Susan Day

Susan Day with ceramic installation

Susan Day is a visual artist whose work is predominately constructed of ceramic. She has an extensive exhibition history and her work has successfully straddled the worlds of contemporary craft and fine art. Susan's works have been included in various important national and international exhibits including the Body and Society at the Embassy Cultural House in 1988; Revisited at the DIA Art Foundation in New York City, the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta; and La Chambre Blanche in Quebec City.

Susan received her early art education at Beal Art in London, Ontario. Following that she studied at Sheridan College School of Craft and Design in Lorne Park, Ontario, ARTsake in Toronto, Ontario, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as a residency at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. Please visit Susan's website for more information.

Earth Day 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth

Susan Day, "Staring at the Parched Earth", Ceramic tile, 2011

Susan Day, Staring at the Parched Earth, 2011

Staring at the Parched Earth is a response to a dream I had after immersing myself in news feeds about the California wildfires. I was opening my awareness of the devastation these fires were causing to the land , the animals, and the humans. This image played like a loop in my mind. Every year fires, often started by lightning or by a carelessly tossed still lit- cigarette, devastate millions of acres of land.

International Women's Day 2021: Go; Rise and Strike

Susan Day, Future Constellations, 2020

Future Constellations is a hand-built coil vessel made in my studio during the first pandemic lock-down in late March 2020. I was working through some ideas and images that had been percolating in my mind. In late 2018 I was in a serious hiking accident and spent a night on a high mountain ridge waiting for a helicopter rescue. I focused on the amazing night sky and worked through the constellation maps I had memorized to pass the time and get through the pain. This vessel is now a ‘drawing’ for a large scale tile installation I am currently working on.

Susan Day's art at the Embassy Cultural House

Susan Day, Bathroom Installation at the Embassy Hotel, from The Body and Society, 1988. Courtesy of the Embassy Cultural House Archives, The Ivey Family London Room, London Public Library

Susan Day created her hand-made ceramic tiles for the top of this classic bar table for London artist Jean Spence who was one of the board members of the Embassy Cultural House, circa 1989. The table was originally one of the tables commonly used in the bar of the hotel.