Suzzan Blac

Suzzan Blac (born Birmingham, UK, 1960[1]) is an English surreal artist who paints images of physical, mental and sexual abuse.

Suzzan Blac painting “Your suffering is real”

Art work

Suzzan Blac's work is being used in social worker training, and to help abuse-victims in group therapy.[1] Her art has been shown in London and Berlin.[2]

She exhibited at Resistance Gallery in London in 2009, a show called "A Basement of Dolls" which focused on pornography and female body image.[2][3][4]

Autobiography

The Rebirth of Suzzan Blac (Bettie Youngs Books, 2012) tells of Blac's troubled childhood of poverty and sexual abuse and how she used her artwork to heal herself.

References
  1. Marc Boisclair, "Trauma Oculaire : Suzzan Blac", Sinistre magazine, January 25, 2011, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  2. Chris Osburn, "Preview: Suzzan Blac's A Basement of Dolls at Resistance Gallery", Londonist, February 13, 2009, https://web.archive.org/web/20090224075138/http://londonist.com/2009/02/preview_suzzan_blacs_a_basement_of.php archived from the original: http://londonist.com/2009/02/preview_suzzan_blacs_a_basement_of.php
  3. "A Basement of Dolls – Suzzan Blac", Kultur Kurier, 2009, http://www.kulturkurier.de/veranstaltung_165492.html (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  4. "A Basement of Dolls - Resistance Gallery", 2009, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Accessed April 26, 2012)
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