8 December 2010

Dundee graduate wins UK's most prestigious art prize

Susan Philipsz, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, has been named the winner of this year's Turner Prize.

Susan studied Fine Art at Dundee from 1989 to 1993, specialising in sculpture. Her association with the city continued when Dundee Contemporary Arts exhibited one of her pieces 'Atlantis' in 1995. It is now part of the University's museum collections.

'I am absolutely delighted, and I am sure everyone in the College will be, to see Susan winning the Turner Prize,' said Gareth Fisher, Professor of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College, part of the University of Dundee. 'I actually tutored Susan in her Honours year and she is still a good friend to Dundee.'

Susan, who comes from Glasgow, is best known for creating 'sculptures using sound' and often uses popular music and film themes as the basis of her art.

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