Deanna Petherbridge

Bio

Deanna Petherbridge (1939–­2024) was a writer, artist, curator, and former professor of drawing at the Royal College of Art, London, where she founded the Centre for Drawing Research and established the UK’s first doctoral program in drawing. In recognition of her contributions to drawing and education, she was appointed a CBE in 1996, awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Art in 1997, and named an honorary fellow of the Warburg Institute in 2019.