Suzanne Cotter has held directorial and senior curatorial positions in museums around the world, including Director of the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg (MUDAM), Luxembourg, Director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto (Portugal), Senior Curator for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation New York, Deputy Director and Senior Curator of Modern Art Oxford (UK), and Curator at the Hayward Gallery, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, and the Serpentine Gallery, London. In 2011, Suzanne curated with Rasha Salti the 10th Sharjah Biennial in the United Arab Emirates.

Throughout her career, Suzanne has worked with some of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and is widely published on their work. She has participated in numerous international contemporary art panels and juries including the Turner Prize, the Hugo Boss Prize and the Pinchuk Prize. A Board member of CIMAM (International Committee for Modern and Contemporary Art Museums) from 2016 until 2025, Suzanne chaired the Outstanding Museum Practices Award steering committee and chaired the Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice working group. She currently sits on the Boards of Mophradat, an independent cultural agency that supports artists from the Arab world, and Museums and Galleries NSW.

Through her work with contemporary artists her contributions to culture have been recognised. In 2005 Suzanne was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Government. In 2021 she was awarded the Chevalier de l’Order de la Couronne la Chêne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Cavaliere Osi (Ordine Della Stella D’Italia) awarded by the Republic of Italy.