Susan Unterberg is a photographer based in New York. She has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world including Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA (2006); Wayne State University, Detroit (2005); The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (2004); Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2004); Maryland Institute of Art (1995); New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1994); and the International Center of Photography, New York (1977). Select group exhibitions featuring her work include, New York: Ten Years Later, International Center of Photography, New York (2006); H2O, Museum of Santa Fe, NM, traveled to Denver Art Museum, CO and Hobart & William, Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (2003); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2002); New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1999); the Jewish Museum, New York (1999) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (1994). Her work is in numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Polaroid Collection, New York; New School for Social Research, New York; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; and Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, to name a few.
Unterberg has been selected for numerous fellowships and residencies including Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, Djerassi Artists Program, the American Academy in Rome, and Bogliasco. She has received numerous awards including the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, the Marion MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award, NYU’s Distinguished Alumni Award, Art Table Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts, Moore College of Art and Design Visionary Woman Award,and was honored at the Skowhegan Awards Dinner (2019). In 2018, Unterberg stepped forward as the founder and sole funder of the Anonymous Was A Woman Award, which has awarded $25,000 grants since 1996 to almost 300 women-identifying artists over the age of 40.
Susan can be reached at: susan [dot] unterberg [at] gmail [dot] com
Her instagram account is: @susanunterberg