In a light-filled studio, she works on the monoprints, the most hand-made method of printmaking and the one most open to accident and resolution. Preoccupied with defining figures inhabiting their own internal logic of mood, space and light, as she concentrates, her mind is freed to dip below the conscious to trace the rocks and fissures of a female psyche.
The oil paintings, of solitary figures that are estranged, and are a further meditative abstraction using a limited range of colours and the direct force of her mark-makings to sustain a drama as we approach these figures reaching out to us.
Extract: The Making, DR. M E McGuire
In a light-filled studio, she works on the monoprints, the most hand-made method of printmaking and the one most open to accident and resolution. Preoccupied with defining figures inhabiting their own internal logic of mood, space and light, as she concentrates, her mind is freed to dip below the conscious to trace the rocks and fissures of a female psyche.
The oil paintings, of solitary figures that are estranged, and are a further meditative abstraction using a limited range of colours and the direct force of her mark-makings to sustain a drama as we approach these figures reaching out to us.
Extract: The Making, DR. M E McGuire
In a light-filled studio, she works on the monoprints, the most hand-made method of printmaking and the one most open to accident and resolution. Preoccupied with defining figures inhabiting their own internal logic of mood, space and light, as she concentrates, her mind is freed to dip below the conscious to trace the rocks and fissures of a female psyche.
The oil paintings, of solitary figures that are estranged, and are a further meditative abstraction using a limited range of colours and the direct force of her mark-makings to sustain a drama as we approach these figures reaching out to us.
Extract: The Making, DR. M E McGuire
1989-1991
B.A. Fine Arts, Painting
Honours First Class,
Victoria College, Prahran.
1986-1988
Studied drawing with Artist and Teacher Patrick Moss.
1989-1991
B.A. Fine Arts, Painting
Honours First Class,
Victoria College, Prahran.
1986-1988
Studied drawing with Artist and Teacher Patrick Moss.
solo exhibitions
2025 'The Gathering - MONOTYPES', TACIT ART, COLLINGWOOD
2024 ‘THE GATHERING’, TACIT ART, COLLINGWOOD
2022 ‘Mungo Exhibition’, Hosted by Queenscliff Gallery at Fortyfivedownstairs 2021 ‘MUNGO PRINTS’, Exhibition, Printmaker Gallery Fitzroy 2020 ‘MUNGO PRINTS’, Virtual Exhibition, Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy MUNGO, PAINTINGS and prints, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura 2017 ‘CROW, PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’, Langford120, North Melbourne THEATRE PAINTINGS, Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington 2016 ‘DESERT MONOPRINTS’, The Art Vault, Mildura 2015 'THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS', Langford120, North Melbourne 2014 ‘A SURVEY SHOW OF THEATRE & FIGURE WORK’, The Art Vault, Mildura 2013 ‘MONOPRINTS’, Langford 120, North Melbourne 2012 ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’, Langford 120, North Melbourne 2010 ‘THE DOG THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘ELEKTRA’ BY SOPHOCLES’, The Dog Theatre, Footscray 2008 ‘THE FIGURE, WORK IN PROGRESS’, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood 2006 ‘CLEAN KILL’, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood CLEAN KILL, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2005 ‘CLEAN KILL’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong 1998 ‘STAIRWELL SERIES’, Helen Gory Galerie, Richmond 1996 ‘THREE SOLO EXHIBITIONS’, Helen Gory Galerie, Richmond 1994 ‘COLLECTION IN CONTEXT’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington ‘ANTHILL THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘STRATEGY FOR TWO HAMS BY IONESCO’, Anthill Theatre, Gasworks 1992 ‘GILGUL THEATRE IN WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘ES BRENT’ BY BARRIE KOSKY’, Town Hall Motors, Balaclava
