Sue Gollifer

Sue Gollifer
Photograph of Sue Gollifer
Sue Gollifer at the opening of her retrospective exhibition at the BCS in central London, 2024
Born1944 (age 80–81)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Brighton
EmployerUniversity of Brighton
Known forDigital art
Silkscreen
AwardsInternational Digital Media Arts Award
2006

Sue Gollifer (born December 1944) is a British artist and academic.[1] She uses silkscreen printing as well as digital techniques to produce her artworks.[2][3] She is based in Brighton, southern England.

Gollifer received her master's degree in printmaking from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom, in 1969.[4] Early in her career, she taught at the Hastings Art College and exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery in London.[5] Later, Gollifer was a Principal Lecturer (later an Honorary Fellow) in Fine Art/Printmaking within the School of Arts and Communication in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton.[6] She was the Course Leader for the PG Dip course in Digital Media Arts. Her research has been based on the impact of new technology on the practice of fine art.

Sue Gollifer is also a professional artist/printmaker, with regular exhibitions internationally, and her artworks are held in international public collections, including the British Council and the Victoria & Albert Museum.[7][8] She was the curator of the first five United Kingdom international exhibitions of electronic prints (ArCade I, II, III, IV, and V during 1995 to 2007 – "Computers in Art and Design Education").[5] She was also the ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery Chair during 2004, in Los Angeles, United States.[9] In 2006, Gollifer was awarded an International Digital Media Arts Award for her "exceptional services to the international new media community".[10] She was an executive director of ISEA International from 2011 to 2021.[4]

Gollifer is a member of the Printmakers Council. She has been an active member of the Computer Arts Society (CAS).[11][12] In 2024–25, a retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the BCS London office, organized by CAS.[1][10][13]

References

  1. ^ a b Clark, Sean, ed. (2024). Sue Gollifer: Retrospective (PDF). Leicester: Interact Digital Arts. ISBN 978-1-0685722-0-3.
  2. ^ "Sue Gollifer Sold at Auction Prices". invaluable.com. Invaluable. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  3. ^ Mathiassen, Lars; Kyng, Morten, eds. (1997). "Computer Use by Artists and Designers: Fine Art Printmaker". Computers and Design in Context. MIT Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0262112239.
  4. ^ a b "Sue Gollifer". Archive.org. University of Brighton. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b Mason, Catherine (2024). "Sue Gollifer Interview". In Clark, Sean (ed.). Sue Gollifer: Retrospective (PDF). Leicester: Interact Digital Arts. pp. 6–12. ISBN 978-1-0685722-0-3.
  6. ^ "Sue Gollifer (UK) b 1944". dam.org. Digital Art Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Person: Sue Gollifer". collections.vam.ac.uk. UK: V&A. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Sue Gollifer, England, b. 1944: Biography". galleryonline.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Member Profile: Sue Gollifer". siggraph.org. ACM SIGGRAPH. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b Mason, Catherine (4 November 2024). "Mechanised perfection: the work of Sue Gollifer". BCS. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  11. ^ Lambert, Nick (2024). "26. Computer Arts Society: Charting Present to Future". In Giannini, Tula; Bowen, Jonathan P. (eds.). The Arts and Computational Culture: Real and Virtual Worlds. Series on Cultural Computing. Springer. pp. 651, 655, 660, 663, 664, 667, 672, 678, 679. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-53865-0_26. ISBN 978-3-031-53864-3. S2CID 270801523.
  12. ^ "Sue Gollifer". CAS Archive. UK: Computer Arts Society. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Sue Gollifer Retrospective". CAS Exhibitions. Computer Arts Society. 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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