Susan Light

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Woman with Dog, Woman with Cloak, Athena, 2011 - 2012

Woman with Dog, Woman with Cloak, Athena, 2011 - 2012

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Susan Light is 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

Employment

  • 2006 tutor for drawing, Middlesex University, London
  • 2005 private painting tutor, Kingsgate Workshops, Kingsgate Workshops, London

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

Artist's website


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