ABOUT
Suzanne van der Lingen is an artist and writer currently based in London.
Contact: suzannevanderlingen [at] gmail [dot] com
Solo Exhibitions
2017
I can’t say everything all at once. Two Queens, Leicester
I’ll be your mirror. Stryx, Birmingham. Presented as part of Slice; curated by Emma Mckinney
2011
ARK. The Joinery, Dublin. Selected as part of the Joinery’s Graduate Program
Selected Group Exhibitions, Workshops and Screenings
2019
Not an Archive (group exhibition). Primary, Nottingham. Curated by Emily Gray for New Contemporaries. Supported by Arts Council England
Tone Poems (performance). Presented at ‘Modernist Art Writing / Writing Modernist Art’ conference, University of Nottingham
2018
Correspondence, (workshop). Commissioned by Scottish Artists Union. Dundee
2017
NAWKI, (screening). Selected by ESP/Eastside Projects, produced by 12ø Collective. Various venues, UK
Would you like to come back to our hut?, (group exhibition). Backlit, Nottingham
This can only be thought of as a monologue within a dialogue, (lecture). Guest speaker and producer with Claire Walsh, selected by Maria Fusco as part of the School of Art Friday Talk lecture series. Edinburgh College of Art
2015
Crabs and Butterflies, (workshop). Hosted by Jessica Gogan. Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
How To Fake Your Own Death, (screening). Part of the Ripples on the Pond programme, selected by Alex Hetherington / Modern Edinburgh Film School. CCA, Glasgow
Edits-While-U-Wait and Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One, (workshop and screening). Presented as part of ECA/ESW Graduate Bursary Award residency. Edits-While-U-Wait produced by Claire Walsh. Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Reading in the Dark, (screening). Glasgow Film Festival, commissioned by MAP Magazine. CCA, Glasgow
2014
The Artist Writing Room, (group exhibition and workshop). Edinburgh College of Art
Silver Screen Darling, (screening). Thurrock International Film Festival
Remote Possibilities, (group exhibition). Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Sutherland
2013
Leave the Capitol: An Exploration of Contemporary Identity by the Masters Programme, Edinburgh College of Art, (group exhibition). The Fleming Collection, London
FAIR, (group exhibition). Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2010
Points of Departure, (group exhibition). Filmbase for Darklight Festival 2010, Dublin
Portret Paviljoen/ Portrait Pavilion, (group exhibition). Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten
Awards and Residencies
2016-2017
Studio residency. Backlit, Nottingham
2015
ECA/ESW Bursary Award: studio residency (March – May 2015). Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
2014
New Sensations, (Longlist, nomination). Saatchi Art
Andrew Grant Bequest Scholarship. Edinburgh College of Art
Remote Possibilities (group residency). Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Sutherland
2013
Andrew Grant Bequest Major Award. Edinburgh College of Art
2010
The Joinery Graduate Program. The Joinery, Dublin
Selected Publications
2019
‘Tone Poems’, (text). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
2018
Publication Happens, (text). Eastside Projects, Birmingham
‘Out of Office Auto-Reply: Chapter Five’, (text). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
2016
Footnoting the Archive, (guest editorial project). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk. Supported by Creative Scotland
2015
‘How To Fake Your Own Death’, (text and video). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
2014
‘I, the Other, the Space Between: Reading in the Dark’, (text). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
‘Reading in the Dark: Voice – Text – Screen’, (curator). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
X: Embassy Gallery Members Publication, (artwork). Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
‘How to Fake Your Own Death’, (text). Occupy Paper issue 9, www.occupypaper.com
2013
‘Death of a Botanist’, (text). The Glasshouse Request, edited by Joseph Priestly
‘Johan Grimonprez’, (text). SLCTDBY, slctdby.com
2011
‘Bill Jacobson: Urban Haze’, (text). GUP Magazine issue 30, Amsterdam: x Publishers BV
Contributor. Paper Visual Art Dublin Edition, www.papervisualart.com
‘On Fame & Femininity: Susan Sontag and Annie Leibovitz’, (writer). GUP Magazine, issue 29. Amsterdam: x Publishers BV
2010
The Tireless Epic: Fieret-Tichy-Heyboer. (research assistant). Uitgeverij d’jonge Hond, Fotomuseum Den Haag
Foto en Copyright: G.P. Fieret Vol. 2, (research assistant). Uitgeverij Voetnoot, Fotomuseum Den Haag
‘Critical Masses: Towards a New Medium for Art Criticism’, (text). Circa Art Magazine, Dublin
Arts Employment and Volunteer Work
Mar 2020 – present
Assistant
Visual Arts & Museums London, Arts Council England
Dec 2017 – Dec 2019
Arts & Heritage Duty Manager
Nottingham Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham
Jan 2017 – Dec 2017
Visual Arts Assistant
Nottingham Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham
Jan 2017 – present
Advisory board
MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
Jan 2016 – Dec 2016
Guest Editor
‘Footnoting the Archive’ (with Claire Walsh). MAP, www.mapmagazine.co.uk
Jan 2015 – Sep 2016
Co-Director
Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
Volunteer
Forest Centre Plus, Edinburgh
Oct 2011 – Apr 2012
Volunteer
Dek22, Rotterdam
Apr 2011
Invigilator
TAG gallery, The Hague
Aug – Oct 2010
Intern
The Hague Museum of Photography
Nov 2009 – May 2010
Research Assistant
Gerard Byrne, Dublin
Education
2012 – 2014
MFA Contemporary Art Practice (Photography)
Edinburgh College of Art
Feb – Jun 2009
BA Photography (Erasmus Exchange Program)
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2006 – 2010
BA (Hons) History of Art and Fine Art (Media)
National College of Art and Design, Dublin