‘Anyone can pick up a brush. Not everyone can transport you with it.’
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Susan Schmidt is a fine arts painter and graphic designer making the transition from award winning
illustrator to fine artist painting at an easel while raising a young family.
Since 1998 Susan has successfully exhibited her works nationally in solo and selected exhibitions and
since 2012 internationally in ‘The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition’ 2012, ‘The
Story of the Creative’ and ‘Creatives Rising’ 2013 and ‘Take Over Times Square’ 2014 in New York,
‘The Asia Contemporary Art Show’ 2012, 2013 in Hong Kong, SCOPE see.me ‘Art Takes Miami’ 2013,
Contemporary Istanbul 2014 and Art San Diego 2015. Susan Schmidt currently resides in Noosa
Heads, Australia and her works are represented in public and private collections worldwide.
Artist Statement
My belief in the connectedness of all life, responsibility for the natural environment and concern for
sustainable living is the underpinning of my work.
Works are Contemporary Realism punctuated with subtle abstract elements and surprises that allow
the energy and underlying essence to emerge, achieving an organic quality echoing transience, loss
and memory.
‘Seaburbia’ is a continuing series exploring the cultural memory and heritage of the quintessential
Australian beach house and the value of a more simple way of life.
Painted in acrylic and oil, patterned, layered, sanded and glazed the works achieve a weatherworn
texture recalling the erosion of matter over time and the exquisite residues of nostalgia and decay.
Composed from my own photographs, referencing memories and reminiscing retro colour I am
documenting the essence of coastal living lost to time and development.
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SUSAN SCHMIDT – CV
Qualifications
1993-now Visual Arts Practice
1981-1993 Freelance Illustrator/Designer, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane
1978-1980 School of Art and Craft, Adelaide SA
Exhibitions - solo and selected
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Singapore Contemporary (solo artist) Singapore
Art San Diego (solo artist) USA
Fibro Coast Exhibition Bribie Island Seaside Museum, QLD, Australia
Local Content Art Prize (finalist) Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
Contemporary Istanbul (selected) Turkey
see.me Takeover Times Square (selected) New York, USA
Fibro Coast Exhibition University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, QLD, Australia
Fibro Coast Exhibition Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD, Australia
SCOPE see.me Art Takes Miami (selected) Miami, USA
Seaburbia Art2Muse, Sydney NSW, Australia
Asia Contemporary Art Show (self-represented) Hong Kong
see.me Creatives Rising (selected) New York, USA
Seaburbia Kartspace Gallery, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
see.me The Story of the Creative (selected) New York, USA
Asia Contemporary Art Show (self-represented) Hong Kong
27th Chelsea International Art Competition (selected) New York, USA
Sunshine Coast Art Prize (finalist) QLD, Australia
Seaburbia Sydney Art Show (solo artist) NSW, Australia
Kenilworth Art Prize (finalist) QLD, Australia
Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2011 (finalist) QLD, Australia
Seaburbia Art Sydney (solo artist )NSW, Australia
Seaburbia The Studio - Art Melbourne(selected) VIC, Australia
'Up the Coast', Sunshine Coast Heritage Collections (invitation) QLD, Australia
Seaburbia The Studio - Art Sydney (selected) NSW, Australia
Balmain Art and Craft Show (feature artist) NSW, Australia
Kenilworth Art Prize (finalist) QLD, Australia
River Neo Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
Streetscapes Neo Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
The Mayors Prize (finalist) Kenilworth-Maroochy Art Prize QLD, Australia
Rivers and Reeds Noosa Regional Gallery QLD, Australia
Latest Works Artbank Studio, Kin Kin QLD, Australia
Images of Cape York and T.I Sheraton Noosa Resort QLD, Australia
Postcards from Noosa (invitation) Cooroy Butter Factory QLD, Australia
Five days on Fraser Sheraton Noosa Resort QLD, Australia
Noosa Bay Series Sheraton Noosa Resort QLD, Australia
Indigenous Series Noosa Council Library QLD, Australia
Indigenous Series Artbank Studio, Kin Kin QLD, Australia
Pandanus, primal seed, savage splendour Framed Darwin Gallery NT, Australia
Collections
BraMa Boxhagener-Berlin, Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital, Sunshine Coast University
Hospital, NewsWhistle-Hong Kong, Rydges Darwin Airport Inn, Rydges Darwin Airport Resort,
Sheraton Noosa Resort, Cairns International Resort, Grand Pacific Resort-Caloundra
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