Photo: Vida Mulec

About. 

Rachel Sussman is a contemporary artist & Spiritual Healer based in the hudson valley, ny. 

Sussman is an ordained Minister of Walking Prayer, a Guggenheim, NYFA, and MacDowell Fellow, two-time TED speaker, and in the 2022 class of the Explorers Club 50. Her critically acclaimed, decade-long project "The Oldest Living Things in the World" combines art, science, and philosophy into a traveling exhibition and New York Times bestselling book. Subsequently, she developed installation work deepening her explorations of personal and cosmic time, the universe, nature, philosophy, and beauty. With the support of the LACMA Lab, and generating ideas through her time SpaceX, NASA, and CERN, and her work has been exhibited at the Taipei Biennial, Harvard Divinity School, and MASS MoCA. She is currently devoted to raising her young daughter, working in pastels, and helping people overcome trauma and open to spiritual awakening.

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Email: sussman [dot] rachel [at] gmail [dot] com

Instagram: @_sussman_

Guys, I don’t want to brag, but I’m making *a lot* of new friends upstate! A Wood turtle, Eastern red-spotted newt, common whitetail dragonfly (only the males have white tails. This little lady I rescued from inside the house) and of cour
Guys, I don’t want to brag, but I’m making *a lot* of new friends upstate! A Wood turtle, Eastern red-spotted newt, common whitetail dragonfly (only the males have white tails. This little lady I rescued from inside the house) and of course my favorite little wren nestling. Gracias Pachamama 🌿
A lovely little wren couple set up nest in one of my houseplants I put outside for the summer. I just happened to meander out during a break in the rain to find one of the chicks had prematurely jumped ship (or been pushed by a bossy sibling.) I put
A lovely little wren couple set up nest in one of my houseplants I put outside for the summer. I just happened to meander out during a break in the rain to find one of the chicks had prematurely jumped ship (or been pushed by a bossy sibling.) I put on some gloves and put it back in the nest. Only minutes later one of the parents was back with food. Phew!
Morning mood
Morning mood
Wow. Exactly fitting in these extreme times to stumble upon the beauty of multiple kaleidoscopes of butterflies...only on closer inspection to find that it was piles of dog poop they were congregating on. I looked up the species, and apparently their
Wow. Exactly fitting in these extreme times to stumble upon the beauty of multiple kaleidoscopes of butterflies...only on closer inspection to find that it was piles of dog poop they were congregating on. I looked up the species, and apparently their common name is “Baltimore” - my home town! (Latin name Euphydras phaeton, for those curious.) Their usual diet is nectar of milkweed, viburnum, and wild rose, so hopefully they’ll be out of the shit soon. 🦋💩🌸
I woke up this morning with some agitation in my body. Thankfully I remembered I can always go talk to Mother Nature about it
I woke up this morning with some agitation in my body. Thankfully I remembered I can always go talk to Mother Nature about it
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
Can you spot the forest friend in this picture? It took me a moment to find it again, and I was the one who took it. 🐸
Can you spot the forest friend in this picture? It took me a moment to find it again, and I was the one who took it. 🐸
Another drawing from the other day. Happy Monday 🌹
Another drawing from the other day. Happy Monday 🌹
Channeling some art-making 💫
Channeling some art-making 💫

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