Deborah's experience

Future events

Bath Society of Artists 119th Annual Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath BA2 4AT. 13th October 2024 - 11th January 2025. Bath Society of Artists

Royal West Of England Academy 171th Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol BS8 1PX. 14th September - 5th January 2025. RWA 171 Annual Open Exhibition | Bristol Art Gallery

Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

2024

Gloucester Heritage Hub, Song of the Enslaved Exhibition, 6th September to 10th October 2024. Song of the Enslaved exhibition at Gloucestershire Archives | Heritage Hub

Cotswold Sculpture Park, Cirencester GL7 6FE. April 1st - September 30th 2024. Cotswold Sculpture Park Ltd

Mental Health Exhibition, Doncaster Art Fair, Online. 3rd June - 17th July 2024.

Far Open Art Trail, 6th - 14th July 2024.

Canwood Art Gallery, Herefordshire, Solo exhibition August 2024 link: Canwood Art Gallery Herefordshire

Cotswold Sculptors Association in the Garden at Miserden. May 18th to August 18th 2024. Cotswold Sculptors Association

Gloucester Contemporary Artists Art Trail. August 2024

Gloucester Contemporary Artists Open Studios 26th -30th August 2024. Gloucester Contemporary Artists

Gallery 16, Cheltenham. Group Show 12th - 18th September 2024

FRWA Exhibition, RWA, Queens Road, Bristol. BS8 1PX 28th March - 28th April, 2024

Fresh: Art Fair, at Cheltenham Racecourse 26th - 28th April

Delamore Art, Ivybridge, Devon May 2024

Synergy' Group Show, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham. 22nd -28th May 2024

Society of Women Artists 163rd Annual Open Exhibition 2024, Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London. 25th - 29th June 2024

'Journey' Inside-Out Group Exhibition at Christchurch, Cheltenham, GL50 2JH. May 25th – June 2nd 2024

2023

Cotswold Sculpture Park, Cirencester. GL7 6FE. 1st April - September 30th 2023

Altered States Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Shaw House. Newbury. RG14 2DR. 29th July- 24th September 2023

Helmington Hall, Stowmarket IP14 6EF. 28th April - 17th September 2023

Beaulieu, Hampshire. 17th June - 24th September 2023

Cheltenham Open Studios - my unit in Gloucester. 10th - 18th June 2023.

Gardens Gallery with Cheltenham Open Studios 10th-18th June 2023.

Broadway Carving Event, 18th June 2023.

FarOpen Studios - my unit in Gloucester. 1st- 9th July 2023.

The Game Fair with Park Gallery Cheltenham, The Stables Panshanger Park, Hertford SG14 2NA 28th -30th July 2023.

Cotswold Sculptors Association, Miserden, Gloucestershire. June - July 2023.

Finalist in Chaiya Arts Awards, gallery@oxo, London SE1 9PH. 7th-16th April 2023.

Delamore Arts, Ivybridge, Devon. May 2023.

Gospel Group Show, Montpellier Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham. 4th -11th April 2023.

Group Show at Gallery 16, Cheltenham. 13th - 19th April 2023.

Weston Aviation, Gloucester Airport with Park Gallery 12th March - 12th April 2023.

Fresh: Art Fair, Cheltenham racecourse with Park Gallery. April 28th -30th, 2023.

Exhibition at RHS Rosemore, Devon. 12 November2022 - 31st January 2023.

2022

Group Show at Gallery 16, Cheltenham. November 2022.

Cotswold Sculpture Park, Cirencester GL7 6FE - April 1st -September 30th.

Stone Lane Gardens, Newton Abbot TQ13 8JU: 1st July-31st October.

Doddington Hall. Lincolnshire. 16th July-11th September 2022.

Barton and Tredworth fair free children's stone carving workshop, 20th August 2022.

Private Carving tuition: 29th - 30th June, 4th - 5th July.

Exhibition Coordinator for Cotswold Sculptors Association, Creating Spaces 2022 at Miserden Gardens (over 200 sculptures and 60 sculptors).

The Garden at Miserden, Gloucestershire. Cotswold Sculptors Association. 1st June-31st July 2022.

Far Open Studios, City Works, Gloucester GL1 4DF: 2nd-10th July.

Delamore Arts, Ivybridge, Devon. 1st-31st May 2022.

SIT Arts Trail Stroud - 14th/15th and 21st/22nd May.

