Susan Derges Overview

1955 Born London 1973 - 1976 Chelsea School of Art and Design, London 1976 - 1977 British Council/DAAD Scholarship to Berlin 1977 - 1979 Postgraduate studies, Slade School of Fine Art, London 1981 - 1985 Living... [more]

1955   Born London 1973 - 1976   Chelsea School of Art and Design, London 1976 - 1977   British Council/DAAD Scholarship to Berlin 1977 - 1979   Postgraduate studies, Slade School of Fine Art, London 1981 - 1985   Living and working in Japan 1986 - 1991   Living and working in London 1992   Living and working in Dartmoor, Devon   Awards and Commissions   2008 Prix Pictet, Shortlisted Artist   2006-07 The Stille Room, Fyllingsdaten Nursing Home, Bergen, Norway   2004-05 Eden Project Education Centre/Solar Terrace   1998 Dorchester Hospital   1993 South West Arts Major Award   1984 JVC Award, Japan   1982-83 Postgraduate Research Tsukuba University, Japan   1981-82 Rotary Foundation Award, Japan   1979 Boise Travel Scholarship to Holland

 

Derges was born in London in 1955. She studied painting at the Chelsea College of Art and Design from 1973-1976 and at the Slade School of Art from 1977-1979. She then turned to photography, exploring in particular early photographic techniques of cameraless photography - exposing images directly onto photographic paper - techniques she has continued to refine and develop to this day. From 1981 to 1985 she lived and worked in Japan, receiving a Rotary Foundation Award (1981), JVC Award (1984) and carrying out postgraduate research at Tsukuba University. From 1986 to 1991 Derges lived in London, moving to Dartmoor, Devon in 1992. In 1993 she received a South West Arts Award and was appointed Lecturer in Media Arts at the University of Plymouth, Exeter. From 1997 to 1999 she was an external examiner for the BA in Fine Art: Photography at Middlesex University.

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