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ABOUT THE ARTIST



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.

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General Background/Profile


  • BFA Sculpture 2009 - Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) - Atlanta, GA
  • Clay Artist, Atlanta, GA - Own clay studio. Exhibit and sell original hand built clay art
  • 2006 President Tucker Arts Guild, Tucker, GA - www.tuckerartsguild.org
  • BellSouth Telecommunications Career Employee, Jacksonville, FL/Atlanta, GA - Retired as Human Resources Manager with 28 years experience

    Exhibitions/Awards


  • Emerging Artists - Artists on the Up and Up, Spruill Gallery - June 2009
  • Wearable Arts Awards - Port Moody Arts Center, Juried Exhibition - Port Moody (Vancouver), BC, Canada - May 2009
  • Decatur Fine Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition, Decatur, GA - May 2009
  • Feminundrum, Castleberry Hill - May 2009
  • Varieties of Perpetuation, StudioPlex, Atlanta, GA - April 2009
  • Featured on HGTV's, "That's Clever", clay project demonstration - Spring 2007
  • The Thread Project: One World, One Cloth - September 2007
  • Tucker Arts Guild Opening Show - Tucker, GA - May 13, 2006
  • Romo Gallery - affordableARTmarket Castleberry Hill, Atlanta, GA - April 2006
  • Stone Mountain Art Station Juried Show, Honorable Mention Award - Fall 2006
  • MudFire Gallery - Atlanta, GA
        -Atlanta Tea Pot Festival, TeaPots-A-Go-Go Juried Exhibit/Sale April-May 2006
        -National Teapot Exhibit and Sale, TeaPots-A-Go-Go - April 2004
        -Holiday Show - December 2003
        -National Teapot Exhibit and Sale, TeaPots-A-Go-Go - April 2003
        -Holiday Show - November 2002
  • Work purchased for use in TeaSpace Restaurant, Atlanta, GA - 2003
  • Work purchased for use in a feature film Castlerock Entertainment - 2003

    Press/Reviews


  • BurnAway.org Review of Varieties of Perpetuation - March 2009
  • BurnAway.org Review of Emerging Artists - July 2009
  • Feature Article in Atlanta Journal Constitution - April 27, 2006
  • Feature Article in Up Close & Personal in Tucker - April 2006

    Arts Instruction


  • BFA in Sculpture 2009 - Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Atlanta

    Internship/Assistant


  • Gregor Turk, Sculptor - Summer 2009

    Workshops


    July 17-23, 2005                    John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
                                
    Hand building
                                 Instructor: Judy Robkin, Atlanta, GA

     

    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

     

    January 2003                     Tea Pots Workshop, MudFire Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                                          Instructor: Rick Berman, Atlanta, GA

     

    Sept. 18-29, 2002              Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
    The Art of the Feminine Divine; Museum study, Language of Symbols, Mixed-Media, Monoprint and Collage

    Instructors: Lydia Ruyle, Boulder, CO, Trisha Sinnott, Atlanta, GA

     

    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



    Susan's Butterfly House Studio


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