S U S A N E A R L Y : P r i n t m a k e r
Susan is a Dublin based Architect and Printmaker, currently working in Graphic Studio Dublin. She produces etchings in drypoint and aquatint. She is a member of The Watercolour Society of Ireland and has exhibited in Ireland, Europe, Canada and the USA. Her work is in national and international collections.
Background
B.Arch. UCD, 1989; Worked as Architect, Arthur Gibney & Partners, Dublin.
Member of Airfield Print Studio, 2009-2012; Graphic Studio Dublin since 2012; Watercolour Society 2013.
Company Secretary, Graphic Studio Dublin since Feb 2016; Administrator, Graphic Studio since June 2016.
Co-curator: ‘Another bite of the cherry’, Graphic Studio & National Botanic Gardens- Nov 2017- Jan 2018 & 60th anniversary series of exhibitions for Graphic Studio Dublin in 2020-2021.
Solo & 2-person shows
‘Dublin Coast’, Boiler Room, Blue House Gallery, Schull, Co. Cork, Solo show July-August 2019
‘Coastal’, Café Gallery, Emo Court, Emo, Co. Laois, Solo show August- November 2019
‘Shore’, with Elke Thonnes, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, October- November 2017
‘The light and the half-light’, Yeats Day & Tread Softly Festivals, Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo, June-July 2014
Solo exhibition of prints of Sligo landscapes with associated poetry & writings of WB Yeats
Selected Exhibitions
‘Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition’, September – December 2021, Dublin
‘Royal Hibernian Academy 188th, 190th Annual Exhibition’, Dublin
‘Royal Ulster Academy 140th Annual Exhibition’, October 2021 – January 2022, Belfast
‘Royal Ulster Academy 137th, 138th, 139th Annual Exhibition’, 2018, 2019, 2020, Belfast
‘Dublin Painting & Sketching Club Exhibition’, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin, September 2019, 2020, 2021
‘Graphic Studio Gallery- Summer & Winter Shows’ 2012- 2021, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
‘DISCOVERPRINT 2019, 2020, 2021’, Greenacres Gallery, Wexford, July- October 2019 & 2020
‘Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition’, Sept. 2013- 2021, Dun Laoghaire Concourse & Farmleigh House, Dublin.
‘IMPACT 10 ECUENTRO, Bienal Miniprint’, September 2018, 2021, Santander, Spain
‘The Art of Home’, Graphic Studio Dublin & Simon Communities of Ireland, CHQ Dublin, October 2021
‘60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin’, Draiocht, Dublin, supported by Fingal County Council, April-May 2020
‘60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin’, DLR Lexicon Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, April-May 2020
‘60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin’, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Building Sligo, September 2020.
‘Diamond Point- 60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin’, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, December 2020- 2021, Blue House Gallery, Schull, Sept. 2021
‘Kanreki’ – 60 years of GSD, Mokuhanga exhibition, The Model, Sligo 2020, IMC, Nara, Japan, December 2021
‘Utopia / Dystopia’, Open Call, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, December 2019
‘Winter Print Fair’, National Print Museum, Dublin, December 2019
‘Open Window Gallery Annual Exhibitions & Winter Shows’, 2019-2021
‘BIMPE XI 2020; miniprint, ‘Bimpe X 2018, VII 2012 & Bimpe VI 2010’ Vancouver & Calgary, Canada
‘ImPRESSions Biennial Print Exhibition 2012, 2015, 2019’, Galway Arts Festival
‘Dunlavin Arts Festival’, 2013- 2019, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
‘Another bite of the cherry’, Nov 2017- Jan 2018, National Botanic Gardens & Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin
‘Invited Small Works’, Oct-Nov 2017, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
‘Sand currents’, Selected Graphic Studio Printmakers, Glor, Ennis, Co. Clare, June- July 2016
‘Legacy- National Fine Art Print Exhibition’- 40 selected printmakers, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo, June 2016
‘Seacourt Mini Print’, Bangor, Co. Down and FE McWilliam Gallery in Banbridge, May 2014 & April 2016
‘Urbis Felicitas’ Mountjoy square, Graphic Studio Gallery, September 2016
‘Manhattan Graphics’ Miniprint Exhibition, New York, September 2015
‘Yeats- Poetry & Place’, WB Yeats Centenary Show, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo. June 2015
‘Burren in Bloom’, Russell Gallery, New Quay, Co. Clare, Exhibition of Watercolour Society Members, May 2015
‘A Natural Selection’, 2013-15, Co-ordinator & Exhibitor. Fundraising Print Exhibition for Graphic Studio Dublin. Inspired by The National Botanic Gardens Dublin. Exhibited in National Botanic Gardens; Greenacres, Wexford; Lavit Gallery, Cork; Hamilton Gallery, Sligo; RDS Dublin; Galleri Astley Uttersberg, Sweden; Kunstforum Norrkoping, Sweden & Norden Ljus Stockholm, Sweden, Blue House Gallery, Schull and other venues.
‘Pressed’, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Print Exhibition, DLR Concourse Sept. 2013
‘8th & 9th Biennial Mini Print Exhibition’ 2011, 2013 & 2017’, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA. All Prints 4sq ins max.
‘3rd Biennial Footprint Exhibition 2012’, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA. Prints 1ft sq.
Galleries Collections
Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin; University of Limerick
The Printmakers Gallery, Dublin: Fingal County Council
The Cat & The Moon, Sligo; Office of Public Works
The Open Window Gallery, Rathmines, Dublin; NI Civil Service Collection
The Lysaght Gallery, Howth, Co. Dublin; National Botanic Gardens of Ireland
The Russell Gallery, New Quay, Co. Clare National Library of Ireland
Awards New Ireland Assurance Company
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown / Creative Ireland Bursary 2019; Arthur Gibney & Partners Architects
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown / Arts Office Bursary 2021; Graphic Studio Dublin Archive
Fingal Co. Arts Office Bursary 2020 & 2021 Private Collections in Ireland, Europe,
Residency- Shepherd & Maudsleigh, Boston, Spring 2022 North & South America