Susan Collett maintains a full-time studio art practice in downtown Toronto for over 30 years. She holds a BFA in Printmaking with a Minor in Ceramics from the Cleveland Institute of Art, USA. Her focus is public and private gallery exhibitions and commission work.
Strength against fragility is a core theme of her large-scale clay sculpture and printmaking.
Collections include The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada House, Trafalgar Square, UK. The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery , The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, The Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, India, Sevres porcelain Museum, Paris, Arizona State University Museums, USA., The Gyeonggi Museum, Korea, The Burlington Art Gallery among others.
Exhibitions include The Korean Biennale 2024, ICAF, International Ceramic Art Fair, Gardiner Museum 2023, ESSENCE, The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, 2023, PAPER CLAY ILLUMINATED, USA touring, 2020-21, curated by Peter Held, The Keramion Museum 2019, solo Sandra Ainsley Gallery 2017, The Toronto International Art Fair 2013-2016, Korean Biennale 2012,2015, Taiwan Biennale 2012, with group exhibitions at SOFA Chicago, New York, Palm Beach and the Toronto International Art Fair.
The Canadiana Collection of the Official Residencies of Ottawa, Rideau Hall, holds the sculpture FILIGREE and it was placed in the private office of the Governor General of Canada. In 2015, AXIS was included in the permanent collection at the opening of Canada House, Trafalgar Square, Uk where she met Queen Elizabeth & Prince Phillip.
Susan received her letters from the IAC, International Academy of Ceramics in 2007 and her RCA, Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 2008.
