DENISE DE CORDOVA

Denise de Cordova was born in Birkenhead in1957. She trained at the Laird School of Arts and Crafts, Birkenhead (1975–1976) and Brighton Polytechnic (1977–1980). In 1981 she was selected for the Royal College of Art Travel Scholarship to Carrara, Italy, and in 1983 gained an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art. She was the Henry Moore Foundation Fellow in 1984–1985.

De Cordova works in many different media including sculpture and heavily embroidered drawings, to ceramics, which she makes under her nom de plume Amy Bird. She has had 15 solo shows to-date, including three with the Eagle Gallery (2007, 2010 and 2011). Congregation – an installation of her ceramics and sculpture took place in 2013 at Jesus College, Cambridge. She has shown her work with Flowers Gallery and at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition on numerous occasions and has participated in over 60 international group exhibitions internationally. She has collaborated with painter James Fisher on Camouflage – an installation of sculpture and paintings for the London Art Fair 2015.

De Cordova’s work has been commissioned for a number of public institutions including the Norwich Crown Court (1987), Battersea Park Old English Garden (1989) and Jesus College (2015).

Eagle Gallery represented artist


Denise de Cordova CONGREGATION catalogue

DENISE DE CORDOVA The Secret Forager 2019 carved painted wood 48 x 16 x 16cm
The Secret Forager, 2019
DENISE DE CORDOVA The Rock Hugger, 2019, mixed media, 36 x 18 x 15cm
The Rock Hugger, 2019
DENISE DE CORDOVA Companion to the Deep Wood Women, 2019, mixed media on paper
Companion to the Deep Wood Women, 2019
DENISE DE CORDOVA HeShe, HeShe, 2016
HeShe, HeShe, 2016
DENISE DE CORDOVA Brontes and the Gogottes, 2007,mixed media, 145 x 400 x 200cm
The Brontes and the Grogettes, 2007
DENISE DE CORDOVA The Watcher of High Space, 2019, painted carved wood, 51 x 21 x 21cm
The Watcher of High Space, 2019
DENISE DE CORDOVA The Stick Herder, 2019, carved painted wood, 45 x 26 x 13cm
The Stick Herder, 2019
DENISE DE CORDOVA Lumps of Loveliness, 2018, mixed media
Lumps of Loveliness, 2018
DENISE DE CORDOVA Cassandra, mixed media on paper, 84 x 65cm and Brim, 2010 - 2011, mixed media, 75 x 66 x 66cm
Cassandra, and Brim both 2010 – 2011
DENISE DE CORDOVA With or Without Grouse, 2007
With or Without Grouse, 2007