Working between Sydney and Brisbane, Susan Hawkins’ practice spans sculpture, object and sound-based practice. She uses reclaimed industrial and domestic objects and incorporates motors and sound to create sculptures and installations for both art galleries and the public realm. She is interested in how these objects reference forgotten symbolic power while playfully altering them to highlight the symbolic bias of our personal and public surroundings.
Originally from Gunnedah, NSW, Hawkins completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art in 2014 with a double major in Sculpture, Jewellery and Small Objects. She has presented four major solo exhibitions: Make of Me, Blindside, Melbourne, 2016; The Remainder, Metro Arts Residency Program, Brisbane, 2017; The Speaker, Outer Space Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane, 2019; and Considering Space, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, 2019. Hawkins has also presented work through Brisbane’s people+artist+place at Howard Smith Wharfs, Brisbane, 2019, for Metro Arts as part of Brisbane City Council’s Temporary Public Art program.
In 2020, Hawkins received funding from Arts Queensland and was awarded the Art Gallery of NSW Moya Dyring Studio Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
