Susie Frazier

Susie Frazier (born August 21, 1970 in Inglewood, California), is an American artist[1] who designs for wellness by integrating natural materials and organic patterns into her work.[2] Influenced by organic elements and the Wabi Sabi design aesthetic, Frazier reinterprets nature's motifs and integrates them into her fine art wall installations, custom furniture and accessories made out of materials like wood, metal, earth fragments, and glass. Her creations are characterized by repeating, but irregular contours and slight imperfections in the materials.[3]

Susie Frazier
Born
Susan Lakas Frazier

Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Spouse(s)formerly Tim Mueller 2000-2018
WebsiteSusie Frazier http://www.susiefrazier.com


Life

Frazier graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993, with a BA in Communications.[4] In 1992 she moved to Cleveland, Ohio. She was a German Marshall Fund fellow.[5]

Work

Frazier is a published writer and public speaker, whose interior design strategies for supporting wellness have been featured in Organic Spa Magazine[6], and Michigan Home & Lifestyle Magazine[7], as well as various home building industry events[8]. Since 2016 Susie Frazier has been the brand ambassador for Mont Surfaces[9], advocating for a nature-based approach to home improvement through appearances, public talks, opinion articles, and videos.

Public Art

Susie Frazier's designs can be found inside many hotels[10], hospitals[11], corporate headquarters[12], and private residences. In 2007, she was selected to design integrated public art elements of a $3.5 million streetscape in Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District, which was completed in 2009.[13] and in 2013, Frazier was selected to design a terrazzo floor pattern for a newly constructed public transit station in Cleveland's Litte Italy neighborhood[14].

Civic Leadership

In 2003, she founded an innovative downtown Cleveland marketing program called Sparx in the City,[15][16] which earned the City of Cleveland a City Livability Award by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2005.[17] The program included a sidewalk concert series of professional musicians as buskers in the heart of downtown in an effort to stimulate commerce at area restaurants. It also included a city-wide art walk, featuring open galleries across nine arts districts, connected by trolley buses.[18][19] In 2005 Frazier turned the program over to the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, and it continues on today under the name Sparx City Hop[20]


Awards

In 2018, Frazier earned a Regional Emmy® as producer of a TV pilot she starred in called Movers & Makers With Susie Frazier.[21]

References
  1. "Susie Frazier, The Pioneer", Mont Blog, Mont Surfaces By Mont Granite
  2. "Her Earth-minded Art Opens Up New Worlds", Douglas J. Guth, Crains Cleveland
  3. "Cleveland Artist Creates Home Decor Products From Reclaimed Materials", Gina Tabasso, HGR Inc.
  4. "Susie Frazier Mueller: A Natural: As Artist, Mom and Businesswoman", Debbie Hanson, Cleveland Women
  5. "Susie Frazier Mueller: A Natural: As Artist, Mom and Businesswoman", Debbie Hanson, Cleveland Women
  6. "Soulful Home, Healthy Mind", Susie Frazier, Organic Spa Magazine
  7. "Designing For Wellness, Creating Calm Room By Room", Susie Frazier, Michigan Home & Lifestyle
  8. "Susie Frazier", Susie Frazier, HBA of Greater Cleveland Homearama Guide (page 34)
  9. "Taking Home Design To A Personal Level", Housetrends Magazine
  10. "Her Earth-minded Art Opens Up New Worlds", Douglas J. Guth, Crains Cleveland
  11. "Her Earth-minded Art Opens Up New Worlds", Susie Frazier Inc., Constant Contact
  12. "Her Earth-minded Art Opens Up New Worlds", Douglas J. Guth, Crains Cleveland
  13. "Organic Design Brands Arts District" (PDF). Gordon Square Arts District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  14. "City Architecture's new Little Italy RTA Rapid station could heal one of the ugliest underpasses in Cleveland", Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer
  15. "Action Figure Susie Frazier Mueller Brought Art to Cleveland", Women's Health, May 2006
  16. "Sparx in the City ignites new energy in Cleveland", Business & Management Practices, February 2006
  17. "2005 City Livability Award Winners Announced" (PDF). United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2005-11-06.
  18. "Marketing Initiative Sparx Cleveland's Arts Scene". Art Business News. 2005-08-01. Retrieved 2005-01-01.
  19. "I Love My Job: Susie Frazier Mueller". Balance Living Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  20. "Sparx City Hop", Steven Litt, The Downtown Cleveland Alliance
  21. "2018 Emmy Recipients", Bob Hammer, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Lower Great Lakes Chapter
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