Susana B. Endo

The daughter of a Venezuelan mother and an Italian father, sumi-e artist and potter
Susana B. Endo grew up surrounded by Mount Avila in Caracas. Combining the tropical
influence of her native land with a fascination for the culture of her Japanese husband,
Endo creates subtle contrasts in chiaroscuro. Abstract compositions of wild bamboo
vegetation shimmering in the breathless heat of a rainforest complement the sophisticated
coolness of Endo's graceful ink brush technique.

She studied at the Koho School of Sumi-e under the Supervision of Koho Yamamoto
Sensei,at the Parsons School of Design , and Chinese Calligraphy at
Kampo Cultural Center, all in New York City.
She also apprenticed with Master Potter Sakuma Fujia in Mashiko, Japan (Samples).

Endo's Sumi-e paintings won first prize during an exhibition at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
third prize at the Venezuelan Center , and a Bronze mention at the Kampo Cultural Center
for her Calligraphy.

I always wanted to capture a glimpse of the beauty of bamboo and wanted
to create multiple panels that at the end any one could rearrange and then
create a new piece and have a different view of my forests and a new
painting...It was always in my mind that changes are good, nature changes,
and why not change the structure of the creator's painting and make it you
own new painting...

This is just the beginning of work that is to come for many years and now I
wish to share it with you.