Exhibitions

Born in New Zealand where she trained as a nurse. Came to UK via Latin America in 1976. Studied painting at Camberwell and the Royal Academy. Awards include British School at Rome, 1993, Richard Ford award to Madrid, 1986 and Italian Government bursary to Venice, 1984. Susan Wilson is visiting lecturer at The Prince's Drawing School, The Slade School of Fine Art and the University of East Anglia. She has curated Reclaiming the Madonna and In the Looking Glass with the Usher Gallery, Lincoln.

Published Works

Folio Society paintings for new edition of Katherine Mansfield's Short Stories
Women's Press "The Fruits of Labour" essay
OUP Book cover "The Mind & it's Discontents"
Grant Gillett, Virago Book cover: "Balancing Acts"
Reclaiming the Madonna Catalogue essay
Cassino Revisited Catalogue essay
In the Looking Glass Catalogue essay
Artists' Newsletter "Eye to Eye, Susan Wilson in conversation with Tom Phillips" 12/97
and "In my Father's Footsteps".
12/96 Artist & Illustrator "Portraying the Self" 2/97

Works in Collections Europe

Angela Flowers
Commune, Castel San Vincenzo (Italy)
Contemporary Arts Society
HRH The Prince of Wales
National Trust, Fenton House, London
New Hall, Cambridge
Oxford Brookes University, Portrait Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Paintings in Hospitals Collection
Rochdale Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Academy of Arts Archives: sketchbook 'From Ford Award to Madrid'
St Paul's Girls School: Portrait Rev Adam Ford
Sir Brinsley Ford Collection
Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Winterthur Insurance Plc

Works in Collections New Zealand

Aigantighe Public Art Gallery, Timaru
Air New Zealand
American Express, NZ
Auckland Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira
Epsom Girls Grammar School
McCann Erickson Brown
National Bank
Royal Insurance
Tauranga Art Gallery, Toi Tauranga
Todd Foundation

Forthcoming Exhibitions

2009 Solo show, Tauranga Art Gallery (Toi Tauranga), Bay of Plenty, NZ

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 A Still Life is a Theatre , Browse and Darby
2005 Amidst the Angel Band, Browse and Darby
2003-4 Katherine Mansfield Paintings, Jonathon Grant Galleries, New Zealand (touring to The Aigantighe,
Timaru; Millennium Gallery, Blenheim; Pataka Porirua; Gardiner Gallery, University of Waikato)
2001 Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 Katherine Mansfield Paintings, Browse and Darby
1999 Paintings and Drawings, Drumcroon Gallery, Wigan and Touring
1998 The Self-Portraits, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Susan Wilson, Leicester City Art Gallery
Italian Requiem, The Prince of Wales' Institute of Architecture
1994 Cassino Revisited, Ferner Gallery, Auckland and touring
Disegni, Castel San Vincenzo, Italy (British School at Rome)
Paintings, Artspace, London, Welsh Arts Council Tour
1990 Susan Wilson, Jane Roberts and Max Rutherston Gallery, in conjunction with Thomas Agnew & Sons
1989 Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christ Church
1987 Going to Salamanca, Watermans Arts Centre, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Grove Women, Four Women Artists, Beverley Knowles
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre
2008 Finalist, Threadneedle Art Prize
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East
Browse and Darby Group Show (and 2007,06)
2007 Prizewinner, Lynn Painter Stainers Exhibition
The Duneen Collection, Angela Flowers, Ireland
Royal Academy Summer Show (and 2006,1999, 97, 96, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 97, 86, 84, 81)
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central
2006 Shortlisted for the John Moores, Liverpool
Selected For Angela Flowers Artist Of The Day
The Discerning Eye, selected by Helena Kennedy and Laura Gascoigne,
also Sir Brinsley Ford 1991
2004 London Regional Prizewinner, Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art
2003 Image and Object: Still Life in New Zealand, Pataka Porirua
2002 Gallery Artists, Browse & Darby
1998 Head and Tales, Drumcroon Gallery and touring
1997 In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Self Portraits by Women Artists, Usher Gallery, Lincoln and touring
Thirty years of Cheltenham Fine Art Fellows, University of Gloucestershire
Cheltenham Open Drawing (and 1996)
1996 Harlech Art Biennale, Wales
The Last Dance, Theatre Clywd, Wales
1993 Reclaiming the Madonna, Usher Gallery Lincoln and Touring
Artists talk, Juan Gris at Whitechapel
1991 Piccadilly Gallery (also 1989, 87)
1990 Peterborough Pacesetters, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
The Artist Abroad, Usher Gallery, Lincoln and touring
Prizewinner, South Bank Picture Show
1988 Invited artist, London Group, The Royal College of Art
A Personal Choice, Sir Brinsley Ford, Fermoy Gallery, Kings Lynn
1987 Commendation, John Player Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery (also exhibited 1986, 84)
The Long Perspective, National Trust and Agnews
1984 Riverside Open, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
1982 British Drawing, Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
Pick of the New Graduates, Christie's
1981 Northern Young Contemporaries
1980 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Selected reviews and interviews

2008
Interview with Michael Peppiatt for "A Still Life is a Theatre" catalogue
Resonance FM William Feaver and Susan Wilson talk about drawing
2007
The Culture Show, BBC2, on Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate: Wilson
discusses making of self portraits.
2002
Auckland Herald TJ MacNamara
2001
"Kirn Hill talks about Susan Wilson's
solo show with APAG curator Mary Kisler" National Radio NZ
ES Magazine "You've been framed".
Katie Campbell; Auckland
Herald T J MacNamara, Modern Painters
Blake Morrison Make review of In the looking glass".
Leicester City Art Gallery show
1995
First Sex, ITV, on 'Reclaiming the Madonna'
NZ House & Garden Louise Chunn: "Susan Wilson"
The Hindu, Madras; Anjali Sircar "Cassino revisited'
Contemporary Art Libby Anson 'Reclaiming the Madonna''"
1994
Nightwaves BBC Radio 3, interview
The Listener Merilyn Chambers 'Fountains of memory'
Radio New Zealand Alison Parr, interview 'Cassino revisited'
Artists ' Newsletter Rosie Millard: 'Women in Focus'
1993
Primetime HTV Harpers & Queen Profile.
Catholic Herald Carmel Fitzsimons 'Motherhood as divine inspiration'
1992
Artspace / Clwyd. Catalogue Essay:
Robert McDonald National Portrait (Gallery William
Packer. "Ten years of the John Player Portrait Award'
1989/94/96
Women's Hour BBC Radio 4, interviews;
1991/92
The Spectator
Giles Auty 'Natural interests' and 'Feel good factor'
1991 North and South Brian Cowley 'Mountain moments'
Dominion North & South Denis Edwards. "Potent mix of
painting politics and adventure'
1990
The Guardian Carmel Fitzsimons
1989
New Zealand Herald Bernadette Rae: 'Back to southern skies',
1988/90/92
Arts Review Edward Phelps - reviews
Medina Hammad 'The artist abroad'
1987
The Independent Andrew Graham-Dixon 'Sanity in an insane situation"
Daily Telegraph Richard Dorment.'Winning expressions'
1986
Studio International Cheltenham Fellows Review
1981
Artscribe James Faure Walker:"Northern Young Contemporaries' Whitworth
Gallery, Manchester