Susan Nelson

Susan Nelson (she/human) is a Canadian visual artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her sculptural art practice explores the inter-worlds of materiality, psychology, and relational pluralities through a broad range of rescued, readymade, and handmade remnants. 

“As a maker, I listen to the alchemy of pairings; attuning to more-than-human relationality and material stories.” – S. Nelson

 Su is currently completing a Master’s in Visual Arts at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Previous arts training includes early faux finishing studies at the Valerie Skemp Decorative Arts Studio (Canada), fine arts studies at The Vancouver Academy of Art, a Creative Studies Certificate from The Otago Polytechnic School of Art (Dunedin), a Masters in Arts Management (1st Class Hons) at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design (Auckland), and a Postgrad Diploma in Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts (Merit), University of Auckland.