about
Sue Lawes is now based in Hastings, after over 40 years of living and working in London.
07957 627809
www.suelawes.com
www.fivetonine.co.uk
www.deptfordisforever.net
thewillowpatternproject.blogspot.com
crossfields.blogspot.com
ART EDUCATION
2023–2024 Hastings Art School
2016–2018 MFA, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2 years of 4-year part-time programme)
1976–1979 BA (Hons) Fine Art (2:1), Goldsmiths College, University of London
1975–1976 Epsom College of Art & Design
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Observed (gallery exhibition, painting & prints) : Hypha Studios, Priory Meadow, Hastings (plus here / here / here)
2013 The Old Blue & White (installation) / Creekery #1 & #2 (photographs) : Master Shipwright's House, SE8. Part of London Open House
2012 The Old Blue and White (installation) : Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2011 Creekery #1 / Two Birds (installation) : Deptford Creek at Ha'Penny Hatch / Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2008 China Blues / Patna Black (installation) : Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
GROUP SHOWS
2024 Magma (film) : We Are Family, Hypha Studios, Priory Meadow, Hastings
Home (painting) : We Are Family, Hypha Studios, Priory Meadow, Hastings
Six Wigs (painting) : Poor Women, Hypha Studios, Priory Meadow, Hastings
2023 Invasive #1 & #2 (painting) : Hastings Art School show, Hypha Studios, Priory Meadow, Hastings
Postcard Blue + Invasive #1 & #2 (painting) : The Old Is Dying, Electro Studios, St Leonards on Sea
2022 Henry Ward Observed + Borders Observed (painting & prints) Commoners Rock!, Observer Building, Hastings
Magma (film) : screening at Exploding Cinema, The Printworks, Hastings
2021 Henry Ward Observed + more (painting & film) : group exhibition as part of Open Studios Coastal Currents 2021
Alhambra (mural) : part of Painting The Prom 2021 (9 artists selected from 161 competition entries)
2018 74 Trees (installation) : Deptford Ain't Avvinit, Tidemill Wildlife Garden, Deptford SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
Forensis #1 & #2 (installation) : DXGold, Deptford Campus, Goldsmiths MFA. Part of Deptford X 2018
#ForTheMany (film) : DXGold, Deptford Campus, Goldsmiths MFA. Part of Deptford X 2018
#ForTheMany (film) : Deptford Ain't Avvinit, Tidemill Wildlife Garden, Deptford SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe 2018
Deptford Is Forever (photography & film) : Deptford Does Art Gallery, Deptford SE8
2015 Creekery #2 (film) : Twentieth, APT Gallery, SE8
2013 Creekery #1 & #2 (photographs) : Arthub Gallery, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
Apple Tree (wall piece) : Eight Studios From Here, The Faircharm, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
Postcards from China & Stoke (painting) : Elsewhere, Made in Greenwich Gallery, SE10
Sixteen Grocers / D=f(m,b,c) (print) : Eight Minutes From Here, Royal Festival Hall, SE1
Willow Pattern Story / Japonica Glistens / War & Peace (painting) : Image and Text, Made in Greenwich Gallery, SE10
Willow Pattern Story (wall piece) : Creekside Ahoy, Arthub Gallery, SE8
2011 Creekery #2 (installation) : Creekside Open selected by Dexter Dalwood, Deptford Creek at Harold Wharf/APT Gallery, SE8
Creekery #1 & #2 (photographs) : RSVPLondon, The Faircharm, SE8
2009 Creekside Willow with Vultures (wall piece) Alchemy, Core Gallery, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
China Blues (photograph) : A Cup of Tea Solves Everything, Departure Gallery E14
2008 Willow Pattern Story (online) P&B Showcase www.p&bshowcase.co.uk
2007 Six Wigs / D=f(m,b,c) / War Is Peace (painting) : Recent Fruit Paul McPherson Gallery SE10
D=f(m,b,c) (print) : Frameworks Gallery, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2006 D=f(m,b,c) (print) : Cockpit Arts, SE8. Part of Deptford Design Festival
Home (painting) : Six, Paul McPherson Gallery SE10
Nunhead Open 3, The Surgery SE15
Group show, Sun & Doves SE5
Group show, Frameworks Gallery SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
SOLO SHOWS
2013 The Old Blue & White (installation) : Master Shipwright's House, SE8. Part of London Open House
Creekery #1 & #2 (photographs) : Master Shipwright's House, SE8. Part of London Open House
2012 The Old Blue and White (installation) : Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2011 Creekery #1 / Two Birds (installation) : Deptford Creek at Ha'Penny Hatch / Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2008 China Blues / Patna Black (installation) : Creekside Discovery Centre, SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION
2018 Welcome Back Deptford Anchor! (film) with David Aylward, Deptford High St, SE8
Chalking The Chain (film) with David Aylward, Deptford High St, SE8
2016 Chalking The Anchor (performance) with David Aylward, Deptford High St, SE8
DIF Poster Campaign (installation) with David Aylward, Deptford High Street, SE8
2015 Red Tape (installation) with David Aylward, Deptford High Street. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2013 Give Us Back Our Bloomin’ Anchor! (various installations & performance) with David Aylward, Deptford High Street. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2009 Tagworts (installation) with Nick Bertrand, streets all over Deptford SE8. Part of Deptford X Fringe
2008 SE8 Signs #2 (installation) with Lionel Openshaw, Creekside SE8. Part of Deptford Design Festival
2007 SE8 Signs #1 (installation) with Lionel Openshaw, Creekside SE8. Part of Deptford Design Festival
CURATION
1985 Lubaina Himid, Sonia Boyce, Keith Piper : The Albany Empire (exhibition to accompany Blues For Railton theatre production)
1985 Three Women Artists : The Albany
1984 Deptford Artists Group : The Albany
GROUP SHOWS 1983–2004
2004 Deptford Design Festival, Resolution Way SE8
2001–2004 Frameworks Gallery SE8
1996–2000 APT Gallery SE8
1988 Coffee Shak SE13
1985 St James' Church W1
1984 Royal Festival Hall SE1, The Albany SE8, Brixton Art Gallery SW9
1983 Brixton Art Gallery SW9, Cork Street Fine Arts