My practice straddles painting, performance, and sculpture, focussing on empowerment through dress, fetish & disguise. My works are rhythmic explorations of form and subject, often featuring representations of adorned bodies looking for love, security, and belonging. I draw upon both collected imagery and my own lived experience to consider how garments on the body might act as an interface between a wearer and their environment, representing possible dichotomies between intimacy and isolation, connection and loneliness, spirituality and everyday life. I’m interested in how erotic play can provide altered states, positive emotional relief, and a safe space for healing during times of uncertainty, heaviness, or difficulty. Though making tactile, candid works, I aim to make space for pleasure in looking, listening, and momentary escape from self.
In 2009 I received an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, London. In 2002, I received a BA in Fine Art from Newcastle University. In 2015 I was selected for The Syllabus, an alternative learning programme led by Wysing Arts Centre, UK.
I’ve received grants and support from Arts Council England (UK), Fluxus Art Projects (UK/FR), a-n (UK) and The Elephant Trust (UK).
In 2020 I was selected for a 3-month residency at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania, in association with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK.
Enquires: info@studiosusiegreen.com
CURRENT
Empty rooms full of love Exhibition with Cathy Josefowitz, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FR
Supastore Group exhibition, South London Gallery, UK
Goddess Mouth Lightbox commission, BALTIC, Gateshead, UK
Ribbons Wrap You Up Wallpaper collection, CommonRoom, UK
FORTHCOMING
Means of Escape Group exhibition, Kunsthaus Erfurt, DE
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Empty rooms full of love, two-person exhibition with Cathy Josefowitz, FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Reims, FR
Double Trouble, online solo exhibition, New Viewings curated by Andrew Renton, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, DE
2018
Jerwood Solo Presentations, Jerwood Space, London, UK
If They be Two, exhibition with Kim Coleman, Five Years, London, UK
Interior Report, solo exhibition, Workplace, Gateshead, UK
2017
Pleasure is a Weapon, solo exhibition, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2013
I like the Silver I like the Gold, solo exhibition, The Northern Charter, Newcastle, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Supastore, South London Gallery, UK
Come Together, Workplace, UK
CANONS, Galerie Derouillion, Paris, FR
2020
Paint the Town in Sound, Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, UK
2019
Something Soft, Kunstraum, London, UK
2018
Bedswerver, Flat Two, London, UK
Outpost Members show (selected by The White Pube) Outpost, Norwich, UK
Breaking into Heaven, Conduit Club, London, UK
2017
Exhibition of a Dream, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, FR
Manchester Contemporary, (Workplace Gallery), Manchester, UK
Soft Formalities, Studio Three, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Idea Home, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Middlesbrough, UK
2016
On the Side, Workplace, Gateshead, UK
Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, UK
Doppelganger, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
The Arbroath Template, Hospitalfelds, Scotland, UK
Still Life with Flying Objects, Rhubaba, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2015
EXHIBITION, CIRCA projects at Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Ways of Looking, Hanover Projects, Preston, UK
The Decorator and the Thief, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA), Sunderland, UK
2014
Summer Fete, Ceri Hand, London, UK
2013
Tip of the Iceberg, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Detail Ohne Titel, Hobrechtstraße 26, Berlin, DE
2012
Omnia Mea Mecum Porto, Kotti Shop, Berlin, DE
2011
An Association of Companies Defining Movement, NewBridge Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Detail Ohne Titel, Hobrechtstraße 26, Berlin, DE
2009
New Contemporaries, A Foundation London & Cornerhouse (HOME), Manchester, UK
Small Moments of Fantastic Things, Antje Wachs, Berlin, DE
Exquisite Beings, Kotti Shop, Berlin, DE
Propeller Island, Thurloe Place, London, UK
MA Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
Visible Hands, Ilmin Museum, Seoul, SKR
2008
Condensation, Decima Gallery, London, UK
2007
Metteurs en Scene, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2005
Fools Gold, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
PERFORMANCES
2019
The Hold, Late at Tate in association with Huguette Caland exhibition, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK (solo performance)
2018
Groundwork with Martin Creed, Groundwork, Falmouth, UK (performance with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict)
ROMANTI-CRASH, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK (solo performance)
