SUSU ATTAR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Isthmus, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
Noren, Japanese American National Museum Democracy Forum, Los Angeles CA
Tracing the Arab World, The Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Family Room, Guerilla Café, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Tracking Movement Reinvent Narratives curated by Daniela Lieja Quintanar, GalleryPlatform.LA
2019 Breaking Bread in L.A., Oxy Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Singing in the Dark, Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2018 When She Rises, SPARC, Los Angeles, CA
No Longer Yours, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2017 Take Care of Your Self, 3845 Blvd St Laurent, Montreal, Canada
2016 ICONIC Black Panther, American Steel Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 UNDER, Pounder Kone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Public Installation, Little Library Grand Park Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2014 RISE: Love, Revolution & The Black Panther Party, Art Share Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ink Tank, Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, CA
2013 New Works, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Muslima, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, CA
Transformative Arts Practice, Temescal Art Center, Oakland, CA
2012 INtheFRAME, Showcase Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2011 Navigating the Aftermath, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Notions of Expression, Workspace Limited Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Schisms, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA
Bridge of Hope, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Video Installation: Iraqi Women Laugh, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2006 Mission Arts & Performance Project, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS // RESIDENCIES
2019 Grant and Fellowship, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Civic Media Fellowship supported by the
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Grant and Residency, The Main Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Grant and Residency, +LAB Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC WORKS
2021 L.A. METRO’s Center Street Project, Los Angeles, CA
2020 L.A. METRO’s More People Than You Know Project, Los Angeles, CA
PANELS // TEACHING // PRODUCTION
2020 Designer & Facilitator w/Natalie Paterson, Worldbuilding Workshop at Santa Monica High School as part of April Banks’ work
for Belmar History + Art, Santa Monica, CA
Designer & Facilitator, Art & Imagination Workshop (virtual), University of Southern California’s Annenberg Innovation Lab
2019 Untitled Podcast Project, An ephemeral Instagram Live Podcast on process.
2018 Director, Lament an experimental music performance, The Mistake Room,
Los Angeles, CA
Tea Afar: Jordan, Collaboration with artist April Banks at the Japanese American Cultural
& Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
HERE//NOW, World-building workshop with Allison Yasukawa, 341 FSN, Los Angeles, CA
Food on First, A DIY Art + Film Workshop with Tina Takemoto, 341 FSN, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Curator, ICONIC Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Facilitator, Bearing Witness: Documenting Self-Determination, Gregorio Escalante Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2015 Instructor, Set Design Workshop, Sotomayor Learning Academies, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Co-producer + Production Designer, “Haram”, Odyssey TheatreEnsemble,
Los Angeles, CA
Facilitator, Think Critically, Act Creatively workshop, Digital Media & Learning Conference,
Boston, MA
2013 Facilitator, Samizdat: Bridging Theatre in the US & Middle East, Golden Thread
Productions, San Francisco, CA
Co-curator and Featured Artist, Muslima Exhibit, International Museum of Women,
San Francisco, CA
2012 Residency, Zora Neale Hurston and Imagine Oakland, TriangleLab, Oakland, CA
Co-producer, Aftermath, Stagewerx Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Actor, Aftermath, Palo Alto Players, Palo Alto, CA
2009 Organizer + Instructor, Project Souarna Photography Workshop, Wahdat Refugee Camp,
Amman, Jordan
2007 Instructor, Elev8 Youth Arts Program, Los Angeles, CA
PRESENTATIONS
2019 Artist Talk, Civic Media Course, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artist Talk, +LAB Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Artist Talk, Machine Project Presents: Tongue Tied, Women’s Center for Creative Works
Artist Talk, Take Care of Yourself, Montreal, Canada
2014 Presenter, From Sharjah to San Francisco, International Museum of Women,
San Francisco, CA
2012 Presenter, SHARE Conference, Beirut, Lebanon
2009 Presenter, Black: Visual Representation & the Black Body, University of California
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2008 Presenter, Arab Women in the Arts, 1st Annual Arab Women’s Conference,
Mountain View, CA
2005 Presenter, Modern Islamic Art, Muslim Public Affairs Council Annual Convention,
Long Beach, CA
EDUCATION
2007 Bachelor of Arts, Conceptual Information Art and Painting,
San Francisco State University College of Creative Arts, San Francisco, CA