Opening night of Standpoint Gallery exhibition, Sculpture of Site, Object of Play (February, 2020)
Opening night of Standpoint Gallery exhibition, Sculpture of Site, Object of Play (February, 2020)

My research is interested in the idea of adaptation.

I draw parallels between contingent making processes of artworks and methods in society of human and natural adaptation, i.e., how humans build temporary structures, shelters, and rafts which are used both for adventure and for survival.

I layer and collage together to investigate spatial environments. I splice together moving image and create collages that are layers upon layers of print, and sculptures from unusual combinations of materials. I intuitively make using materials that have been discarded such as packaging.

I am interested in the way that nature creeps back into every part of urban space and how natural phenomena such as water and light affect our experience of the world around us. I consider the duality that exists between water as a beautiful material that is difficult to control and water as something that is increasingly threatening.

My current research juxtaposes distinct landscapes facing uncertainty due to climate change and extreme scenarios of too much or too little water. Field research has taken place in Latin America, including the rainforest in Panama and the Atacama Desert in Chile. The production of artworks become a means of visualizing hopeful future possibilities for understanding landscapes in relation to climate resilience.

CV

Education

2021-current:
PhD candidate, University of Gloucestershire
2017-2019:
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art.
2009:
Exchange. Kyoto Seika University, Japan
2006-2010:
BA Honours Sculpture, Glasgow School of Art

Current Work

2021:
University of Gloucestershire. Lecturer in Fine Art
2012:
Cambridge University Museums. Artist educator

Previous Work

2019-2021:
University of Gloucestershire. Associate Lecturer in Fine Art
2018-2019:
Royal College of Art. Workshop supervisor.
2011-2015:
Futurecity. Assistant Project Manager.

Solo Exhibitions

2026:
Coleman Projects, London. To Tide You Over
2023:
The Wilson Museum and Gallery, Cheltenham. Susie Olczak in the Maker's Space.
2017:
Ugly Duck, London. Constructed Reality
2013:
Tower 42, London. Volume
2011:
Makers Gallery, Cambridge. Transition

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026:
Landscapes of Hope. Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Gloucester.
2025:
Landscapes of Hope. School Gallery, Folkestone. RAFT. Royal Overseas League, London. (Curator)
2024:
Material Thinking. The Lightbox, Woking. On the Edge 2.0. Ovada, Oxford. Casting Shadows. AceArts, Somerton with Royal Society of Sculptors. Fragments of a Lost Future. White Conduit Projects, London. Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York Art Gallery
2023:
Hardwick Gallery. Fabrication. La Yareta Culture Centre, Chile. La Wayaka Current. Wanderland. Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens with RSS. On The Edge. Royal Society of Sculptors, London.