Naoe Suzuki

Naoe Suzuki (she/her) works as an Administrative Coordinator for the Fine Arts Library. She supports library’s daily operations and manages many aspects of publicity efforts for the Fine Arts Library (FAL). Naoe works as a co-organizer for the FAL's Tumblr and Instagram accounts. She is a Green Team member at Harvard. Upon arriving at the Fine Arts Library in 2016, she has previously worked as the Operations Coordinator at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public School and as the Program Administrator for the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts at Brandeis University.

Naoe is a Japanese American visual artist. Her creative practice includes drawing, installation, photography, and video. Language is a recurring thread in her work. She was awarded grants from Massachusetts Cultural Council (2022, 2006 & 2001,) Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Puffin Foundation (2023 & 2013), and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2013 & 2004.) Her residency fellowships include Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Blue Mountain Center, MacDowell, Millay Colony for the Arts, Jentel, Studios at MASS MoCA, and Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan. Suzuki was an Artist-in-Residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in 2016–2017. She received an MFA in Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1997.

Naoe received MFA in Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1997, and BA in Art from Bridgewater State University with double minors in Dance and Women's Studies in 1992. 

Her website is www.naoesuzuki.com