Susanna Strati

Susanna Strati references funereal ritual, Catholic religious performance and devotional objects as a framework for creating new work.

Her contemporary art practice integrates jewellery, sculpture, installation, video, photography and performance.

Awards and Exhibitions

She is an Alumna of UNSW Art & Design and recipient of awards and residencies, including an Australia Council Residency at the British School at Rome, an Australia Council research grant for independent study in central and southern Italy, and an Australian Post Graduate Award for research.

Strati’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, as well as selected as Finalist in the inaugural Paramor Prize: ART + INNOVATION (where she was Winner of the Mayoral Award), Hidden Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk (2012, 2014, 2015), The Blake Prize (2008, 2013), The David Harold Tribe Sculpture Award (Contemporary Art Sculpture 2017), Fishers Ghost Art Award (2008. 2017), Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2012, 2013, 2016), The Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award (2018) and The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2018).

Her work has been exhibited at galleries such as The British School at Rome Gallery, Object Australian Design Centre, The Macleay Museum, Annandale Galleries, May Space (Brenda May Gallery), Stanley Street Gallery and Mop Projects in Sydney. Her Jewellery focuses on the locket.