Susan Hillary is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, farmer, and environmental attorney whose practice connects visual culture, ecological advocacy, and public action. Working with painting, drawing, recycled materials, and found architectural objects, she examines natural systems, pattern, and environmental responsibility. Her window paintings were exhibited in New York’s East Village during the 1980s, with related silk scarves sold through Henri Bendel and Fred Segal. Her work has since been presented in galleries and cultural venues in New York and Los Angeles, and one window painting is held in the Gertrude Stein Collection.

Susan has produced and directed films presented at Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes. Her archival footage from inside Studio 54 has appeared in several documentaries and was included in Edges of Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art. As a New York environmental attorney, she pursued litigation that contributed to the closure of the Indian Point nuclear reactors and protected an interstate Sole Source Aquifer System. She was an Environmental Protection Agency Fellow and participated in President Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. In 2009, Susan established Goshen Green Farm, a regenerative farm that combines organic agriculture with environmental education. Its historic barn and greenhouse host exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, and community events connecting art, ecology, and advocacy.