Susan Hawkins uses reclaimed industrial and domestic objects and incorporates motors, sound and video to create sculptures and installations for both art galleries and the public realm. She is interested in how these objects reference forgotten symbolic power (for example a discarded telecommunications tower) while playfully altering them to highlight the symbolic bias of our personal and public surroundings.
Born in Gunnedah NSW, Susan Hawkins is a interdisciplinary artist who has been exhibiting across Australia for five years. Hawkins graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Art (double major of sculpture, and jewellery and small objects). Hawkins had her first solo show at Blindside, Melbourne in 2016. In 2017 she was the artist in residence at Metro Arts, Brisbane, and exhibited her second solo show The Remainder. The Speaker, was shown at Outer Space Artist Run Initiative from the 15-31st March 2019.Her Latest solo show was shown at Milani Gallery in August 2019. Hawkins has been a finalist in the Redland Art Awards, The Gold Coast Art Prize and the The Willoughby Sculpture Prize.
Curriculum Vitae
e. [email protected]
m. 0423 266 501
Press and Publications
2023 Art Guide review by Barnaby Smith for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Lemonade Letters review by Carol Schwarzman for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Exhibition catalogue for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Exhibition catalogue for Halfway House, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane.
2021 Exhibition catalogue for The Mechanics of Adaptation, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2020 Exhibition catalogue for Making Art Work, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
2019 Exhibition essay by Kate Woodcroft for The Speaker, Outer Space, Brisbane.
2018 Exhibition essay by Alexandra Walker for Irrational Behaviour with Clare Rae, Sutton Projects, Melbourne.
2017 Exhibition essay by Kate Woodcroft for The Remainder, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2017 Exhibition essay by Jenna Green for With+Within with Helen Bird, Artisan, Brisbane,
2016 Exhibition essay by Alexandra Walker for Make of Me, Blindside, Melbourne.
Born in Gunnedah NSW, Susan Hawkins is a interdisciplinary artist who has been exhibiting across Australia for five years. Hawkins graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Art (double major of sculpture, and jewellery and small objects). Hawkins had her first solo show at Blindside, Melbourne in 2016. In 2017 she was the artist in residence at Metro Arts, Brisbane, and exhibited her second solo show The Remainder. The Speaker, was shown at Outer Space Artist Run Initiative from the 15-31st March 2019.Her Latest solo show was shown at Milani Gallery in August 2019. Hawkins has been a finalist in the Redland Art Awards, The Gold Coast Art Prize and the The Willoughby Sculpture Prize.
Curriculum Vitae
e. [email protected]
m. 0423 266 501
Press and Publications
2023 Art Guide review by Barnaby Smith for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Lemonade Letters review by Carol Schwarzman for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Exhibition catalogue for Compositional Utterances with Mandy Quadrio and Jan Oliver, UniSC Art Gallery.
2023 Exhibition catalogue for Halfway House, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane.
2021 Exhibition catalogue for The Mechanics of Adaptation, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2020 Exhibition catalogue for Making Art Work, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
2019 Exhibition essay by Kate Woodcroft for The Speaker, Outer Space, Brisbane.
2018 Exhibition essay by Alexandra Walker for Irrational Behaviour with Clare Rae, Sutton Projects, Melbourne.
2017 Exhibition essay by Kate Woodcroft for The Remainder, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2017 Exhibition essay by Jenna Green for With+Within with Helen Bird, Artisan, Brisbane,
2016 Exhibition essay by Alexandra Walker for Make of Me, Blindside, Melbourne.
