Suzanne Gibbs was born in Wisconsin, USA and is currently splitting her time between The Southern Oregon Coast and Portland, Oregon, USA. Suzanne has authored 3 books and painted countless paintings.
Conscious Curiosity: Communicating to Connect was her first book. She hopes to help couples everywhere to find their best and loving life through being open to a state of curiosity.
Her second book, My Year of Separation is a book containing a series of essays about the year the author moved out of her family home and lived on her own for the first time in 25 years. She successfully stayed married and connected fully to her children, friends, and family—while healing emotionally from the near death of her eldest son.
Her third book, The Shhh Book: a collection of stories from women who have been silenced or who chose self-silencing was self-published in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Each story is paired with the paintings from a series titled, Shhh, Say Nothing: an honest look at silenced voices by the author and artist, Suzanne Gibbs.
Her formative years were spent abroad in Mexico and Brazil. Leaving beautiful Brazil for USA as a teenager was confusing and upsetting. The American Culture, all English speaking students, and words such as fair-isle, suburb, and blucher’s were completely unknown to her and a great cause for upset. During this time Suzanne began practicing daily writing and drawing or painting as a way to make sense of the world. Beginning the process of living inside of her imagination. This ritual continues to serve her creative process and informs her work.
In college, at Carnegie-Mellon University, she studied Graphic Design (BFA 1987). She later enrolled at University of Portland (Oregon) in Communication Studies where she graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1995. Degrees complete, she took a leap into motherhood and enjoyed the life of stay-at-home parent. Time at home allowed for continued interest in creative endeavors.
In 2013 she returned to school, yet again, completing a second Masters, this time in Studio Fine Art at Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. Suzanne shares her time and talents through lectures and workshops and sharing her version of life through making art and writing books.