Artist Statement:

I was born in South Africa and have lived in a variety of countries (USA, Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain).
Since graduating in 1999, I have been exhibiting and producing work on a regular basis, including one public and numerous private commissions. I have had several solo exhibitions in London and taken part in group exhibitions in New York, Paris, Edinburgh, Spain, London and the UK.
"In terms of style I am primarily concerned with movement. In a way, the act of drawing is choreographic; a drawn line is both a graphic entity and a physical movement that is at once spontaneous and precise, it is accomplished in one continuous movement. The pen hits the surface running and leaves it in the same fashion".

007jpg: In full feather, charcoal on paper, 56x46cm, £250
008jpg: Halfway 2 heaven, mixed media on paper, 56x46cm, £250
006jpg: Twisty kitten, mixed media on paper, 56x46cm, £250
00011jpg: Party animal, mixed media/collage on paper, 76x56cm, £520
004jpg: Pretzel babe, pretzels & kitchen cloth on paper, 64x55cm, £540
005jpg: Cheerleader, mixed media on paper, 56x46cm, £250

CURRICULUM VITAE

Educational History: June 1999: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey. My degree work, a 2 x 2m spiral in mixed media, is exhibited at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
1999-1995: Art student at universities in France and London.
1995: Baccalaureate with distinction in France. Primary and grammar schools in Denmark, Germany and France.
Artistic Specialisation: Progressive drawing and mixed media

Activities: Exhibitions in New York, Paris, Spain, London and United Kingdom

Forthcoming Exhibitions
May 2004: Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London.
December 2003: 4D Modelshop, London.
November 2003: Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London.
November/October 2003: 02 Brasserie, London.
October 2003: The Atrium Gallery, London.
October/September 2003: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath.
January 2004/September 2003: The Barnsbury, London.

Exhibitions
September/August 2003: The Foundry, London.
September/July 2003: ‘Sexy beasts’ @ trafik, London.
June 2003: Gallery 47, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London; Charing Cross Hospital, London.
June/May 2003: The Albany Comedy Club, London.
May 2003: Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London.
February 2003: ‘My Valentine’s mascara’, A&D Gallery, London.
January 2003: ‘A day without fun is a day lost forever’, Solo Exhibition, Space Gallery, London.
December 2002: Circle Gallery, Edinburgh.
October 2002: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath.
August 2002: Museo Municipal Ourense, with Riverside Artists Group, Spain.
August/July 2002: A&D Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London.
June 2002: ‘Challenge the Nail’, Salon des Arts, London; Fulham Palace Museum, with Riverside Artists Group, London.
May/April 2002: The Start Gallery 2000, London.
March 2002: Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke; Gallery 47, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
Mar/Feb 2002: Affordable Art Fair Spring 2002, London.
December 2001: ‘Boys and Girls – Girls and Boys’, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 73, Brighton; Candid Arts Trust, London.
October 2001: The Start Gallery 2000, London.
September 2001: Candid Arts Trust, London.
August 2001: Hoax Gallery at the Lux Centre, London.
July 2001: Espace Garden City Gallery, Paris; The Start Gallery 2000, London; Drawing Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, Exeter.
May 2001: ‘Beautiful Creatures’, Solo Exhibition, The Red Gate Gallery, London.
April 2001: Candid Arts Trust, London.
March 2001: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath; Jelly Leg’d Chicken Gallery, Reading.
February 2001: ‘Art on Paper’, Royal College of Art, London; Brighton Media Centre Gallery, Brighton.
November 2000: ‘The Nude’, Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery, Twickenham; Lauderdale House, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
October 2000: Affordable Art Fair 2000, London; Gallery Voltaire, London.
October/September 2000: The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre, Herts.
September 2000: DFN Gallery, New York.
August/July 2000: ‘Body Language’, Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff.
June 2000: ‘Women’, Hicks Gallery, London.
June/May 2000: ‘Funky, vulgar media babes’, Solo Exhibition, The Global Café, London.
February/January 2000: Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery, Reading.
January/December 2000/1999: ‘Printmaking’, Ark-T Gallery, Oxford.
December/November 1999: ‘Off the shelf’, with Sherborne Contemporary Arts, Dorset.
In 1996 my artwork was in the final selection for the ‘Prix Picasso’, Paris.

Workshop Experience: June 2002, mixed media project, Pelham Primary School, Wimbledon, London.

Publications: Painting World, Wandsworth Guardian, TNT Magazine.

Artworks in national and international private collections; private commissions; also sold in various retail outlets and art shops in the UK.

Member of AXIS, national database of artists, Make (Women Artists' Slide Library), Hayvend (Art in Machines) http://bak.spc.org/hayvend, the Society of Graphic Fine Art, RAG (Riverside Artists Group) and EWACC (East & West Artists and Culture Club).

Interests: Contemporary art, travelling, literature, music, opera, theatre, ballet, cinema, nature.

Languages: German, French and English (all written and spoken fluently).

Employment: I presently work part-time as a teacher in London.

In terms of style I am primarily concerned with movement. In a way, the act of drawing is choreographic; a drawn line is both a graphic entity and a physical movement that is at once spontaneous and precise, it is accomplished in one continuous movement. The pen hits the surface running and leaves it in the same fashion. My drawings consist of many such lines and movements, they combine selective thoughts on the observed with concern for the drawing as an entity in itself.

Susan Hippe

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey