Susan Frisch

Artist’s Statement

There is an old Native American Indian proverb that goes something like, treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parent but borrowed from your children.

Our Australian landscape is rugged yet fragile, and we, as well as future generations have much to lose if what remains is not preserved. It is in this context that I base my practice.

My work captures a small piece of a larger picture, a response to what is truly precious, of a moment in time that passes, but one that hopefully will not be lost forever.

Selected Exhibitions

2011                   Traveling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa, QLD (Juried) 

Buda 2011 Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Exhibition, Buda Homestead, Castlemaine, VIC 

Wish you were here, Box Hill Arts Centre, Box Hill, VIC 

Lend Me Your Ears, Mailbox 141, Melbourne

2010                           Cherish – Artisan, QLD

Wearable Art “10, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, VIC

National Contemporary Jewellery Awards, Griffith Regional Art Gallery NSW (Juried)  

John Fries Memorial Prize – Viscopy, Blackfriars off Broadway, Chippendale, NSW (Juried)  

                         Perspective, Craft Victoria – On line

                           “20-10” JMGA National Members Award Exhibition, Perth Galleries, North Fremantle

                          The Looking Glass, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, VIC (Juried)  

2009                     Contemporary Wearables “09 Touring Exhibition (2009-2010), Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD 

                          Wearable Art “09, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, VIC

                          Winter Brooches, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, NSW

                         Explorations ’09, Gaffe Gallery, Surrey Hills, NSW & Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2008                 Water, JMGV Members Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

                         In the Making, Craft Victoria, Melbourne

                         Explorations ’08, Gaffe Gallery, Surrey Hills, NSW

                         National Contemporary Jewellery Awards, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW

                         Wearable Art ‘08, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, VIC 

2007                 ‘AgGregate, NMIT Jewellery Graduate Exhibition, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, VIC

                          Explorations ’07, Gaffe Gallery, Surrey Hills, NSW

Educational Qualifications

2008                 Certificate IV in Business (Small Business Management - NEIS)

2006-2007        NMIT Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Jewellery (Gold & Silversmithing

Awards & Prizes

2011                       Finalist, Noosa Art Gallery Traveling Scholarship 

2010                       Finalist, Toyota Spirit Gallery Travel Award

    Conceptual Design Award, “20-10”

JMGA Members & Delegates National Exhibition 

Finalist, John Fries Memorial Prize 2010

2007                       Best Hand skills, NMIT Jewellery Graduate Exhibition 2007 

Media & Publications

2010                       Craft Arts International  - No 79

2009                       Handmade in Melbourne 2009, Slattery Media

2008                       More Weekend, Bendigo Advertiser Feb 16