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Spencer Derry ART Artist Profile

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Spencer J Derry
is a British Professional Artist. He’s accomplished in 
many genres including - Surrealism, Erotic Art, Landscapes and Portrait drawings. His styles include illustration, ink drawings, fine art landscape painting;  in colour and black and white.  

He draws on his imagination for a great deal of his art. He has many Influences including Salvador Dali, Van Gogh, Picasso, & H. R. Giger. Music, photography and films also inspire ideas which result in depictions and images in his work.
 
Spencer's art has been sold to private art collectors, general public and several high profile figures
 
He worked with a well-known American musician Prince. Prince’s team hired & commissioned Spencer to create original, official art illustrations and concept drawings for NPG Records from 2014-16. 
 
In 2017, commissioned by Paisley Park for a one-off artwork (unpublished), as run then by Elvis Presley Estate, Graceland Holdings.  
 
He has also created official art for the musicians Fonky Bald Heads and Judith Hill.
 
 
Charity Events
 
Doves of Peace II Charity Event in aid of Save The Children.
28th September 2023.  Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd.
 
 The Anonymous heART Project 2020
 
Doves of Peace Charity Event in aid of Unicef.
17th October 2019.  7pm  at Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd.
 
 International fundraising party in London at Cafe de Paris. 20th June 2018
 

 
Education

Spencer studied A-Level Art, Art History, 
Photography from 1990-1991.
BTEC Art and Design at 
West Cheshire Art College 1991-93 in Chester. 

He gained a Bachelor of Arts with 
2.1 (Hons) at Hull School of Art
The University of Humberside in 1996. (Renamed University of Lincoln)


Awards

Nominated for The Erotic Arts : 
Artist of the Year 2012. 

Black Sheep Gallery, (Annual Open Exhibition) 2000;
Highly Commended & Winner of The Overall Public Vote

Nominated for Randolph Caldecott Society Award,
whilst at West Cheshire Art College in 1991.



Group Art Shows 1999-2015

• Black Sheep Gallery, Winter Sale, 1999
• Black Sheep Gallery:-
(Annual Open Exhibition) 2000:
   Highly Commended (Traditional)
& Public Vote Award (traditional)
• Black Sheep Gallery:-
Landscape & Seascape, 2000
• Blakemere Craft Centre :
Cheshire Artists, 2000
• Dixons, Chester:-
Installation Arts Festival, 2000
• Black Sheep Gallery:-
Annual Open Exhibition, 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
Come Together (The Beatles), 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
Christmas Sale, 2000
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
3001, 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
 Big Beat (The Beatles), 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
  No Business Like Show Business, 2002
• Black Sheep Gallery:- 
Summer Sale 2001-02
• Black Sheep Gallery:-
Annual Open Exhibition 2003
• 30 Years - The Annual Nick Drake:-
  Tanworth-In-Arden Gathering II,
August 21st, 2004
• Festival of Erotic Arts:- 
Edinburgh in June 2012.
• Handels Court Gallery:-
July - September 2012
• Debenhams of Chester:-
September - December 2012
• Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Showbox Sodo. Festival Store:-
2nd - 4th August 2013 
• Annual Aardvark Open Exhibition:-
25th Sept-21st Oct 2015


Solo Art Shows  1998-2013

• Chester Library, ground floor, July 1998
• Blacksheep Gallery:-
The Gladstone Estate,
  Hawarden, November 1999
• Chester Gateway Theatre, March 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
Seel Street, July 2001
• Liverpool Academy of Arts:-
Seel Street, March 2002
• Blacksheep Gallery, The Gladstone Estate:-
Hawarden, March 2003
• Chester Gateway Theatre:-
October 2003
• Reid’s Furniture Store, Chester:-
 November 2003
• Castle Park Arts Centre:-
Frodsham, March 2004
• Bluecoat Bookshop, Chester:-
August 2008
• View, Heswall Library:-
Wirral, September 2008
• View to, Heswall Library:-
Wirral, May 2010
• View to. Bluecoat Bookshop:-
Chester, August 2010
• View II, Castle Park Art Centre:-
Frodsham,  August–September 2010
• View III. The Caban, Plas Newydd;-
Llangollen, 3–31 October 2011
• View IV. Chester Visitor Centre:-
Chester July 2013
• View V. St John The Baptist Church:-
Chester from October 2013
• View VI. A Northgate Cafe in Chester;- 
1–31 October 2013 







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