SUSANNA BRISELLI

Susanna Briselli was born in Philadelphia, PA. Her training in drawing and painting began at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After graduating from New York's Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she returned to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts, studying painting under Neil Welliver... Shortly thereafter, Briselli began revisiting her interest in photography while continuing to paint. In 1975, she experimented combining one medium directly with the other. Though the results confounded many at the time, Briselli decided to pursue this approach finding it both challenging and compelling. The first group of "photo-paintings" was exhibited in New York at the Kathryn Markel Gallery in 1979. Briselli continued developing and exhibiting her work in New York and across the country. In 1989, she joined the Witkin Gallery, remaining an active artist on its roster until it's closing in 2000.

Primary location: Brooklyn United States