Deirdre Hubbard FRBS

Deirdre Hubbard FRBS was born in New York City in 1935, a child of two practicing artists. She graduated from Harvard University, B.A. summa cum laude, in 1957. While at Harvard, she worked with the painter Theodore Feininger.

In 1957 she moved to London, to study at the Chelsea Art School with Willi Soukop and Bernard Meadows. She worked in the Studio of Elisabeth Frink during the 1960's, beginning first to exhibit with the Free Painters and Sculptors, and later at the Royal Academy of Art.

She continued to work and exhibit in London and other venues throughout Britain, and was accepted into to the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1981, as the first non-British member to be admitted.

In 1998 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, and eventually served as a Council Member and Trustee of the Society.

In 2007 she was awarded an Honorary D. Litt., from the University of Leicester, for Contribution to Sculpture.

Her work is held in many public and private collections, in both Britain and abroad, and continues to be exhibited widely.

Deirde Hubbard died in October 2009.