ABOUT

Susan Brand grew up on border of Texas and Mexico.

After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, she moved to New York. She animated, designed and directed animation and special effects for several New York production houses, including The Ink Tank, R/GA, and Colossal Pictures. In 1990 she started her own studio on Union Square and continued to animate, design, and direct for broadcast, computer games, film and the internet. Past clients include, Nickelodeon, AT&T, Encyclopedia Britannica, Citibank, TheStreet.com, AOL, and the American Museum of Natural History.

Over the past several years she has returned to painting and collage. She also creates children's books and illustrations. Her focus is Natural Science

She has one wonderful husband, two amazing boys, and a terrific garden.

Click here for Current Exhibits

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

Focus on Nature IX, Juried Exhibition, New York State Museum, Albany, NY

Flora, Fauna, and Feathers, 3-artist show, 1978 Arts Center, Maplewood, NJ

The Art of Nature, Juried Exhibition, Somerset County Environmental Education Center, Basking Ridge, NJ

2009

Essex Exposed 6, Juried Exhibition, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

Birds of Prey, GNSI Juried Exhibition, Highstead Arboretum, Redding CT
(traveling exhibition: Yale University – New Haven, CT)

2008

Amphibians, GNSI Juried Exhibition, Highstead Arboretum, Redding CT
(traveling exhibition: Yale University – New Haven, CT; Somerset County Environmental Education Center – Basking Ridge, NJ)

2007

Butterflies, Moths & Pollinating Insects of the East Coast, GNSI Juried Exhibition
Highstead Arboretum, Redding CT,
(traveling exhibition: Frelinghuysen Arboretum – Morristown, NJ; New Jersey Audubon Plainsboro Preserve – Cranbury, NJ; Somerset County Environmental Education Center –
Basking Ridge, NJ; Yale University – New Haven, CT)

The Art of Nature, Group Exhibition, Audubon Greenwich, Greenwich, CT

AFFILIATIONS

GNSI - The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

The Flora of New Jersey Project

SCBWI - The Society of Childrens Books Writers and Illustrators

Women in Animation (Founding Member)

LINKS

Momsville - My Mom Blog

Science for Girls - some music by my very favorite musician