B I O G R A P H Y
Derya Hanife Altan (b. 1982, Worcester, MA) used to design clothes and page layouts; now she makes sculptures and diagrams. Sometimes she makes baskets. Her great great great great great grandparents on both sides were nomads of the Central Asian Steppe. This explains a lot, like the lilapsophobia (tornadoes) and her having lived all over. Currently, as she finishes her MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Derya lives in Michigan.
E D U C A T I O N
2010- MFA: Fiber!/ Cranbrook Academy of Art
2005- BFA: Integrated Design Curriculum/ Parsons School of Design
2005- BFA: Integrated Design Curriculum/ Parsons School of Design
S O L O
G R O U P
"Dead Icons, Departed Ghosts and the Disappeared"
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ October 2009
"Keep Sick @ Home"
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ October 2009
"Delusions"
(co- curator)
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ September 2009
"Object Text Meaning"
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ January 2009
"We were Here: 2007/ 2008 Artist In Residence Exit Show"
The Showroom Gallery and Performance Space, Spartanburg, SC/ March 2008
"HUB-BUB Visual Artists Mid-year show"
Spartanburg Day School, Spartanburg, SC/ January 2008
"Art for Children: installations of sights and sounds"
Cannons Elementary School, Spartanburg, SC/ October 2007
"The Sketchbook Project"
ArtHouse Gallery Atlanta, Ga/ September 2007
"The No Friends Club: 2007/ 2008 Artist In Residence Entrance Show"
The Showroom Gallery and PErformance Space, Spartatnburg, SC/ June 2007
"Ready For Action: Integrated Design Curriculm Senior Exhibition"
Parsons School of Design, New York/ March 2005
"20 Years of Style: The World According to Paper Magazine Book Covers benefitting DIFFA"
(in collaboration with Daryl K)
The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York/ September 2004
"ARTifacts: Works Lost in the World Trade Center and Responses"
SCHOLASTIC Publishing Headquarters, New York/ November 2000
"Fourteen Selected Works from the 2000 Scholastic National Art Award Winners"
Friends, Ivory & Sime, New York/ September 2000
"Scholastic National Art Award Winners"
Corchoran Gallery, Washington, DC/ July 2000
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ October 2009
"Keep Sick @ Home"
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ October 2009
"Delusions"
(co- curator)
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ September 2009
"Object Text Meaning"
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Acadedmy of Art, MI/ January 2009
"We were Here: 2007/ 2008 Artist In Residence Exit Show"
The Showroom Gallery and Performance Space, Spartanburg, SC/ March 2008
"HUB-BUB Visual Artists Mid-year show"
Spartanburg Day School, Spartanburg, SC/ January 2008
"Art for Children: installations of sights and sounds"
Cannons Elementary School, Spartanburg, SC/ October 2007
"The Sketchbook Project"
ArtHouse Gallery Atlanta, Ga/ September 2007
"The No Friends Club: 2007/ 2008 Artist In Residence Entrance Show"
The Showroom Gallery and PErformance Space, Spartatnburg, SC/ June 2007
"Ready For Action: Integrated Design Curriculm Senior Exhibition"
Parsons School of Design, New York/ March 2005
"20 Years of Style: The World According to Paper Magazine Book Covers benefitting DIFFA"
(in collaboration with Daryl K)
The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York/ September 2004
"ARTifacts: Works Lost in the World Trade Center and Responses"
SCHOLASTIC Publishing Headquarters, New York/ November 2000
"Fourteen Selected Works from the 2000 Scholastic National Art Award Winners"
Friends, Ivory & Sime, New York/ September 2000
"Scholastic National Art Award Winners"
Corchoran Gallery, Washington, DC/ July 2000
A W A R D S
2009- Elsewhere Artist Collaborative Residency
2008- New Bedford Whaling Museum "Needle/Work and the Sea" Symposium Scholarship
2007- HUB-BUB Artists Residency
2000- Scholastic National Art Awards- National Portfolio Honorable Mention
2008- New Bedford Whaling Museum "Needle/Work and the Sea" Symposium Scholarship
2007- HUB-BUB Artists Residency
2000- Scholastic National Art Awards- National Portfolio Honorable Mention
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