SUSANNE TABET

About the Artist

Susanne Tabet creates large-scale, semi-abstract paintings that celebrate femininity in all its forms. She challenges traditional perspectives in art and culture by portraying women as individuals with their own agency and experiences rather than objects of desire. Through this work, she aims to offer a distinct perspective on the female experience.

Tabet is inspired by the Abstract Expressionists and experiments with a diverse and unconventional color palette to evoke moods and emotions. She wants to amplify the female voice through unapologetically bold colors and dynamic compositions. Her subjects often gaze back at the viewer as embodiments of strength, courage, and autonomy. 

The act of painting itself is a significant component of Tabet’s practice. She applies spontaneous brushstrokes, building up layers of paint to create a tactile and visually engaging surface with texture and depth. Her final works often border on abstraction, with unrecognizable elements that invite diverse perspectives and reject prescriptive, fixed meanings. She strives to enable viewers to engage with her paintings in a way that is personal and meaningful to them.

Tabet works in Northern Virginia and has participated in local group exhibitions in Falls Church and Arlington and in San Antonio, Texas and West Chester, PA. She is affiliated with Falls Church Arts and has been a Touchstone artist since January 2024.