Susan Gunn received international recognition when she won the Sovereign European Art Prize. Sir Peter Blake, chairman of the judges, described her paintings as “incredibly beautiful objects.”

A graduate of Norwich University of the Arts, Gunn has been a practicing artist for over two decades. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions at venues including Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, The Fine Art Society, Bo.lee Gallery, HOME Manchester, and the Yale Centre for British Art.

Her paintings are held in collections worldwide. Career highlights include participation in Between Us – the Britain | China Contemporary Art Biennial in Yantai, Time after [()] after Time at The Briggait in Glasgow, Stations of the Cross at the Komechak Art Gallery in Chicago, and Monochromed, curated by Blaize Patrick at The Fine Art Society, London.

Gunn’s painting’s were included in Made In Britain: 82 Painters of the 21st Century at The National Museum in Gdańsk, and she undertook a Masters residency at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Recent exhibitions include ‘X’ at Newcastle Contemporary Art curated by Narbi Price, Vitalistic Fantasies curated by Paula McArthur with Contemporary British Painting, and the Beep Painting Biennial.

In 2025, Gunn installed Ground Evolution at Factory International, created with earth excavated from the Old Granada Studios site, symbolically linking Manchester’s creative past and future.

She is an inaugural member of Contemporary British Painting and Mill Artists Collective, and is delighted to be exhibiting with The Pearls at Manchester Contemporary 2025.