Suzanne Tick

Suzanne Tick (born 1959) is an American textile artist and designer. She is recognized for her recycled textiles and low-waste designs in woven and 3D knitted fabric. She has developed glass, floor coverings, upholstery, and wallpaper products for the architecture and interiors industry. Her work is informed by nature, technology, craft, and human ingenuity. Tick is based in New York City.

Early life and education

Suzanne Tick was born in Bloomington, Illinois in 1959. Her father was a third-generation recycler and ran The Morris Tick Co. "There was no question that was my trajectory," she has said. "There was always clay. I had a welder by the time I was 12." and an Associate Degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Career Suzanne Tick began her career working with American textile designer Boris Kroll. Tick was the design director for textile brands such as Gieger (formerly Brickel) and Unika Vaev.

She was creative director at KnollTextiles (1996–2005) and a contributing designer (2005–2010). She developed post-consumer fiber fabrics and the first solution-dyed textile. She introduced biodegradable fibers into commercial fabrics. As a partner of Skyline Design, she designed several etched-glass collections. She was also the design director at Tarkett for commercial flooring and carpeting (2005–2024). She has received awards including the IIDA Titan Award (2013). She was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers in 2022

Art practice Tick's work emphasizes the transformation of materials. In her artwork, Tick turns discarded materials into large-scale woven sculptures and conceptual textile installations that address memory, ritual, spirituality, and environmentalism. She was previously represented by Cristina Grajales Gallery. Textile Design Now, Centre du Design, Montreal, Canada, 2023 Textile Month, Textile Month NYC, New York, NY, 2020 Venice Design, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2019 Material Meaning, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA, 2019 Design Miami/Basel, Cristina Grajales Gallery, Basel, Switzerland, 2012 Design Life Now, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Triennial, New York, NY, 2006

Awards

Interior Design Hall of Fame, 2023 ASID Honorary Fellow, 2022 IIDA Titan Award, 2013