DeborahSuzanne - Contemporary Artist, Photographer, Film Maker and Ethical Taxidermist.

I graduated from Colchester School of Art at Colchester Institute in 2019 and received a First-Class BA (HONS) Degree in Fine Art. I am now continuing to study for my master’s in fine art at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge.​ I have experimented with appropriated objects, photography, sculpture, ink drawings, assemblage, and a love of rogue taxidermy.

I describe myself as a multimedia digital artist working in time-based media. My personal practice continues with film and photography work in a Fine Art context, exploring memory and human connections. I am inspired by Renaissance and Baroque art and the techniques of the time and have an interest in how they can be used in the contemporary art of today, specifically transferred onto film.

I consider myself a scavenger, storyteller and archivist and I am fascinated by the number three, which I incorporate into my work, sometimes subtly, sometimes obviously.
I use narratives to traverse the realms of rituals, myths, and religions, in an increasingly secular society, as well as supporting the idea of death-positivity. My research is focused on practice-based methodologies as I question what it means to be human.
 

All animal parts used in my sculptures and photography are by-products obtained from roadkill, accidental or natural deaths and all feathers are sourced in accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019 - Current

Masters in Fine Art
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

2016 -2019

Fine Art BA(Hons)
University Center Colchester, Sheepen Road.

Residencies, Employment and Workshops

I am available for workshops on different art practices, presentations and lectures, commissions and residencies, photographic and film productions, implementing archival systems as well as social media promotions and communications development.

2021                      Social Media, Marketing and Online Gallery Design for The Future N:ow Exhibition.

                              Social Media, Marketing and Presenter for Unmasked Online Exhibition, Cambridge

                              Social Media Promotions, Marketing and Copywriter for Worlds of Wonder

                              Arable Residency Marketing and Communications - WearetheMinories, Colchester

2020                      Social Media Team and Communications Reimagining WearetheMinories

                              Digital Ambassador Anglia Ruskin University

2019-2020             Graduate Mentor, Colchester Institute

2019                      Introduction Workshops Colchester Institute
                              Image Capturer for Colchester Town Watch

2017-2018             Art Correspondent for Colchester Life

Awards

2018                    Exhibition Prize Winner Art Exchange Colchester for video piece 'Three'

2015                    Top Photographer London Alternative Market

Exhibitions

2021                    The Future N:ow, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge

                            On Being Alone, ‘Unfamiliars’ Publication and Online Exhibition

                            Unmasked, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge

                            Arable Residency, WearetheMinories, Colchester

2020                    Re-Imagining, WearetheMinories, Colchester

                            Transition, As part of Motion Sickness, Cambridge

2019                    The Window Project - Winter Showreel, The Anchor, Silver Street, Cambridge

                            UGO 2.0 Project Velazquez Variations with John Robinson (photographic)

                            Graduate Show No Boundaries at University Center Colchester, Sheepen Lane, Colchester, Essex

                            Free Range Graduate Exhibition, HyperMedia - Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London

                            Hay Gallery UCC Colchester Solo Exhibition Q.E.D (solongandthanksforallthefish)
                            UGO 2.0 Project Similtudes curated by Dave Evans

2018                    Colchester Library Discovery Exhibition - Discovery

                            Art Exchange University of Essex, Colchester Art Exhibition I Am

                            The Minories, Colchester Exhibition As of Yet – Untitled

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2017                    Colchester Art Society Summer Exhibition
                            Hay Gallery UCC Essex Drawing Exhibition

                            Art Exchange University of Essex, Colchester Art Exhibition Vision and Reality

                            Hay Gallery UCC Student Exhibition

Publications

2020                     Transition, The Online Exhibition Preview

2019                     UGO 0.2 2018-18 Limited Edition Print Publication 1/3
                             Volume II - Elblock Publications Research and Documentation Programme

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2017                     Ghostwatch - Behind the Scenes

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2016                     Bizarre Magazine, Daily Mail, Buzzfeed

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Contact Me

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Please Feel free to contact me to discuss available work, potential exhibitions or residency oppotunities.

iamthedarkemail@gmail.com