About Artist Spencer Derry
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Education
1993 - 1996
University of Humberside
1991 - 1993
West Cheshire College
1990 - 1991
West Cheshire College
Awards
2012
The Erotic Awards: Artist of the Year
Nominated for The Erotic Awards: Artist of the Year 2012.
2000
Black Sheep Gallery (Annual Open Exhibition) 2000
Highly Commended (Traditional) & Public Vote Award (Traditional).
1991
Randolph Caldecott Society Award
Nominated for the Randolph Caldecott Society Award while at West Cheshire Art College in Chester.
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Biography
Spencer Derry is a British Professional Outsider Artist. He draws mainly through his imagination, as an Autistic, Spencer communicates how he feels and how he views the world through his creative process. Predominantly specialising in drawing and illustration with the medium of ink pen, pencil, acrylic paint and paper.
Spencer's influences include artists: Albrecht Dürer, Salvador Dali, M. C. Esher, Ernst Fuchs, Hans Bellmer and H. R. Giger. Also enjoys music, photography and films that can 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In 2017, commissioned by Paisley Park for a one-off artwork (unpublished), as run then by Elvis Presley Estate, Graceland Holdings.
