Susan Weil

Susan Weil (born in 1930 in New York) is an artist best known for her experimental three-dimentional paintings, which combine figurative illustration with explorations of movement and space. In the late 1940's Weil was involved in a relationship with Robert Rauchenberg, and is said to have greatly influenced his work. The two met while attending the Academie Julian in Paris, and in 1948, when Weil moved to Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Rauchenberg followed.

In addition to creating painting and mixed media work, Weil has experimented with bookmaking and has produced artists books with Vincent Fitzgerald and Company since 1985. During a period of eleven years Weil experimented with etchings and handmade paper while also keeping a daily notebook of drawings inspired by the writings of James Joyce. Her exhibition, Ear's Eye for James Joyce, was presented at Sundaram Tagore gallery in New York in 2003.

Weil has been the recipent of the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been shown in major solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe, notably at Black Mountain Museum in Asheville, South Carolina, and the Museuo Nacional de Reina Sofia in Madrid, though museums in her homestate of New York have yet to organize a comprehensive retrospective of her work. She continues to live and work in New York City.