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Susan Waters

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I live and work on the Northumberland coast. My mixed-media pieces can be seen as portraits, usually witty, often tinged with sandness, always relating to ordinary lives or memories. I love unloved material, rubbish especially. Magpie-like, I collect whatever catches my eye when I am out walking: cartridge shells, lone gloves, seaweed, seed casings, rose thorns, seashells. Although my pieces resemble useful objects - clothing, baggage, deckchairs - the bags can't be carried, the clothes can't be worn, and the chairs can't be sat in. Their function is in their beauty and the stories they tell. Since lock down I have been making wire sculptures and machine textile pieces

 

 

 

 
Qualifications and training 1995 - BA Fine Art, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey 1993 - Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Croydon School of Art and Design, Croydon, Surrey Solo exhibitions 2012 - Baggage, Alnmouth Art Festival, Alnmouth, Northumberland 2007 - Another Shore, Arts Centre, Havant, Hampshire 2007 - Rights of Passage, The ArtWorks Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 2006 - Fair Trade, Oxford Brooks University, Oxford 2005 - Another Shore, National Maritime Museum, Falmouth, Cornwall 2005 - Sustainable Oxfordshire, Oxford Brooks University, Oxford Group exhibitions 2011 - 5th Open Exhibition, Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick Northumberland 2011 - Material Memories, Alnmouth Art Festival, Alnmouth, Northumberland 2007 - Drawing on Oxford, Town Hall, Oxford 2006 - Human Zoo, University of Northumbria Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 2006 - Many Hands, Arts Centre, Havant, Hampshire 2006 - Reworked, Washington Gallery, Penarth, S Wales 2006 - Visual Voices, Osterley Park House, London 2005 - Many Hands, Windsor Street Gallery, Chertsey, Surrey 2005 - People’s Show, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne 2004 - Gallery, Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne 2003 - Natural Places, Bondgate Theatre, Alnwick, Northumberland 2003 - Open, Artsway Gallery, Sway, Hampshire 2003 - Visual Voices, The Maltings, Farnham, Surrey 2003 - What a Waste, Littlehampton Museum, Littlehampton, Sussex 2002 - Gallery, Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth, Northumberland 2000 - Gallery, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, Surrey 2000 - Pre-Degree Show, Whiteleys Gallery, Bayswater, London 1995 - Foundation Show, Croydon School of Art and Design, Croydon, Surrey Degree shows 2000 - Degree Show, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey Competitions, prizes and awards 2004 - Homage, Barker & Stonehouse, Newcastle upon Tyne Publications 2011 - A Force of Nature,The Journal, Culture magazine, Newcastle 2011 - Metro, Discover the True Force of Nature in Art 2006 - The Sea Inside, Newcastle Journal, Culture Magazine 2005 - Itsy Bitsy Seaweed Bikini, Cornwall 24

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