Exhibitions : Susan Conway

Her paintings hang in the Russell Sage Foundation, New York, in Wolfson College Oxford,
in Imperial College, London and in many private collections in Europe, the USA and Australia.

Past Exhibitions
Dec 2003 to Mar 2004	Power Dressing Lanna Shan Siam 19th Century Court Dress	Jim Thompson Centre for Textiles and the Arts
6 Nov to 6 Dec 1997	Buddhist Landscapes	The Gardner Arts Centre University of Sussex
Oct 1991	Thailand Weaving and the Rice Cycle	Kent Institute of Art and Design Fort Pitt, Rochester-upon-Medway
23 Feb to 27 Mar 1990	Thailand Weaving and the Rice Cycle	James Hockey Gallery, WSCAD Farnham
16 Feb to 6 Mar 1987	Susan Conway Recent Landscapes	ICST Consort Gallery
21 Oct to 8 Nov 1984	Asian Landscapes	Wolfson College Oxford
22 Nov 1982		The Johnson Wax Kiln Gallery The Maltings, Farnham
21 May to 11 Jun 1982	Paintings and Drawings by Susan Conway	The British Council Gallery, Siam Square, Bangkok


er emphasis is on colour. Around the walls of the gallery are ranged the varied jewel-like hues of the Orient with here and there, touches of sparkling gold. One has the impression of being in an eastern temple. And indeed the mural paintings of Buddhist temples in northern Thailand and Burma have been an enduring source of inspiration in her work.

arnham artist Susan Conway is off to New York at the end of this month. She has sold four large paintings to the Russell Sage Foundation to hang in their dining room in downtown New York. The paintings are part of a series of works on the subject of .rice fields, painted during a year spent living in Northern Thailand. Susan who lives in Greenhill Road, went to Thailand in 1981 to illustrate a book about rice growing. During her time there she held three one woman shows, including one at the British Council in Bangkok. On her way home she visited New York and sold a painting to the president of the Russell Sage Foundation for his office. The painting was much admired and last autumn he phoned Susan to ask if she had some large paintings suitable for the foundation's dining room. He subsequently came to England on business and visited Susan's studio in Holybourne where he chose the four paintings which she is accompanying to New York in two weeks time. The paintings show rice fields from early morning to late evening The first in the series conveys the muted colours of sunrise, while the fourth is dominated by the brilliant light of sunset which is so distinctive of the tropics. The paintings are on dyed silk and painted canvas, a technique the artist has spent some time in perfecting. Each painting measures six feet by four feet and Susan admits it will be quite a headache transporting them but she is looking forward to the trip and hopes it will lead to further commissions in the United States. Susan studied .at the West Surrey College of Art and Design and subsequently was a mired and last autumn he postgraduate student at Goldsmith's College in London She exhibited at the Maltings Kiln Gallery in 1982 and has just held two successful one woman shows at Wolfson College, Oxford and at the Consort Gallery in London.