Suling read Economics and Law at Cambridge and subsequently studied for a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School where she now sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council. She has set up a scholarship for Students in the Arts at HLS. She practiced corporate law with major firms in the US, UK and Singapore.
Suling’s interest in art spans contemporary art, Asian art, photography and design. In 2013, she co-founded the Cambridge Art Residency at Girton College, which encourages engagement between practising artists and members of the college community to understand and become involved in art.
She is a Patron of the Tate, served as Chair of Tate Patrons and is a member of Tate’s Photography Acquisition Committee. She is on the Kettle’s Yard Committee and is a member of the Global Council of Delfina Foundation. Suling is also a Patron of the Contemporary Art Society, Design Museum and Royal Opera House and supports the Royal Academy, Hayward Gallery in London, the National Gallery in Singapore, and various institutions in the US. She is on the committees of the CAS Frieze fund prize and the Camden Art Centre’s Frieze Emerging artist prize among other similar support.