ARTIST CV

SUSANNAH BOOTHROYD is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice spans jewellery, textiles, installation, and interaction design.

With over 20 years of making - from forged silver and historically-grounded craft to interactive public environments - her work is united by a single instinct: finding meaning in overlooked things, and translating it into objects and experiences that resonate.

Susannah's background across Textiles, Environments Design, Jewellery and Interaction Design positions her uniquely to work at the intersection of craft tradition, human experience, and responsive technology.

She approaches every project

as both maker and systems thinker - attending equally to the hand-made detail and the larger environmental outcomes.

Awards & Qualifications

+ Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY [2022-2023]
HIGH DISTINCTION - Fundamentals of Interaction Design
HIGH DISTINCTION - Storytelling & Sense-Making Studio
DISTINCTION - Advanced Interaction Design

+ Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design

DESIGN CENTRE ENMORE - TAFE NSW - SYDNEY INSTITUTE [2005-2006, 2012]
GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION
AWARDED Jewellery & Object Design Award & Scholarship 2012

+ Bachelor of Design

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - UNSW ART + DESIGN / COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS [1998-2004]
GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION
MAJORS: Graphics, Environments, Textiles
ELECTIVES: Sustainable Design, Film Studies, Sculpture, Costume Design, Printmaking, Exhibition Design
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE: University of California - Davis, USA [2000 - 2001]
STUDENT ENVIRONMENT OFFICER [2003] - COFA Student's Association

+ Short Courses

· CONSENT MATTERS - University of Technology, Sydney [2023]

· PRESS PLAY FOR CREATIVE WELLBEING - CREATIVE FIRST AID - MakeShift.org [2021]

· BUILDING SIMPLE WEBSITES + SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING - TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute, Blacktown [2019]

· WRITING GRANT PROPOSALS - National Association for the Visual Arts - NAVA [2019]

· CERT III JEWELLERY TRADE + MANUFACTURE - Design Centre Enmore - TAFE NSW Sydney Institute [2013]

· GROWING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS - Northwest Community College [2009]

· FORGING I - ORNAMENTAL BLACKSMITHING - TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute, Richmond [2011]

+ Awards

· JEWELLERY AND OBJECT DESIGN AWARD + SCHOLARSHIP 2012 - Design Centre Enmore - TAFE NSW Sydney Institute [2012]

· WINNER - JEWELLERY CATEGORY + ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD - 'JUNK LOVE' EXHIBITION - Reverse Garbage [2004]

· ART EXPRESS 1997 - HSC Visual Arts Major Work displayed at the Art Gallery of NSW [1997]

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 - Gaffa Gallery - Review. React. Respond. [Contemporary Jewellery]

2019 - Gaffa Gallery - It’s Not Just A Hobby [Contemporary Jewellery]

2019 - Zero Gravity Galleries, Mothership Studios - The Witching Hour [Curator / Contemporary Jewellery + Art]

2018 - Zero Gravity Gallery, Mothership Studios - Botanical Mechanics (curated by Grace Kingston) [Contemporary Jewellery]

2014 - Studio 20/17, Waterloo - Less Is More (tenmoregirls) [Contemporary Jewellery]

2013 - Stanley Street Gallery - Girls On Time (tenmoregirls)[Contemporary Jewellery]

Collaborations

Peats Ridge Festival - The Cocoon [Interactive Installation/Environment]

Peats Ridge Festival - The Elemental Labyrinth [Facilitator/Installation/Environment]

Other Arts Projects & Positions

High & Dry Festival - Envirocraft [Interactive Installation]

Big Day Out - Envirocraft [Eco Craft Workshop]

Australia Day Council Festivals - Cronulla, Penrith - Envirocraft [Eco Craft Workshop]

Opera Australia - Costume Assistant [Costume Manufacture]

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras - Costume Assistant

Bridal Expo - Wardrobe Assistant

Mothership Studios - Gallery Manager / Creative Producer / Marketing

Talks, Presentations & Public Engagement

Invited Artist Talk - Design Centre Enmore “Mine” Exhibition, Danks St Depot Gallery 2012 [Contemporary Jewellery]

Teaching & Demos

Lorien Novalis Steiner School - Blacksmithing Demo/Workshop

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea - Jewellery Workshop Instructor

Past Retail Stockists

Blue Mountains Makers, Wentworth Falls

Make A Difference, Enmore, Sydney

Reverse Garbage, Marrickville, Sydney

Reverse Garbage, West End, Brisbane

Museum of Brisbane Store, Brisbane

Artisan, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

The Servo, Paddington, Brisbane

Biome Living, Paddington, Brisbane

Artisan Markets & Fairs

COFA Spring Fair, Paddington

Reverse Garbage (2022), Tempe

Rowany Festival Market Day, High Range

Spring War Market Day, Tocal

Under The Blue Moon, Enmore

Glebe Markets, Glebe

The Rocks Market, Sydney

Mothership Studios Xmas Art Market, 2019