Sue Benner Jett

Place: Milwaukee

Born: 1952

Biography:

Sue Benner is a textile artist and teacher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. She was born in 1952 and has been creating internationally recognized textile and quilt art from her Dallas, Texas studio since the 1980s. Her work is represented in many private, institutional, and corporate collections, including site-specific commissions for various museums and US embassies. Benner has won several awards for her work, including the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year in 2002. She has also been a juror for Quilt National and has lectured and taught workshops nationally and internationally in the fields of surface design, textile collage, fused quilt construction, and artistic inspiration. Benner's artwork is inspired by her education in molecular biology and biomedical illustration, and she creates complex dyed and painted textiles combined with recycled fabrics to form collaged fields of pattern, color, and beauty. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, including the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, National Quilt Museum, Neville Public Museum, and the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art. Benner is well known for her communications skills and her ability to bring her knowledge of design and technique to the classroom experience. She is married to J. Craig Jett and has two grown sons, Kellan and Calder Jett.