Susan Chen

Episode 549 / Susan ChenSusan Chen was born and raised in Hong Kong until the age of 12, before receiving a scholarship to go to school abroad in England throughout her teens. She later attended Brown University for her undergrad and studied at Columbia University for her MFA and has lived in the US ever since, becoming a first generation American. She is an artist and painter who currently lives and works in New York City with a studio in Long Island City. Her first museum solo show “Rooms by the Sea” is now on view at the Edward Hopper House Museum in Nyack, New York until February 21, 2027. The show exhibits a body of plein air paintings made on site at Cape Cod, where she has spent time with her husband’s family for the past ten summers. A new catalogue is coming out this week and available for purchase from the museum. She currently has a painting on the 5th floor American Wing at The Brooklyn Museum. Susan works with Night Gallery and Uffner & Liu Gallery, and has previously participated in group shows at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, The Aldrich Museum, Anchorage Museum, among others. Her work has also been featured on the cover of New York Magazine, and she is a 2025 Creative Capital Grant Awardee, Forbes Under 30 and Artsy Vanguard honoree.