Susan Simonini is a multi-disciplinary artist, who completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Griffith University, and has exhibited her paintings, prints and ceramics widely, for over two decades.
Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, The Mater Hospital and the Etsy Art Collection. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Border Art Prize and the Gold Coast Art and Design Awards, and she has been a finalist in the prestigious Glover Prize and the Churchie Emerging Art Prize. Her work has been featured in Home Beautiful Magazine, Artists and Illustrators Magazine, and The Design Files.
Susan is represented in Tasmania by Handmark Gallery, in Queensland by Anthea Polson Gallery and internationally at Uprise Art, New York and WSJ Gallery, London.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2004 - 2008 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2011 Graduate Diploma of Education
2018 Certificate IV in Ceramics, Tasmanian College of TAFE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Glimmer - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2023 New Work - AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW
2020 Road to Somewhere – Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
2017 Double Happy – Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2009 Something More - 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Mermaid Beach, Qld
Goddess in Suburbia - Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2008 Suburbium - Schubert Contemporary, Main Beach, Qld
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Vivid - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Debut - &Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Modern Love - AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell, NSW
2023 Ode to Pink - Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
Summer Focus Collection - Uprise Art, New York, United States
Locals - Australasian Invitation, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2022 Locals - Australasian Invitation, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Vanguard - International Invitational, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Ten - Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2019 Manifest - The Art, Craft and Design of Contemporary Australian Ceramics, Hobart, Tasmania
Endemic Earth – Contemporary Ceramics, Kingborough Community Hub, Kingston, Tasmania
Landscape and Memory – AK Bellinger Gallery, NSW
2016 Beyond the Surface, New Textiles and Ceramics, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Qld
Still, Life, Paperboat Press Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2010 Lightmares Exhibition and Residency, 19Karen Contemporary Artspace, Qld
2006 Sold, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
Interchange – Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
SELECTED AWARDS AND PRIZES
2023 Finalist, Glover Prize, Launceston, Tasmania
2022 Finalist, Glover Prize, Launceston, Tasmania
Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2021 Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2020 Finalist, Tidal.20, City of Devonport Art Prize, Devonport, Tasmania
2010 Shortlisted for Gold Coast University Hospital Public Art Project
2009 Overall Winner, Emmanuel College Art Award, Gold Coast, Qld
Finalist, CPM National Print Awards, NSW
2008 Finalist – Launch, Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship
2007 Winner, Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
First Prize, Queensland Villages Acquisitive Art Prize, Brisbane, Qld
First Prize, 2D Section, Gold Coast Art and Design Awards, Qld
Finalist – Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane, Qld
Best work under $500 – Rotary Art Spectacular
RESIDENCIES
2020 Arts Tasmania Education Residency and Grant, Launceston Church Grammar School
2019 Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania
CLIENTS (CERAMIC COMMISSIONS)
Charlotte Jack Restaurant, Devonport, Tasmania 2019
Sebel Hotel, Brisbane and Crofthouse Restaurant 2017
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, Melbourne 2017
COLLECTIONS
Etsy Art Collection, Etsy Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York
Mater Private Hospital Collection, Brisbane Qld
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane