Susan Collett

Susan Collett is a graduate from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio U.S.A. earning a BFA degree in Printmaking with a Minor in Ceramics. Since 1993 she has run a full-time studio art practice in downtown Toronto.

Large-scale clay sculpture and printmaking has become the focus of her work. The clay works are hand-built of earthenware paper clay and multi-fired to achieve a complex patina of surfaces. The monoprints are printed from plates made of stitched industrial grade roofing copper incorporating embossed relief.

Exhibitions include Paper Clay Illuminated USA touring, 2020-21, curated by Peter Held, The Toronto International Art Fair 2013-2016 with Sandra Ainsley Gallery, accepted to the Korean Biennale 2015 & Taiwan Biennale 2012, International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemet, Hungary 2011, Sevres Porcelain Museum, Paris, 2010, and an honourable mention at the CEBIKO International Ceramics Biennale in Korea 2009. She has exhibited at SOFA Chicago & New York, Palm Beach and the Toronto International Art Fair.

Her work has appeared in Ceramic Review, Ceramic Art & Perception, Ceramics Technical, Canadian Art and various catalogues and publications. Her work has been recently included into the collection of Arizona State University Museums, USA. Various Public Collections include: The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, The Burlington Art Gallery, The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, India, Canada House, UK, The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Sevres Porcelain Museum, Paris, Ernst & Young, Toronto, Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal and The Canadiana Collection of the Official Residencies of Ottawa.

Collett received her letters from the IAC, International Academy of Ceramics in 2007 and her RCA, Royal Canadian Academy of Ceramics in 2008. She is a member of Open Studio printmaking studio for over 30 years.

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