Artist statement
Susan Light is a visual artist based in London.
Exploring the narrative and realist tradition in painting, she appropriates and refers to traditional paintings and painting techniques in order to create a contemporary allegorical response to universal themes.
Qualifications and training
- 1983 MA Painting, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA
- 1976 BA(Hons) Painting, Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, UK
- 1973 Foundation course, Central School of Art and design, London
Employment
- 2006 tutor for drawing, Middlesex University, London
- 2005 private painting tutor, Kingsgate Workshops, Kingsgate Workshops, London
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 A Doll's House, North House Gallery, Manningtree Essex
- 2001 Susan Light, Long & Ryle Gallery, London
- 1999 Long and Ryle Gallery, London
- 1997 Susan Light, Cassian De Vere Cole Fine Art, London
- 1996 Exhibition, Kingsgate Gallery, London
- 1994 Tricycle Theatre Gallery, London
- 1993 Pike Gallery, London
- 1992 Cadogan Gallery, London
- 1985 Tricycle Gallery, London
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Collection, Kings Place Gallery, Kings Place London
- 2003 February 03 Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist Gallery, San Francisco
- 1998 Art 98; London Contemporary Art Fair (annually to date)
- 1998 Fitzrovia Open, London
- 1997 Exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
- 1996 Contemporary Art Society Sale, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1996 Pro Arts Open Studios And Exhibition, Oakland, California, USA
- 1995 Art Futures; Contemporary Art Society Fair (annually until 2000)
- 1995 Contemporary Art Society Sale, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1995 Quiddity, Alternative Arts, London
- 1994 Project Art Anniversary Exhibition
- 1994 Riverside Artist's Group, London
- 1993 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- 1992 London Contemporary Art Fair
- 1991 Hunting Art Prizes, Mall Galleries, London
- 1991 London Contemporary Art Fair
- 1990 Subjective City, Touring Exhibition, Anglo Soviet Exhibition, Moscow
- 1990 Subjective City, Touring Exhibition, South Bank Picture Show, London, Arts Council Travel Award to USSR
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2011 Ruth Borchard Artists' Self Portrait Collection, King's Place Gallery, London
- 2009 NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
- 2009 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait gallery, London
- 2008 The National Open Art Competition Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex
- 2000 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 1996 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 1996 Hunting Art Prizes (annually until 1999), London, Edinburgh
- 1995 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 1994 Laing Art Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 1994 Guild of St. George, Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield, Bursary, Travel Award to Italy
- 1993 Laing Art Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 1992 Laing Art Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
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