The artwork of Suzanne Lago Arthur can best be described as a personal exploration on themes of culture, identity and environment. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico to Cuban parents, Suzanne’s Latin heritage has figured significantly in her artwork both in terms of subject matter and color. Since relocating to the bucolic countryside of Northern Virginia, she has found inspiration in pastoral subject matter and has become a great advocate of “plein air” painting (painting landscapes directly from life). 

Suzanne has exhibited extensively in both national and international art spaces. Some of her exhibits include the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Museum of the Americas--both in Washington D.C, EuroAmerica Gallery in SoHo, New York City and the American Special Interests Section in Havana, Cuba. Suzanne traveled to Cuba in 2001 by invitation of the American Special Interests Section and saw for the first time the land of her ancestors.

M.A. George Washington University In Museum Studies, dual concentration in Exhibit Design and Collections Management, May 2001.

B.F.A Corcoran School of Art in Painting and Drawing, May 1996. Dean’s list all four years.   

• Group landscape show at George Washington's River Farm, Alexandria VA, June 2007.
• Solo show at Rose Gallery, Leesburg, VA. June 2001.
• Painting chosen to be exhibited at the American Special Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.  August 2000–June 2003.
• Exhibited paintings in the Washington Art-O-Matic.  May–June 1999.
• Organized and exhibited in one-woman show at American University. November 1998.
• Organized and managed the fifth annual Encuentros y Tradiciones art exhibit at the D.C.A.C.  September 1998.
• Selected among many to exhibit a painting in a group show at the Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C. March 1998.
• Created artwork that was included in the 7^th, 6^th, 5^th, 4^th, and 3^rd annual Latin American Art Auction at the P.A.H.O on behalf of the Whitman Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C. October 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996.
• Exhibited paintings at the Euro America Gallery, SoHo NYC. October 1997.
• Painting profiled on the Washington D.C. regional art T.V. show, Around Town. March 1996.
• Created artwork included in two group shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Spring 1996.
• Created a lithograph acquired for the permanent print collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

• Artwork profiled in an article in the New York Times, July 4^th 2002. Lighting matches in Cuba on the 4^th, by Fred Bernstein.

• Artwork mentioned in an article in El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish section of the Miami Herald.  August 2001.

• Artwork and artist’s statement profiled in the art catalogue, American Special Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.  August 2000 – June 2002.