S U S A N E A R L Y ¦ P r i n t m a k e r
Susan works mainly in etching, using aquatint on a single copper plate to produce subtle fine-art prints of tone and colour. Each of her editioned works are hand-printed at Graphic Studio Dublin where she has been a member since 2012.
She is an artist member of Graphic Studio Dublin. She has also worked as Administrator and Secretary for the organisation and for Print Network Ireland, supporting members, running an Education Programme and curating and co-ordinating Studio Exhibitions.
Susan has exhibited in Ireland, Europe, Canada, Japan and the USA and her work is in national and international collections. She is a member of The Watercolour Society of Ireland, Dublin Painting & Sketching Club & the VAI and has curated and organised a number of exhibitions for printmakers of Graphic Studio Dublin.
Background
B.Arch. UCD, 1989; Works as Architect & Manager, MVK Architects Dublin.
Member - Airfield Print Studio, 2009-12; Graphic Studio Dublin since 2012; Watercolour Society of Ireland; Dublin Painting & Sketching Club.; Visual Artists Ireland.
Studio Administrator & Company Secretary, Graphic Studio Dublin 2016-2025. Co-Manager Print Network Ireland
Solo & 2- person shows
2026 The Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Dublin, Solo Exhibition of Print
2024 Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin ‘Watermark’, with Jennifer Lane
2019 Blue House Gallery, Schull, Co. Cork, ‘Dublin Coast’, Solo show
2019 OPW Dower House Gallery, Emo Court, Co. Laois ‘Coastal’, Solo show
2017 Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin ‘Shore’, with Elke Thonnes,
2014 Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo, ‘The light and the half-light’, Yeats Day & Tread Softly Festivals
Solo exhibition of prints of Sligo landscapes with associated poetry & writings of WB Yeats
Selected & Upcoming Exhibitions
2025 The Seamus Ennis Centre, ‘Home’ Members work from GSD/ Simon/ HLB exhibitions 2021-2024- Curator & Artist
2024 & 2025 Dublin Port Substation Gallery, Dublin Painting & Sketching Club, ‘Shorelines
2024 & 2025 Farmleigh Galleries, Dublin Painting & Sketching Club 150, ‘Park Perspectives & Dublin Past & Present’
2012-2025 Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, ‘Winter, Summer & Members Exhibitions’
2019-2025 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin, ‘Dublin Painting & Sketching Club Annual Exhibition’
2013-2025 Dun Laoghaire Concourse & Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin ‘Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition’
2018-2025 Ulster Museum, Belfast, ‘Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibitions’
2017-2023 RHA Gallery, Dublin ‘Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibitions’
2021-2024:Graphic Studio Artists with Simon Communities & HLB Ireland, CHQ / RHA Dublin, curator & artist, ‘The Art of Home, ‘Returning Home’, ‘Home Again’ & Echoes of Home'
2023 Spazio 6, Verona, Italy, ‘Exhibition of Irish Printmakers’
2022 & 2023 IMPACT 12, Bristol, UK, & Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, ‘Geomancy’, Curated exhibition by GSD
2010-2022 ‘New Leaf Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada & travelling, ‘BIMPE VI-XI miniprint exhibitions’
2022 RHA Gallery, Dublin, ‘GRAPHIC STUDIO DUBLIN- 60years RETROSPECTIVE’, curated by Eithne Jordan
2022 King House, Boyle, ‘Boyle Arts Festival’ Invited Exhibition, curated by Paul McKenna
2022 Carrickahowley Gallery, Maine Irish Heritage Center, USA, ‘Bealtaine’Online exhibition of 5 Irish artists
2020-2021 The Model, Sligo & IMC, Nara, Japan ‘Kanreki’ – 60 years of GSD, Mokuhanga exhibition
2020- 2021 Draiocht, Dublin (Fingal), Lexicon Gallery, (DLR),Hyde Bridge Gallery Sligo,Blue House Gallery Schull, ‘60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin’, Graphic Studio Gallery ‘Diamond Point’ -60 Years GSD- Manager, curator & artist.
2013-2015 National Botanic Gardens; Greenacres, Wexford; Lavit Gallery, Cork; Hamilton Gallery, Sligo; RDS Dublin; Galleri Astley Uttersberg, Kunstforum Norrkoping, & Stockholm, Sweden, Blue House Gallery, Schull and other venues. ‘A Natural Selection’ 2013-15 & Another Bite of the Cherry (2017), Co-ordinator & artist.
Awards Residencies
Arts Council Ireland Agility Award 2022 Shepherd & Maudsleigh, Boston 2023
Fingal Co. Arts Bursary 2020,21, 22, 23 & 2025 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamakerrig
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Bursary 2021 & 2023 Burren College of Art Residency
DLR / Creative Ireland Bursary 2019 & 2022 GSD Cill Rialaig Residency
DLR Arts- Public Engagement commission- Print Process #dlrIntoArt Jan-Mar 2023
Artist’s Talk ‘Artists Beyond the Studio’, online series for Graphic Studio Dublin with Niamh Flanagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kcfP47iEJ8&ab_channel=SusanEarly
Galleries
Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
The Open Window Gallery, Rathmines, Dublin
The Hamilton / Cat & The Moon, Sligo
Fox Framing & Art Gallery, Foxrock, Co. Dublin
Art Fairs
London Original Print Fair (GSD)
Woolwich Print Fair, London (GSD)
Woolwich Print Fair London (Open Call, Directors’ Cut 2024)
IMPACT 12 2022, Bristol
National Botanic Gardens, Sustainable Craft Fair 2024