“NEW WORK ALERT! Oh my word, Canadian artist Susannah Montague has done it again. She just sent me a peek at her latest work, “Back to School, 2020” … do you think these twins look ready? Here are a few snippets Susannah shared with me about this work”
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10 page spread in dpi Magazine Taiwan.
See the complete article PDF here.
Covid Kiss
Ceramic, glaze, gold lustre
30x13x11 inches
Brand new work in the latest issue 31 of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is an informative, insightful and inspiring contemporary art magazine that has captured the hearts and minds of an engaged audience of artists, enthusiasts, collectors and galleries locally in Australia and around the world.
Thank you once again amazing Danielle Krysa aka The Jealous Curator for featuring my work.
“Gasp! … and another one for good measure… GASP! Canadian sculptor Susannah Montague just turned the tables on this virus, and transformed it into the most gorgeous piece of art! I give you, “Saint Corona”
- Danielle Krysa
The Golden Fleece
Ceramic, glaze, 22k gold luster
23 x 13 x 14 inches
Honoured to be among the top 3 artists!
Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award Winners 2020
3rd Place - Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
Susannah Montague’s highly symbolic and eerily beautiful sculptures at once draw you in, and repel you. In each the surreal porcelain works, there is a narrative to be discovered. Using a combination of hand building, press molds, and slip casting to build her sculptures, she also references traditions from ceramic fine-craft and art history. Montague uses symbols such as fading flowers, bubbles, skulls, and insects to represent death and the transient nature of life. These symbols, interspersed with casts of toys including dolls, helicopters, and bunnies, take on a slightly sinister feeling in their modern compositions. Montague’s work examines the cycles in our lives and asks us to revel in the beauty of the absurd. Susannah Montague is a British born ceramic sculptor, based on Bowen Island, BC. She received her BFA from Emily Carr University and OCAD University.
My work is featured with Danielle Krysa, AKA "The Jealous Curator", in her new amazing book A Big Important Artist: A Womanual. I am honoured to be a part of it.
First Where Women Create and now their sister publication What Women Create - so honoured to be included among the inspiring women in these pages.
Thanks to creator and Editor-in-Chief Jo Packham, editor Trivia Bridges and Lillie Louise for the always-wonderful photographs.
Crown of Swans
Ceramic, glaze, pearl lustre and 22k gold
34.5 x 19 x 10 inches
Thanks to Portia Priegert and Galleries West for this lovely article.
Ceramic artist Susannah Montague whips up sugary confections with elaborate toppings of curlicues and cherubs, flowers and frou-frous, swans and seashells, plus all other manner of other precious whimsies. Decorative, excessive and absolutely delightful, her sculptures are both visual marvels and stellar displays of technical virtuosity. But their appeal is also linked, in part, to her exploration of darker themes from childhood stories and nightmares.
Where Women Create - this beautiful publication - honoured to be a part of it.
Thanks to editor Trivia Bridges and Lillie Louise for the beautiful photographs.
See the whole article PDF at this link: Issue 6, 2019
Whether it’s art, music, written works, or choreographed dances, extraordinary women know that the process of creating is as important as what ultimately gets created. That is why extraordinary women pay attention to the details of their work spaces… making sure that they surround themselves with visually stimulating inspiration and unique organizational systems. WHERE WOMEN CREATE invites you into the creative spaces of the most extraordinary women of our time. Through stunning photography and inspirational stories, each issue of this bi-monthly magazine will nourish souls and motivate creative processes.
- Where Women Create
Thank you amazing Danielle Krysa aka The Jealous Curator for featuring my work.
“I have to share a story Susannah told me about the final piece above … “The piece with the gold halo is my daughter. She was born “unresponsive”. The necklace – with the arms – is from Mexican religious iconography which symbolizes “embrace and touch”, because after 36 hours of labour, I fought to keep my twins together, close with me and out of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by doing “Kangaroo care”. The artichoke at the core has a heart, symbolizing love – and, throughout history, artichokes have represented hope, peace and a successful future.” I’m not crying, you’re crying. A beautiful story from a beautiful person {And, I’ve met her twins. They are creative, kind and amazing … just like their mama.}
- Danielle Krysa
I’m very excited to announce Beautiful Bizarre Magazine included my work in their Top 100 Sculptors of 2018 on Instagram
“a list of artists who work in a wide variety of mediums from found object assemblage, glass, textiles, wood, marble, sculpey, metal, wax, string, bones, feathers, fibreglass, sugar, resin, metal, clay, taxidermy, paper, textiles, fine porcelain etc., and whose works range in scale from miniature to larger than life or room size! All of whom I believe are among the greatest living and working sculptors of 2018."
Co-founder + Editor-in-Chief Danijela Krha Purssey
I wanted to share with you the exciting news that I have been featured in the most recent issue of Create! Magazine. Create! Magazine is a wonderful publication and website that promotes fresh, unique work of creatives from around the world. Each beautiful issue is filled with vibrant contemporary art, craft, design, and stories of the makers behind it. I am truly honoured to have been included in the latest issue (issue 9). I am in the Curated Section by the amazing Danielle Krysa aka The Jealous Curator.
As always, thank you for your interest and support, I truly appreciate it!
Love,
Susannah
My sculptures were featured with Danielle Krysa, AKA "The Jealous Curator", an incredible source of inspiration through her books, podcasts and blog. She has a rich and wonderful talent.
A wonderful blog from France! Merci Le Blog Du Kitsch!
"L’artiste Susannah Montague crée des superbes sculptures en céramique. Avec comme sujet récurrent l’enfant, sorte de poupée chérubin étrange, elle développe dans ses œuvres des histoires où viennent se mélanger des aspects mignons et horrifiques. Susannah Montague vit et travaille à Vancouver."
- Le Blog Du Kitsch
The American Craft Council was founded over 75 years ago by a true visionary, Aileen Osborn Webb, and they have been championing for the arts and artists ever since. It is a true privilege to have been featured in The American Craft Council's weekly publication.
Dimitris Manolas has created a beautifully curated collection of inspiring work on his site TheVanderbild.
"theVanderbild.com is a manifestation of the Vanderbild himself, Athens based admirer, curator, and sometimes engineer, Dimitris Manolas. It is a fresh collection of contemporary aesthetic directions; an ode to the lovers, makers, and shapers of art in all its forms.
Let your curiosity drift and your senses be assailed as your eyes feast upon handpicked creations found in ateliers, notebooks, museums, and galleries from around the world. It is our sincerest hope that through your perusing of theVanderbild inspiration will beget inspiration. Spread the love"
- Dimitria Manolas
Create Magazine promotes fresh, unique contemporary art from around the world. I was thrilled and grateful to be in their "Studio Sundays" feature.
"Studio Sundays: Susannah Montague
On this week's Studio Sundays feature we explore the intricate ceramic work of Canadian artist Susannah Montague.
Susannah received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in the sculpture department. She also attended the Ontario University of Art and Design where she specialized in figurative work and anatomy and studied at the Vancouver Film School.
In 1996 the BC Ceramic Gallery recognized Susannah as the Top Emerging Ceramic Artist in British Columbia and awarded her studio space for the year.
Susannah developed her sculptural work and exhibited and sold her work in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Susannah was also involved in many Interior Design and Art Installations for major nightclubs and restaurants in Vancouver."
- Create Magazine
GraphiGeek is an online hub where creative ideas are celebrated. I was thrilled to be included in their collection. The writeup on this site was beautiful and it really touched me. I would love to find out who the author was.