'Spirituallity' selected for online exhibition by Tebbs Contemporary Gallery, 15th February - 14th March 2022.

2021

Cheltenham Open Studios 25th September 2021 - 3rd October 2021.

Cotswold Sculptors Association at Berkeley Castle. 4th July -1st September 2021.

Cotswold Sculpture Park, March-October 2021.

Selected for the 168th Exhibition for Royal West of England Academy (RWA),Queens Road, Bristol. 5th December 2020 - 7th March 2021 extended to May 17th.

Cotswold Sculptors Association / Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury / 21st March - 31st May 2021

Finalist in Chaiya Arts Awards in the gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street. London SE1 9PH. 13th -24th May 2021 - Rescheduled from 2020

Cheltenham Open Studios exhibition at Montpellier Gardens Cheltenham 4th-13th June 2021

Delamore Arts, Ivybridge, Devon. From 17th May 2021

The Oxford Group, Grey's Court, Oxford, 12th June - 18th July 2021

Stroud Select Art Trial, Stroud Christian Community Church, 73.75 Cainscross Road, Stroud, GL5 4HB. 19th/20th and 26th/27th June 2021

Forest and Rivers Open Studio, at Gloucester City Works, Alfred Street, GL1 4DF. 3rd-11th July 2021

Cotswold Sculptors Association, Berkeley Castle, 4th -28th July 2021

2020

Guest Judges Prize for South West Academy of Fine and applied arts (SWAc). 4th November - 11th December 2020

Winner of Christian Arts Festival: Eden. Montpellier Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham. 3rd-7th December 2020

Selected finalist for online IMPACT exhibition 15th June -30th September 2020

Highly Commended by Newent Art Competition Exhibition at The Secret Gallery 1st - 29th August 2020

Victoria Methodist Church, Bristol (next to the RWA), 25th February - 13th April 2020

Abbey Gardens Malmesbury Creating Spaces, Cotswold Sculptors Association Indoor and Outdoor Exhibition. 1st August - 31st October 2020

Delamore Arts, 1st May - 31st May 2020

Stroud Arts Trail, Clay Workshop Unit beneath Pegasus Arts. 17th/18th and 24th/25th October 2020

2019

Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, 28th October - 9th November 2019

All Hallows by the Tower, London. 15th -27th October 2019

Spetchley Park Gardens, Worcester. 21st August - 8th September 2019

Dursely Methodist Church, Gloucestershire. 13th - 20th August 2019

St John's Northgate, Gloucester. 19th July - 9th August 2019

Far Open Studios, City Works (6th -14th July 2019)

Cheltenham Open Studios, City Works (8th-15th June 2019)

Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham. 9th-13th May 2019

St Peter's Church, Winchcombe. 25th April - 12th May 2019

Abbey Gardens, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 1st April - 30th May (outdoor), 1st April - 26th April (indoor) 2019

Fresh Air Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse (26th -28th April 2019)

Coventry Cathedral (10th March - 12th April 2019)

Exhibiting at Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean GL14 2UB (from 1st December 2018 to February 2019)

2018

All Hallows by the Tower, London (16th - 27th October)

Penallt Arts, Wales (30th August - 3rd September)

Testimony of the Dispossessed at St Michael's Without, Bath (7th -17th August)

Testimony of the Dispossessed at St Saviours, St Albans (22nd June - 1st July)

Forest Open Studios Art Trail (7th - 15th July)

Royal Opera House Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall, London (16th - 21st July)

Cotswold Sculpture Association, Creating Spaces, Uley (16th June)

City Works with Far Open Studios (7th - 14th June)

Wootton Under Edge Sculpture exhibition (24th -28th May)

Testimony of the Dispossessed at Gloucester Cathedral (10th -20th May)


2017

Creates Gallery Monmouth (November - present)

The Secret Gallery, Newent (7th - 15th October)

Forest and Valley Open Studios (7th -15th October)

St. Stephens Walbrook, London (4th - 15th September)

Forest and Valley Exhibition (1st - 16th July)

Showborough House Sculpture Garden (27th April - 11th June)

Norwich Cathedral (18th April - 30th May)

Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters (28th April -1st May)

Montpelier Gardens, Cheltenham (18th - 24th April)


Prizes and Awards

RWA Selectors Award - for 'Ice Cream' in FRWA Exhibition (March 2024).

Winner of the International Spiritual Arts Award 3D category 2023.

