Susan Collis
Susan Collis (born 1956) is a British artist working in Hackney, London.
Early life and education
Collis studied sculpture, gaining a BA(Hons) in 2000 at the Chelsea School of Art, London and a MA from the Royal College of Art in 2002.[1]
Current works
Her works feature pieces that at first glance appear ordinary and unexceptional... until the viewer lingers or leans in closer. "The Oyster's Our World", 2004 at first appears to be a well used wooden step ladder but closer inspection reveals the paint drips and splatters to be carefully inlaid mother of pearl, coral, fresh water and cultured pearls, white opal, and diamond.
She won a British Cement Association Award in 2001, the Pizza Express Prospects Contemporary Drawing Prize[2] and the Jerwood Student Drawing Prize in 2002.[3]
Notable exhibitions
- 2002 Arcadia In the City, Marble Hill House and Grounds, Twickenham
- 2002 Notably, Pump House Gallery, London
- 2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Touring Exhibition
- 2003 Gobbledygook, The Centre of Attention Gallery, London
- 2003 40 White Chairs, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, London
- 2003 Engineer, Beaconsfield Gallery, London (Solo)
- 2004 Emergency, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
- 2004 Free From the Itch of Desire, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
- 2004 I know all about you - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (Solo)
- 2005 Chronic Epoch, Beaconsfield Gallery, London
- 2005 Taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth
- 2005 Thy Neighbours Ox II, Space Station 65 Gallery, London
- 2005 Arttextiles3, Touring Exhibition
- 2005 Oriel Mostyn Open 2005, Llandudno, Wales (Winner)
- 2005 Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London
- 2005 The Vinyl Project, Cork, Curated by Simon Cutts for Cork City of Culture
- 2006 Brownfield, Lounge Gallery, London
- 2006 Seventeen Presents…, Seventeen
- 2006 Until it makes sense, Seventeen
- 2006 Until it makes sense, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
- 2007 Don’t get your hopes up, Seventeen
- 2007 Out of the Ordinary, The V&A, London
Notes and references
- ↑ "Biography" on V&A site Retrieved 19 November 2007
- ↑ "Engineer - Part Two, Susan Collis", Art Daily, 7 October 2003. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ Lucinda Holmes (November 2007) "Susan Collis: Out of the ordinary", a-n.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
External links
- 'Susan Collis: So it goes', Austin Chronicle, 1 July 2011
- "The Oyster's Our World"
- "Made Good"
- V&A Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft
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