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ABOUT THE ARTIST |
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Biography  
Susan Ryles was born in Tallahassee, Florida and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Now living in Atlanta, Georgia she studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Atlanta and earned her BFA in Sculpture in 2009. Susan's interest in the three-dimensional world began about twelve years ago with wheel thrown and hand built clay/ceramics as a creative outlet and stress reliever from a hectic corporate career. She studied clay/ceramics extensively around the country at Arrowmont School in Tennessee, John C. Campbell School in North Carolina, and Haystack School in Maine. Susan was one of the featured artists on Home and Garden Television's (HGTV's) "That's Clever" in Spring 2007. As former President of the Tucker Arts Guild, she was the subject of feature articles about the arts in Dekalb County in publications including "Up Close & Personal in Tucker", April 2006 and the Atlanta Journal Constitution April 27, 2006. Her work won honorable mention at the Stone Mountain Art Station Juried exhibit in 2006 and was exhibited in the juried Decatur Fine Arts Festival, May 2009. Her work has recently been featured in a variety of art venues in Atlanta including StudioPlex, Castleberry Hill and the Spruill Gallery as well as the Wearable Arts Exhibition in Port Moody (Vancouver), BC Canada. E-MAIL SUSAN RYLES >>
General Background/Profile
Exhibitions/Awards
Press/Reviews
Arts Instruction
Internship/Assistant Workshops July 17-23, 2005 John
C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC January–March
2005 Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA Drawing
II Instructor:
Marylin Brandenburger, Decatur, GA November–December
2004 Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA Drawing
I Instructor:
Marylin Brandenburger, Decatur, GA November
13-14, 2004 Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA Hand
built Altars Instructor:
Lana Wilson, San Diego, CA February
28-29, 2004 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA Form
and Surface Workshop Instructor:
Sculptor, Debra Fritts, Roswell, GA August
17-29, 2003 Haystack School of Mountain Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Intimate
Objects/Small Sculpture Instructor: Michaelene Walsh, LSU,
Baton Rouge, LA August
3-9, 2003 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Hand
building and Mold Making Instructor:
Steve Howell, Gainesville, FL April
2003 Wheel Workshop, MudFire Gallery, Atlanta, GA Instructor:
Mark Issenberg, Lookout Mountain, TN Instructor:
Rick Berman, Atlanta, GA Sept. 18-29, 2002 Santa
Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy Oct.
28-Nov. 3, 2001 John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC Hand
built Altars Instructor:
Chiwa, Ashville, NC 2001-
2002 Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA Hand
building Instructor:
Sandra Nissen May 9-15,
1999 John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC Adding
Natural Elements to Clay Instructor:
Lenore Vanderkooi, Nashville, TN September
6-12, 1998 John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC Thrown
and Altered Porcelain Tableware Instructor:
Leah Leitson, Ashville, NC 1997 –
2001 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA Wheel
and Hand building Instructors:
Mary Cobb, Jeannie Holland, Laurie Steel
The Studio
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Susan's Butterfly House Studio