SUSAN COLLIS
Education
2000 - 2002 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art              
1997 - 2000 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Chelsea School of Art and Design          


Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions
2007 Drawing Breath, Jerwood Special Drawing show, International touring show
   Solo Show, Seventeen Gallery, London, March/April
2009 Out of the Ordinary, Victoria and Albert Museum, Nov/Feb07 & touring internationally


Solo Exhibitions
2007 Don’t Get Your Hopes Up, Seventeen Gallery, London
2004 I know all about you, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth        

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Until it makes sense, Seventeen Gallery  London and Galerie Thadeus Ropac Paris
   Brownfield, Lounge Gallery, London
   Thy Neighbours Ox II,Space Station 65, London
2005 Arttextiles3, Touring Exhibition
   17 Presents… Seventeen  Gallery, London
   Chronic Epoch, Beaconsfield Gallery, London
   Taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth
   The Vinyl Project, Christian Brothers School, Cork
   Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London
   Oriel Mostyn Open 2005, Llandudno, Wales
2004 Free From the Itch of Desire, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
   Emergency, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
2003 Engineer, Beaconsfield Gallery, London
   40 White Chairs, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, London
   Gobbledygook, The Centre of Attention Gallery, London
2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002, Touring Exhibition
   Notably, Pump House Gallery, London
   Arcadia In the City, Marble Hill House and Grounds, Twickenham
   Art In the Garden, Chelsea Physic Garden
   Pizza Express Prospects Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Essor Gallery Project Space,     
   London        


Prizes, Awards & Commissions
2005 15th Oriel Mostyn Open - Winner
2004 Aspex Open ‘Emergency’ – Winner
   Arts Council – ‘Grants for Individuals’ Development Grant
2003 AA2A Residency at Barnet College, London
   Engineer Installation commissioned by Beaconsfield Gallery - London
   Jerwood Commission, selected by Wapping project space
   ACAVA First Base Studio award
2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002 – Student Winner
   Pizza Express Prospects Contemporary Drawing Prize – Student Winner
   British Cement Association Awards – Winner


Selected Bibliography
2006 Art Monthly, June, David Barrett Review, pp 25 - 30
   The Drawing Book. Black Dog publishing. Edited by Tania Kovats. IBSN 1-904772-33-1 pp72, 73
   a-n – Feb - Sharon Mangion review of ‘Thy Neighbour’s Ox.ll  p 9
   a-n – Dec – Peter Suchin review of Chronic Epoch
2004 Essay :‘To be appreciated but not observed, reflections on a boiler suit’ Jorunn Veiteberg –
   Arttextiles3 Catalogue  pp 38 – 41
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courtesy Seventeen Gallery