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| United Kingdom | 14 |
| USA | 7 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
Biography: 
1955 Born in London (UK)
Susan Derges studied painting at the Chelsea and Slade Schools of Art in the seventies before turning to photography and in particular, to the cameraless photography for which she has since become internationally celebrated. Throughout her career Derges has been engaged in a constant search to find new ways of making pictures. There is a sense of excitement and experiment in both her methods and her results, drawing on the first forays of the earliest nineteenth century photographers to create images that are at once instantly recognizable and yet not quite what they seem.
Since 1996 she has made much of her work outdoors working along the length of the River Taw near her home in Dartmoor, and more recently, on the River Findhorn in Scotland. These works were made at night, and from the bottom up; by placing photographic paper on the bed of the river and fixing a positive image of the view up through the water by shining a flash gun in the dark with colour and tone provided by the ambient light of moon and stars.
Lives and works in Devon (UK)
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Public exhibitions 28
Solo shows 6
2009
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| Susan Derges - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
2008
2006
2003
1998
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| Susan Derges - The River Taw and Paul Keir - New Work - Inverleith House, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Susan Derges - La rivière Taw - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
Group shows 22
2009
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| Picturing Eden - The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL |
2008
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| LianZhou International Photo Festival 08 - Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou |
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| Picturing Eden - Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY |
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| Night A time Between - Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (England) |
2007
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| Picturing Eden - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA |
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| Alchemy - Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham (England) |
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| Gallery's artists -Gallery's collection - NCA / Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Something That I´ll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A - Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (England) |
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| Alchemy - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
2006
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| Alchemy - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
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| Picturing Eden - George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY |
2005
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| Made in Britain - Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam |
2004
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| FotoFest 2004 - The Tenth International Month of Photography - FotoFest, Houston, TX |
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| Making Faces: The Death of the Portrait (Je t’envisage: La disparition du portrait) - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
2003
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| Synthetic Lightning - Complex Simulations of Nature - The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY |
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| Cara a Cara - Culturgest - Gestão de Espaços Culturais, SA, Lisbon |
2000
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| Now! Modern Photographs from the Permanent Collectio - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
1998
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| The Hess Collection - New Works - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
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| Woods & Water - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
| Dealer Directory 3 |
United Kingdom
| | Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 6
Japan
| | NCA / Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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United Kingdom
| | National Media Museum, Bradford (England)
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| | Hiscox Art Projects, London (England)
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| | SCAG - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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USA
| | The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| | MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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Catalogs
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