Sue Beyer | Visual artist

SUE BEYER \\ VISUAL ARTIST
PAINTING . ELECTRONICS . NEW MEDIA

// ARTIST STATEMENT
Using a multidisciplinary approach I focus on ideas relating to Instruction Based Art, sensory thresholds, transformation and the in-between.

From a young age I have been fascinated with the 'magic' of computers, programming and the internet. When I first became interested in computers they took on a metaphysical aspect for me, hinting that all the answers were available if you knew how and where to look. Trying to figure them out and the way they work is/was a bit of an obsession for me. In my work, the computer or program is an interface or transformative space.

At the present time I am working on a project titled ‘We are data’. This project uses a mix of paintings, electronic and new media works that reference data I gather from the internet and the physical world. Using various techniques the data is transformed and presented, to tell a story.

My paintings, that vary in size, look pixelated and appear to be a close-up of a digital file. However, when you examine them closely, you can see that the lines aren’t perfect and the hand of the artist is evident.

In addition, I use digital, electronic and new media works, that I combine to create installations using the different mediums layered on top of each other like a giant collage that can cover walls and floors. The installations are filled with information, and reference the overwhelming amount of data that can be accessed digitally and physically on any given topic on the internet or in real life.

// BIO Australian artist Sue Beyer has exhibited internationally, and received support through cultural agencies such as Australia Council, Creative Victoria, University of Melbourne and the Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation. Beyer has been a finalist in multiple prizes, was the winner of the Emerging artist category in the Stanthorpe Art Prize (2014) and awarded the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award (2018) for work created as part of her MFA. Her work is part of numerous corporate and public collections including Artbank, an Australian Government art collection. In 2022 Sue is represented internationally by Studio Gallery Group in Melbourne Australia, Bos Fine Art in The Netherlands and is a Sessional Lecturer with the School of Design at RMIT in Melbourne. Sue based in Melbourne and New York.
// CV Download CV here Education 2019 Master of Fine Art (research), VCA, University of Melbourne 2010 Bachelor of Fine Art with Class I honours, QCA, Griffith University Selected Solo exhibitions 2022 Transmission - Studio Gallery Group, Sydney 2022 We Are Data - Box Gallery, Melbourne 2018 MFA Graduate Show - Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne 2018 Your neon lights will shine - George Paton Gallery, Melbourne 2018 A million lights are dancing - Sawtooth ARI, Launceston 2017 A place where nobody dared to go - SEVENTH, Melbourne 2014 Betwixt and Between - Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane 2013 Open Studio Exhibition - Point B Worklodge, Brooklyn, New York 2013 Memory Palace - Logan Art Gallery 2012 Dwell - Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane Selected group exhibitions 2022 IDMAA 2022: Weird Media - Winona State University, Minnesota 2022 Victoria St - The Wandering Room, Melbourne 2022 Techspressionism - Southampton Arts Center, New York 2022 In-between - Last Frontier NYC, New York 2021 Critical Abstraction - University of Wyoming, USA 2021 Moreland Summer show - Counihan Gallery, Melbourne 2021 Straight Through The Wall - Brooklyn, New York 2021 NFT Now - Techspressionism.com & Kunstmatrix, USA 2020 Glitch Art Brazil - www.glitch.art.br, Brazil 2020 Biennial of Victorian Women Abstract Artists - West End Art Space, Melbourne 2020 Creative Code Festival - Lightbox, New York 2020 Winter Show - Studio Gallery Group, Melbourne & Sydney 2019 Friends and Family - Daine Singer, Melbourne 2019 Rules of engagement - The Substation, Singapore 2019 Victoria Street - The Wandering Room, Melbourne 2019 Divergent - Assembly Point, Melbourne 2019 Awkwarder - The Wandering Room, Melbourne 2018 Out Front - Here we see, Gallery There, Melbourne 2018 Universal Personal - VCA Artspace, Melbourne 2017 Scenes of our city - Museum of Brisbane 2016 17.08.16 - Home@735, Sydney 2016 Collectibles V - Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane 2015 Closing/Opening party - PointB Worklodge, Brooklyn, New York 2015 18 x 8: From Point A to PointB and back again... - PointB Worklodge, Brooklyn, New York 2014 Collectibles IV - Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane 2014 Planes of reality - Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane 2013 +1 - Garage ARI, Sydney 2011Check in - Brisbane Emerging Art Festival - Metro Arts, Brisbane 2010 NetWork - The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 2010 Suburbia - Redcliffe City Gallery 2010 Test Pattern 2010 - Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane 2008 Digital Fringe - Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne 2008 Illusion - SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco Selected Prizes (Finalist) 2021 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize - Ravenswood School For Girls - NSW 2020 Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Caloundra Regional Gallery - Caloundra 2020 Moreland Summer Show - Counihan Gallery, Melbourne 2017 15 Artists - Redcliffe City Gallery - Redcliffe 2016 National works on paper - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery - Victoria 2016 The M Collection Art Prize - Gallerysmith - Melbourne 2014 The Redland Art Prize - Redland Art Gallery - Brisbane 2014 The Stanthorpe Art Festival - Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery - Stanthorpe 2013 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize - Griffith University Art Gallery - Brisbane 2013 The Wilson Visual Arts Award - Lismore 2012 Albury City Art Prize - Albury City Gallery - Albury 2011 Sunshine Coast Art Prize - Caloundra Regional Gallery - Caloundra 2011 Moreton Bay Region Art Awards - Pine Rivers Art Gallery - Strathpine 2011 Clayton Utz Art Prize - Clayton Utz Lawyers - Brisbane 2009 15 Artists - Redcliffe City Gallery - Redcliffe 2007 Stillwell Show - SFSU Fine Arts Gallery - San Francisco Awards 2018 The National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association Award 2014 Winner of the Emerging Artist category - Stanthorpe Art Prize - Stanthorpe 2013 Winner - The Milburn Art Prize - Brisbane 2009 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence - Griffith University 2008 Winner - RBWH art award - Brisbane Selected Grants 2021 Sustaining Creative Workers Program - Creative Victoria 2020 National Assistance Program for the Arts - Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation 2018 Faculty Small Grants Scheme - The University of Melbourne 2013 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Grant 2010 ArtStart Grant - Australia Council for the Arts 2007 International Experiences Incentive Scheme Grant, Griffith University Residencies 2023 NARS International Artist Residency Program, NYC, USA 2022 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA 2022 Mothership - Brooklyn, New York 2016 Green Rooms, London, UK 2014 Imaging the land International Research Initiative (ILIRI), Fowlers Gap, UNSW 2013 Point B Worklodge - Brooklyn, New York 2013 Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Curatorial projects 2022 Digital Aesthetic - Box Gallery, Melbourne 2018 VIVID - Chapman Bailey, Melbourne 2013 - 2014 Other Space - Artist run space - Blackbutt, regional QLD Public Art Commissions 2021 Flinders Quarter Augmented Art Walk - Flinders Quarter in partnership with Metro Tunnel Project & Cross Yarra Partnership - Melbourne 2012 - 2013 Our Place – This is where we live - Ipswich Hospital Expansion project - managed by Project Services, Qld State Government 2009 I'll tell you on the way home - Project Services, Qld State Govt. Bike Centre - 61 Mary Street, Brisbane Collections Artbank Binder Dijker Otte Brisbane Grammar School Central Park - Sydney Gadens Lawyers Gold Coast University Hospital Hilton Hotels Ipswich Hospital Jupiters Casino Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Land Solution Australia Murphy Pipe and Civil Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital - Brisbane The Mater Private Hospital - Brisbane & Springfield Private - UK, USA, Canada, Australia Professional Memberships NAVA AAANZ Professional activities Sessional Lecturer, School of Design, RMIT, Melbourne, 2022 to current Being an artist is..., Podcast, https://www.beinganartistpodcast.com, 2022 to current Director of Sandbox Studios, Australia - 2019 to current Artist talk, Department of Visual and Literary Arts, Univeristy of Wyoming, Oct 2021 Art/Work: Building opportunities as an emerging artist - Panel discussion, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne - August 2021 WTF are NFTs? - Panel discussion, Mars Gallery, Melbourne - May 2021 TEDx talk, Powerhouse, Brisbane - October 5, 2014 RADF Committee Member - South Burnett Regional Council Jan 2014 - April 2014 Artist workshops, Redlands Ignite Festival, Cleveland June - July 2013 Artist talk, Art Cafe, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, October - 2012 Children's after school workshops - Camp Hill and Bulimba - 2012 Artist workshops - Mapping your world - Redland Art Gallery - July 2012 Volunteer, Redland Art Gallery - Cleveland June 2012 - Dec 2012 Artist talk and workshop - Mapping your world - Pine Rivers Art Gallery February 2011 Artist workshop - Goondiwindi State HIgh School - October 2010 Artist talk - Suburbia - Redcliffe City Gallery - 17 June 2010 Volunteer, Artworkers Alliance - Brisbane Sept 2008 - April 2009 Volunteer, Institute of Modern Art - Brisbane Sept 2006 - April 2007 Guest lecture - QCA - Creating the image - 11 May 2006 Selected Bibliography Byrne, T 2021, Melbourne’s augmented reality: is public art the remedy to the city’s pandemic malaise?, The Guardian, 6 July 2021. Viewed June 11, 2021 Hendry, K 2021, Transformer: an essay by Kate Hendry, Melbourne, May, 2021 Spalter, A 2021, NFT Now – Exhibition Essay, New York viewed 2 May, 2021 Kennedy, A 2020, Sue Beyer, A-OK, Melbourne viewed 7 June, 2020 Smith, S 2016, SUSIE SMITH REVIEWS 17.08.16, Home@735 Gallery viewed 17 September, 2016 Documentor 2016, Editorial: Sue Beyer: disPLACE, Documentor viewed 30 June, 2016 Nelson, I 2015, Interview: Sue Beyer, One Four Four, Melbourne viewed 8 January, 2016 Eskola, M 2014, Betwixt & Between, Catalogue essay, 2014 Clarke, A 2014, Review of Betwixt & Between, Six to Eight, Sydney viewed 16 October, 2014 Cha, M 2014, What's your topography, Moustache Magazine, Brisbane viewed 23 September, 2014 Bridge, C 2014, Sue Beyer Now, Art World Women, Melbourne, viewed 5 February, 2014 Browne, S 2013, Mapping creativity, U On Sunday, 19 May, p. 30.
copyright 2022 Sue Beyer