susie mendelsson
46 old barrack road, woodbridge, suffolk ip12 4et
susie@susiemendelsson.co.uk
www.susiemendelsson.co.uk
07866 470444
education
MA in Fine Art (with Merit) – Coventry University
Teaching Diploma in Art – University of Haifa, Israel
BA Honours, Graphic Design (upper 2nd) – Manchester Metropolitan University
forthcoming exhibitions
2014
Embrace Arts, University of Leicester – group exhibition, ‘Speaking Out’, Jan – Mar 2014
Frame Workshop and Gallery, Ipswich – solo exhibition, April 2014
selected solo exhibitions
2011
2010
2006
2005
2004
Woodbridge Library, Woodbridge, Suffolk – ‘Inner landscapes, Untold stories’
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal – ‘Inner lives : Unguarded moments’
jgallery, Moulton, Northants. – ‘Inner lives : Unguarded moments’
Warwick University, Library Gallery – ‘She’
The Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa – ‘Walks of Life’
Courtyard Gallery, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry – ‘Observing the Shoppers’
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester – ‘Observing the Shoppers’
selected group exhibitions
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2002
2001
Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich – ‘Soul Perspective’, White Spirit Arts
Suffolk Open Studios, Blackthorpe Barn – annual showcase
Brighton Open, Brighton Festival Fringe – modern magnetic art on the streets
Frame Workshop and Gallery, Ipswich – ‘The Discarded Made Beautiful’
Frame Workshop and Gallery, Ipswich – Winter Exhibition 2010
Artlink, Centre for Community Arts, Hull – Artlink Mini Print Exhibition
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum – Coventry Arts Consortium Annual Exhibition (commended)
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry
Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Machado Gallery, Barford, Warwickshire – Summer Show
Warwickshire School of Arts, Leamington Spa – LSA & AMA Summer Show
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery, Floor One Gallery – AMA Autumn Exhibition
Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa – Leamington Studio of Artists
New London Synagogue, London – 7th Summer Exhibition
Civic Hall , Stratford-upon-Avon– Vis-u-al Arts Exhibition
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa – Showcase for Arts Week
Warwick Hospital – Warwickshire Arts Week ‘Walks of Life’
The Custard Factory, Birmingham – ‘Unwrapped’
The City Gallery, Leicester – ‘Observation and Abstraction’
Warwick University, Butterworth Hall – The 5th Palliative Care Congress ‘In Honour
of My Father’
RBSA Gallery, Birmingham – ‘Risking It’ (AMA)
Bridge House Theatre, Warwick School – ‘Encounters’ (AMA)
Coventry School of Art & Design, Coventry University – ‘5+3’
prizes, competitions and open submission exhibitions
2011
2009
2008
UCS Waterfront Building, Ipswich – Ipswich Art Society Annual Open
Topolski Century, South Bank, London – ‘How far can we reach?’ (three-day art festival)
Smiths Row, Bury St. Edmunds – Suffolk Showcase 2011
La Galleria, Pall Mall, London – Parallax AF showcase
The Gallery, Stoke Newington, London – ‘I-SHO: I’S SHES HERS and OURS’, feminist art show
London Underground, Liverpool Street Station – Body Of Art/ Art Below Virtual Gallery
The Art Corner, Fallowfield, Manchester – Desire and Repulsion
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby – Rugby Open
Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton – The Fishmarket Art Fair 08
Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol – 156 Autumn Exhibition
2007
Corn Exchange, Newbury – New Greenham Arts Open ‘In Common’
View From the Top Gallery, Nottingham – Danse Macabre Annual Exhibition
The Theatre Royal & Link Gallery, Winchester – Women’s Work Art Group ‘Inside Out’
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa – Leamington Open
Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – Birmingham Open
residencies
2012
ALAS summer residency, Matt Roberts Arts, London
publications
2013
2012
2010
2008
2006
2001
Artspace, the journal of Leamington Studio Artists, Summer 2013 – ‘Figurative art: questioning
definitions’
On-line article at www.representart.com – ‘Figurative art: questioning definitions’
ALAS Group Residency book – ‘This is not the gallery’
Catalogue: ‘Inner lives : Unguarded moments’ – includes essay by Dr. Sanda Miller
Blank Media Collective, Manchester – ‘BlankPages 8’ ezine (collaboration as ‘CS Mendelbury’)
Arts+Media Training, Coventry – ‘SmartArt: Twelve artists (Is anyone else out there?)’
Blank Media Collective, Manchester – ‘Blank Media Presents #3’, DVD Production
Artspace, the Journal of Leamington Studio Artists, Spring 2006 – ‘Walks of Life’ at the Loft Theatre
by Dave Phillips
Artspace, the Journal of Leamington Studio Artists, Winter 2001 – MA Exhibition Coventry School of
Art by Dave Phillips
private collections
2013
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
‘if only…. miss Daisy’, recycled paper, wood – Hertfordshire
‘if only… tripping the light fantastic’, recycled paper, wood – Hertfordshire
‘if only … daddy’s home’, recycled paper, wood – Suffolk
‘untold storyboard: around the table’, acrylic on paper – Cumbria
‘untold storyboard: of no consequence, acrylic on paper – Northants.
‘she: clasping face’, acrylic on paper – Northants.
‘purdah’, printing ink and mixed media on paper – Warwickshire
‘in limbo 5’, mixed media on paper – Warwickshire
‘around the table 2’, acrylic on paper – London
‘she: she’s alive!’, acrylic on paper – Warwickshire
‘she: looking over her shoulder 2’, acrylic on paper – Warwickshire
‘she: dodo’, collage and monoprint – Warwickshire
‘nudes 2’, paper collage – Warwickshire
‘observing the shoppers: cyndie, rita and mo’, acrylic on paper – Warwickshire
selected teaching and workshops
2013
2012
2005
2004
St. Helena’s School, Colchester – artist in residence, 3D figures
Inside Out Community, Ipswich – workshop leader for sculpture
Inside Out Community, Ipswich – workshop leader for sculpture
North Leamington Community School & Arts College – artist in residence, ‘Taking the Line for a
Walk’
St Augustine School, Kenilworth – ‘The Figure in Action’
Lillington Library, Leamington Spa – ‘Seascape’, communal canvas
Leamington Peace Festival – ‘The Peace Piece’, communal canvas
Coventry Preparatory School, Coventry – ‘Big Arts Week’, speed drawing