2017 Bridges Conference Nominees' Gallery
Susan Happersett
Artists
Statement
After completing graduate degrees in Mathematics, as well as in the Arts, and working as a math teacher for an number of years, I have now been a full-time artist for 20 years. My work is widely collected by leading museums and universities around the world. In my art, I explore the aesthetic qualities of mathematics through sequences, series and, now, mapping. I express my ideas in drawings, paintings, artist's books, and videos. Recurring themes in my work are the Fibonacci Sequence, Chaos Theory, the Cartesian Coordinate System, the Cantor Set, Self Similarity and Fractals. Crucial to me is that all my work is hand-drawn: I design the algorithm and then I execute it by hand. I am the computer.
Artworks

Bijective Cartesian Lace
28 x 36 cm
Ink on paper, framed
2017