Sue Cohen

Gilda
Installation
Paint and ready-mades
2007

This is the story of Gilda she is 114 years old. In her day she was quite a girl and liked to flirt with the dangerous side of life. She liked a good time and had delusions of grandeur. In 1904 as a young girl of 12 she escaped Russia and came to England.

By 16 Gilda was married by 21 separated and that’s when the real fun begun. With four children in tow she begun to lead the life of a good time girl and got into all sorts of  mischief………

This work follows the stories of Gilda as she weaves her way through life and its twists and turns.

The idea that remembrance is warm and sentimental, in reality for some the past is often a dark mysterious place where events were harsh and lives endured  absorbed in secrets frequently to atrocious to divulge.

From this background stories are told by the courageous who feel the need to exorcise the ghosts of the predecessors. These stories passed down like Chinese whispers, are kept as trophies by the contemporary generation, digested and retold in a climate of discussion, safety and support. For those whose lives repeat the past they are trapped in a cycle of events that cannot be broken. Their stories are not told but lived.

Qualifications

2000-2002

MA Fine Art (By Project). London Guildhall University.

1995-1996

PGCE (FE) Greenwich University. London.

1982-1985

B.A Hons. 3D. Ravensbourne College of Art & Design. London.

1979-1981

B.A Hons. Fine Art. Hull College of Art & Design. Humberside.

1977-1979

Art & Design Foundation Course. Croydon College of Art & Design. Surrey.

Professional Memberships

Ben Uri Arts Society (1993)

Designer Craftsmen (1985)

Residences

Big Arts Week: Kidbrooke School. London. June 2004.

Dulverton Primary School. Kent: Painting by Colours. 1997.

Gillingham Adult Education Centre. Kent: Making Sculptures in Clay. (1986)

Workshops

2007

YISP Lewisham Youth Offending Team. Working with OCCUPY MY TIME.

Greenwich Heritage Centre Saturday Club. Working with OCCUPY MY TIME.

2006-2007

RAP Lewisham Youth Offending Team. Working with OCCUPY MY TIME.

2005

Headway East London, Headway Bexley, Lewisham Youth Offending Team. Working with URBANBODIES at 127 Brick Lane. London E1. Funded by the Arts Council England.

2004

On The One Cable street London. E1 Funded by PAYP.

Curational Projects

2007

UNDERGROUND 2. Group show in the Woolwich Foot Tunnel. (Curator and Artist) Part of Trigger Greenwich Heritage Centre. Organised by The Global Arts Village.

2006

UNDERGROUND. Group Show in Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Curator and Artist. Workshops for Lewisham Youth Offending Team and Xstream East. An OCCUPY MT TIME event. www.occupymytime.co.uk

2006

Set up OCCUPY MY TIME a not for profit organisation seeking temporary spaces/sites in which to hold exhibitions/events to attract a diverse audience.

2005

Dark Matter. Group Show for Contemporary Gallery. Brick Lane London. (Co/Curator and Artist.) Funded by South East Arts Council.

URBANBODIES. Group Show. Brick Lane. London. (Artist and Curator) Funded by the Arts Council of England.

2004

Art That Makes You Curious. Group Show. Shoreditch Tabernacle Hall. London E2. (Curator and Artist.)

CORRELATION. Group Show. Old Seager Distillery Deptford London. (Artist and Co/Curator)

2002

'acurrent@ffair ’ Group Show. Menier Gallery London. (Artist and Co/Curator)

MA Show. London Guildhall University. (Artist and Organiser)

1998

‘Studio Show’ Solo Show. Greenwich London. (Artist and Curator)

1987

'Treasures and Hidden Agenda's'. Solo Show Public Space for Access Kent. (Artist and Curator)

Forthcoming Curatorial Projects

2008

Floating. Group show Woolwich Ferry.

The Caravan Show. Group show touring three sites in London.

Exhibitions

Group Shows

2006

Fortnightly Show. Ben Uri Gallery London.

