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View Image Gallery Susanne Fraser(Full member)
Tel: +61(0)438307378 Email: Web: www.earthlyvisions.com.au
Artist's Statement
I live on a rural property just outside the small town of Alstonville NSW, Australia, here I have a studio practice and indulge in a rural life style. My love and appreciation of the horse is derived from an association of over 50 years as owner trainer and competitor in equestrian disciplines. I have been associated with horses since I was four when my neighbor gave me my first pony. A consuming passion for making ceramic horses developed while studying Ceramics at TAFE then Visual Arts at Southern Cross University in early 2000. In 2005 I traveled to China with a friend as an artist in residence at the Sanbao Institute in Jingdezhen. Here I became familiar with traditional Chinese Ceramics as well as figurines and horses from the Tang Dynasty period which lined the spirit paths to the many tombs. The Tang period was a time when well bred horses were symbols of power and status, they were central to empire building. Horses were celebrated in art and poetry during this golden age of changes in education, the arts and culture. Taking history as a starting point my equine vessels and sculptures have multi-surface decorations and expressions that suggest layers of social and political meaning. Layered glazes, such a magnesium crawl glaze, Cobalt oxide and barium based slips, are applied with broad strokes to enhance texture. The surface cracks and crazing convey the difficult journeys of the horse and riders spirit from the past to the present. My work also references feminine connections with horses through the relationship of the shape of vessels/forms and their decorative elements. I enjoy combining tne the complexity of meanings inherent in Chinese plant and animal life with equine themes. My ceramic art develops ideas of the symbolic significance of the horse in society and its influence on cultures. It is an ongoing exploration using the expressive and plastic qualities of clay to explore personal interpretations of the many aspects of the human horse relationship.
Technical Information
Small electric kiln for bisque and decals. Gas Kiln for bisque & glazing. Woodfire Kiln. Stoneware, Porcelain and Earthenware clays and paperclay. 1300 oxidation, reduction and 1100 oxidation. Availability
Bare Bones Art Space Bangalow: www.barebonesartspace.com.au See the catalogue for Sue Fraser's new show - The Dragon’s Back Education
2008 - Bachelor Visual Arts – Southern Cross University Lismore Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions 2010 - Spirited Horses Grafton Regional Gallery 7th July – Sunday 29th August 2010 2009 - Spring Carnival, Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina 2008 - Spirit of Yangzhou’s Horses, Wattling Galleries Southport 2005 - Impressions - Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China Selected Group Exhibitions 2011 - Northern Style – Group Show -,Ceramics, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, 2nd December 2011. – 30th January 2012 2011 - Artisans in the Garden, Lion Gate Lodge, Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney, 8th Oct – 16th Oct. 2010 - Border Art Prize Exhibition, Tweed River Art Gallery 3 December 2010 - 23 January 2011. 2010 - SOFA Chicago November 5-7. 2010 - Swallowing Clouds Northern Rivers Communities Gallery Ballina, September 4th – Oct 10th . 2010 - International Ceramic Artist Exhibition & Workshop Gangjin, South Korea August 7-20. 2009 - Post Cards Alumni Exhibition, Next Gallery SCU, Lismore 2008 - Guardians of Empress Wu, Art & Culture Exhibition, Byron Bay FEHVA 48 hrs of Art Bangalow A&I Hall – FEHVA 48 hrs of Art Bangalow A&I Hall – Footprints – NEXT Art Gallery, Southern Cross University, Lismore Stanthorpe Art Prize Exhibition - Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Stanthorpe 2007 - Transition Graduation Show Southern Cross University, Lismore Diversity Dialogues: - The Alleyway Gallery –Lismore 2004 - Regional Treasures – ‘Pamela’ Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW ‘Bowl’d & Beautiful’ –‘3 Colours Ash’- Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington 2003 - Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show - 'Tree of Life'
Collections and Residency
Collections Articles
2010 - Ceramics Today, Jeffrey B. Snyder, Editor. (ISBN: 9780764334658), p.66. 2009 - Ceramic Art & Perception, Vol. 76 pp. 76-77. ‘Guardians of Empress Wu’ written by Louise Fulton: www.ceramicart.com.au/ 2009 - Craft Arts International Vol. 76 Portfolio p.118: www.craftarts.com.au/aboutus.asp
Awards
2001 - Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show – Student Art Prize ‘Rosa a horse drama’ 2003 - Coraki 3D Art Prize Coraki NSW 2011 - Artfelt Art Prize Exhibition 7th Sept – 10th Oct., Ballina Community Art Gallery; 3rd Prize 2011 - Woollam Waltzing Matild Outback Art Show 2011 2nd May - 24th June 2011 Outback Regional Gallery Winton QLD; 1st 3D Outback Art Prize 2012 - Waves & Waterways Exhibition & Sale; Packing Room Prize Ballina NSW 2012 - Byron Arts Classic; Council Acquisitive Prize Byron Bay NSW
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Contact DetailsStudio Address: P O Box 279, Alstonville, New South Wales 2477, Australia, .View in Google Maps Telephone: +61(0)438307378 Email: Web-site: www.earthlyvisions.com.au Availability: Visitors welcome, but please telephone first. Joined on: 2011-02-03 Last Updated: 2012-05-20 |
