Suzanne Kustner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in education with a minor in art from California State University in Los Angeles. She has also studied with many internationally known enamelists. Suzanne is a member of the National Enamelist Society and several regional guilds. She has taught enameling at the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre California since 1979 and served as art consultant for the Duarte School District for 10 years.

Suzanne participates in several California art festivals.

• Creative Arts Group Art Festival in Sierra Madre
• Artistic License Fair in Costa Mesa
• Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Art Festival in Sierra Madre

For show schedules and locations, please see the Shows page.

You can also purchase Suzanne’s work at the Creative Arts Group Jamison Gallery in Sierra Madre, Freehand Gallery in Los Angeles, and Sansone Studio Gallery in Los Olivos. For full details, please see the Purchase page.

Suzanne has achieved widespread recognition for her work including:

• Exhibitor at the prestigious 1990 National Silver Competition sponsored by the major silver companies in the United States.
• Participant in the celebrated 1993Year of the American Craftsman.
• Display in the 1993 Los Angeles County Fair fine arts building and demonstrating artist in the Willard Sheets Gallery.
• Featured artist at the Creative Arts Group in 1995.
• Featured artist in the Sierra Madre Art Festival in 1996.
• Best Wearable Art award at the Palos Verdes Art Festival in 2000.
• Juried participation in the following exhibitions: Enamelist Society 7th Biennial International Exhibition in Toronto, Canada; Out of the Fire San Diego Enamel Society in San Diego, CA; Enamelist Society 8th Biennial International Exhibition in Arrowmont, TN; Bedazzled in Pasadena, CA; Metal Arts Society Deliberate Decadence in Southern California; Enamelist Society 9th Biennial International Exhibition in Olympia, WA; San Diego Enamel Society Playing with Fire in San Diego, CA; Enamelist Society 10th Biennial International Exhibition in Arrowmont, TN.