Floating we find each other, we find each other floating, Durham Castle, Durham, UK (performance with Rory Pilgrim as The Brilliant State)
Bedswerver: Fluid Medium, Flat: Two, London, UK (solo performance)
Feeling Yr Thoughts, CultureLab, Newcastle, UK (solo performance)
2017
Fierce Festival, Birmingham, UK (performance with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict)
Pleasure is a Weapon, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK (performance with Rory Pilgrim as The Brilliant State)
Pop Morphosis, Chisenhale Studios, London, UK (performance with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict)
Assembly Liverpool, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK (performance with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict)
2016
Dwaling, my Darling, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL (performance with Rory Pilgrim as The Brilliant State)
World is Sudden, CIRCA at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, UK (performance with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict)
End Cycle, Flat Time House, London, UK (performance with Rory Pilgrim as The Brilliant State)
Nemoralia, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK (solo performance)
Exeter Contemporary Open: Fluid Medium, Exeter Phoenix, UK (solo performance)
2015
Fluid Medium, EXHIBITION, CIRCA projects at Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK (solo performance)
Double Dare, BALTIC, Gateshead, UK (performance with Dawn Bothwell as Charm Offensive)
Fluid Medium in association with The Foundation, exhibition by Patrick Staff, Spike Island, Bristol, UK (solo performance)
2014
Space-Time: The Future, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK. Performance as the lead singer of band – Silver Fox (Upset The Rhythm)
2013
Corpo Volta, The Vaults, Edinburgh, UK (solo performance)
2010
Visions of Hildegard, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (solo performance)
Visions of Hildegard, URLIBIDO, Sloane’s ballroom, Glasgow International Festival (GI), UK (solo performance)
2008
Vogue Reading, The Poetry Cafe, London (solo performance)
2005
Visions of Hildegard, The Shadow Cabinet, Embassy Gallery at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK (solo performance)
2004
Let your heart be used as a channel for love, SPACE Winter Fate, SPACE Studios, London, UK (solo performance)
2002
The Chateau, Glasgow, UK (performance with Kim Coleman)
Magnifitat, Show Two, Edinburgh, UK (performance with Kim Coleman)
SCREENINGS
2021
‘If They be Two’, moving image collaboration with Kim Coleman, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FR
‘Club Goddess’, outdoor screening, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, DE
2020
‘Club Goddess’ live stream, Kunstrauam, London
2019
‘Big Talk’, music and video collaboration with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict. Projections moving image programme, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle & touring, UK
‘If They be Two’, moving image collaboration with Kim Coleman. Late at Tate in association with Huguette Caland exhibition, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK
2018
‘If They be Two’, moving image collaboration with Kim Coleman. Authenticity, Vestoj for La Manutention, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2017
‘Love Immersion’, music and video collaboration with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict. NAWKI: Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
2016
‘Love Immersion’ music and video collaboration with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict. All Out of Love, Tate St Ives, UK
COMMISSIONS
2021
Ribbons Wrap You Up, wallpaper collection and accessories, CommonRoom, London, UK
2020
Goddess Mouth, interior lightbox, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Club Goddess, live stream with Kunstraum, London, UK
2019
Big Talk, music video for ‘Projections Artist Moving Image Programme’, collaboration with Simon Bayliss as Splash Addict, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK
2016
Artist film profile, interview with George Vasey. Commissioned by This is Tomorrow, in association with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and CVAN, UK
Commontime, artwork for record sleeve, Field Music (Memphis Industries), UK
PUBLICATIONS AND EDITIONS
2021
Exploded View of the Heart, print edition with FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Reims, FR
CARF 03, publication in association with ‘Empty Rooms Full of Love’, FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Reims, FR. ISBN : 978-2-907331-37-1
2018
Susie Green, published by Grand Union, Birmingham, UK. ISBN: 978-1-9999648-0-1
2017
A Sense of Touch Through Looking, edition with Grand Union
Exhibition of a Dream, exhibition catalogue, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, FR, ISBN: 978-972-8462-94-9
Soft Formalities, exhibition catalogue, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2015
EXHIBITION, exhibition catalogue, CIRCA projects, Newcastle, UK
2014
Need to Feel, limited edition silk scarves. Distribution inc.Welcome Home, Glasgow & The Barbican, London, UK
