Susan Gunn

Susan Gunn is a British artist. She was born in present-day Greater Manchester, England in 1965, and studied at Norwich University of the Arts where she was awarded a First Class BA Honours in Fine Art Painting in 2004. In 2006 she was awarded the inaugural Sovereign European Art Prize. In 2014 she was commissioned to create a twenty-metre painting for the £11.6 million low carbon building project 'The Enterprise Centre' at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. She is a member of Contemporary British Painting.

Gunn's artworks are made using traditional binders imbued with beeswax and linseed, natural earth pigments and layers of traditionally made gesso. The surface undergoes a natural process beyond the control of the artist and renders each painting unique. Norfolk Museums Collection, England Swindon Museum & Art Gallery, England The Archant Collection; Arts Council England, East Collection 2016 – Group Exhibition: Priseman Seabrook Collection, The Minories, Colchester, England 2016 – Mandell's Gallery, Norwich, England 2014 – East Contemporary Art: Place and Landscape, Waterfront Gallery, UCS, Ipswich, England 2011 – Crossroads, Candlestar; International Women's Day Exhibition, London 2011 – The Gallery at NUA, Norwich, England

Personal life Gunn was interested in art at a young age attending a foundation course in art at Bolton College, England, she did not complete the course leaving at the age of eighteen to pursue a career in modelling and later launch a fashion business. She is married to Bryan Gunn, a former professional footballer and football manager, who she met in Spain, where she had a bridal wear company. He proposed within three days of their meeting, and they were married the following year. The Gunns have had three children: Francesca, Melissa and Angus. while their son, Angus, is a professional footballer and plays as a goalkeeper, as did his father.