Sue Skitt
Profile/CV
BA (Hons)Fine Art for Design
SUSAN SKITT
Hare Park House, Hare Park Lane, Liversdge
West Yorkshire, WF158EW
TEL: 01274864555 FAX: 01274864666
Email: sue@buzz-design.co.uk
PROFILE
Born in Scarborough – 1957, my background is in graphic and display design. Having originally studied at Art College for three years, obtaining great success!
Having worked in some challenging and highly creative jobs, I’ve gained some fantastic experiences.
Being a hard working individual who looks for challenges and goals in life, I enrolled on a BA (Hons) Fine Art for Design course. It was a very positive and exciting time for me in more ways than one. This course was for me, a stepping-stone to fulfilling my future ambitions. Discovering that I have developed greatly over the past three years, my enthusiasm for striving into success and fulfilment is insatiable.
My past experiences in life and work have given me excellent grounding to achieve my ambition of gaining the BA (Hons) in Fine Art for Design. Using my individuality and knowledge as a foundation, I have attained the success and individuality of my working practice.
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, Illustrator,
Fine Art Photographer.
Hare park Lane, Liversedge 1991 to present
EXHIBITIONS
Parallax AF
Chelsea Town Hall,
Kings Road,
London
February 15th -18th 2012
Winter Blues 6
HeadSpace@EggSpace
Liverpool
November 2011-January 2012
Parallax AF
London Frieze
Royal Opera Arcade,
Pall Mall,
London SW1Y 4UY
12-10-2011 -16-10-2011
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
14 January - 3 February 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
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
F Block T2, London
June 2009
Temporary art space
Beer Mat.
Open Exhibition
Piece Hall
Halifax
May 2009
Terms & Conditions
Dewsbury town Planning,
empty shops
May 2008
Sue Skitt's Publications
OBJECTS OF DREAMS MAGAZINE ISSUE 5
Object of Dreams May 2011
A review of my work at the CUC exhibition in Liverpool
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MARSTERS 1V
Omma gallery wwab World Wide Art Books January 6-2011
Author: Dispina Tunberg and Thomas Turnberg
A dictionary of international artists and Sue Skitt
Sue Skitt BA (Hons) Fine Art for Design.
Supporting statement
The work aims to juxtapose the fresh beauty of new life with the decaying beauty of a passing life through a series of painterly photographic still life sets, fruit, meat and food; objects are a vital feature and inspiration to the work. I see them as vessels of sentiment.
The painterly photographic still life swims in and out of beauty and repulsion to create unease with in the viewer.
I want to involve the viewer directly in the work seducing them initially then repelling them slightly.
The work draws from various philosophical strands associated with Vanitas art.
It uses classical themes and symbolic objects from the fast repertoire, developed by
the vanitas masters of the Baroque period.
In order to fully appreciate a vanitas painting each iconic element has to be careful
examined and various potential symbolic meaning must be propererly ascertained
with in the broader content of the piece as well as in relation to the surrounding elements.
Sue Skitt
Email sue@buzz-design.co.uk
Phone 01274864555
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sueskitt
(Hons)in Fine Art for Design,
Website www.flickr.com/photos/sueskitt
