# Susan Budge

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{{Short description|American ceramic sculptor}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Susan Budge
| birth_date         = 1959
| birth_place        = Midland, TX
| education          = [Texas Tech](/source/Texas_Tech) 
[University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston)
[University of Texas at San Antonio](/source/University_of_Texas_at_San_Antonio)
| occupation         = Ceramic Sculptor and Professor
}}

'''Susan Budge''' (b 1959) is an American ceramic sculptor who was born in [Midland, Texas](/source/Midland%2C_Texas).  She received a BFA in ceramics from [Texas Tech University](/source/Texas_Tech_University) in 1983, an MA from the [University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston) in 1987, and an MFA from the [University of Texas at San Antonio](/source/University_of_Texas_at_San_Antonio) in 1999. She taught at [San Jacinto College](/source/San_Jacinto_College) in Houston, [San Antonio College](/source/San_Antonio_College), and the [University of Texas at San Antonio](/source/University_of_Texas_at_San_Antonio), where she became a tenured full professor and Head of Ceramics.<ref>[https://www.cinnabarart.com/susan-budge Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, Texas]</ref>

Budge is best known for her large scale and ''Eye Spy'' sculptures which are abstract and usually monochromatic, except for the presence of a realistic human eye. Recognition of her work increased during her time in San Antonio when she was commissioned by the city to create three large scale sculptures ''Anaqua, Quercus, and Acequia,'' and forty ceramic tiles for Brackenridge Park. ''Eye Spy Eros'' from 2010, in the collection of the [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art), is an example and demonstrates how the eye can render an otherwise abstract form vaguely anthropomorphic.  The [Daum Museum of Contemporary Art](/source/Daum_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art) (Sedalia, Missouri), The Fuller Craft Museum, the [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art), the [New Orleans Museum of Art](/source/New_Orleans_Museum_of_Art), [Northern Arizona University](/source/Northern_Arizona_University) Art Museum (Flagstaff, Arizona), the [San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts](/source/San_Angelo_Museum_of_Fine_Arts) (San Angelo, Texas), the [San Antonio Museum of Art](/source/San_Antonio_Museum_of_Art), the [Art Museum of South Texas](/source/Art_Museum_of_South_Texas) (Corpus Christi), and the [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution) are among the public collections holding works by '''Susan Budge'''.<ref>[http://www.susanbudge.com/ The artist's website]</ref>[[File:'Eye Spy Eros' by Susan Budge.JPG|thumb|''Eye Spy Eros'' by '''Susan Budge''', [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art)|alt=|none|236x236px]]

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==External links ==
* [http://www.susanbudge.com/ The artist's website]

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