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Sue Riley
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AboutSue Riley was born in London. In 1971 she graduated from Portsmouth College of Art with a first class Honours degree in Fine Art. Her sculptures in Clay, Plaster, Bronze and Bronze Resin as well as other media, are frequently based on the female form, often inspired by the ballet with its movement and flow and its exhilarations and its exhaustions. They have been described as ‘Fleeting glimpses… capturing the essence of the feminine’. |
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Exhibition HistorySolo Exhibition2009 - Tribute to statues Photography.Sculpture, The Panic Room, West Kent College 2008 - Balcony Installation/video, The Panic Room, West Kent College 2008 - Wonderland site specific installation, Avery Hill Group Exhibitions 2010 - Fine Line, Degree Show, Vyner Street Gallery,London 2010 - Fine Line, Degree Show, Plastic Paradise, Ashhurst Studios, West Kent College 2009 - BA Contemporary Drawing, Ashhurst Studios, West Kent College 2006 - ArtParks International Limited, Guernsey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography / CVSue was born in London, in 1971 she graduated from Portsmouth College of Art with a first class Honours degree in Fine Art, and now works from her studio in West Norfolk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artist StatementSue Riley is an artist and teacher of Design and Technology who lives and works in London. Her artistic practice encompasses painting, photography, video and sculpture. The medium of red and green florescent perspex has been her primary source of material used in her B. A. Hons Fine Art Degree shows. She uses Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator with laser technology to engrave and cut said material to create sculptures and transform found images and her photographic research into succulent, lush, translucent sculptures and plastic canvases to display her neoclassical images. Where these images catch the light, they often deceive the viewer and support the opulence of historical and consumer themes.These primary themes stem from childhood fascinations of beautiful and dilapidated gravestones, concrete sculptures and mausoleums; the aesthetics and structure of buildings, young and old; observations of the materialistic compulsions of society and an obsession with the beautiful and kitsch. These themes have stimulated the artist’s senses with colour, texture and form and all posses the power to inform, transform and express paradoxical themes through their creation and deterioration. Her work has taken inspiration from artists such as Naum Gabo, Sarah Baker and Jeff Koons. Whose themes reflect consumerism, lifestyles, humour and architectural perspectives that Sue hopes to express within her work. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions / Collections2000 - Site Specific commissioned Group Project, Interactice Educational Signage and Information. Woodlands Farm Trust. Shooters hill, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifications / Education2010 - BA Hons Fine Art, University of Greenwich2000 - BA Hons (Design and Technology) QTS, University of Greenwich 1997 - Foundation course in Design and Technology, University of Greenwich 1996 - A Level Art and Design, Erith College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teaching Experience1997 - Access to Teaching, Bromley College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Price Range of WorkSue Riley's work has a price range from £1350 to £2500. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mediums utilisedSue Riley's work is found in the following materials:Bronze, Bronze resin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artparks exhibitionsSue Riley's work has been exhibited at the following yearly exhibitions held at the ArtParkS sculpture park:2007 ArtParkS Sculpture Park Exhibition Sue Riley's work has been exhibited at the following yearly exhibitions held at the ArtParkS sculpture park: 2006 ArtParkS Sculpture Park Exhibition Sue Riley's work has been exhibited at the following yearly exhibitions held at the ArtParkS sculpture park: 2005 ArtParkS Sculpture Park Exhibition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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