2024 ‘THE GATHERING’, TACIT GALLERIES, COLLINGWOOD 2022 ‘Mungo Exhibition’, Hosted by Queenscliff Gallery at Fortyfivedownstairs 2021 ‘MUNGO PRINTS’, Exhibition, Printmaker Gallery Fitzroy 2020 ‘MUNGO PRINTS’, Virtual Exhibition, Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy MUNGO, PAINTINGS and prints, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura 2017 ‘CROW, PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’, Langford120, North Melbourne THEATRE PAINTINGS, Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington 2016 ‘DESERT MONOPRINTS’, The Art Vault, Mildura 2015 'THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS', Langford120, North Melbourne 2014 ‘A SURVEY SHOW OF THEATRE & FIGURE WORK’, The Art Vault, Mildura 2013 ‘MONOPRINTS’, Langford 120, North Melbourne 2012 ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’, Langford 120, North Melbourne 2010 ‘THE DOG THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘ELEKTRA’ BY SOPHOCLES’, The Dog Theatre, Footscray 2008 ‘THE FIGURE, WORK IN PROGRESS’, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood 2006 ‘CLEAN KILL’, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood CLEAN KILL, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2005 ‘CLEAN KILL’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong 1998 ‘STAIRWELL SERIES’, Helen Gory Galerie, Richmond 1996 ‘THREE SOLO EXHIBITIONS’, Helen Gory Galerie, Richmond 1994 ‘COLLECTION IN CONTEXT’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington ‘ANTHILL THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘STRATEGY FOR TWO HAMS BY IONESCO’, Anthill Theatre, Gasworks 1992 ‘GILGUL THEATRE IN WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘ES BRENT’ BY BARRIE KOSKY’, Town Hall Motors, Balaclava
group exhibitions
group exhibitions
2024 FORM, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff
2023 Australian Monoprint Prize, Finalist, Firestation Print Studio, Malvern 2022 Tacit Print Prize, Finalist, Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 2022 ‘WINTER SALON’, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff 2021 ‘SQUARE OF SUNLIGHT’, Curated by Helen Gory, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood 2020 ‘20[20]’ Tacit Gallery, Collingwood ‘EDITIONS 20’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2019 ‘VISUALISING MILDURA’, The Art Vault, Mildura ‘LAYERS OF SETTLEMENT EXHIBITION/SYMPOSIUM’, LaTrobe University & The Art Vault, Mildura ‘EDITIONS 19’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2018 ‘APT PRINT AWARD’, Mildura. ‘IMPRESSIONS 2018’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘LOCUS (DISTINCT)’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY’, Printmaking Exhibition, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. ‘EDGE’, Global Centre For Drawing, Langford120, North Melbourne. ‘BEAUTY OR BEAST’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘EDITIONS 18’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood. 2017 ‘THREE WOMEN’, Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington, N.S.W. ‘WORKS’, Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford. ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #7’, Langford120, North Melbourne. 2016 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2016’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘CREATURES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘PLACES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. 2006-2016 A DECADE OF PRINTMAKING, A CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W. ‘CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2015 ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #5: FACSIMILE EXHIBITION’, Saci Gallery, Saci Institute, Florence, Italy. ‘GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. ‘TRAJECTORIES — FIFTEEN’, Langford120, North Melbourne 2014 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2014’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘13 MELBOURNE PRINTMAKERS’, Joshua McClelland Print Room & Rathdowne Galleries, Carlton North. 2013 ‘PORTAS ABERTAS — OPEN DOORS PROJECT’, Forum Fundacao Eugenio De Almeida, Evora, Portugal. 2009 ‘POST’, Place Gallery, Richmond. 2005 Ochre Gallery, Collingwood. 2004 ‘RETURN OF THE WHITE BULL’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong. 1999 ‘FINDING BEFORE SEEKING’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1996 ‘GROUP OF FIVE’, Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 1996-2000 ‘ANNUAL SUMMER PRINT SHOW’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1993 ‘AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne. ‘THE GOLUM, CURATED BY BARRIE KOSKY, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Jewish Museum, Melbourne. ‘ANTHILL THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE CHAIRS’ BY IONESCO’, South Melbourne. ‘ACQUISITIVE PRINT AWARD’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington. 1991 ‘RICHMOND ACQUISITIVE ART AWARD’, Richmond Town Hall, Richmond. ‘GRADUATE EXHIBITION’, Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts (Pica), Perth. 1990 ‘ARTWORKS 2’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne 1989 ‘ARTWORKS 1’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne. 1987 Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn.
