Susan Antoinette is a self-taught exhibiting abstract artist, as well as a certified teacher of the Neurodiverse & general education population working in school districts and in private practice for the past 25 years. Susan was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with two education degrees and lived in Colorado, California, Washington DC area and Maryland before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 2015. After transitioning into a teacher in private practice and leaving the school district in 2010, she was able to focus on her art as a professional artist.

Although primarily self-taught, Susan trained under Marsha Steiger of the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in Alexandria, Virginia, and most recently, Frank O’Cain of the Student Arts League of New York, among others. Susan’s first museum exhibition was in January of 2024 at the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, COLLECT Exhibition, in Quincy, Florida and followed by the Racine Art Museum, Wustum Fine Arts Museum, Vicinity show, in Racine, Wisconsin. Susan’s artistic influences include the likes of Helen Frankenthaler, Alma Thomas, Hans Hoffman, Romare Bearden and Mark Rothko. She has been a lifelong volunteer, currently serving on the education committee for the St Pete Arts Alliance, the Studio@620 and a former board member of the Warehouse Arts District Association as well as the former Education Chair. Currently, Susan is working on her upcoming solo exhibition for LeMoyne Arts in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2025. Stay tuned to learn exact dates!