ABOUT
Photo-Artist / Writer / Poet / Educator
All arts are about communication: to ourselves, to others, for personal/political; to share/control; to reveal/to conceal; to confuse/to explore; to make friends/to make differences; to delight/to question.
Whether yelled out or whispered, whether popular or reviled.
David Hockney said, ‘Let others worry about if it is good or bad. You just keep on making.’
True creativity comes from destruction, where courage plays a part in pushing boundaries and never knowing the outcome.
New technology removes limitations. Authenticity vs perfection? Fear that creativity is being sanitized by it?
Axel Hoedt said, ‘It’s important that your image is always yours.’
In the 60s, scientists gave artists acrylic paint, and so painting entered a totally new era (where therapy became popular), making Abstract Expressionism the next stage of the history of art.
Storytelling is the fabric of cultures, people, of past and future.
In 2016, I moved as a painter to photo artist, exploring ‘writing with light’ with my first phone camera device. The device has the intimacy and immediacy of pencil and paper. It overrides the constraints of 2D reality.
Alice in Wonderland, fiction, and Cubism are similarly interesting.
New tech is another tool in the box for making artworks that explore possibilities, make possibilities, and understand possibilities.
Education
M.A. Applied Imagination - Central Saint Martins UAL | ‘19
B.A. Fine Art Hons. (Painting) - Camberwell School of Arts | ‘79
B.Ed Hons. (Specialist subjects Art and Psychology) | ‘76
Awards + Press
‘19 Selected for Mayor of London’s Gallery of ‘Women Who Make London Great’
‘19 Podcast - Host
‘19 Photojournalism Event, White City London - Presentation
‘18 Daily Mail’s Health Heroes Award - Shortlisted
“Sue is one of the most inspiring women I’ve known. She has such resilience and draws on her more difficult life experiences to help others. She is a powerful voice tackling mental health stigma through her volunteering work, her art and her public speaking. Sue deserves special recognition for never giving up on her causes; for volunteering and giving so generously of her time to help the local community in North West London (she was nominated as a Health Hero); and for her courage and resilience.”
- Hidden Credits
“Fighting the Mental Health stigma - The fabulous Sue Shorvon, who contributes her experience and expertise to our Hammersmith & Fulham Local Committee, has been shortlisted as a Health Hero with the Daily Mail’s campaign, in recognition of her art and advocacy work, which combats the stigma surrounding mental health.”
- Daily Mail
