I’ve spent my life making things, taking them apart, and paying attention to how they work. That habit started early—long before it was professional—and it’s shaped how I approach problems: with curiosity, patience, and a tolerance for complexity.

I was born in the Far East, educated in England, and have lived and worked across the UK, Europe, and the US. I now live in Chicago. Moving between places, disciplines, and ways of thinking has reinforced a way of working that feels natural to me: noticing patterns, holding multiple threads at once, and staying steady when things are in transition.

I’m particularly good at seeing structure where things feel messy—what matters, what’s noise, and where energy is being lost. Over the past decade, much of my work has been alongside artists and writers, helping them untangle stuck projects, competing ideas, and the practical decisions that sit between intention and execution.

My own way of thinking doesn’t thrive on rigid systems, which is why I’m attentive to overload, distraction, and friction that can complicate creative work. I bring a well-tested set of tools, but more importantly, a way of thinking shaped by a lifetime of making, questioning, and working things through.

Hi, I’m Sue Pitkin, artist, writer and professional solution finder.