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Fereday studied to be a photographic technician in Adelaide. She attended [[Prahran College]] in Melbourne to study photographic art, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and her Master of Arts (Fine Art) in 1992. She performed research Paris in 1996–1997 on a scholarship from Samstag. She received her doctorate from [[Monash University]] in 2010.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |last1=Fereday |first1=Susan |title=Susan Fereday: biography at Design and Art Australia Online |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/susan-fereday-1/biography/ |website=www.daao.org.au |access-date=17 November 2021 |date=2010}}</ref>
Fereday studied to be a photographic technician in Adelaide. She attended [[Prahran College]] in Melbourne to study photographic art, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and her Master of Arts (Fine Art) in 1992. She performed research Paris in 1996–1997 on a scholarship from Samstag. She received her doctorate from [[Monash University]] in 2010.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |last1=Fereday |first1=Susan |title=Susan Fereday: biography at Design and Art Australia Online |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/susan-fereday-1/biography/ |website=www.daao.org.au |access-date=17 November 2021 |date=2010}}</ref>


Fereday has been a lecturer in art theory and studio practice at the [[Victorian College of the Arts]] (1990-93), [[RMIT University|Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] (1998-2000), and [[Monash University]] (2005-08). Fereday uses various media, including [[installation art]], [[photography]], and video. She collects and displays found photographs; in her series ''Under a Steel Sky'',<ref>[http://www.westspace.org.au/program/susan-fereday.html ''Under a Steel Sky'' exhibition at West Space]</ref> photos taken by amateurs in the 1950s are sequenced to create a narrative, as critic Robert Nelson notes; "Car and camera have a fateful togetherness, perhaps especially in America, where photographers seem to record their country from the road. In the work of [[Stephen Shore|Stephen Shaw]] [sic], [[Robert Frank]], [[Joel Sternfeld]] and Alex Soth, you always sense that you are on the road. In Fereday's examples, the car is like a viewfinder, bringing its "steel sky" over all locations."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Nelson|first=Robert|date=25 June 2008|title=Memories lie beyond the surface|page=16|work=The Age}}</ref><ref>[http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/assets/pdfs/muma-photo-media-kit.pdf Kyla McFarlane (exhibition curator), ''Photographer Unknown''. Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2009]</ref>
Fereday has been a lecturer in art theory and studio practice at the [[Victorian College of the Arts]] (1990-93), [[RMIT University|Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] (1998-2000), and [[Monash University]] (2005-08).
Fereday uses various media, including [[installation art]], [[photography]], and video. She collects and displays found photographs; in her series ''Under a Steel Sky'',<ref>[http://www.westspace.org.au/program/susan-fereday.html ''Under a Steel Sky'' exhibition at West Space]</ref> photos taken in the 1950s are sequenced to resemble [[Robert Frank]]'s series, ''[[The Americans (photography)|The Americans]]''.<ref>[http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/assets/pdfs/muma-photo-media-kit.pdf Kyla McFarlane (exhibition curator), ''Photographer Unknown''. Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2009]</ref>


Fereday's doctoral thesis, ''Light Out of Darkness: the origin of photography in mystery and melancholy'', was a study of the work of pioneer photographers [[Nicéphore Niépce]] and [[William Henry Fox Talbot]].<ref name="bio"/>
Fereday's doctoral thesis, ''Light Out of Darkness: the origin of photography in mystery and melancholy'', was a study of the work of pioneer photographers [[Nicéphore Niépce]] and [[William Henry Fox Talbot]].<ref name="bio"/>
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* 2013, to March 24: ''Infinite Image: Susan Fereday'', Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George Street, Fitzroy
* 2013, to March 24: ''Infinite Image: Susan Fereday'', Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George Street, Fitzroy
* 2013, to March 9: ''All Seeing,'' Sarah Scout Presents, 1a Crossley St, Melbourne
* 2013, to March 9: ''All Seeing,'' Sarah Scout Presents, 1a Crossley St, Melbourne
*2008, to July 10: ''Under a Steel Sky,'' West Space<ref name=":0" />


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Revision as of 09:14, 18 November 2021

For the botanical artist, see Susan Fereday (botanical artist).

