Susan Collis
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Susan Collis is a contemporary artist
working in Hackney
, London
. She is officially represented by SEVENTEEN
, a contemporary art gallery based in East London.
Collis is one of eight artists recently featured as part of 'Out of The Ordinary: Spectacular Craft' on exhibit 13 November 2007 - 17 February 2008 at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.
"The Oyster's Our World", 2004 at first appears to be a well used wooden step ladder but closer inspection reveals the paint drips and splatters to be carefully inlaid mother of pearl, coral
, fresh water and cultured pearls, white opal
, and diamond
.
"Made Good", 2007 could be overlooked, confusing the viewer who sees only a phillips head screw sticking out of the gallery drywall. It is, in fact, white gold
, reclaimed coral
, silver
and diamond
.
"Better Days", 2006 looks like a simple paint drop cloth lying on the floor, except that the paint splatters and drips are actually embroidery
.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
working in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. She is officially represented by SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN is a British contemporary art gallery started in 2005, on east London's Kingsland Road and shows emerging and established contemporary artists. This gallery's artists are:*Susan Collis*Richard Cuerden*Paul B. Davis*Graham Dolphin*Bill Drummond...
, a contemporary art gallery based in East London.
Collis is one of eight artists recently featured as part of 'Out of The Ordinary: Spectacular Craft' on exhibit 13 November 2007 - 17 February 2008 at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.
Education
- 2002 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
- 2000 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Chelsea School of Art and Design, London
Current Works
Her works feature pieces that at first glance appear ordinary and unexceptional... until the viewer lingers or leans in closer."The Oyster's Our World", 2004 at first appears to be a well used wooden step ladder but closer inspection reveals the paint drips and splatters to be carefully inlaid mother of pearl, coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
, fresh water and cultured pearls, white opal
Opal
Opal is an amorphous form of silica related to quartz, a mineraloid form, not a mineral. 3% to 21% of the total weight is water, but the content is usually between 6% to 10%. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most...
, and diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
.
"Made Good", 2007 could be overlooked, confusing the viewer who sees only a phillips head screw sticking out of the gallery drywall. It is, in fact, white gold
White Gold
White Gold is a 2003 Russian action film directed by Viktor Ivanov from a screenplay by John Jopson and Viktor Ivanov. The story begins with the actual events of 1919 when a White Army train carrying the bulk of Czar Nicholas' gold reserves arrives empty at Siberia's Irkutsk station...
, reclaimed coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
, silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
and diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
.
"Better Days", 2006 looks like a simple paint drop cloth lying on the floor, except that the paint splatters and drips are actually embroidery
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins....
.
Exhibition history
- 2007 Out of the Ordinary, The V&A, London
- 2007 Don’t get your hopes up, SEVENTEENSEVENTEENSEVENTEEN is a British contemporary art gallery started in 2005, on east London's Kingsland Road and shows emerging and established contemporary artists. This gallery's artists are:*Susan Collis*Richard Cuerden*Paul B. Davis*Graham Dolphin*Bill Drummond...
- 2006 Until it makes sense, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
- 2006 Until it makes sense, SEVENTEENSEVENTEENSEVENTEEN is a British contemporary art gallery started in 2005, on east London's Kingsland Road and shows emerging and established contemporary artists. This gallery's artists are:*Susan Collis*Richard Cuerden*Paul B. Davis*Graham Dolphin*Bill Drummond...
- 2006 Seventeen Presents…, SEVENTEENSEVENTEENSEVENTEEN is a British contemporary art gallery started in 2005, on east London's Kingsland Road and shows emerging and established contemporary artists. This gallery's artists are:*Susan Collis*Richard Cuerden*Paul B. Davis*Graham Dolphin*Bill Drummond...
- 2006 Brownfield, Lounge Gallery, London
- 2005 The Vinyl Project, Cork, Curated by Simon Cutts for Cork City of Culture
- 2005 Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London
- 2005 Oriel Mostyn Open 2005, Llandudno, Wales (Winner)
- 2005 Arttextiles3, Touring Exhibition
- 2005 Thy Neighbours Ox II, Space Station 65 Gallery, London
- 2005 Taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth
- 2005 Chronic Epoch, Beaconsfield Gallery, London
- 2004 I know all about you - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (Solo)
- 2004 Free From the Itch of Desire, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
- 2004 Emergency, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
- 2003 Engineer, Beaconsfield Gallery, London (Solo)
- 2003 40 White Chairs, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, London
- 2003 Gobbledygook, The Centre of Attention Gallery, London
- 2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Touring Exhibition
- 2002 Notably, Pump House Gallery, London
- 2002 Arcadia In the City, Marble Hill House and Grounds, Twickenham