sue skitt

Taking inspiration from Dutch and Spanish vanitas paintings from the 16th and 17th century, my mixed media collages incorporate artifax with in the traditional construct of the still life. This combining the present and past speaks to memory and personal legacy both the decomposition of the natural (such as rotting fruit and withering flowers) and the breakdown of man made objects (reference the physical body and mortality). Much of my work explores the power of object to bear witness to intangible ideas and emotional truths. The work employs the iconography and symbols of common every day objects means of communication. The use of photograpy mixed media itself adds to the irony when viewed with in the historical framework of vanitas painting, evoking the viewer to call to the mind to question? Sue Skitt BA (Hons) SUSAN SKITT Hare Park House, Hare Park Lane, Liversdge West Yorkshire, WF158EW TEL: 01274864555 FAX: 01274864666 Email: sue@buzz-design.co.uk EDUCATION Batley School of Art and Design 2006 2009 BA (Hons) Fine Art for Design. Batley School of Art and Design 2004 2006 Access to HE Art and Design. (NOCN) Leeds College OF Art and Design 1976 1977 Display and Design. (YHCFE.BDS 1&2) Scarborough College 1974 1976 Graphic Design. (YHCFE.) EMPLOYMENT NATURE OF WORK Oldham Signs, Cross Green Ind Graphic Designer 1977 1980 Estate, Leeds Rankin & Miller Printers Printer 1980 1980 Armley Leeds Asda Publicity, Howley Ind Estate, Morley, Leeds Graphic Designer 1980 1985. Rust craft Greeting Cards, Mill Street East, Dews bury Illustrator/Graphic Designer 1985 1987 Selective Greeting Cards, Dawson Freelance /Packaging Designer Lane, Bradford 1988 1989 Rust craft Greeting Cards, Mill Graphic Designer 1991 1991 Street East, Dews bury. Buzz Design, Hare Park House, Partner /Graphic Designer Hare park Lane, Liversedge 1991 to present EXHIBITIONS Opened Twinned Group Exhibition, HeadSpace@EggSpace, The Egg, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool, L14ED 18th February -13th March 2011 EggSpace at Threshold Festival The CUC 41-51 Greenland Street, Liverpool. L10BS February 11th-24th 2011 Still Point Art Gallery BLOG: Still Point Art Gallery Opens "Still Life: Ordinary and Extraordinary. Online exhibition, Still Life: Ordinary and Extraordinary www.stillpointartgallery.com February 8/2011- April 19/2011 Image to Object Red Gate Gallery, 209A Cold harbour Lane’ LONDON, SW9 8RU JAN-14TH 2011-FEB-3RD 2011 1st Open Art Exhibition, The Bradford Playhouse, 4/12 Chapel Street, BD1 5DL December 2010- January 2011 Twenty-Ten (Independents Liverpool Biennial 2010) HeadSpace @EggSpace, The Egg, 2nd Floor, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool, L1 4ED. September-November 2010 20 x 20 Exhibition 2010, Access Space Access Space Unit 1, Avec Building 3-7 Sidney st Sheffield. S1 4RG September-October 2010 RA Summer Exhibition Rejects 2010 Menier Gallery 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU June 2010 The Signature Art Awards 2010 DegreeArt.com 12a Vyner Street, London, E2 9dg www.DegreeArt.com August 2010 Candid Arts Trust Fine Art & Photography 3 Torrens Street, Angel Islington, London EC1V 1NQ July 2010 Barbican Arts Group Trust-Art Works Open 2010 Art Works Project Space, Blackhorse Lane Studios; 114 Black horse Lane, London E17 6AA June 2010 ‘How beautiful ugliness is’ Red Gate Gallery; 209a Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8RU May - June 2010 Short spring open (light night) headspace@eggspace The Egg, 3rd floor, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool, L14ED May 2010 ‘Art Snobs & Pritt Sticks’. Free Range Truman Gallery June 2009 F Block T2, London. Temporary art space Beer Mat. Open Exhibition Piece Hall May 2009 Halifax Terms & Conditions Dewsbury town Planning empty shops May 2008