2024 FORM, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff
2023 Australian Monoprint Prize, Finalist, Firestation Print Studio, Malvern 2022 Tacit Print Prize, Finalist, Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 2022 ‘WINTER SALON’, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff 2021 ‘SQUARE OF SUNLIGHT’, Curated by Helen Gory, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood 2020 ‘20[20]’ Tacit Gallery, Collingwood ‘EDITIONS 20’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2019 ‘VISUALISING MILDURA’, The Art Vault, Mildura ‘LAYERS OF SETTLEMENT EXHIBITION/SYMPOSIUM’, LaTrobe University & The Art Vault, Mildura ‘EDITIONS 19’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2018 ‘APT PRINT AWARD’, Mildura. ‘IMPRESSIONS 2018’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘LOCUS (DISTINCT)’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY’, Printmaking Exhibition, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. ‘EDGE’, Global Centre For Drawing, Langford120, North Melbourne. ‘BEAUTY OR BEAST’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘EDITIONS 18’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood. 2017 ‘THREE WOMEN’, Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington, N.S.W. ‘WORKS’, Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford. ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #7’, Langford120, North Melbourne. 2016 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2016’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘CREATURES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘PLACES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. 2006-2016 A DECADE OF PRINTMAKING, A CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W. ‘CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2015 ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #5: FACSIMILE EXHIBITION’, Saci Gallery, Saci Institute, Florence, Italy. ‘GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. ‘TRAJECTORIES — FIFTEEN’, Langford120, North Melbourne 2014 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2014’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘13 MELBOURNE PRINTMAKERS’, Joshua McClelland Print Room & Rathdowne Galleries, Carlton North. 2013 ‘PORTAS ABERTAS — OPEN DOORS PROJECT’, Forum Fundacao Eugenio De Almeida, Evora, Portugal. 2009 ‘POST’, Place Gallery, Richmond. 2005 Ochre Gallery, Collingwood. 2004 ‘RETURN OF THE WHITE BULL’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong. 1999 ‘FINDING BEFORE SEEKING’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1996 ‘GROUP OF FIVE’, Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 1996-2000 ‘ANNUAL SUMMER PRINT SHOW’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1993 ‘AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne. ‘THE GOLUM, CURATED BY BARRIE KOSKY, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Jewish Museum, Melbourne. ‘ANTHILL THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE CHAIRS’ BY IONESCO’, South Melbourne. ‘ACQUISITIVE PRINT AWARD’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington. 1991 ‘RICHMOND ACQUISITIVE ART AWARD’, Richmond Town Hall, Richmond. ‘GRADUATE EXHIBITION’, Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts (Pica), Perth. 1990 ‘ARTWORKS 2’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne 1989 ‘ARTWORKS 1’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne. 1987 Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn.
2024 FORM, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff
2023 Australian Monoprint Prize, Finalist, Firestation Print Studio, Malvern 2022 Tacit Print Prize, Finalist, Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 2022 ‘WINTER SALON’, Queenscliff Gallery, Queenscliff 2021 ‘SQUARE OF SUNLIGHT’, Curated by Helen Gory, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood 2020 ‘20[20]’ Tacit Gallery, Collingwood ‘EDITIONS 20’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2019 ‘VISUALISING MILDURA’, The Art Vault, Mildura ‘LAYERS OF SETTLEMENT EXHIBITION/SYMPOSIUM’, LaTrobe University & The Art Vault, Mildura ‘EDITIONS 19’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood 2018 ‘APT PRINT AWARD’, Mildura. ‘IMPRESSIONS 2018’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘LOCUS (DISTINCT)’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY’, Printmaking Exhibition, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. ‘EDGE’, Global Centre For Drawing, Langford120, North Melbourne. ‘BEAUTY OR BEAST’, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘EDITIONS 18’, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood. 2017 ‘THREE WOMEN’, Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington, N.S.W. ‘WORKS’, Tacit Gallery, Abbotsford. ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #7’, Langford120, North Melbourne. 2016 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2016’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘CREATURES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. ‘PLACES’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Queenscliff. 2006-2016 A DECADE OF PRINTMAKING, A CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W. ‘CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 2015 ‘CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #5: FACSIMILE EXHIBITION’, Saci Gallery, Saci Institute, Florence, Italy. ‘GIPPSLAND PRINT AWARD’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. ‘TRAJECTORIES — FIFTEEN’, Langford120, North Melbourne 2014 ‘IMPRESSIONS 2014’, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy. ‘13 MELBOURNE PRINTMAKERS’, Joshua McClelland Print Room & Rathdowne Galleries, Carlton North. 2013 ‘PORTAS ABERTAS — OPEN DOORS PROJECT’, Forum Fundacao Eugenio De Almeida, Evora, Portugal. 2009 ‘POST’, Place Gallery, Richmond. 2005 Ochre Gallery, Collingwood. 2004 ‘RETURN OF THE WHITE BULL’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong. 1999 ‘FINDING BEFORE SEEKING’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1996 ‘GROUP OF FIVE’, Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran. 1996-2000 ‘ANNUAL SUMMER PRINT SHOW’, Helen Gory Galerie, Prahran. 1993 ‘AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne. ‘THE GOLUM, CURATED BY BARRIE KOSKY, JEWISH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS’, Jewish Museum, Melbourne. ‘ANTHILL THEATRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE CHAIRS’ BY IONESCO’, South Melbourne. ‘ACQUISITIVE PRINT AWARD’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington. 1991 ‘RICHMOND ACQUISITIVE ART AWARD’, Richmond Town Hall, Richmond. ‘GRADUATE EXHIBITION’, Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts (Pica), Perth. 1990 ‘ARTWORKS 2’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne 1989 ‘ARTWORKS 1’, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne. 1987 Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn.
collaborative projects
2012 Featured Artworks in ‘Wakey Wakey’ by Adrian Goodman, VCA Masters Film 2010 Collaboration With Director Adena Jacobs And Company Fraught Outfit, Recording The Process And Performance Through Drawing, Painting & Printmaking. ‘PAINTINGS & WORKS ON PAPER’ Exhibited In Conjunction With Performance Of ‘Elektra’ By Sophocles, Footscray. 1994 Anthill Theatre, Director Jean Pierre Mignon, Recording The Process And Performance Through Drawing, Painting And Printmaking. ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’ Exhibited In Conjunction With Performance Of ‘Strategy For Two Hams’ By Ionesco, Gasworks, Albert Park. 1992 Anthill Theatre, Director Jean Pierre Mignon, Recording The Process And Performance Through Drawing, Painting And Printmaking. ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’ Exhibited In Conjunction With Performance Of ‘The Chairs’, By Ionesco, South Melbourne. 1992 Gilgul Theatre, Director Barrie Kosky, Recording The Process And Performance Through Drawing, Painting And Printmaking Of ‘The Dybuk’, ‘Es Brent’ And ‘Levad’ – Gilgul’s Exile Trilogy By Barrie Kosky. ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’ Exhibited In Conjunction With Performance Of ‘Es Brent’, Town Hall Motors, Balaclava. 1991 Anthill Theatre, Director Jean Pierre Mignon, Recording The Process And Performance Through Drawing, Painting and Printmaking. ‘PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER’, Exhibited In Conjunction With Performance Of ‘Endgame’ By Samuel Beckett.
Publications
AND Reviews
2023
IMPERFECT MEMORIES, edited by Lenore Manderson, published by Shawline Publishing Group
2021
TECH TALK, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 56/No.4, Summer 2021.
2020
THOMAS MIDDLEMOST, Opening Speech, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
MUNGO CATALOGUE ESSAY, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
UNFURL : WRITING AND ART - Stephen J Williams
A preview of Susan Wald’s upcoming exhibition at the Mildura Arts Centre, 5 March to 3 May 2020.
2019
PCA PRINT COMMISSION 2019, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 54/No.3, Winter 2021.
