Spencer J. Derry
Spencer John Derry A prolific artist, Derry has produced numerous solo art shows. His most recent solo exhibition Rooted* in 2009 was housed at Bluecoat Books in Chester.
- Reference: Sep 3 2009 Liverpool Daily Post
He has produced surreal poetry and is published 'The Ugly Tree' now housed at the Poetry Library** at the South Bank Centre in London.
- Reference Poetry Library: Southbank Centre
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
Solo and group shows
1991-2009
- Blacon Arts Centre A.G.E show 1991
- Blacon Arts Centre BTEC 1st Year Show 1992
- Blacon Arts Centre BTEC 2nd Year Art/Film Show 1993
- Hull School of 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 Arts: Come Together (The Beatles) 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 Dodd 2002
- AFAS Chester: (Give Chester art a chance!) 2004
- AFAS Chester: (Young at Art) 2005
- AFAS Chester: (Image and Substance) 2006
Solo art shows
- 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
- reference The Artist by Spencer J. Derry