Finalist in Chaiya Arts Awards 2023.

Winner of the Ashburner Prize 2022 with 'Stone Totem' on the theme of Connectivity.

Winner of Christian Arts Festival (2020).

Guest Judges Prize Winner for SWAc (for Reflections 2020)

South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Sculpture School's Award (for Reflections 2020)

Finalist for online IMPACT exhibition (2020)

Highly Commended by Newent Art Competition (2020)

Finalist in Chaiya Arts Awards, OXO Gallery London (2020)

Finalist for the Emerging Artist Awards, Creates Gallery, Monmouth (2019)

Congnises trophy for Bath City Farm Bench associated with Bath City College (24th May 2017)


Public Commissions

Congnises trophy for Bath City Farm Bench associated with Bath City College (24th May 2017)


Public Sculptures

'The Hand of Fannie Storr' - Gloucester NHS Trust. 2021 (funded by crowd funding).


Press

BBC News Gloucestershire press release, 'Event bringing Art to the Heart of Gloucester'. August 1st 2024. Gloucester Open 2024: Event celebrates local artists - BBC News.

BBC Radio Gloucester, Jon Smith's Morning Show. 'Star' of the show slot. 29th July 2024.

Friends of RWA magazine Issue 25 Spring 2024

Christian Motorcycle Association Magazine featured 'Weeping Lady' on inside cover. Spring 2024

Artmanac Magazine 'I'll buy you another one!' on front cover 2nd Edition July 2024

Artsy Shark featured artist. Artsy Shark

Sculpture Valley of the Shadow on the cover of Sir Malcolm Evans Tackling Torture Book. Book launch.

The Hand of Fanny Storr announcement, Gloucester Cathedral. Installation at Gloucester Cathedral

The hand that cared, Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester Cathedral announcement

Interviewed by BBC Radio Gloucestershire (7th July 2023). Steve Kitchen, BBC Sounds (from 10mins in)

Church Times article on sculpture 'Touch' 31st July 2020

'Continuum' and 'Pentecost' Sculptures appeared in TV program '4 in a bed'. Date TBC

'Entwined' appeared on Sky Arts TV May 2019

Interviewed and co-presented with the BBC Radio Gloucestershire Jon Smith Show (21st Feb 2019)

Creates Magazine page spread (Autumn 2018)

BBC Radio Gloucestershire news (with Cardiff University scanning technology- 5th August 2018)

Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (14th March 2018)

Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (27th February 2018)

Interview and photo for Gloucester Live Online (15th July 2017)

Interview and photos in Gloucester Echo (30th April 2017)

Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (17th March 2017)

Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (4th December 2016)

The Gloucester Review interview (3rdJune 2016)

Interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (13th March 2016)

Interviewed for article in the Metro (April 2016)


Festivals

Broadway Arts Festival (Sunday 18th June 2023)

Free Carving Workshop at Christian Arts Festival. 10th September 2022.

Free Carving workshop Barton and Tredworth Fayre. 20th August 2022.

Gloucester Stone Carving Festival (25th - 27th August 2018).

Barton and Tredworth fair free children's stone carving workshop, 20th August 2022.

Barton and Tredworth Community Festival (Saturday 11th August 2018).

Gloucester Academy Carving Workshop (20th July 2018).

Matson Sculpture Festival (19th March - 2nd April 2018).

Auction fundraiser for female refugees (9th September 2017).

Summer of Music Arts and Culture (SoMAC) (15th - 16th July 2017).

Salzburg Stone Carving Festival, Austria. (3rd- 5th June 2016).

Gloucester Stone Carving Festival: gained the highest bid (May 2015).

Education:

2022 (March) The Sculpture School, Devon - introductory Course.

2016 (Feb-June) 3D Carving course Bath City College.

2015 - 2016 Distinction in Stone Masonry Diploma level 1 Bath City College.

2007 - 2010 MA Marketing University of West of England.

2006 - 2007 Yr 1 BA in Fine Art University of West of England.

2004 - 2005 OCN level 3 in Sculpture Open Learning Centre, Knowle, Bristol.

1989 - 1990 P.G.C.E. Nene College, Northampton

1986 – 1989 Birmingham University BSc Hons Biological Sciences

Associations:

Founder member of the Cotswold Sculptors Association

Inside-Out Gloucester

Oxford Sculptors Group

The Far Open Studios

Gloucester Contemporary Artists