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