Professor Susanne Clausen
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0118 378 8057
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Professor of Fine Art
- Research Division co-Lead
- Director of Reading International
Areas of interest
I am an artist, curator and Professor of Fine Art. My practice research is concerned with video, installation, performance, and curating. My work often takes the shape of performance exhibitions, incorporating video, drawing, painting, scenographic installations, recordings, and text. I work and publish predominantly under the name . Szuper Gallery operates as a collaborative project, emphasising interdisciplinary practices, engaging with social and political themes, and fostering dialogue and collaboration with other artists and communities. The gallery is a multifaceted project - simultaneously a narrative shield, studio, and platform for exchange.Postgraduate supervision
I welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students who would like to work on such topics as: research in and through art practice, film and video, filmed and live performance, digital practice, collective practice(s), theatre as art, contemporary feminism, alternative spaces, and curating.
Teaching
I have previous held the following academic roles:
- Head of Reading School of Art
- School Director of Internationalisation
- Co-director of the Research Platform in Curating
- School Director of Teaching and Learning
- External Examiner for MA Art & Space, Kingston University, BA Fine Art, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London, and currently BA Fine Art at Newcastle University
- GCE A-level Advisory group member, Pearson/Edexcel Education
- Since 2021, member of the External Evaluation Committee (EEC) for the Republic of Cyprus Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education
Background
I create performances, videos and multi-media installations, paintings and drawings. Previous exhibitions and performances include:
- , 2018
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia, 2012
- Switzerland, 2012
- , 2011
- Canada, 2008
- 4'33'', Kunstverein Bregenz, 2007
- Kunsthalle Helsinki, 2006
- Set Project, Western Front Vancouver, 2005
- Play without a Stage, Shedhalle Zurich, 2005
- Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2002
- Temporary Accommodation, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2001
- Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, 2005
- Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich, 2002
- Televisions, Kunsthalle Vienna, 1999
Reading International
I am the Artistic Director of Reading International, a visual arts organisation and project which I founded in 2016. Reading International promotes and commissions major solo exhibitions, group and thematic shows, a programme of events including performances, film screenings, workshops and talks, as well as offsite projects and temporary public artworks.
Partnerships
As an educator I have also established various partnerships with international art institutions:
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;, a global partnership with universities in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, USA, Netherlands and Spain, dedicated at reflecting climate advocacy with Art & Design students. I regularly organise student exhibitions and research projects with students abroad.
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Academic qualifications
- 1997 –1999 MA Fine Art Media Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
- 1988 –1994 Academy of Fine Art, Munich, Germany.