susan leen



‘I am a visual artist working in expanded drawing, printmaking, social practice and ephemeral installation. My work interrogates place and how the topography and geography of a site can inform and create culture.’



Rinn Aun


Artist Book, National Print Musuem




This book was inspired by Ringsend’s history as a fishing village. A series of linocuts inspired by the areas maritime history and contemporary bioshphere it was printed on the Vandercook no.4 in the National Print Museum, the type Rockerfellar was hand set and the concertina format book was bound by hand. The exhibitoin was supported by the Irish Design and Crafts Council of Ireland.


River & Ridge

A.I.R. Dublin City University


River & Ridge is the culmination if my residency at DCU, where I collaborated with historical geogrpaher Dr. Ruth Mc Manus. The solo exhibition took place in the Cregan Library, St. Patricks Campus, DCU. This residency was supported by the Arts Council Ireland’s Agility Award.


Climate Stories


Maynooth University Research Week




Building Stories

Culture on Prescription Europe


Erasmus + funded project with european partners in collaboration with 
Dublin City Univeristy’s Age Friendly University.  The project consisted of using art
to combat social isolation.