Su Blackwell
Acclaimed artist, Su Blackwell, graduated with BA (Hons) Art & Design at Bradford College in 1997.
Following graduation Su completed an
MA Textiles at the Royal College of Art.
She specialises in stunning handmade
art, book-cut sculptures and site-specific
installations.
Her extraordinary work is
intricate, poetic and has an unforgettable
fairy-tale quality. Her incredibly beautiful
paper sculptures have featured in Vogue,
Harper’s Bazaar and Elle. Su has also done
commissions for advertising campaigns
and window displays.
Su has staged highly regarded solo
exhibitions: While you were sleeping at the Yorkshire Craft Centre in Bradford
and in Melbourne, Australia in 2005; and Enchantment at the Fire & Iron Gallery,
Kent in 2005.
Su’s forthcoming exhibition
is at the Long & Ryle Gallery in London
in November 2008. Her work has also
been shown as part of numerous group
exhibitions.
“Bradford College appealed to me
because of its diverse structure. My chosen
specialisms were ceramics and textiles,
and I have continued to work in this
way, crossing over boundaries and using
different and diverse mediums in my work.
My textiles tutor, Diane Bates, was one of
the most inspiring people in my life. She
instilled in me a belief in myself, and I
shall always be thankful to her and to the
College. The End of Year Show was a very
exciting time for me, and it was good to
see the culmination of 3 years of studying
come together to form a body of work that
I was proud of.
A turning point for me was the Erasmus
exchange, living and studying in Bilbao
in Spain for 3 months. I absorbed myself
in the art and culture over there, and
discovered a world which I previously
hadn’t had access to.”
Photograph supplied by Su Blackwell