Susan Foord was born in London in 1945 and studied fine art at Leeds Metropolitan University 1980-83. She became a visiting Lecturer there 1990-92.

After relocation to Bristol in 1993, she was elected a Member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1997.

Awards/Prizes

1983 Leeds Metropolitan University, ‘Rowney Centenary Prize’

1984 Manchester Academy of Fine Arts ‘ Granada Foundation Award’ 

1994 Royal Academy of Arts ‘Arts Club Prize’