selected exhibitions
2009 AAC Dogwood Show. Atlanta, GA. Honorable Mention.
2008 AAC's 5th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2008 AAC's "Saturation" Show. Atlanta, GA. Second Place.
2008 The Art Of Music, Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown, NY
2006 artexny 2006 Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, UK
2006 Handprint Studio Group Exhibition, City Screen Gallery, York, UK
2006 Life Works, Yorko Gallery, Harrogate, UK
2005 The Sypio Group Exhibition, Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
2005 Giants of Flora, Retrospectives Gallery, Stratford Upon Avon, UK
2005 York Open Studios, York, UK
2004 The Sypio Group Exhibition, Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
1999 The Eye Of Experience,. Juried by the Curator of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1997 The National Capital Kidney Foundation Art Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada.
1994 to 1997 A Source of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada.
Solo show
1993 Elemental Works. City of Markham Theatre Gallery, Markham, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Other Events
Founding member of the ARTiz group of artists.
1997 to 2001 Ongoing exhibitions with the ARTiz group. Ottawa, Canada.
Organizer / participant in 'Art in the Park' and ‘Art in Our Gardens Studio Tour’ both annual Ottawa events.
Collections
Work in Corporate and private collections in Canada, the USA , New Zealand, UK, Switzerland and Singapore.
Teaching
Founder of ‘ The Art Insight Studio’, she developed and taught a series of courses on using art for personal development and inner growth. She taught both in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada, over a period of nine years.
2001. Art Workshop presenter at the Validity Conference, Windsor, Canada.
A conference focused on developing ways of building self-esteem in young women.
about susanne
In 1983 Susanne left NZ for the US, the first major move in what was to be a very nomadic life. After two years she was back in NZ briefly before crossing the Pacific again to live in Canada. Three years in Toronto were followed by eight in Ottawa and then her husband's work took her to the UK for five years and the US for two. Finally she is back in Toronto where she intends to stay.
While moving around the world she has been exposed to some wonderful people and experiences. In Toronto in the early 90’s she trained with Regina Curak at Arscura which focused on art as a curative discipline.
At this time she was also introduced to the Investment In Excellence series developed by Lou Tice of the Pacific Institute in Seattle. After completing the course Susanne then facilitated Investment in Excellence workshops at HST a local Ottawa company and went on to incorporate both the ideas from her Arscura experience and Lou Tice into a series of courses using art for personal development. Under the name of Art Insight she taught weekly classes and workshops in Ottawa for a period of nine years.
Three other people who have had a major influence on her are:
M Douglas Walton: an amazing artist and educator who regularly travels to Ontario to teach at the Creativity Center north of Toronto..
Peter Wray: painter and printmaker extraordinaire in the UK. Susanne spent many hours at the character filled old pub in York that he used as his studio, learning printmaking under his artistic eye amidst clouds of his cigarette smoke.
Doug Wales: artist and educator who ran an inspiring and transformative art group that she attended two days a week during her time in the UK. His generosity of spirit, knowledge of art and enthusiasm for painting had a big impact on her.
Now that Susanne is in Toronto she has re-established her studio and begun to discover and take part in local art events. She is continuing her musical series, which have met with much success, and working on developing new work.
s u s a n n e c l a r k
In 1983 Susanne left NZ for the US, the first major move in what was to be a very nomadic life. After two years she was back in NZ briefly before crossing the Pacific again to live in Canada. Three years in Toronto were followed by eight in Ottawa and then her husband's work took her to the UK for five years and the US for two. Finally she is back in Toronto where she intends to stay.
