Susan Silton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Her practice meshes photography, video, installation, performance, sound, and language. Her work often is often installed in public spaces, such as with her contribution to How Many Billboards? and A Sublime Madness in the Soul, a rooftop opera to commemorate the deconstructed Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles. In 1995, she won a James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography. Silton's work investigates communication and power, and how consumerism, history, identity, and information overload impacts our perceptions. Her projects are often direct responses to things she sees in her environment and online, including lists found on Wikipedia. She is especially interested in the perceptions of celebrity, the accessibility of public space, activism, and language.
Portrait by Michael Owen Baker for The LA Times
