Susan P Healey was born in London where she currently lives and works.  She studied art and design at Watford School of Art and Leeds Polytechnic in the 1970s and went on to develop a textiles-based practice alongside a full-time corporate career.

In 2005 Susan made the move into a full-time art practice, in support of which she returned to part-time higher education and she is currently studying at Central Saint Martins and Goldsmiths in London.