2016
SHADOW WORLDS - Maria Zagala
SUSAN WALD : A QUEST FOR HUMANITY'S UNMASKED SELF - Hoa Gruber
THE EXILE TRILOGY - Jansson Antmann
WORDS, Peter Lyssiotis
From the utter silence of my mirror
The raucous call of a crow:
So much beauty in such dark rain.
The crow opens its wide beak
And gulps down the remaining light:
The world returns to black.
Around the crow’s eye:
The madness
Of empires.
2016
PROCESS: SUSAN WALD, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 35
THE EXILE TRILOGY: LEVAD 4 - Dr. Thomas A Middlemost.
"Wald first made monotypes whilst in art school in 1989-91, and continues to make them in conjunction with her painting. Unlike most monotypists, who use the medium for a short time and discard it, Wald is building an important body of both figurative and landscape monotypes."
2015
ADENA JACOBS' OPENING SPEECH, Theatre Paintings & Monoprints.
"I was drawn to Elektra because I was struck by the image of a woman who refuses to stop mourning. Elektra famously places herself on the threshold of her house and becomes a site of grief and abjection. She is told to move on, she is judged, punished and scrutinised, but all she can do is lament."
ADENA JACOBS' LETTER, THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2023
IMPERFECT MEMORIES, edited by Lenore Manderson, published by Shawline Publishing Group
2021
TECH TALK, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 56/No.4, Summer 2021.
2020
THOMAS MIDDLEMOST, Opening Speech, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
MUNGO CATALOGUE ESSAY, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
UNFURL : WRITING AND ART - Stephen J Williams
A preview of Susan Wald’s upcoming exhibition at the Mildura Arts Centre, 5 March to 3 May 2020.
2019
PCA PRINT COMMISSION 2019, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 54/No.3, Winter 2021.
2016
SHADOW WORLDS - Maria Zagala
SUSAN WALD : A QUEST FOR HUMANITY'S UNMASKED SELF - Hoa Gruber
THE EXILE TRILOGY - Jansson Antmann
WORDS, Peter Lyssiotis
From the utter silence of my mirror
The raucous call of a crow:
So much beauty in such dark rain.
The crow opens its wide beak
And gulps down the remaining light:
The world returns to black.
Around the crow’s eye:
The madness
Of empires.
2016
PROCESS: SUSAN WALD, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 35
THE EXILE TRILOGY: LEVAD 4 - Dr. Thomas A Middlemost.
"Wald first made monotypes whilst in art school in 1989-91, and continues to make them in conjunction with her painting. Unlike most monotypists, who use the medium for a short time and discard it, Wald is building an important body of both figurative and landscape monotypes."
2015
ADENA JACOBS' OPENING SPEECH, Theatre Paintings & Monoprints.
"I was drawn to Elektra because I was struck by the image of a woman who refuses to stop mourning. Elektra famously places herself on the threshold of her house and becomes a site of grief and abjection. She is told to move on, she is judged, punished and scrutinised, but all she can do is lament."
ADENA JACOBS' LETTER, THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2023
IMPERFECT MEMORIES, edited by Lenore Manderson, published by Shawline Publishing Group
2021
TECH TALK, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 56/No.4, Summer 2021.
2020
THOMAS MIDDLEMOST, Opening Speech, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
MUNGO CATALOGUE ESSAY, Mildura Arts Centre.
2020
UNFURL : WRITING AND ART - Stephen J Williams
A preview of Susan Wald’s upcoming exhibition at the Mildura Arts Centre, 5 March to 3 May 2020.
2019
PCA PRINT COMMISSION 2019, IMPRINT MAGAZINE VOL. 54/No.3, Winter 2021.
2016
SHADOW WORLDS - Maria Zagala
SUSAN WALD : A QUEST FOR HUMANITY'S UNMASKED SELF - Hoa Gruber
THE EXILE TRILOGY - Jansson Antmann
WORDS, Peter Lyssiotis
From the utter silence of my mirror
The raucous call of a crow:
So much beauty in such dark rain.
The crow opens its wide beak
And gulps down the remaining light:
The world returns to black.
Around the crow’s eye:
The madness
Of empires.
2016
PROCESS: SUSAN WALD, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 35
THE EXILE TRILOGY: LEVAD 4 - Dr. Thomas A Middlemost.