Susan Fereday (born 1959) is an Australian artist, writer, curator and educator. She holds a doctorate from Monash University, Melbourne. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Biography

Fereday studied to be a photographic technician in Adelaide. She attended Prahran College in Melbourne to study photographic art, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and her Master of Arts (Fine Art) in 1992. She performed research Paris in 1996–1997 on a scholarship from Samstag. She received her doctorate from Monash University in 2010.[1]

Fereday has been a lecturer in art theory and studio practice at the Victorian College of the Arts (1990-93), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1998-2000), and Monash University (2005-08). Fereday uses various media, including installation art, photography, and video. She collects and displays found photographs; in her series Under a Steel Sky,[2] photos taken by amateurs in the 1950s are sequenced to create a narrative, as critic Robert Nelson notes; "Car and camera have a fateful togetherness, perhaps especially in America, where photographers seem to record their country from the road. In the work of Stephen Shaw [sic], Robert Frank, Joel Sternfeld and Alex Soth, you always sense that you are on the road. In Fereday's examples, the car is like a viewfinder, bringing its "steel sky" over all locations."[3][4]

Fereday's doctoral thesis, Light Out of Darkness: the origin of photography in mystery and melancholy, was a study of the work of pioneer photographers Nicéphore Niépce and William Henry Fox Talbot.[1]

Curator

Fereday was the Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne during the period 1992 to 1995.

Exhibitions she has curated include:

  • 1996: Ruins in Reverse exhibiting artists Lauren Berkowitz, Adam Boyd, Colin Duncan, Hewson-Walker, Shaun Kirby, Chris Langton, Callum Morton, Rose Nolan, Deborah Ostrow, Kathy Temin, Chris Ulbrick, Chris White, Constanze Zikos, at RMIT Gallery
  • 1995: Like-ness: 46 photographs from Waverley City Collection, Centre for Contemporary Photography[5]
  • 1994: Ipso-Photo, co-curated with Stuart Koop, artists; Margaret Roberts, Chris Fortescue, Marie Sierra-Hughes, Phillip Watkins, at Centre for Contemporary Photography
  • 1994: Don’t Stop, co-curated with Shiralee Saul, gallery shop and mail-order catalogue of works by thirty artists, Linden Gallery
  • 1993: Immortality, Rose Farrell & George Parkin, Jeff Gibson, Chris Tabecki, Polixeni Papapetrou, Heather Fernon, at Centre for Contemporary Photography
  • 1992: After the Fact: Photographs from the Police Forensic Archive, Victorian Centre for Photography

Exhibitions

Solo:

  • 2013, to March 24: Infinite Image: Susan Fereday, Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George Street, Fitzroy
  • 2013, to March 9: All Seeing, Sarah Scout Presents, 1a Crossley St, Melbourne
  • 2008, to July 10: Under a Steel Sky, West Space[3]

Group

  • 2011, 14 May to 19 June: A Way of Calling, curated by Melissa Keys, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne[6]

Collections

Fereday's work is held in the following public collection:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Fereday, Susan (2010). "Susan Fereday: biography at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Under a Steel Sky exhibition at West Space
  3. ^ a b Nelson, Robert (25 June 2008). "Memories lie beyond the surface". The Age. p. 16.
  4. ^ Kyla McFarlane (exhibition curator), Photographer Unknown. Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2009
  5. ^ Freiberg, Freda (25 April 1995). "Life in the likeness of the Australian male". The Age. p. 11.
  6. ^ Bryant, Jan (2012). "Room to breathe: A Way of Calling". Art Monthly Australasia. 248: 12–14 – via EBSCO.
  7. ^ "Susan Fereday". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Further reading

  • Ella Mudie, ‘Double exposure for faded images,’ The Age A2, 30/8/2008, p. 17-18
  • Robert Nelson, ‘Memories lie beyond the surface’, The Age, 25/6/2008, p. 16
  • Penny Webb, ‘Following the Customs of the Country’, The Age, 01/03/2005, p. 17
  • Ihor Holubisky, 'Susan Fereday at Brisbane IMA', Art & Australia, Summer 2002, pp. 234–235 [1]
  • Robert Schubert, ‘Susan Fereday: Sutton Gallery’, Art & Text, #52, 1995, pp. 91–92
  • Robert Nelson, ‘Installation poking at hole in halo’, The Age, 17/5/1995, p. 21
  • Stuart Koop, ‘Review: Susan Fereday’, Art & Text, #43, 1992, pp. 78–79
  • Rex Butler, ‘A Love That Cannot Speak Its Name’, Agenda, #15, 1990, p. 19 [2]
  • Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey, ‘Value’, Eyeline, #12, 1990, pp. 43–44 [3]
  • Carolyn Barnes, ‘Value’, Agenda, #10, 1990, pp. 22–23 [4]

External links

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