Professor Susanne Clausen

Email:
s.clausen@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
0118 378 8057
Job title:
Professor of Fine Art

Responsibilities:

Research Division co-Lead
Director of Reading International

Areas of interest

I am an artist, curator and Professor of Fine Art. My practice research is concerned with video, installation, performance, and curating. My work often takes the shape of performance exhibitions, incorporating video, drawing, painting, scenographic installations, recordings, and text. I work and publish predominantly under the name Szuper Gallery. Szuper Gallery operates as a collaborative project, emphasising interdisciplinary practices, engaging with social and political themes, and fostering dialogue and collaboration with other artists and communities. The gallery is a multifaceted project - simultaneously a narrative shield, studio, and platform for exchange.

Postgraduate supervision

I welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students who would like to work on such topics as: research in and through art practice, film and video, filmed and live performance, digital practice, collective practice(s), theatre as art, contemporary feminism, alternative spaces, and curating.

Teaching

I have previous held the following academic roles:

Head of Reading School of Art
School Director of Internationalisation
Co-director of the Research Platform in Curating
School Director of Teaching and Learning
External Examiner for MA Art & Space, Kingston University, BA Fine Art, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London, and currently BA Fine Art at Newcastle University
GCE A-level Advisory group member, Pearson/Edexcel Education
Since 2021, member of the External Evaluation Committee (EEC) for the Republic of Cyprus Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education

Background

I create performances, videos and multi-media installations, paintings and drawings. Previous exhibitions and performances include:

Permanent Revolution, Ludwig Museum Budapest, 2018
Bonobo GRAD London, 2015
Liquid Trust, ICA London, 2015
Liquid Trust, Western Front Vancouver, 2014
Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia, 2012
Szuper Gallery, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland, 2012
Ballet, The MacKenzie Art Gallery, Canada, 2011
Curtain Razors, Regina, Canada, 2008
4'33'', Kunstverein Bregenz, 2007
Kunsthalle Helsinki, 2006
Set Project, Western Front Vancouver, 2005
Play without a Stage, Shedhalle Zurich, 2005
Künstlerhaus Bremen, 2002
Temporary Accommodation, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2001
Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, 2005
Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich, 2002
Televisions, Kunsthalle Vienna, 1999

Reading International

I am the Artistic Director of Reading International, a visual arts organisation and project which I founded in 2016. Reading International promotes and commissions major solo exhibitions, group and thematic shows, a programme of events including performances, film screenings, workshops and talks, as well as offsite projects and temporary public artworks.

Partnerships

As an educator I have also established various partnerships with international art institutions:

• Nature Created by Design, a global partnership with universities in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, USA, Netherlands and Spain, dedicated at reflecting climate advocacy with Art & Design students. I regularly organise student exhibitions and research projects with students abroad.

• F+F School of Art, Zurich, partnership and exhibition projects. LINK

Academic qualifications

1997 –1999 MA Fine Art Media Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
1988 –1994 Academy of Fine Art, Munich, Germany.