Susan Jane Smith: Exploring Materiality and Perception Through Abstract Collage Susan Jane Smith, born in West Sussex, England in 1979, is a New York-based artist whose distinctive approach to visual art centers on the interplay between materiality and perception. While her athletic past as an international show jumper might seem incongruous with her current artistic pursuits—a testament to discipline honed through focused observation—it instilled within her a profound understanding of form and spatial relationships—qualities that fundamentally shape her captivating abstract paintings and co…