Paul Derrez
1950 Born in Sittard, NL.1968-1970 Design Academy, Eindhoven, NL. 1971-1972 Drama School, Utrecht, NL.1972-1975 Trained as a goldsmith, Schoonhoven, NL. 2000 Silversmith workshop Brisbaine, AU. Artist-in-Residence at the University of Sydney, Jewellery and Object Design Studios, Sydney, AU. Artist-in-Residence at Monash University, Melbourne, AU.

Awards (selection)
1980 Françoise van den Bosch Award, Amsterdam, NL. 1986 Fine Works Prize, International Jewellery Art Exhibition of the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Tokyo, JP. 2015 Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, Munich.

Works in public collections
Catherijne Convent, Utrecht, NL. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL. CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL. GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig. Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, NL. MIMA – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, GB. Municipality of Amsterdam, NL. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, JP. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, GB. Nederlands Kostuummuseum, The Hague, NL. Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseet, Trondheim, NO. Power House Museum, Sydney, AU. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, The Hague, NL. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US. Nederlands Zilvermuseum Schoonhoven, NL.