Studio 2

An ongoing archive of the residences

Susan Absolon

7th September to 5th October 2024

Susan has been an independent artist for more than thirty years, developing her studio practice initially alongside a career in art collection management, freelance design work, and her role as a mother. In 2012 Susan was awarded a Juliet Gomperts bursary and, in 2019 she was invited to take part in 'Supernature' a three-venue, UK touring exhibition. Susan's work has been exhibited widely across the UK including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the RWA Open, Wells Art Contemporary, The London Group, Ing Discerning Eye, BEEP Wales and numerous non-institutional exhibitions.

In 2021 Susan was awarded the Contemporary British Painting Prize. Please see, ‘Conversation with Susan Absolon’ in the Journal page. In these images Susan is using the total 100 square metres of space, normally Studio 2 is 50 square metres. Further information on Instagram @susan.absolon, and susanabsolon.co.uk

The studio with Susan’s work-in-progress
The sequence of works on paper
Detail from the sequence, oil on paper, A4
An organised approach of paint brands and colours
A series of works on paper commenced late on in the residency
Trestle tables, mobile palette and the wall of paintings in the background
‘Untitled’, oil and collage on canvas 25 x 35.5cm (3500 x 2546)
Alimunium food trays, used to print and emboss works on paper, and worked as a relief
‘Tin Man’, oil on canvas, 18cm x 25.5cm
A series of monoprints using a food tray as well as paint residue from the palette
‘Untitled’, carbon transfer, spray adhesive, and collage on paper, 21 x 30cm
105 from sequence of 107, oil on paper, size A4
The begining of a new series of works on paper
Preparing to photograph ‘Take Away’, oil on canvas, 25cm x 35cm
A range of paint brands and colours
The monoprint table

Jane Morgan

27th July to 10th August 2024

Jane’s recent exhibitions include: ‘It rose and it fell’, 2024, selected by Karl Bielik @terrace_gallery; ‘Snag’, group show at Lea Bridge Library; ‘Ing Discerning Eye’, 2023: selected by Eliza Gluckman, ‘Raw’, Group Show, six women artists celebrate the tactile, the real and the handmade, Barbican Arts Group Trust, open studios. ‘Turps Leavers Show’, 2022, Thames-side Studios; ‘Open Studio’ with Seven Turps painters, London N1; ‘Turps Group Show’, Fitzrovia Galleries, London W1. During Jane’s residency we had a number of interesting discussions on the cross-over between painting and sculpture, including thoughts on artists such as Jessica Stockholder to Isa Genzken. This is a quote from our discussion recalling the Blackwood Gallery catalogue for the exhibition, ‘Spilled Edge - Soft Corners’, 2000.

‘Painting became sculptural and the sculptural lent itself to thinking about painting. Shape and cloth, paint and support, colour and space were physically materialized (literalized). Each was made independent of the integral conventions of painting […].’ Barbara Fischer, 2000

Jane completed the Turps Art School Offsite Programme, London, from 2019 to 2022. She has an MA Fine Art (Painting) and a BA (Sculpture) 2010 from City & Guilds of London Art School. Jane also has a MA in German and History, from St Hugh’s College, Oxford. Further information on Instagram at @jjmorganartist

Plaster, acrylic and plasticine relief, size approx A4. Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Plaster, paint, wood. Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Mixed media. Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Plaster, clay and acrylic, size approx A4. Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Plaster, clay, kitchen sponge and paint. Size approx A4. Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Plaster, clay, plasticine and acrylic paint. Size approx A4. Work conceived during the residency
Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’
Ideas on ‘raw materiality, organic forms, and colour’