SUSAN BARAN

BIOGRAPHY
1959 Born Sydney, Australia
1981 Higher Art Certificate, National Art School
1982 Post Certificate, National Art School
1985 Post Graduate Diploma, City Art Institute
1986 /90 Part-time Lecturer, National Art School, Printmaking Dept.
1995 Commenced studies and Sydney College of Arts in Printmaking
1999 Joined Warringah Printmakers Studio Inc.
2004/2008 Printmaking tutor, Warringah Printmakers Studio
2004 Invitation to join Sydney Printmakers
2006 Joined Primrose Paper Arts Inc.
2007/2008 Printmaking tutor, Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre
2007/2008 Printmaking tutor,Pine Street Creative Arts Centre

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Aug 1983 Butchers Exhibit, Sydney
Aug 1985 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Feb 1987 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Nov 1988 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
April 1991 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
Dec 2003 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Feb 2004 Adelaide Fringe Festival
Dec 2006 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Oct 2008 Joint exhibition with Christina Cordero, Rustic Blue Gallery , Kangaroo Island ,SA
Nov 2008 “A Room of One’s Own” Marianne Newman, Gallery ,Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1980/81 Studio Print Show, East Sydney Technical College, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
1982 Women in Art Exhibition, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
1984/85 Post Graduate Show, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1986 T-shirt Show, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
1986/87 Limited Edition Print Show, Macquarie University, Sydney
1987 Freemantle Print Award Exhibit, Western Australia
1988 Sylvester Studio Christmas Exhibition, Sydney
1991 Group Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1999 Warringah Printmakers Annual Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1999/ 2000 Balmain Watch House Exhibition, Sydney
2002 /2008 Postcard Show, Linden St Kilda, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2004 Enchanting Impressions Exhibition, Warringah Printmakers Studio, GuangZhou, China
2004 Exchange Exhibition, Warringah Printmakers, Le Zocalo and Atelier Circculair, Quebec, Canada
2005 Group Exhibition, Frameworks Gallery, Sydney
2005 Collaboration – Sydney Printmakers touring to Gosford, Tweed and Noosa Regional Galleries
2005 Art on Paper Awards finalist, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2005 Sydney Art on Paper Fair
2006&2008 Libris Awards Exhibition, Mackay
2006&2008 Cadaques Mini Print Award, Spain
2006-2008 Lessedra Mini Print Award, Bulgaria
2007/2008 Southern Cross University Book Awards
2006 Book.06, 10+ Beyond, Works of Imagination, Noosa Regional Gallery
2006 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize finalist, South Australia Museum
2006&2008 Sydney Printmakers at Max Taylor Gallery Sydney
2006 ‘Dyeing to Make Paper’ Awards, Primrose Park Paper Arts, Sydney
2006 ‘Drawcard’ National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2006/2007 ‘Shelf Life’ Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2006 Through Australian Eyes, Warringah Printmakers Studio in GuangZhou, China
2007 Books 07,Search for the Impossible, Noosa Regional Gallery
2007 Boundless Books, Textile Fibre Forum, Geelong
2007 The Urban Animal Exchange Portfolio, Sydney Printmakers at Impressions on Paper Gallery Canberra and Marianne Newman Gallery , Sydney
2008 “Sighting the Whale: New works from Primrose Paper Arts”, Mosman Gallery, Sydney
2008 Works on Paper Show , Brunswick Street Gallery ,Melbourne
2008 “Ocean to Harbour” Warringah Printmakers at Mosman Gallery, Sydney
2008 “Identity”, Sydney Printmakers, Atelier Skara, Norway
2008 “Without Boundaries”,Ausralian Bookbinders Exhibition-Artist Books,Pine Street Gallery,Sydney

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Print Council of Australia – 100 x 100 Portfolio
Poster Commission for Macquarie University Union
Art Bank
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Central Queensland University Art Collection

PUBLICATIONS
Catalogue for 100 x 100 Portfolio,Print Council of Australia
Catalogue for China Project, Warrigah Printmakers Studio
Catalogue for Enchanting Impressions Exhibition,Warringah Printmaker Studio,
GuangZhou, China
Catalogue for Sighting the Whale Exhibition,Primrose Paper Arts
Catalogue for Ocean to Harbour Exhibition,Warringah Printmakers Studio
Catalogue for “Without Boundaries”Australian Bookbinders Exhibition –Artist Books

PRIZES
2001 Capricorn Coast Art Prize, Printmaking and Miniature Categories
2003 Capricorn Coast Art Prize, Flora and Fauna Category


MINIPRINT 2009



MINIPRINT 2009

1. Angels Of The Cemetery I, 2008, Photopolymer, Intaglio, 14,9 x 21,3 cm – 300





MINIPRINT 2009

2. Angels Of The Cemetery II, 2008, Photopolymer, Intaglio, 14,5 x 20,8 cm – 300





MINIPRINT 2009

3. Angels Of The Cemetery III, 2008, Photopolymer, Intaglio, 14,7 x 20,1 cm – 300