I am extremely excited and proud to announce that the grand reopening of The Studio Museum in Harlem will include an exhibition designed, produced, and installed by Software Studios.
The exhibition is titled ‘To Be A Place’ and is a visual historical timeline of the museum from its inception in 1968, to the present day construction of its new building. It includes over 200 reproductions of photographs and documents throughout the museum’s over 50 year history.
I want to extend a big thank you and congratulations to Habiba Hopson, the former Senior Curatorial Assistant, and her team for trusting us to complete this massive undertaking in a relatively short amount of time under a tight deadline. It was such a pleasure to work with her and Abigail Gordon, the Studio Museum Curatorial Fellow, on this exhibition and the countless hours on Zoom and in Figma to get this done.
I’d also like to give a big thank you to the Software Studios team: Chris Cunningham, Jenny Zhang, Alice Gong, and Mark Jayson Quines for providing and unimaginable amount of hard work and dedication to make this all come together as beautifully as it did and have fun doing it along the way.
Please go visit the museum when you get the chance. There are many other incredible exhibitions populating the building including Tom Lloyd who was the first artist to exhibit at The Studio Museum’s original location back in 1969!
Additional thanks to the Studio Museum team:
Connie Choi - Curator
Natasha Logan - Chief Program Officer
Yelena Keller - Assistant Curator
Corey Durbin - Head Art Preparator
Troy Vasilakis - Senior Graphic Designer
Meg Whiteford - Managing Editor
Vita Kurland - Archivist
Lila Milgrom - Archivist
This was such a big project I had to post 20 photos for this one. Scroll to the end for install / process shots.
More to come!
Justin Suazo
Software Studios
Owner and Lead Designer
This Thursday, ‘The Process of Healing’ a group photo exhibition will be opening at our studio building in Brooklyn.
The Process of Healing
Opening Thursday October 23, 2025
6pm-9pm
154 Scott Ave. # 316
Brooklyn NY 11237
Show will be up through Nov 1
All works were generously printed by Software Studios
Poster Design: @m.lasuardi + @mellow.mal
In August, I received an email from the Margaret Morton Archive to produce a silk print for an exhibition they were organizing of her work.
Unknown to them, Margaret had been my first year professor at Cooper Union in 2010 and I told them it would be an honor to print her work for this show.
The first email turned into a phone call, which turned into a meeting which turned into many meetings. Fast forward two months and I ended up scanning, printing, and installing all of her works that will be in the show that’s opening this Thursday at Interference Archive in Gowanus.
The show is titled ‘Through Padlocks, Behind Barricades’ and it primarily focuses on Margaret’s work from her book ‘Glass House’ a collection of photographs and interviews she conducted in 1993 from Glass House, a squat in the LES on Avenue D. Her work is accompanied by ephemera from that time period about squatting and the housing crisis which were pulled from Interference Archive, amongst other sources.
Margaret received her MFA from Yale in 1977 and started teaching at Cooper Union in 1980. She became a full-time faculty member in 1985 and spent over 35 years living on E. 10th St while teaching at Cooper. She influenced decades of graphic designers and photographers including myself.
Margaret passed away in 2020 from Leukemia at age 71 and this will be the first time her work is being shown since her untimely death.
I have very fond memories of Margaret as a professor, she had a very unique and wispy aura, a calming voice with sharp responses. She was dedicated to craft, something I really admired about her and her teaching style and was always very warm and encouraging. She is missed and I hope her work and legacy will live on far beyond our years.
The team at the Margaret Morton Archive and the volunteers at Interference Archive have put a lot of work and dedication to make this show happen.
Please come by!
The book will be available for purchase at the show.
‘Through Padlocks, Beyond Barricades’
Opening Reception: Thursday October 16
6pm-9pm at Interference Archive
314 7th St. Brooklyn, NY
Gowanus
Show will be up through Jan 5th.
@interferencearchive
Show documentation from ‘Shirley Shung, 1978’ on February 15th, 2025 at my studio in Brooklyn.
My mom shot all of these photos in 1978 on 35mm black and white film during her studies at Cornell in Ithaca, NY. She was the school’s yearbook photographer and documented much of the student life there. In this selection from her 3rd year portfolio, she captures the raw creative energy of frat parties and student life, she was 21 years old at the time.
For this show I reproduced 17 of her photographs from scans of the original prints and mounted them on dibond. The largest piece in the show is an enlarged photograph of my mom dressed as a geisha during a halloween party printed on silk and stretched on a custom wood stretcher. All the work was produced at my print shop @software_studios
I’m starting an archive page of her work @shirley.shung.archive in tandem with my grandfather’s photography archive page @joe.shung.archive - please follow along ~ more to come!
I love you mom, happy mother’s day ~ miss you xoxo 🤍
Tomorrow is my mom’s birthday and I’m putting together a small exhibition of her photography work from 1978 in her memory at my studio. Would love to see you there.
Shirley Shung, 1978
Saturday
February 15, 2025
4pm - 6pm
154 Scott Ave.
Third Floor
Brooklyn NY 11237
Details from an edition of fine art prints for Sarah Lim ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ: * :･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
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Artist: Sarah Lim (@eslim_ )
Paper: Hahnemuhle Bright White Photo Rag (310gsm)
Sizes: 11x14, 12x16, 18x24 (Inches)
Method: Archival Inkjet Pigment Print
Printed by Software Studios (@software_studios )
New York, December 2024
I’d like to dedicate this post in loving memory of my mom, Shirley Shung-Suazo. (1957-2024)
I owe a lot to this woman. There would be no Software Studios without her.
When I was growing up she had such a huge impact on me creatively. She introduced me to the worlds of graphic design, photography, fashion and architecture.
My mom was such a bad ass, she studied fashion design and photography at Cornell in 1975, retouched photos for Irving Penn in 1979, and was as an art director for Liz Claiborne for almost a decade in New York in the 1980’s.
She taught me so much about color, layout, print, detail, play, and beauty. She had an extensive book collection on art, graphic design and photography she shared with me and always inspired me to create and think differently.
I wanted to share this piece I made in her honor. It’s a photo of her from 1977 when she was at Cornell, printed on a sheer silk georgette. I made a custom wood frame to delicately stretch it on.
I know this instagram hasn’t been that active the last 4 years, a lot has gone down since 2020 but Software Studios is still here, lots to share and update everyone on, sometimes it’s good to take a break from this app. Starting to feel a bit more social these days so keep an eye out for more posts. 🤍
With Love,
@justin_suazo
Founder of Software Studios
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Mom 1977, 40” x 53”, Reactive dye inkjet print on silk georgette, by Justin Suazo
ACEMO ACTUALIZATION!!! we produced a limited edition of @acemo merch of two of his latest releases. Mind Jungle and Existential. Available only in our online store :P
