Susan Pfanner

Suzi.pfanner@gmail.com                                                                                                 Image Gallery

Instagram @susan_pfanner_art

As the daughter of a dairy farmer, I grew up living in areas of immense natural beauty, such as Maleny in the sunshine coast hinterland and Tongara, at the bottom of Macquarie Pass, at beachside Shellharbour and Braidwood in NSW. Nature continues to inspire my work which since graduating from art school has taken new directions. While surface design and sewing have always been part of my art practice, I now enjoy collaborating with nature: painting and drawing in the landscape and respectfully incorporating leaves, bark, sand, soil and plant fibres such as lomandra, into my art. As an artist I hope my work draws attention to the importance of caring for the natural world, for the future survival of the planet.

Educational qualifications

2013 Graduate Diploma of Education, Universtity of Canberra (high school art teaching)

2012 Graduate Certificate Visual Arts, ANU

2008 Certificate Course in Clothing Production, CIT.

1995 Bachelor of Applied Science, Cultural Heritage Management, University of Canberra. (Museum Studies, Aboriginal Studies)

Group Exhibitions

2017 Networks Group Exhibition “Trees: as above, so below” at Australian National Botanic Gardens

2016 Erub Arts Community Art Project “Taba Naba : Sea Life” exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

2015 Belconnen Community Service Staff Art Exhibition

2014 Belconnen Community Service Staff Art Exhibition

2013 “Squares” Community Exhibition at Strathnairn Gallery

2012 ANU School of Art graduate exhibition

2009 My “Summer Robes” collection featured in the “Frugal Fashions” parade at Benedict House in Queanbeyan, NSW

2005 Finalist in the Canberra Floriade Photographic competition

Art related work

Tutor-Bungee Youth Resilience Program, Belconnen Community Service - 2010 to present

I facilitate visual arts classes for children and young people in schools and community settings.

Consultant art teacher

2017 Facilitated nature art school holiday program at National Archives of Australia

2017 Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Reid Pre School, ACT

2018 Facilitated nature art activities with three other artists at the annual Adelong Gold Fields Community Art Day. An exhibition of participants’ work and photographic documentation of the day was displayed at the Tumut Visitors Centre.