Helen McCullagh
Susie Dureau
Susie Dureau’s paintings are portals into new worlds.
Her work is landscape-based although it invites non-literal interpretations about light and atmosphere and the wilderness of the human spirit.
Dureau has been a finalist in many prestigious awards including the Mosman & Paddington Art Prizes in Australia and the Agora Gallery International Art Prize in New York, her work is held in collections in all around the world.
Dureau lives with her family on the Northern Beaches of Sydney where she take regular inspiration from the wild and free coastline.
80 x 100 cm Framed Oil on linen $3500
80 x 100 cm Framed Oil on linen $3500
EDUCATION
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, United Kingdom
1992 - 95 Bachelor of Design Hons. (Visual Communications), University of Technology, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Architecture of Light, Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore, NSW, Australia (upcoming)
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
SELECTED AWARDS
2018 A.M.E.Bale Travelling Scholarship & Art Prize, Finalist, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne 2018 Bluethumb Art Award, Finalist, bluethumb.com.au, Sydney, Australia
2017 Ravenswood Art Prize, Finalist, Ravenswood School, Sydney, Australia
2017 Little Things Art Prize, Finalist, Saint Cloche, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
2017 Brisbane Art Prize, Finalist, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Northern Beaches Art Prize, Finalist, Warringah Artspace, Sydney, Australia
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, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2011 Northbridge Art Prize, First Prize (Works on Canvas), Gallery 307, Northbridge, NSW, Australia
2011 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Finalist, NSW Parliament, Sydney, Australia
2010 Blackheath Art Society Members Prize, 1st Prize, BAS, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
2008 Blackheath Art Prize, 2nd Prize, BAS, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
2007 Willoughby City Art Prize, Finalist, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Semblance (with Curatorial & Co) Comber St Studios, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
2018 Nine, ESD Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
2018 Scotch Art Show, Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Wish List, Sydney Road Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney Australia
2017 InSignificance, Modern Movement, Mona Vale, Sydney, Australia
2017 Ode, Collab Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney, Australia
2017 Simplicity, Sydney Road Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney Australia
2017 Ninety Five Percent, B-Side Creative Space, Brookvale, Sydney Australia
2017 The Other Art Fair, The Facility, Melbourne, Sydney Australia
2017 The Elements: Water, Warringah Art Space, Northern Beaches Council, Sydney Australia
2016 Paper, Danks St Depot with Curatorial & Co. Waterloo, Sydney, Australia
2015 Intersection, Red Gallery Contemporary Art Space, Fitzroy North, Melbourne Australia
2015 Lindfield Art Show, Holy Family School, Lindfield, Sydney, Australia
2014 A Quartet of Artists, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 The Divided Heart, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 Small is Beautiful, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 A Quartet of Artists, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 New, New, New, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 Eternity, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2012 Views and Visions, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2011 Something Personal, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2011 A Murder of Crows, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2010 Sixteen Degrees, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2010 Six Appeal: Six Painters from the Blue Mountains, BAS, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
2010 The Studio, Art Sydney 10, Royal Hall of Industry, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW, Australia
OTHER PROJECTS, TALKS & RESIDENCIES
2018 Artist Talk: ‘Creative Spaces’, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018 Teaching Residency: Knox Grammar, Artist-In-Residence, Sydney, Australia
2017 Founding Member La Creme Creative Inc, NPO creative space, Brookvale, Sydney, Australia
2017 Teaching Residency: Loreto Normanhurst, Artist-In-Residence, Sydney, Australia
2017 Artist Talk: ‘Celebrating Australian Female Artists’, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2016 Artist Talk: ‘Motherhood and Magenta: Finding Inspiration After Loss’, MAMA CREATIVES, Lord Dudley Hotel, Paddington
2013 Curatorial Project: The Divided Heart, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2013 Short Film: ‘How The Light Gets In’, Documentary film about my work and process directed by Siobhan Costigan. Heartland Film Festival, Festival Award Winner, 2013 / WOW Film Festival Audience Award Winner, 2014 / St Kind Film Festival, Best Documentary Finalist, 2013 / Rocky Mountain Film Festival, Official Selection, 2014 / Reykjavic Shorts & Docs, Official Selection, 2014 / Heart of Gold Film Festival, Official Selection, 2013 and purchased by a and screened on SBS Television, 2015