 Museums and galleries across the United States and London have exhibited Bocanegra's works.Her work "Bodycast, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Frances McDormand" was presented as part of the 2013 Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.A native of Houston, Texas, Bocanegra is an alumna of the University of Texas and the San Francisco Art Institute, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1979) and a Master of Fine Arts (1984) respectively.