2013
Suppose An Eyes, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Futura, Berlin, DE
2011
3 Degree of Separation, publication, Workplace, Gateshead, UK
2010
Visible Hands, exhibition catalogue, Ilmin Museum, Seoul, SKR
2007
Metteurs en Scene, exhibition catalogue, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2009
Voids, exhibition catalogue, publication and double vinyl, Pompidou Centre, Paris, FR. ISBN: 978-3-03764-017
New Contemporaries, exhibition catalogue, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK, ISBN: 0954084896 2007
Soul, publication, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland & Satellite Arts, New York, UK / US
2002
Perfect, publication, Les Presses du Reel, Dijon, France, FR. ISSN: 9771761 – 2950 4
DISCOGRAPHY
Big Talk (2019) single release (Splash Addict), Insecure (UK)
The Exhibition of a Dream (2017) Mathieu Copeland & Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, double 12″ vinyl
Silver Fox (2013) album release (Silver Fox) Upset the Rhythm (UK), 12″ vinyl
Waves on In (2012) single release (Silver Fox), M‘lady’s Records (US), 7″ vinyl
Capital Kiss (2012, single release (Silver Fox), Milk Records (UK) 7″ vinyl
AWARDS
2021
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (production and development), UK
2020
Arts Council England, Emergency Response Fund
2019
Nomination to apply, Award for Artists, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, UK
a-n artist project bursary, residency at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL
2018
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (production and development), UK
The Elephant Trust, development grant for ‘If They be Two’, moving image collaboration with Kim Coleman, UK
2017
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (Research and production), UK
2016
The Elephant Trust, development grant for ‘The Brilliant State’, performance collaboration with Rory Pilgrim, UK
2015
a-n artist mentoring bursary, UK
2009
Shortlisted (with Laura Harrington), Artists Taking the Lead, Arts Council England & London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, UK
2006
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (research visit to MART, Trento, Italy), UK / IT
2005
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (Artist-run space Starboard Home with Ilana Mitchell, Newcastle), UK
2003
Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (Artist-run space Starboard Home with Ilana Mitchell, Newcastle), UK
2002
Bartlett Travel Award (assistant to Lily van der Stokker, exhibition at Le Consortium, Dijon) UK / FR
RESIDENCIES
2020
Nida Art Colony, Lithuania (3-months), in association with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK / LT
2019
Het Wilde Weten (3-months), Rotterdam, NL
2018
Durham Castle (4-months), Durham, UK
2014
Ossa (1-month), Berlin, DE
COLLECTIONS
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FR
Private collections including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France and Germany
TEACHING, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2021
Birmingham City University, School of Art and Design, UK (Artist Talk)
Newcastle University, School of Fine Art, UK (Visiting Lecturer)
2020
Teesside University, MIMA School of Art, Middlesbrough, UK (BA Fine Art) (Associate Lecturer)
2019
ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL (Artist Talk)
Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL (Artist Talk)
Birmingham City University, School of Art and Design, UK (Visiting Lecturer)
Teesside University, MIMA School of Art, Middlesbrough, UK (Visiting Lecturer)
2018
Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK (Visiting Lecturer)
Jerwood Visual Arts, London, UK (In-conversation with Philomena Epps)
2017
Birmingham City University, School of Art and Design, UK (BA Art and Design) (Associate Lecturer)
Grand Union, Birmingham, UK (Artist Talk)
Newcastle University, Department of Fine Art, UK (BA Fine Art) (3-day workshop)
Northumbria University, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences, Careers and Employment Services (Final Year BA) (Panel Member)
NGCA (Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art) Sunderland, UK (1-day workshop)
2016
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK (BA Creative Direction for Fashion) (Visiting Lecturer)
Sunderland University, School of Art, UK (Foundation Diploma in Art and Design) (Associate Lecturer)
2015
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester School of Art, UK (BA and MA Fine Art) (Visiting Lecturer)
2014
Suffolk New College, Ipswich, UK (Visiting Lecturer)
2012
Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK (BA and MA Fine Art) (5-day workshop)
EDUCATION
2015
The Syllabus, alternative learning programme led by Wysing Arts Centre, with Eastside Projects, New Contemporaries, S1, Spike Island & Studio Voltaire, UK
2009
MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL, UK
2002
BA Fine Art University of Newcastle, UK (ERASMUS exchange to AFAD, Bratislava, Slovakia, SK, 2001)