Susie Kozawa

Susie Kozawa, a sound artist, composer and performer, works mostly with sound collages and site-specific installations, in which the gathering of sounds is a primary activity. She explores different acoustic spaces using musical instruments she makes out of found objects, kelp, modified toys and human voice. She creates live sound design for dance and theater productions. She was a founding member of Aono Jikken Ensemble.

New Media Gallery 2023-24 (with Brigid Kelly and Alex MacInnis): Tokio Florist Is an Instrument

Artist Support Program 2008 (with Erin Shie Palmer): Recorded letters written by Asian American immigrants for a permanent sound and sculpture installation for the new Wing Luke Asian Museum.

Exhibits
Susie Kozawa holding a small mechanical object in a room with dark wood and stained glass.

Brigid Kelly, Susie Kozawa, and Alex MacInnis | Tokio Florist Project READ MORE >

Susie Kozawa and Jesse Minkert | Nearly Seen, Closely Heard READ MORE >

Sound Clips
  • Meditations on Water
    City Meditation Crew and Susie Kozawa - Pier 56
  • Susie Kozawa at JS 50
  • Coincidentiae Mirabiles album cover
    Jeph Jerman, Dave Knott, Susie Kozawa, Miroslaw Rajkowski, Mike Shannon - Singuli Tur Ad Astra
Education Projects

Blind Youth Audio Project 2012 READ MORE >

Blind Youth Audio Project 2015 READ MORE >

Zack Bent: Lean-out, Lean-to READ MORE >