Suzanne Kanatsiz was born in Detroit, Michigan.  She is an artist who works with sculpture and installations.  She lives in Ogden, Utah.
Kanatsiz earned a BFA in painting from San Diego State University in 1982 and an MFA in pictorial arts and sculpture from San Jose State University in 1988.  The materials she uses in her sculptures are diverse and often include combinations of the organic mixed with machined or manufactured materials. Arabic influences figure prominently in her work because of her Turkish heritage. 

The Utah Arts Council has recognized Kanatsiz’s work with an Individual Artist Grant Award (2001) and a Visual Arts Fellowship (2003).  Weber State University where she is a professor of sculpture has awarded her a Hemingway Vitality Grant in 2003.  Finch Lane Gallery featured her work in a one-woman show in 2003.
Cone, a steel lead sculpture, and Dissolution, a mixed media installation, are examples of her work.
Information on this page was adapted from information the artist provided.