Beechwood, Rachan Broughton By BIGGAR, Lanarkshire 01899830443
Mobile:07760 202003
susheila@ rachan .co .uk Website www.rachan.co.uk
Vita:
Artistic career including arts education and community art
2000 to present - currently working in partnership with my husband running Rachan Design - a small company specialising in public art, community and school art projects. Past public commissions have included work for Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh Green Bell Trust and Sustrans. I also worked for !wo years with Newcastle City Council on a wide variety of public art projects associated with city parks. I have worked on a large number of community art projects with East Lothian, South and North Lanarkshire Councils with school and adult groups creating work for both indoor and outdoor display.
Resulting artworks have inciuded interpretive reliefs, free standing totems, functional furniture, abstract sculpture and prints. Materials used have inciuded stone, steel, ceramic, green oak, bronze and glass mosaic.
1996 - 2000 ran workshops from studios, developed own work, undertook various school commissions, exhibited
1991 - 1996 worked as tutor at Edinburgh College of Art, developed own work , exhibited and worked to commission
Exhibitions
2010, 2009,2008 Newby Hall , Ripon - Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition
2009 FlatCatGallery
2007 "Sea Change" Harestanes, Scottish Borders- solo exhibition stone carving and mosaics
2006 Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum - group show end of residency
2003 Solo show Logan Botanic Gardens,
1997 Solo show Dawyck Botanic Gardens, Peebles
Symposia
2011 3 International Granite Symposium ,Ust - Kamenogorst, Kazakhstan - awarded 3 prize. TH rd
2010,2009 4 and 3 International Sculpture Symposium, Muravano Goslina, Poland 2008 Clach International stone carving symposium - Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire
2006 Clach International stone carving symposium, Plane Castle, Stirlingshire Resideneies
Artist Residency 2010 Dunning Primary School with Perth and Kinross Council - working with pupils to develop an exterior artwork for school.
Artist in Residence 200617 at Prestongrange Industrial Hertiage Musuem with East Lothian Council - working with various user groups and also developing own work.
Craft residency 2003 St Gabrial's Primary School, East Lothian
Education
2008-2009 Children in ScotiandlScottish Arts Council
1987 - 1992 - Edinburgh College of Art
1983 - International House, Hastings
1976 -1980 - University of St Andrews
1963 -1976 - Dundee High School