Susan Hudson

Susan Hudson (born 1957 or 1958) is an American and Navajo Nation quilter. A 2024 National Heritage Fellow, she works on ledger art quilts with historical narratives, focusing on Navajo history.

Biography Hudson was born in 1957 or 1958 in East Los Angeles, California to the Deeshchíí'nii clan. before doing so for her children. In 2019, she won the Autry Museum of the American West Judge's Choice Award. She also co-founded the Navajo Quilt Project, a non-governmental organization which supplies Navajo Nation elders with donated fabric. International Quilt Museum, Museum of Riverside, and the National Museum of the American Indian.

Outside of art, Hudson also works as a federal government employee; regarding any issues with discussing political subjects under that status, she told the Navajo Times in 2019: "It's art. They can’t say anything."

An enrolled Navajo Nation citizen,