Bio


Suma CM’s artwork and handmade greeting cards have been featured over the years at specialty shops in Philadelphia, New York City, and London, including the A.I.A. Bookstore, Borders Books, Takashimaya, the Pierpont Morgan Library Shop and Shepherds Bookbinders. She enjoys working in watercolor, collage, oil, and digital media.
            Suma has been an exhibiting member at the Rowayton Arts Center and is a past member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society. Her work is included in Archisketcher (North Light Books) by Simone Ridyard.
            A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Suma has a degree in cultural anthropology with minors in fine arts and psychology as well as an MBA from the Wharton School. She is a Head of Content Strategy at Google in Mountain View, California. Suma’s travel and business writing has appeared in various print and online publications, including Frommers.com and Knowledge@Wharton. She has served on the board of directors for the Merritt Parkway Conservancy and the Rowayton Arts Center. She also served as the secretary on the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers and still serves on its Advisory Board.


Events & Exhibitions

Plein Air Convention and Expo, San Francisco, CA, 2019 (faculty member)

Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, CA, 2019 (juried artist)

Central Coast Plein Air Painters, hosted by Wargin Wines, Watsonville, CA
"Art, Love & Wine," Feb 1-March 22, 2019, juror Erika Perloff


Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
"The Great American West," 2018, juror Halcyon Teed


Los Gatos Plein Air, Los Gatos, CA, 2017 (jury selected artist)

Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
"Summer Exposure," 2017


Santa Clara County Parks, San Jose, CA
"Plein Air Art in the Park," 2017 (Awards: 3rd Place, Plein Air; Honorable Mention, Quick Draw)

Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
Members Exhibition: "Marine & Coastal," 2014

Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
"Small Works," 2014

Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
"Focus Under 40," 2014, juror Mari Gyorgyey (Awards: 2nd Place and 3rd Place, Drawing/Sculpture/Mixed Media)

Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
15th Annual Vivian and Stanley Reed Marine Show, 2014, juror Christy Gallagher

Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
97th Annual Exhibition, 2014, juror Cara Manes

Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
"Inspiration," 2014, juror Claudia Mengel

Burrison Gallery at the University Club, University of Pennsylvania
Homecoming Alumni Art Exhibition, 2013

Connecticut Watercolor Society, New Haven, CT
73rd Annual Exhibition, 2013, juror John Falato

Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
"40 Under 40," 2013, juror Mark Macrides

Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
"Faces and Figures," 2013, juror Eddie Nino

Blu Parrot (restaurant exhibit), Westport, CT, 2012-2013

Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Group Members Juried Exhibition, "Love: In the Eye of the Beholder," 2011, curator David Kiehl

Connecticut Watercolor Society, New Haven, CT
71st Annual Exhibition, 2011, juror Jerry Weiss

Art at the Ferguson, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
SAA Library Show, “Stamford,” 2010-2011

Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Group Members Juried Exhibition, “Summer,” 2010, curator Alexandra Munroe

Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
“Faraway Places,” 2010 (Award: Honorable Mention)

Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“Season’s Greetings: Artists’ Holiday Cards,” 1998-1999, curator Sylvia Yount

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fine Arts Dept. Senior Undergraduate Exhibition, “The Cut,” 1996

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Student Gallery, “?#!@*: A Show of Abstract Art,” 1994

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Student Gallery, “ME? Explorations in Self-Portraiture,” 1994