Susan studied at Kingston University and the Royal Academy, London. She has won national and international residencies including the Vermont Studio Center and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Wyoming, USA. Awarded membership to the Royal Society of Sculptors, she has shown her work throughout the UK and abroad. Exhibitions include lakeside installations in Toledo, Spain and Laugarvatn, Iceland and exhibiting with the Stadtmuseum, Germany and Geumgang Nature Art Biennial, Korea. During the lockdown Susan developed new works specifically for online exhibition contributing to projects such as Coantivirus International Exhibition, NYplus, China.
Susan uses many different mediums but the core of her artwork is site specific installation where the space, the ambient lighting and the moment in time have a defining influence. Her research is an exploration of this influence and its effects.