Sue Fox   B.A.,P.G.C.E.

Fox is known for her taboo images of the dead in a three part series called ‘VILE BODIES’ on contemporary and international photography in 1998/2000. Included in the series were Saville, Peter Witkin, Serrano, Mann, & Wapplington. She appeared in‘Gallery Explorer 38’ a documentary in 2001, showcasing artists at Rogue Artists Studios, Comme Ca Art PR, and artists in Hohlmann. Fox’s images appear in ‘The Works’ a Granada series on Art with Anthony Wilson featuring Photographers and ‘Flux’ magazine in 2002. Fox was flown to Scotland to Tern TV studios for two discussion programmes on SEX and DEATH on the ‘Faith Without Walls’ series in 2002.
In 2010, Fox appeared in a documentary film for “Tonight with Trevor Macdonald” on ITV 1 in 2004. This programme looked at alternative lifestyles and shopping habits and cultural dispositions.
In 2010 Fox appeared in a film for ARTE, a German/French cultural channel, “Sterben Im Museum”. “L’Expose du Mort”. (“The Exposition of Death”) featuring the works of Christian Boltanski, Gregor Schneider, & Walter Schnels. In 2010 Fox judged the European film section for the KINO FILM FESTIVAL 2010 at Deansgate’s AMC Cinema with Steve Balshaw and Bruno Coppola. Fox compered solo on the Kino Awards Ceremonies with star of ‘Shameless’ and Kino’s patron Maxine Peake.

Fox has exhibited in the UK and abroad including:- Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China. Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany. Museum of Fine Arts. Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland. Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester. Museum de Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany. Swiss National Museum, Munich, Zurich. Historiches Museum Bielefeld, Germany. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada. The Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain. Kvindmuseet I Danmark, Denmark. National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford.

Fox has her work in many publications including her own book ‘Post Mortem’ in 1997. Others include:- ‘Fifteen Plus One’ edited by Alan Dunn. ‘The New Visbility of Death’ by Prof. Thomas Macho. 'Art and Obscenity: On the Margins of the Aesthetic in 20th century Western Visual Culture' by Professor Mey. ‘Six Feet Under’ – Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead by Bernhard Fibischer. ‘Still Life’ a publication by Iris, Staffordshire University. ‘Photography: A Critical Introduction’ by Liz Wells. ‘Spate Freiheiten – Geschichten Vom Altern’. ‘Photography – A Crash Course’ by Dave Yorath. ‘Vile Bodies – Photography & the Crisis of Looking’ by Chris Townsend. ‘Flying Over Water’ by Peter Greenaway. ‘The Dead’ by Val Williams & Greg Hobson.

Fox has given many conference papers such as:- “Death, Dysfunction & the Olympic Ideal”, a symposium and live web conference at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney on 9th September 2000. Speakers included Farrell & Parkin, Jon Baturin, Dieter Huber, Bill Jacobson, Rebecca Scott-Bray, Sue Fox and Diana Thorneycroft.
“Death, the Final Chapter”, a paper given at Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Lecture Theatre L1 in 2001 in a program with Tracey Emin. “Redeye Talks –Spring 2001”, a lecture called ‘Taboo’ about her latest work at the Richard Goodall Photographic Gallery, Manchester. “The Business of the Flesh – Art, Science & Access to the Human Body”, Oxford, Ruskin School of Art, with Dr. Ruth Richardson, Jane Wildgoose and Professor Brian Hurwitz, in 2002. Speakers included Simon Costin, Sarah Simblet, and Fox. “Escape Your Garb” workshop at The Circle Club, St. Anne’s Square with a paper on ‘The Art of Cross-Dressing Through-Out History’ in 2003. Funded by Redeye Photographers Network.
“Explore Expand Exchange” 2004 Artist Lecture Days@ The Whitworth Art Gallery, speaking on illness via imagery in ‘Face Your Flesh’ that illustrated the permanent ‘body’ collection held at The Manchester Museum.

“The New Visibility of Death”, Berlin, Germany at Ahorn-Greineisen, with Professor Tomas Macho, 2005. Speakers included Jeffrey Silverthorne, Hans Danuser, Rudolf Schafer, Birgit Richard, Teresa Margolles, Rebecca Scott-Bray and Sue Fox. The paper was entitled ‘Contemplations on the Corpse’ and appears in ‘Die Neue Sichbarkeit Des Todes’.
“National Youth Theatre” at the Lowry Theatre, Manchester 2008. A talk on ‘aspects of death’ for the team of young actors in their production of ‘Macbeth’, directed by Jon McGrath (Ikebana Productions).
“The Genital Portrait Series” a public talk on (Art & Cyber Sex) @ ‘ART’ curated by Michael Mayhew in 2008.
“The Muscailt Spring Arts Festival” Galway, Ireland 2009. Performance/lecture/and guest speaker on ‘The Decomposition of the Flesh’ @ The National University of Ireland.


Fox has written four novels since 2008 called ‘Unzipped’ on the subject of ‘art, sex and dark minds’. She has been working with a publisher for this duration, and is working on a fifth novel to distil all the major elements for publication in 2011. Fox has been publishing extracts of her diaries via her publishers online magazine for transgressive literature by major global writers. She also gives performance/readings of her novels in and around Manchester bars, clubs and art venues.
Fox has written periodically for Photo magazine ‘Hotshoe International’ 2000, for editor and leading photographic historian Dr. Chris Townsend and also worked on Manchesters ‘City Life’ in 2003, with a year long column as the ‘Witch Doctor’ on health and alternative lifestyles. Fox’s writings appear in ‘Antique Children’ 2010 Issue One, ‘SPIT’ ed. Jim Lopez (U.S.A.) and Volume 3. ‘The Doppleganger’. Fox performs in a clown troupe who tour the UK & Ireland, and has performed with entertainers David Hoyle, Alexis Milne and writer Shaun Attwood. Fox is currently working on six series of new photographic images about ‘sex’, for a leading art gallery owner. And will begin work on her personal web site in 2011. She is also making new films in the area of sexuality.