Name

Nicholas Deeprose

Culture

Australian | Irish

Gender

Male

Birth date

1956

Birth place

Dublin, Ireland View on map Close map

Movements

Australia from 1967

Occupations

Decorative / design artist | Jeweller

Summary

Worked: Australia (NSW).

NGA IRN

21319

Context

Australia

Biography

Nicholas Joseph Deeprose was born in Dublin, Ireland on 18 August 1956, moving to Australia in June 1967. He trained at Sargison's, Hobart in 1975 and in 1976 with Ray Norman at the Sturt Workshops, Mittagong, New South Wales. In 1978 he undertook a degree in Visual Arts, majoring in jewellery and silversmithing at the Sydney College of the Arts, and from 1981, worked with Tony White Pty Ltd, Potts Point, New South Wales. He worked with Irwins, the Goldsmith, Chester, Cheshire, England in 1985 and returned to Australia in early 1986, settling at Sanford near Hobart, where he lives and works.