Artists
Suzanne Smith
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At once gloomy and playful, my work is something of an uptight exploration of brevity and inappropriateness. I tend to dwell on the mundane trauma of social interaction - quietly obsessing on the line between irritation and arousal. A seam of tension runs through the work, present in the dictation of rhythm, alphabetisation of images and the striving for manual perfection through the painstakingly handmade. Systems both appeal and grate - sniffing out those used to oppress and concocting those to sooth. The resultant practice teeters somewhere between mismanaged exorcism and compulsive accumulations of proof.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
Solo
Sometimes You Can Tell & You Tense & Lo & Behold They Do, Greenroom, Manchester 2007
Fear of Small Things, The Lowry Project Space, Salford 2006
Group
HAAA, exhibition and art auction for Haiti appeal, CUBE, Manchester, 2010
Dispersal, Interventions Part 1, various sites Birmingham, Manchester & Lincoln, 2009
Trade City, CAM, Manchester, 2009
ANTIFREEZE, CAM, Manchester, 2009
ArtDogging, 100th Monkey, Leicestershire, 2009
GazeAndBody, Rotoreliefs, London, 2009
Practical Propagation, Vrits, Basel, 2008
Line Out, Leicester Short Film Festival, The Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester, 2008
The Streaming Festival, on-line, 2008
Blank Noise Spectators Special, on-line, 2008
5th Edinburgh Annuale, The Embassy, Edinburgh 2008
Roll Up Art, University of Architecture, Bucharest 2008
An Emotional Journey, Mansfield Museum, Nottinghamshire 2008
Closer, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool 2008
Blank Media Presents, Fuel, Manchester 2008
Lonely This Christmas, Cinema Boards, Lancaster 2007/8
Project, Another Roadside Attraction, London 2007
Spook Up I Can't Hear You, The Embassy, Edinburgh 2007
Line Out, Leicester Short Film Festival, Leicester 2007
Done to Death, 14 Gifted Children, Manchester 2007
Aerials, MMU degree show, Manchester 2007
Panoramic, 14 Gifted Children, Manchester 2007
Water, The Lowry Project Space, Salford 2007
Should We Distinguish Between This and That, 14 Gifted Children, Manchester, 2007
Inbetween Spaces, Look07 Photography Festival, city centre billboard, Manchester 2007
Wireless, Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool Biennial 2006
Room X, Kiasma, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki 2006
Education
MA Cultural Theory, Lancaster University, 2008
BA Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, 2007
Art & Design Year 0, University of Central Lancashire, 2004
Cert HE Psychology, Philosophy, Gender Studies, 1996
Awards
AHRC postgraduate scholarship, 2007-8
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Images:
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Exhibitions:
Done to Death
Should we distinguish between This and That?
PANORAMIC
14 Gifted Children Present
Sometimes You Can Tell and You Tense and Lo and Behold They Do
Lonely This Christmas - Suzanne Smith curatorial project
Practical Propagation
Interventions Part 1: Dispersal
Publications:
Should we distinguish between This and That?
PANORAMIC
External links:
View excerpts of Suzanne's short films here
Blob Spotting
Click here for more images
Exhibitions:
Done to Death
Should we distinguish between This and That?
PANORAMIC
14 Gifted Children Present
Sometimes You Can Tell and You Tense and Lo and Behold They Do
Lonely This Christmas - Suzanne Smith curatorial project
Practical Propagation
Interventions Part 1: Dispersal
Publications:
Should we distinguish between This and That?
PANORAMIC
External links:
View excerpts of Suzanne's short films here
Blob Spotting
