Susan Handau

United States

Credentials

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« The minimalistic nature of my abstracts along with a cube of color is my attempt to stimulate a primitive view of art through shape and color. »

Susan Handau, who has a BA in Art History, began her early work in the 1990s, she created textured layers of collaged watercolors. By strategic cuts from her large abstract watercolor paintings and reconstructing the parts into smaller compositions secured by thread, she created layered landscapes while highlighting built up texture.
Handau later experimented with assemblage using wax and fibrous materials to build three-dimensional pieces out of a flat substrate. She currently works in acrylic, ink, and plaster.
Handau is an Individual Artist Grant recipient from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; awarded a project grant in Fiscal Year 2023 for her works on demystifying aging.
Her work was featured on Reno’s PBS “ARTEFFECTS” and has been picked up nationally on other PBS stations.

They bought an artwork from this artist

"This work invites you to explore and self-reflect. "

An Art Lover, purchase made in April 2025: "Connection to the Past", Acrylic, Ink on Wood , 19.3x5.5in

Susan Handau
Split Mesa
$650
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