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. In 2010 Derya completed her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She has taught at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
E D U C A T I O N
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
