Deirdre Kashdan
Creative Practitioner,Tutor and Networker
Art has the power to heal, reveal, connect and transform. It can help us make sense of our own experience, as well as that of others. It can throw a spotlight on social issues, helping to raise awareness. It can create a space for people to be heard and acknowledged.
Adopting a multi disciplinary approach which includes Photography, Collage, Printmaking and Performance, I have undertaken numerous projects which place an emphasis upon dialogue, participation and collaboration.
A life touched by suicide and severe mental illness, The Missing Project is my current and most important work to date.
I spent 20 years in Primary Education as a Teacher and Headteacher, leaving the profession in 1996. I went on to study at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Canterbury, where I was awarded a BA Hons in Fine Art in 2002.
I live and work in Deal, on the Kent Coast.
Recent Exhibitions
2024
Artist, Mother, Proud & Serious Online Exhibition & Publication
The Missing Project Outside Banner Display City Lit Mental Wealth Festival 2024
They Don’t Care Durational Performance Mental Wealth Festival, City Lit.
Poster Exhibition SouthEastern Railways, Deal Platform
Addicts & Those That Love Them, Fishing Quarter Gallery, Brighton
A Room of One’s Own, Irving Contemporary, Oxford
_ In Counters_ , City Lit Gallery, London WC2B 4BA
Inkscapes, Printmakers’ Council Exhibition, Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable
2023
Winter Show, Linden Hall, Deal
London Biennale, Old Town Hall, Chelsea
9@Pie. Group Show, Pie Factory, Margate
Spring Show, FolkestoneART, Folkestone
2022
Surface and Depth, PMC Group Show, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Printmakers Council, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021
Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Turner Contemporary, Margate ‘The Open’ 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition
The Printmakers Council Natural World Online Exhibition
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2020
‘Breathworks’, MOMA, Oxford
Royal Over-Seas League And The Printmakers Council. On Line Exhibition
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London
Postcards from Lockdown. Participatory Project, Astor Theatre, Deal
I am an active member of the Printmakers’ Council, with work included in their archive at Scarborough Museum’s Trust.