Biography
Susan Halls (b. Gillingham, Kent, UK 1966) studied studio ceramics at her local art school, the Medway College of Art and Design (1984-88). During this time she was awarded a scholarship by the Royal College of Art in London. She graduated MA with distinction in 1990. After a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, she established her studio in London, exhibiting widely through the UK and Europe. Halls also became a visiting lecturer to many colleges and universities including Royal College of Art, Central St Martin’s, Manchester Art School, The Cardiff Institute and Bath School of Art. Her work is represented in several public collections, including The Sackler Foundation, Victoria and Albert Museum (London) and Stoke-on-Trent Museum and York City Art Gallery .In 1998 she married American illustrator Chris Murphy and moved to the USA, setting up her home studios first in Connecticut then Massachusetts. In 2018, she returned to her native UK and is currently resident artist at the University of York.
