Rahman is married to theatre director, producer and playwright, Frank Wicks, best known for his Civil War play, Soldier Come Home.
Sukanya Rahman carries on the Indian dance tradition of her grandmother, Ragini Devi, and her mother, Indrani.
She has toured internationally both in her solo program, performing the Kuchipudi, Orissi, and Bharata Natyam dance styles, and in joint concerts with Indrani.
Under a grant from the Maine Humanities Council, Sukanya toured her program "Feminine Images in the Myth, Art and Dance of India: 4,000 Years of Hindu Expression of the Woman.
These works are full of movement yet always achieve a careful balance, while Rahman’s palette reflects her multiple influences living between India, the United States and Mexico" - Peter Nagy, Curator, UAF II[26] "Sukanya Rahman’s collages have much to recommend them… hers is an art of layering, of pulling together diverse sources, high and low, with no distinctions made" - Holland Cotter, The New York Times[4] "What is George Harrison doing at the battlefield of Kurukshetra?
The Taliban and Burkha-clad women, Buster Keaton, and Mother India crushing British rulers under her feet are all there.