Dee Ferris (born 1973 in

Paulton Paulton () is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 5,302, located to the north of the Mendip Hills, very close to Norton Radstock in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), England. Paulton is a forme ...

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), is a British

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. She studied at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

, and the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

. Ferris has participated in group exhibitions at

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the D ...

, London; Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo;

Tate Britain Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is part of the Tate network of galleries in ...

, London; City Gallery Prague, Prague; Prague Biennale, Prague; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; and the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

. She has had solo shows at Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo and

Corvi-Mora Corvi-Mora is a contemporary art gallery based in Kennington, South London. The gallery represents emerging and established international artists including Turner Prize nominees Roger Hiorns and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. History Corvi-Mora was f ...

, London. Her works are held in the

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art collection in London and the

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Selected bibliography

* Martin Coomer, "Ein Ding Schönheit ist ein Glück auf immer", ''Time Out'', November 23–30, p. 44 (2005) * Roy Exley, "Dee Ferris", ''

Flash Art ''Flash Art'' is a contemporary art magazine, and an Italian and international publishing house. Originally published bilingually, both in Italian and in English, since 1978 is published in two separate editions, Flash Art Italia (Italian) and Fl ...

'', November - December, p. 72 (2004) * JJ Charlesworth, "Fever", ''

'', November - December, pp. 84–87 (2004) * Matt Price, "Mixed Paint", ''

'', November - December, p. 91 (2004) * Dan Smith, "Dee Ferris", ''Art Review'', November, p. 143 (2004) * JJ Charlesworth, "on art's permissive society", ''

Modern Painters ''Modern Painters'' (1843–1860) is a five-volume work by the Victorian art critic, John Ruskin, begun when he was 24 years old based on material collected in Switzerland in 1842. Ruskin argues that recent painters emerging from the tradition of ...

'', Autumn, pp. 74–76 (2004) * JJ Charlesworth, "I Want! I Want!", ''Art Monthly'', October, pp. 33–35 (2003) * Rose Aidin, "Dogs and Doigs", ''Art News'', Summer, p. 128 (2003) * Michael Wilson, "Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain", ''Art Monthly'', March, pp. 32–34 (2003) * Martha Schwendener, "Critics Picks", ''

Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notabl ...

'', February (2003)

References

1973 births Living people 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English painters 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Artists from Somerset English contemporary artists British contemporary painters English women painters People from Paulton {{England-painter-stub