About
Sue Mundy is a ceramic artist specialising in hand-built sculptural forms. She creates one-off pieces from her studio near Reading, Berkshire.
Working with clay allows Sue a secondary voice, a line of communication through form. A constant theme in Sues work is the natural world. Her current work explores the shapes and surface textures found from trees and bones. A key shift in this work reflects her focus on the purely asthetic over the functional.
Sue has had a long association with clay, starting at school and gaining direct entry to North Staffordshire University. She always knew that clay was her medium. Through clay she expresses her emotions and reactions to the world around her.
Sue says: “My hurt, my joy, my scars, my healing, all shape the work I create in clay. Using hand-building techniques, I build bottle-like forms which are repeatedly scraped to reveal organic openings. Deliberate junctions are created by breaking and re-joining the outstretched necks where collars or shoulders evolve.”
From August 2018 to Mar 2020 Sue was Artist-in-residence at the University of Reading.
Sue is a selected member of The Craft Potters Association and has been elected to their governing council.
Through Activate Learning, Sue teaches 10-week courses “Ceramics for All” at Woodley Hill House on a Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Please book through Activate Learning.
Throughout the year, Sue runs 3 day workshops at West Dean College, Chichester.
CV
Education and Teaching
1983 - 1986
North Staffordshire University
BA (Hons) Multidisciplinary Design, specialising in ceramics
1986 - 1987
City & Guilds Further Education Certificate
1990 - present day
Tutor of ceramics Bracknell & Wokingham College - Activate Learning
1991 - 2011
Tutor of ceramics Ludgrove Preparatory School, Wokingham
1991 - 2000
Selected Member of The Craft Potters Association
Selected Member of Society of Designer Craftsmen
2015 - present day
One/two day workshops in schools & colleges
Lancing College, The Abbey School, Maiden Erlegh School, Pangbourne College, Leysin American School
2013 -2014
Set up private studio & classes Cap D’Ail France
2019 - present day
Short course tutor West Dean College
2018 - 2020
Artist In Residence - The University of Reading
2022 - present day
Selected Member of The Craft Potters Association
Publications
New British Design 1998 - Pets Levi
Millers Collectables - 2000
Potters Marks - Eric Yates-Owen & Robert Fournier
10, 11 & 12 Potters Editions - Craft Potters Association
Ceramic Review - Shaping Nature. Issue 285
The Art and History of Whiteknights - Two Rivers Press
Selected Exhibitions & Shows
Beaux Arts - Bath
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Contemporary Ceramics - London
New Ashgate Gallery - Farnham
New Brewery Arts - Cirencester
Lingwood Samuel Art - Godalming
White Space Art - Totnes
Jill Rousseau Gallery - Devon
2021 - 2023
Ceramic Art London - Central St. Martins
Potfest By The Lake - Compton Verney
York Ceramics Fair
Potfest In The Park - Hutton In The Forest
Potfest Suffolk - Haughley Park
Ceramics In The City - The Museum Of The Home
Cambridge Contemporary Art - Cambridge
2018 - 2020
Ceramic Art London - Central St. Martins
Henley Arts Trail - Henley
Whiteknights Studio Trail - Reading
Celebrating Ceramics - Waterperry
Made London - Marylebone
Innovations In Ceramic Art - Cambridge
Reading Art Fair - Reading
Made - Canary Wharf
Henley Arts Trail
Contemporary Craft Festival - Bovey Tracey
Made London - Marylebone
Celebrating Ceramics - Waterperry
Art In Clay - Hatfield / Farnham
1990 - 2017
Ceramic Art London - Central St. Martins
Contemporary Craft Festival - Bovey Tracey
Design & Craft Fair - West Dean
Ceramics In The City - The Geffrye Museum
Art in Clay - Hatfield
Made London - Marylebone
Brighton Art Fair - Brighton
Made - Brighton
Made by Hand - Cardiff
Art In Action - Waterperry
Art In The Garden - Hillier Gardens, Romsey
Contemporary Ceramics Auctions - Bonhams, Southeby’s, Phillips & Christies
Decorative Arts Today - Bonhams, London
Contemporary Crafts at Kenwood House - London
Liberty of London - One-off department
Bettles Gallery - Ringwood