Susan Aili
Artist and musician, Susan lives in Vancouver, BC and graduated from Emily Carr University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Susan has created various commissioned pieces as well as her own art series, music and designs; she is currently engaged in the community by teaching art and music to both children and adults at community centres throughout the city.
Susan is also involved with one of Vancouver's premier music production companies, providing rehearsal space and recording opportunities for local artists.
Susan is also involved with one of Vancouver's premier music production companies, providing rehearsal space and recording opportunities for local artists.
Artist Statement
Our built environment has become our natural world. It is natural because it is the way we have come to interact with life. In my work, metal, glass, and plastic is molded into a unique form and composition, to capture a moment when the visual experience is heightened by familiarity and a sense of preservation, yet contradicted by the inevitability of decay.
Mechanical objects are staged and reworked on the picture plane so that original qualities of refracted light, contoured shadow and complimented colour come together to insist that perception has been altered by civilization’s constructed realities. The clean and prescripted viewpoint prevalent in the careful staging and handling is a reflection of the systematic order that civilization seeks to conjure and hold; a governing framework that guides human activity. We have created a new natural order, and our experiences are effected by these objects' histories.
Mechanical objects are staged and reworked on the picture plane so that original qualities of refracted light, contoured shadow and complimented colour come together to insist that perception has been altered by civilization’s constructed realities. The clean and prescripted viewpoint prevalent in the careful staging and handling is a reflection of the systematic order that civilization seeks to conjure and hold; a governing framework that guides human activity. We have created a new natural order, and our experiences are effected by these objects' histories.
Awards and Exhibits
Winner - senior drawing category in the Young At Art contest - Ottawa 2005
Exhibits
- Foundation Show, concourse gallery - Emily Carr University - 2007
- Nomadic Convergence, group exhibition - 2008
- From the Ground Up - group exhibition - 2010
- Triumf at UBC - group exhibition - 2010
- Graduation Show - south building - Emily Carr University - 2010
- Libra Room - group exhibition - 2010
- The Agro Café
- Granville Island - March 2011
- Café Amici - July 2011
- Beans on Lonsdale - Nov 2011 thru Feb 2012
Exhibits
- Foundation Show, concourse gallery - Emily Carr University - 2007
- Nomadic Convergence, group exhibition - 2008
- From the Ground Up - group exhibition - 2010
- Triumf at UBC - group exhibition - 2010
- Graduation Show - south building - Emily Carr University - 2010
- Libra Room - group exhibition - 2010
- The Agro Café
- Granville Island - March 2011
- Café Amici - July 2011
- Beans on Lonsdale - Nov 2011 thru Feb 2012