Artist statement
An integral part of my work is the use of layers of transparent colour. I’m intrigued by the idea that different colours can elicit different emotions, so my practice is based on investigating this concept.
My process is to apply washes of paint and let them drip, sometimes spraying the canvas with water to create flows of colour. I keep adding layers to achieve brighter colours and apply masks to the areas I want to keep unchanged. I love the uncertainty involved with this technique.
What interests me about painting is the search for a visual language that creates an atmosphere that transcends the mundane and evokes strong emotion.
I would like the viewer to look at the work and observe the feelings that arise from the experience.
SUSANA DEPETRIS
Education
1996 BA (Visual Arts) University of Western Sydney – Macarthur
1993 Associate Diploma in Arts (Fine Arts) Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE
Awards, Grants and Residencies
1994 The William Fletcher Trust Grant
1992 Chroma Acrylics – TAFE Painting Award -Encouragement Award
Solo exhibitions
2022 Experiments on Abstraction: Hard-Edge and Colourfields
Hazelhurst Arts Centre – Broadhurst Gallery
2019 The Art Passage, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Door to Door – LiTE HAUS Galerie, Berlin
2021 Friends on Show – Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney
2021 Door to Door – No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Hazelhurst 20 Years – Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2019 Zed Gallery (Three Group Shows), Sydney
Friends on Show – Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney
Art Aviso 1.0 No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Wet – 7 Artists’ Response to Water – Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney
2004 Of White, Side-on Gallery - TAFE NSW – Southern Sydney Art School, Sydney
2003 TAFE NSW – Southern Sydney Institute 2003 Exhibition, Sydney
Liverpool Art Prize, Sydney
1995 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Sydney
Mary Alice Evatt Award, Sydney
Boiling Point, Graduation Exhibition UWS Macarthur, Sydney
Blaze, Two-person exhibition - The Artery (UWS Macarthur, Milperra Campus), Sydney
No Fixed Agenda, Nepean Arthouse, Sydney
Publications
· The Book of Creation, Griffith University Art Museum, 2022 (Artwork reproduction p 72)
· Friends of Hazelhurst Newsletter Apr-Jun 2021