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Susannah Douglas

London
London based artist working mainly in pencil on paper.

We all have an image of ourselves eating an ice cream at a birthday party, if not we recognise the form. The desire for these unique moments is powerful; we use these photographs to construct personal narratives.

But what do we do with these desires, derived from the capture of something unique, when we live in a culture built upon the ability to repeat? A culture where (re)production guarantees consistency, where to cut, paste and copy is only two clicks away.

Predominantly working with drawing my practice is focused on the representation of the human figure through the conventions of portraiture. Images are collected from a range of sources; art historical examples, via photocopies; anonymous photographs uploaded to the Internet and glossy magazine spreads. These fragments are spliced together, the poses, gestures, attire and composition are examined, repeated, reconstructed and reflect back upon themselves.

 

Education

2009-2010 MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art, London

2000-2003 BA(hons) Fine Art, Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall

 

Recent Exhibitions

2017 DE Drawing Bursary, The Mall Gallery

2017 Jerwood Drawing Prize

2017 Collective, DC1 Gallery

2016 Anthology, Charlie Smith London

2015 Contemporary British Drawing, Xi'An, China

2015 Florence Trust Summer Show, London

2015 The Functionality of Thought, The Link Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax

2015 Florence Trust Winter Show, London

2015 We Shape Our Buildings, Thereafter They Shape Us, London Art Fair

2014  Idolatry, Charlie Smith, London

2014  Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21C Painting, Huddersfield Art Gallery

2014 Exchange Rates presents: Platform - PAPER , New York

2014 The Future Can Wait, Victoria House, London

2014 The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London

2014 Winter, Peek a Boo Gallery, Perth, Australia

2014 Party Favours, Paper Gallery, Manchester

2014 Historology, London Art Fair/Charlie Smith Gallery, London

2014 Supermarket, Stockholm

2013 Griffin Art Prize, London

2013 The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London

2013 End of the Line, Paper Gallery, Manchester

2013 Art Lacuna Prize, Art Lacuna, London

2012 #3, Paper Gallery, Manchester

2012 Dangerous Curves Ahead, Bermondsey Project Space, London

2012 Incube8, Motorcade Flashparade, Bristol

 

Residencies

The Florence Trust 2014-2015

St George’s, Ascot, Berkshire (Artist in Residence) 2009-2010

 

Publications

100 London Artists Vol 2, Edward Lucie Smith and Zavier Ellis, 2014

Jerwood Drawing Prize, catalogue, 2013, 2014

The Public Catalogue Foundation, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, 2006 

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