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Glenn Soukko

Glenn Soukko

I studied art and design at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA, 1982) and the Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, 1988).

From 1988 to 1991, I served as Senior Designer at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, overseeing publications and exhibitions and acting as Art Director for Design Quarterly. During this period, I contributed to the exhibition Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History and its accompanying catalogue.

Earlier, as Art Director at CW Communications in New Hampshire, I interviewed Andy Warhol in his New York studio during the creation of his Amiga computer self-portrait—an interview later included in I’ll Be Your Mirror.

Artist Statement

I am an artist, writer, and designer based in Vermont. My work moves across painting, books, and photography, but is guided by a single pursuit: clarity of form, proportion, and a quiet sense of presence shaped through careful making.

My painting practice spans still life, landscape, and abstraction, often moving between representation and pure form. I return to familiar subjects across series, allowing shifts in light, texture, and tone to gradually transform what is seen.

Rooted in the seasonal rhythms of rural Vermont, the work reflects a balance between structure and intuition, restraint and responsiveness. Whether on canvas or paper, I seek a simplicity that invites sustained looking rather than immediate resolution.

I paint in my studio in Woodstock, Vermont. The work is exhibited at the Glenn Suokko Gallery in nearby Quechee and through private viewings, and is held in private collections in the United States and abroad.

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