Susanna Castleden completed her BA (Art) (Honours) in 2002, a Master of Arts shortly thereafter, and in 2014 completed her PhD at RMIT University titled Wanderlust: mobility, mapping and being in the world. She has participated in many national exhibitions as well as winning prestigious art prizes including the 2011 Joondalup Art Prize, 2013 Burnie Print Prize, 2013 Bankwest Art Prize and the 2015 Linden Art Prize. This is her seventh solo exhibition and her first at Turner Galleries. Susanna's artworks can be found in several important art collections, such as the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, University of WA, Wesfarmers, Kerry Stokes, Bankwest and Edith Cowan University.