Spencer J. Derry
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Spencer John Derry A prolific artist, he works with the medium paint, pen and paper. His works of art are mainly based in Curiosa
, Eroticism
and Fetish
art. His art is in many private collections worldwide. Professionally exposed to notable art collectors at Exposition De Curiosa, 2010, Lausanne
, Switzerland.
a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien. Other well known art collectors include Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Crown Prince of Italy and Alain Delon
actor who has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
in London.
• Past, Present and Future, Chester Library, ground floor, July 1998
• Rebirth of the Soul, Blacksheep Gallery, The Gladstone Estate, Hawarden
, November, 1999
• Delusions of Grandeur, Gateway Theatre (Chester)
, March 2001
• Perceive, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Seel Street, July 2001
• Mutations, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Seel Street, March 2002
• Escape, Blacksheep Gallery, The Gladstone Estate, Hawarden, March, 2003
• The Blood of the Artist, Chester Gateway Theatre, October 2003
• Decade, Reid's Furniture Store, Chester, November 2003
• Past Times, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
, March 2004
• Art on the wall, Bluecoat Bookshop, Chester, August 2008
• Art on wall II, Heswall
Library, Wirral, September 2008
• Rooted, Bluecoat Bookshop, Chester, September 2009
• View, Heswall
Library, Wirral, May 2010
• View II, Castle Park Art Centres, Frodsham
, August-September 2010
• View To. The Caban, Plas Newydd, Llangollen, 3 - 31 October 2011
Curiosa
Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto , organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29....
, Eroticism
Eroticism
Eroticism is generally understood to refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love...
and Fetish
Fetish
Fetish may refer to:* Fetishism, the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects* Sexual fetishism, sexual attraction to objects, body parts, or situations not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature....
art. His art is in many private collections worldwide. Professionally exposed to notable art collectors at Exposition De Curiosa, 2010, Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland.
Private and Public Art Collections
Spencer John Derry’s recent ink drawings were obtained by H. R. GigerH. R. Giger
Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.-Early life:...
a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien. Other well known art collectors include Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, formerly Crown Prince of Italy is the only son of the Umberto II, the last King of Italy. He is commonly known in Italy as Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia...
Crown Prince of Italy and Alain Delon
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
actor who has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
Books and magazines
- 2002 - MAM Issue 65 July/August (Merseyside Arts Magazine)
- 2007 - The Ugly Tree #14/Vol.5:2 (poetry 'zine) ISSN 1478-8349
- 2010 - The Blood of the Artist (PDF only release)
- 2011 - Fetish Art & Photography 2011 Limited Edition By FetishCreatives.com (no longer available)
Poetry
One of his surreal poems has been published in 'The Ugly Tree', a Manchester based poetry magazine. now housed at the Poetry Library** at the South Bank CentreSouth Bank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings , and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually...
in London.
- Reference Poetry Library: Southbank Centre
Group shows
1991 - 2010- West Cheshire Art College A.G.E show 1991
- West Cheshire Art College BTEC 1st Year Show 1992
- West Cheshire Art College BTEC 2nd Year Art/Film Show 1993
- Hull School of ArtHull School of ArtThe Hull School of Art was founded in 1861 by a group of 'working men' as a response to a British government circular. The circular was issued by the British Government's Department of Science and Art...
Degree Film Show 1996
- Hull Short Film Festival Young Talent, Short Film Festival 1996
- Black Sheep Gallery (Winter Sale) 1999
- Dixons, Chester Installation Arts Festival, Chester 2000
- Blakemere Craft Centre: (Cheshire Artists) 2000
- Black Sheep Gallery (Annual Open Exhibition) 2000; Highly Commended (Traditional) & Public Vote
- Black Sheep Gallery: Landscape & Seascape 2000
- Black Sheep Gallery: Annual Open Exhibition 2001
- Black Sheep Gallery: Summer Sale 2001-2
- Black Sheep Gallery: Annual Open Exhibition 2003
- Liverpool Academy of ArtsLiverpool Academy of ArtsThe Liverpool Academy of Arts was founded in April 1810 as a regional equivalent of the Royal Academy, London. Two local art collectors, Henry Blundell and William Roscoe were its first Patron and Secretary, the Prince Regent gave his patronage for the next three years, and it was actively...
: Come Together (The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
) 2000-1
- Liverpool Academy of Arts: (Christmas Sale) 2000-1
- Liverpool Academy of Arts: (3001) 2001
- Liverpool Academy of Arts: Big Beat (The Beatles) 2001
- Liverpool Academy of Arts: (No Business Like Show Business) with Ken DoddKen DoddKenneth Arthur Dodd OBE is a British comedian and singer songwriter, famous for his frizzy hair or “fluff dom” and buck teeth or “denchers”, his favourite cleaner, the feather duster and his greeting "How tickled I am!", as well as his send-off “Lots and Lots of Happiness!”...
2002
- Give Chester art a chance! 2004
- Young at Art 2005
- Image and Substance 2006
- Exposition De Curiosa: Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2010
- C'est la mine!: Exposition De Curiosa: Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2010
- Bad Taste : Exposition De Curiosa: Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2011
Solo Shows
1998 - 2011• Past, Present and Future, Chester Library, ground floor, July 1998
• Rebirth of the Soul, Blacksheep Gallery, The Gladstone Estate, Hawarden
Hawarden
Hawarden is a village in Flintshire, North Wales. Hawarden forms part of the Deeside conurbation on the Welsh/English border. At the 2001 Census, the population of Hawarden Ward was 1,858...
, November, 1999
• Delusions of Grandeur, Gateway Theatre (Chester)
Gateway Theatre (Chester)
The Gateway Theatre was a small producing and receiving theatre in the city of Chester, England.The theatre has welcomed many acclaimed performers, including Matthew Kelly, Les Dennis and Dennis Waterman....
, March 2001
• Perceive, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Seel Street, July 2001
• Mutations, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Seel Street, March 2002
• Escape, Blacksheep Gallery, The Gladstone Estate, Hawarden, March, 2003
• The Blood of the Artist, Chester Gateway Theatre, October 2003
• Decade, Reid's Furniture Store, Chester, November 2003
• Past Times, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,982. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester...
, March 2004
• Art on the wall, Bluecoat Bookshop, Chester, August 2008
• Art on wall II, Heswall
Heswall
Heswall is a town in Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the time of the 2001 Census, the total population of the ward was 16,012 , which included the nearby villages of Barnston and Gayton...
Library, Wirral, September 2008
• Rooted, Bluecoat Bookshop, Chester, September 2009
• View, Heswall
Heswall
Heswall is a town in Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the time of the 2001 Census, the total population of the ward was 16,012 , which included the nearby villages of Barnston and Gayton...
Library, Wirral, May 2010
• View II, Castle Park Art Centres, Frodsham
Frodsham
Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,982. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester...
, August-September 2010
• View To. The Caban, Plas Newydd, Llangollen, 3 - 31 October 2011
- reference The Artist by Spencer J. Derry