Susie Dureau

Susie Dureau’s atmospheric paintings are more biographies than landscapes – stories of the natural world intertwined with the human condition, emotion and behaviour.

As much great joy as desperate sorrow, the Turneresque storms and seas of light and colour tell a greater story of her desire for human compassion, without ever depicting a single human being.

Dureau uses oil on linen or panel, which she prepares herself. ‘It’s almost like summoning the ghosts of masters past,’ she says of dedication to traditional techniques.

Dureau holds a Bachelor of Design Hons (Visual Communications), University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney. She lives with her family on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia.

2008 - 2010 Oil Painting Program (Technique & Historical Principles), Charlie Sheard School, Australia

2002 - 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Foundation, Year 2), National Art School, Sydney, Australia

1997 - 2001 Drawing, Figurative Drawing, Grant Macewan College, Edmonton, Canada

1994  Faculty of Illustration and Design (Exchange Program), University of Brighton, England

1992 - 95 Bachelor of Design Hons. (Visual Communications), University of Technology, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Wild Histories, Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore, NSW, Australia

2015 This Must Be The Place, 583 Elizabeth St Projects, Damien Minton Salon, Redfern, Australia

2013 Unbounded In Every Direction, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney, Australia

2011 Odyssey, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

2010 Landscape and Memory, Gallery 307, Northbridge, Sydney, Australia

2006 Sights, Lights and Lines, Xavier Art Space, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

AWARDS

2016 Mission to Seafarers Art Prize, Finalist, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia

2016 Mosman Art Prize, Finalist, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016 Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Art Space, Curl Curl, Australia

2014 Mosman Art Prize, Finalist, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Finalist, NSW Parliament, Sydney, Australia

2014 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, EFA Press Release Prize, Agora Gallery, New York, USA

2013 Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia

2013 Albany Art Prize, Finalist, Albany Town Hall, Albany, Western Australia

2013 Calleen Art Award, Finalist, Co...