Suzanne Benton is a native New Yorker whose pioneering career as a feminist artist has spanned nearly seven decades and reached across 32 countries. A versatile printmaker, painter, sculptor, mask maker, and performance artist, she has exhibited in more than 150 solo shows and is represented in museum and private collections worldwide. Benton is especially recognized for her welded metal masks and dynamic mask performances, which draw on myth, ritual, and archetype to explore themes of humanity and cultural connection.

A former Fulbright Scholar to India, Benton has been hosted internationally by cultural arms of U.S. embassies and awarded numerous grants and residencies. Her journeys have carried her from New York City to remote villages in Africa, India, and Nepal, and to academic and cultural centers from Calcutta to Cambridge. Her work and performances have been shared across continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, bridging cultures through art and storytelling.

Now in her ninth decade, Benton continues her lifelong creative exploration. During the solitude of the pandemic, she began this new body of work, All About Color, a celebratory series of Neo-Transcendental paintings. Alongside her visual practice, she continues to write, perform, and reflect on her extraordinary career, chronicled in her forthcoming memoir, The Spirit of Hope.