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Susannah Israel's seminal work is widely shown and appears in private and public collections around the world, such as the American Ceramics Collection of the Mint Museum.  Israel has received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation grant, an NCECA Resident scholarship to Archie Bray, and a Distinguished Faculty service award for curriculum, among many honors.  She remains the only artist from the USA ever to win the Fletcher Challenge Premier Award for her dynamic piece, Lobo California, now in the permanent collection in New Zealand.

As a working artist in an urban setting, Israel engages the viewer in her gritty yet passionate view of humanity. Humor and struggle are always part of the message.  Technically, she is known for her expressive working methods with clay, and signature glaze color and texture. Recent work with vividly colorful theatrical costumes can be seen in the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan.  Israel holds an MFA in Ceramics from San Francisco State University and currently teaches for Peralta Colleges in Oakland.