"Wald first made monotypes whilst in art school in 1989-91, and continues to make them in conjunction with her painting. Unlike most monotypists, who use the medium for a short time and discard it, Wald is building an important body of both figurative and landscape monotypes."
2015
ADENA JACOBS' OPENING SPEECH, Theatre Paintings & Monoprints.
"I was drawn to Elektra because I was struck by the image of a woman who refuses to stop mourning. Elektra famously places herself on the threshold of her house and becomes a site of grief and abjection. She is told to move on, she is judged, punished and scrutinised, but all she can do is lament."
ADENA JACOBS' LETTER, THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2015
DRAMA AND THEATRE IN THE WORK OF SUSAN WALD, Interview with Adena Jacobs and Susan Wald, Michael Cathcart, Books and Arts, ABC Radio.
2014
BOOK - THEATRE MONOPRINTS 2012-14, Metasenta Publications.
2013
ART. BASE THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2012
JOURNEYS INTO DRAWING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #1, Dr. Christopher Heathcote By Janet Mckenzie.
2011
SINGING FOR ALL HE’S WORTH, Book Cover Portrait Of Jacob Rosenberg. Essays In Honour Of Jacob G. Rosenberg, Edited By Alex Skovron, Raimond Gaita And Alex Miller, Picador.
2008
AROUND THE GALLERIES, Ashley Crawford, 'The Age', October 11.
SLOW ART FEEDS HUNGER FOR THE BODY, Jeff Makin, 'Herald Sun', October 10.
THE FIGURE WORK IN PROGRESS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote - Catalogue Essay.
'Because you also need an understanding of what your drawing instrument and brushes are capable of, as well as an ability to look closely and precisely at things, an understanding of shade, a grasp of human anatomy perhaps, and of course, a mixture of graphic and painterly inventiveness...'
2007
SUSAN WALD (MITTELMAN) IN UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote, (Macmillan Art Publication).
"Expression is a recklessly overused word. ‘I was being expressive’ has become the flimsy excuse of the untrained or inept, the public having made the term synonymous with the muddled composition usually seen in an amateur art show. This is why professional artists will hesitate before describing a colleague as an expressionist. How then to do justice to the oeuvre of Susan Wald? Her paintings and drawings are the real thing. They express. There is no way to discuss them without confronting a genuine psychological weight. Some inner truth is externalised, is being pressed out."
UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Sonia Payes, (Macmillan Art Publication).
2015
DRAMA AND THEATRE IN THE WORK OF SUSAN WALD, Interview with Adena Jacobs and Susan Wald, Michael Cathcart, Books and Arts, ABC Radio.
2014
BOOK - THEATRE MONOPRINTS 2012-14, Metasenta Publications.
2013
ART. BASE THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2012
JOURNEYS INTO DRAWING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #1, Dr. Christopher Heathcote By Janet Mckenzie.
2011
SINGING FOR ALL HE’S WORTH, Book Cover Portrait Of Jacob Rosenberg. Essays In Honour Of Jacob G. Rosenberg, Edited By Alex Skovron, Raimond Gaita And Alex Miller, Picador.
2008
AROUND THE GALLERIES, Ashley Crawford, 'The Age', October 11.
SLOW ART FEEDS HUNGER FOR THE BODY, Jeff Makin, 'Herald Sun', October 10.
THE FIGURE WORK IN PROGRESS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote - Catalogue Essay.
'Because you also need an understanding of what your drawing instrument and brushes are capable of, as well as an ability to look closely and precisely at things, an understanding of shade, a grasp of human anatomy perhaps, and of course, a mixture of graphic and painterly inventiveness...'
2007
SUSAN WALD (MITTELMAN) IN UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote, (Macmillan Art Publication).
"Expression is a recklessly overused word. ‘I was being expressive’ has become the flimsy excuse of the untrained or inept, the public having made the term synonymous with the muddled composition usually seen in an amateur art show. This is why professional artists will hesitate before describing a colleague as an expressionist. How then to do justice to the oeuvre of Susan Wald? Her paintings and drawings are the real thing. They express. There is no way to discuss them without confronting a genuine psychological weight. Some inner truth is externalised, is being pressed out."
UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Sonia Payes, (Macmillan Art Publication).
2015
DRAMA AND THEATRE IN THE WORK OF SUSAN WALD, Interview with Adena Jacobs and Susan Wald, Michael Cathcart, Books and Arts, ABC Radio.
2014
BOOK - THEATRE MONOPRINTS 2012-14, Metasenta Publications.
2013
ART. BASE THEATRE PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS.
2012
JOURNEYS INTO DRAWING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN DRAWING #1, Dr. Christopher Heathcote By Janet Mckenzie.
2011
SINGING FOR ALL HE’S WORTH, Book Cover Portrait Of Jacob Rosenberg. Essays In Honour Of Jacob G. Rosenberg, Edited By Alex Skovron, Raimond Gaita And Alex Miller, Picador.
2008
AROUND THE GALLERIES, Ashley Crawford, 'The Age', October 11.
SLOW ART FEEDS HUNGER FOR THE BODY, Jeff Makin, 'Herald Sun', October 10.
THE FIGURE WORK IN PROGRESS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote - Catalogue Essay.
'Because you also need an understanding of what your drawing instrument and brushes are capable of, as well as an ability to look closely and precisely at things, an understanding of shade, a grasp of human anatomy perhaps, and of course, a mixture of graphic and painterly inventiveness...'
2007
SUSAN WALD (MITTELMAN) IN UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Dr. Christopher Heathcote, (Macmillan Art Publication).
"Expression is a recklessly overused word. ‘I was being expressive’ has become the flimsy excuse of the untrained or inept, the public having made the term synonymous with the muddled composition usually seen in an amateur art show. This is why professional artists will hesitate before describing a colleague as an expressionist. How then to do justice to the oeuvre of Susan Wald? Her paintings and drawings are the real thing. They express. There is no way to discuss them without confronting a genuine psychological weight. Some inner truth is externalised, is being pressed out."
UNTITLED, PORTRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Sonia Payes, (Macmillan Art Publication).
2006
BLOODY BATTLE, SIGHTLINES CRITICAL GUIDE, Penny Webb 'The Age', April 7.
CLEAN KILL, OPENING SPEECH V. Majzner
MELBOURNE MAGAZINE ISSUE, Meagan Backhouse 'The Age', 18 April.
2005
CLEAN KILL, CATALOGUE ESSAY Dr. Christopher Heathcote.
2001
AUSTRALIAN PAINTING, 1788-2000, Bernard Smith With Terry Smith And Christopher Heathcote.
“The waning of conventional expressionism was highlighted by the efforts of the few expressive artists who squarely faced those dark, irrational moments in human behaviour. Susan Mittelman, for instance, honed an art of quiet agony with the simplest of means: emotive brushwork and a monochrome palette. Her oil studies, which have us gaze down upon a nude woman lying awkwardly at the foot of a stairwell, succinctly evoke the distress of the wounded and vulnerable, of those who feel flung down a well of misery by an uncaring world.”
1998
SUSAN MITTELMAN: PAINTINGS & MONOPRINTS Chris Boyd, 'The Big Issue', May-June Issue.
acquisitions
and accolades
RESIDENCY 2014-2020
The Art Vault, Mildura
RESIDENCY 2014-2020
The Art Vault, Mildura
RESIDENCY 2014-2020
The Art Vault, Mildura
AWARDS
2019
Print Commission, Print Council of Australia
2018
Finalist, Australian Print Award, Australian Print Triennial, Mildura
2013
Semi-Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
1992
Mornington Peninsula Prints, Acquisitive Award Collection
1991
Dean’s Acquisitive Award, Victoria College, Prahran
1990
David Rosenthal Acquisitive Award
1989
Nexus Design Award
COLLECTIONS
Australian National Gallery
Australian Catholic University
Australian Print Workshop
BHP Collection
Charles Sturt University
Gippsland Art Gallery
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Print Council Of Australia Archive
State Library Of Victoria
The Art Vault, Mildura
Tweed Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland
University Of Wollongong, New South Wales
Victorian College Of The Arts
Private Collections