming/gardening, growing and incorporating natural fibers and dyes in her work and acknowledging the history of the textiles used in her creative work. Susi is a peaceful advocate for social justice and equality.
