Suzanne Glémot is an artist and bookbinder living and working in Iowa City, IA. She earned her MFA from the University of Iowa Center for the Book in the spring of 2020, where she concentrated her studies in bookbinding and letterpress printing. She makes one-of-a-kind artist books and boxes, and produces limited edition books and broadsides under the imprint Stoat and Heather Press.
Through her time at the University of Iowa, Suzanne is additionally trained in book conservation and preservation. After her graduate studies, she moved to Washington, DC, to work as a conservation technician for the Library of Congress, in the Conservation Division’s General Collections Conservation Section. She recently returned to Iowa City to join the Collections Care and Conservation department at the University of Iowa Libraries, and to restart her bindery.
Suzanne has been the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship and a grant from the Caxton Club, among other awards. Her work can be found in public collections such as the Library of Congress, Penn State Libraries’ Special Collections, and Washington University in St. Louis’ Department of Special Collections. She exhibits nationally in juried and group shows.
Originally from France, Suzanne holds an MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa and a BA in Studio Art from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.