Shannon, Suzanne (Sue)
My formal training was at the North Adelaide School of Art, majoring in fabric printing and design.
Suzanne was born in Sydney and moved to Adelaide in her 20's. She is a graduate of the North Adelaide School of Art, majoring in fibre construction and fabric printing. Relocating to Cairns, Far North Queensland in 1995, she now lives at Mission Beach and on a cane and cattle property at Bilyana.
Her work begins with a response to the surrounding natural environment, to the beauty, the colours, forms and textures. She works intuitively, with the work evolving in the process of making and resolution. Textiles have a lasting appeal because of their texture and flexibility. She uses a variety of printing techniques and has now moved onto painting on canvas in acrylics and mixed mediums.
Formal Visual Art Training:
Diploma of Fine Art, North Adelaide School of Art, graduating 1989.
Continuing workshops in textiles, mixed media, printing and painting in South Australia and Queensland, including acrylic painting with Peter Giffen, Cairns Art Escape, 2009 and with Garry Duncan, Mission Arts Queensland Week, 2012.
Exhibitions in Queensland:
2012 -13 - 14 -16 Mission Arts Annual Exhibition, Mission Arts, Mission Beach
2013-2014 Cairns Regional Gallery "Cairns Art Society Annual"
2012 Cassowary Coast Region Art gallery "2012 group exhibition"
2012 Innisfail Art Society "Re- Invention", Cassowary Coast Region gallery, Mourilyan. Curated by Justin Bishop, curator, Cairns Regional Gallery
2012 Hinchinbrook Art Society Annual Exhibition, Cardwell
2011 Innisfail Biennial Exhibition Shire Hall, Innisfail
2010 Hinchinbrook Art Society Annual Exhibition, Cardwell
2009 Innisfail Biennial Exhibition Shire Hall, Innisfail
2009 Group exhibition" Re-focusing" Artworks, Mission Beach
2005 Innisfail Art Society, " Duality" Mourilyan Gallery
2003 Innisfail Art Society "Remnants of Presence" Mourilyan
1996 Group Exhibition," Eclectica, Cominos House, Cairns
Collections:
Work in private collections in Adelaide; Sydney; Melbourne; Cairns and Mission Beach.