Susan Budge (b 1959) is an American ceramic sculptor who was born in

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. She received a BFA in ceramics from

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in 1983, an MA from the

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in 1987, and an MFA from the

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in 1999. She taught at

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in Houston,

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, and the

, where she became a tenured full professor and Head of Ceramics. Budge is best known for her ''Eye Spy'' sculptures which are abstract and usually monochromatic, except for the presence of a realistic human eye. ''Eye Spy Eros'' from 2010, in the collection of the

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, is an example and demonstrates how the eye can render an otherwise abstract form vaguely anthropomorphic. The

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(Sedalia, Missouri), the

, the

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Art Museum (Flagstaff, Arizona), the

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(San Angelo, Texas), the

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, the

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(Corpus Christi), and the

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are among the public collections holding works by Susan Budge.The artist's website
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The artist's website
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