Exhibitions in 2021
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 I’m delighted to say that one of my windowscape drawings was selected for the final exhibition. The exhibition was launched with a prize-giving ceremony on 29 September 2021 at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. The show will be open to the public at Trinity Buoy Wharf in November, dates to be confirmed, before starting its UK tour at Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, Wiltshire from 8 January to 5 March 2022.
Postcards for Perec a collection of images created in response to one of the 243 postcard messages written by Georges Perec to his friend Italo Calvino in 1978. It includes my postcard created in response to the message: ‘Our motel’s name is La Tagada. Peace and quiet, and all that. There’s a two-star place not far away where the guests are a bit much, boo sucks! Kisses.’ After a display at Bower Ashton Library, University of the West of England in July 2021, the show moved tto Winchester School of Art Library from Monday 16 September to Thursday 11 November 2021. A full digital catalogue is due to be published later in the year.
Timeframe – an HB Drawing group show at No Format Gallery, Deptford, London SE14 6BN in September included new work from me and eight other artists. Full details on the HB site here.
Open Studio, The Black Barn, Sandy Lane, Iken, Suffolk IP12 2HE over the late August Bank Holiday weekend included work by several HB artists and others. More on the HB website
Petri Dish Project at Tebbs Gallery, Spitalfields Street, London in August 2021 included my piece Kaleidoscope of Light. All the work is still available for view in a virtual gallery here and on the sale pages here (which I think is easier to view).
Figurative Art Now an online show celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Federation of British Artists included three of my drawings.
Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Open Exhibition 2020 my drawing ‘portakabins, Clapham Junction’ was selected for this show, which was available online and then finally in real life at the RWA in Bristol from February to April 2021.
Still available:
The Sea is Here several of my long-exposure photographs are featured in an art book on the theme of ‘absence as presence’ published in October 2020. For more information on the project, the artists involved and the book click here.
Found in Translation an HB Drawing group online show launched on 1 July 2020, showcasing selected work springing from our long-term project to ‘draw from drawings’, following the historical tradition of apprentices to the masters.
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Su is exploring her life-long interest in drawing, making books and textiles. Her work explores the connections between current and past selves, and the role of memory and construction in the narrative of our lives. In looking at the multiple ways we present ourselves, she is influenced by the perspective of being a twin: always together yet always separate.
She completed the MA Drawing course at UAL Wimbledon in September 2017, and previously studied under artists including: Jeanette Appleton, Clare Bryan, Sarah Bryant, Tony Hull and Lin Kerr.
She is a member of HB Drawing.
Previous Exhibitions
2020
Southwark Park Galleries 36th Annual Open Exhibition 2020 a large national online show, which included one of my On the Wings of the Morning diptychs
The Sea is Here several of my long-exposure photographs are featured in an art book on the theme of ‘absence as presence’ published in October 2020. For more information on the project, the artists involved and the book click here.
ING Discerning Eye 2020 my drawing ‘yellow flats, Trinity Buoy Wharf’ was selected for this show, in the section curated by David Remfrey RA.
Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Open Exhibition 2020 my drawing ‘portakabins, Clapham Junction’ was selected for this show which was online in 2020 but due to be open in real life in 2021.
Found in Translation an HB Drawing group online show launched on 1 July 2020, showcasing selected work springing from our long-term project to ‘draw from drawings’, following the historical tradition of apprentices to the masters.
Diana Armfield Memorial Competition Exhibition at the Barn Church, Kew TW9 4HF from Tuesday 25 February to Sunday 1 March 2020.
2019
Snapshot – an HB Drawing group show at NoFormat Gallery, Deptford, London SE14 6BN. See images on the HB Drawing website here.
Hollow Chambers, Crypt Gallery, Euston Road, London NW1 2BA
Signature Art Prize 2018/19, Trinity Art Gallery, London City Island, E14 – finalist
2018
Seven Artists at Sevenoaks – new work inspired by the British Museum Archives, Kaleidscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent: see more on the HB Drawing site
Elbow Room vol 19 August 2018 includes my photographic work. You can buy it online here.
Derwent Art Prize 2018, Mall Galleries, London SW1 – shortlisted
Dissecting the Archive, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
Open Studios, The Black Barn, Sandy Lane, Iken, Suffolk IP12 2HE
My Muybridge, Kingston Museum, Kingston, Surrey
Kingston Artists Open Studios, Hawks Road Studios, Kingston, Surrey
SFSA Drawing Open 2018, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London SE8
2017
Reflections and Transformations, part of Merton Arts Festival 2017, 26 Paces Gallery, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
Unframed – work inspired by the British Museum Prints and Drawings Department, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
MA Summer Show, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
Exclusive Preview – for one night only!, Centre for Drawing, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
Kingston Artists Open Studios, Hawks Road Studios, Kingston, Surrey
New Perspectives, Centre for Recent Drawing, London N1
Same Difference, Cass Artspace, Kingston, Surrey
2016
Drawn Together, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent
In the Frame, Wimbledon College of Arts, London SW19
Out of Line, Centre for Recent Drawing, London N1
2015
We All Draw @UAL, The Bargehouse, London SE1
Becoming a Line, solo project, The Bargehouse, London SE1
2014
Artists Books, Riverside Gallery, Richmond, Surrey
Collections:
Winchester School of Art Library, Artists’ Book Collection
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