H Hammer. Terrence gallery London.

2005

Seeing The Light. Stephen Lawrence Gallery. London.

RCA Secrets. Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art. London.

2004

RCA Secrets. Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art. London.

Wiltons Music Hall. London E2.

Contemporary Gallery. Disused Post Office Brighton.

2003

10th RCA Secrets. Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art. London.

Contemporary Gallery. Exhibitions in Empty Spaces. Brighton.

A Plea to Somewhere Else’ Bury Art Gallery and Museum.

‘Artinheaven’ Brighton Arts Festival. St Peters Church Hove.

2002

‘Micro Cultures’ Unit 2 Gallery Whitechapel London.

2001

‘Culture and Diversity’ Dashwood Gallery Kent.

1995

Ben Uri Gallery London.

1993

Gagliardi Gallery London.

1989

Milton Chantry Kent.

Kent Professional Open Space Frame Kent.

1987

Blackheath Gallery London.

Space Frame Kent.

Castle Gallery Kent.

Gillingham Open, Space Frame Kent.

1985

Focus Gallery London.

I Design London.

Smiths Gallery London.

Solo Shows

1987

'Treasures and Hidden Agenda's' Public Space for Access Kent. (Curator)

1999

‘Spreading the Word’ Corridor Gallery Kent.

Forthcoming Exhibitions

2007

Trigger. Group Show, Greenwich Heritage Centre. Woolwich Arsenal. Global Arts Village. Curated by Kelly Orielly.

Collections

Various Private Collections.

Publications and Reviews

Guardian Unlimited Arts Review. A Plea to Somewhere Else. Alfred Hickling. Published Friday June 20 2003.

Arts Montly. Review. Urbanbodies Review> Exhibitions. Urbanbodies 127 Brick Lane London. February 1 to April 27.

Written by Amna Malik Art Historian and Teacher at the Slade School of Art london. Published April 2005

An Magazine. Reviews. Urbanbodies 127 Brick Lane London. February 1 to April 27. Written by Kelly Orielly Curator of the Stephen Lawrence Gallery London.Pubished May 2005

URBANBODIES. Published exhibition catalogue. Published Feb 2005.

Fortnightly Show. Published exhibition catalogue.Ben Uri Gallery. Written by Sarah Lightman. Published August 2006

AN Magizine. Reviews Underground. Greenwich Foot Tunnel London. Oct/Nov 2006. Written by Kelly Orielly Curator of the Stephen Lawrence Gallery London. Published Dec 2006

Work Experience

2002

Teaching Mentor Greenwich University.

1999-2002

Bexley College. Kent. Course Tutor for the National Diploma in Fine Art. Lecturer for National Diploma in Foundation Studies.

1996-1999

Sessional Lecturer National Diploma in Foundation Studies.

GNVQ Advanced & Intermediate. Fine Art. Ceramics.

SEN Art and Design.

NNEB Yr1 & 2 Art & Design.

1996

PGCE Placement at Bexley College.

Diploma in Foundation Studies Yr2.Life Class.

Diploma in Foundation Studies Yr2.Critical Studies

GNVQ Yr1 Ceramics.

NNEB Yr1 Ceramics.

GNVQ Visual Studies.

1992-1996

Trinity School Kent.

Resource Manager. SEN Instructor.

1991-1992

Bexley Grammar School, Kent. Part Time Art Teacher.

1990-1991

General Supply Teacher. Bexley and Bromley Borough

1987-1990

Full Time Child Care.

1986-1987

Torells School Essex. Part Time Art Teacher. Part Time General Supply.

1985 Onwards

Set Up Own Studio.

1985-1987

Rochester Adult Education Centre, Kent. Ceramics Technician. Part Time Teacher for Art & Design.

1987

Ceramics for the Visually Impaired.

1985-1987

Gillingham Adult Education Centre, Kent. Painting for Beginners.
Part Time Teacher for Art & Design.