Susannah Douglas

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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