About Me/Sue Vanderplank Art/Derby
Sue studied Fashion Design at Derby College of Art between 1976 & 1979, and went on to work as a designer in the fashion industry.
In 2001 she gained a BA (Hons) Degree in Printed Textiles at University of Derby, and now produces limited edition prints using a wide range of techniques including:- silkscreen, linocut, collograph, etching & drypoint.
She takes inspiration from nature, simplifying or abstracting natural forms & combining these with colour, pattern & texture.
Influences from Fashion & Textiles can be seen throughout her work & she sees the finished pieces as being an integral part of the modern interior.
Exhibitions
August 2020 Purple Gallery, Bournville Birmingham B30 2DL
16th sept 2017 Melbourne Arts Trail, Melbourne Derbyshire
28th - 30th May 2016 Saltaire Arts Trail, Saltaire, Yorkshire
12th Apr – 29th June 2014 Gallery Number Four, St Abbs, Berwickshire
5th July – 25th Oct 2014 ‘Bloom’, The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds
1st Dec 2013 The Guildhall Christmas Fair, Leicester.
14th Sept - 15th Sept 2013 Melbourne Art Trail, Melbourne, Derbyshire
17th Aug - 18th Aug 2013 Art in the Pen, Skipton, Yorkshire
22nd - 23rd June 2013 Six Streets Art Trail, Derby
2nd Nov – 23rd Dec 2012 Created & Gifted, Ferrers Gallery, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
19th Oct – 21st Oct 2012 Beady Eye pop up gallery , Rydal House Sheffield
7th Sept – 8th September 2012 Wirksworth Festival, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
1st Sept – 2nd Sept 2012 Art in the Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens
10th June 2012 Holmfirth Art Market, Holmfirth.
6th Jan - 18th Mar 2012 In Print, Ferrer's Gallery, Ashby De La Zouch, Leics.
27th Nov - Jan 2012 Sock Gallery, Loughborough
5th Oct - 26th Nov 2011 Solo Exhibition, Ropewalk Gallery, Barton upon Humber
6th July - 24th July 2011 Solo Exhibition, Ilam Hall, Derbyshire
10th - 11th Sept 2011 Wirkswirth Festival
12th June 2011 Holmfirth Art Market
18th Sept - 19th Sept 2010 83 Castle St, Melbourne Festival
11th Sept - 12th Sept 2010 Makers Market, Wirksworth Festival
31st July - 12th Sept 2010 'Fresh', Beetroot Tree, Draycott, Derbyshire
6th Mar - 28th Mar 2010 Solo Exhibition, Little Gallery, Belper
12th Jan - 7th Mar 2010 Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
16th Nov - 28th Nov 2009 City Gallery, Leicester
22nd Sept - 18th Oct 2009 Passion 2 Print, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts
27th June - 4th Sept 2009 Derbyshire Open, Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
20th June - 27th June 2009 Ashbourne Festival Exhibition
June - August 2009 Little Gallery, Belper
1st May - 28th May 2009 Solo Exhibition - Plants in the Landscape, Cathedral Gallery, Derby
11th Jan - 8th Feb 2009 Passion to Print, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts