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Deanna Petherbridge was an artist, writer, and curator, known for her geometric pen and wash ink drawings. She studied Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg before moving to Britain in 1960. By the mid-1960s she had settled upon drawing as her primary medium in contrast to earlier expressionist paintings. Her commitment to drawing for over fifty years explored themes of war, natural disaster, and the political and economic forces that shape our world. Petherbridge frequently depicts architecture as a metaphor for these themes, as recognised by her Honorary Fellowship at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Alongside her artistic practice, she has curated exhibitions and held several professorships, including at the Royal College of Art. She authored extensive publications in both the press and peer-reviewed academic journals, writing about drawing theory and practice, in addition to historical and contemporary issues in art and architecture. Her most notable publication The Primacy of Drawing: Histories and Theories of Practice (2010) is used internationally as a resource for museums and art schools. 

Selected Collections

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston

Manchester Art Gallery

Tate

Further Reading

Petherbridge, Deanna, Angela Wright, Gill Perry, Roger Malbert, and Martin Clayton. Deanna Petherbridge: Drawing and Dialogue. London: Circa Press, 2016. Exhibition Catalogue for The Whitworth Gallery.

Petherbridge, Deanna. “Drawing as Metaphor (Series),”  (2021).

Petherbridge, Deanna. The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.