Welcome listeners to 5 Questions: A Critical Mass for the Visual Arts Podcast in which we ask 5 questions of our interviewees aimed at positioning and contextualizing their respective bodies of work within the St. Louis artworld.This episode we’re talking with Sue Giannotti.
Sue Giannotti is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the founder of Mosaic Opus Studio, near St. Louis, Missouri, where she creates original mosaic artworks and architectural commissions. Originally trained in Italy, Sue uses the ancient tools, materials, and techniques of mosaic—including individually cutting and setting each tessera— to create contemporary mosaic work. Her work has been exhibited and collected in the US and internationally, including France, Italy, Japan and Australia. In 2026, she had an installation of her sculptural mosaics at St Louis Lambert airport and she demo’d mosaic technique at the St. Louis Art Museum. She’s been a visiting artist instructor at The Chicago Mosaic School since 2005 and has juried multiple international exhibitions.
- Why art? Why create?
- Where should your work live, where does it live?
- What do you want for St. Louis and its people?
- What do you wish someone would ask you about your work?
- What are you building towards?
5 Questions is a program by Critical Mass for the Visual Arts – a nonprofit, self-formed visual arts collaborative dedicated to promoting, enhancing and initiating contemporary visual art in the St. Louis region.
With Sue Giannotti and Joe Kohlburn
Editor – Sarah Hammond
Producer – Brett Williams
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