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The Immortal Icon
A solo exhibition of Deborah's recent work will be held at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, under the title of 'The Immortal Icon'. The show includes pieces in both Deborah's Ned Kelly and Don Quixote series, and runs from Saturday 4 October until Sunday 26 October 2008. A fully illustrated catalogue is available and the exhibition can also be viewed on the Campden Gallery website.

T hreadneedle Figurative Prize
Deborah's recent work The Fifth Horseman was chosen for inclusion in the Threadneedle Figurative Prize exhibition at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, which ran from 20 August until 6 September.

European Commission Exhibition
Deborah was invited by the European Commission to hold a solo exhibition at their London offices at the end of last year. Click here for the text of the catalogue.

There has been a lot of welcome feed-back, including four more requests for solo exhibitions and an approach from Wilfred Cass of the Cass Sculpture Foundation at Goodwood. The first of the exhibitions was part of this year's Corsham Festival and featured the first outing of a large new work, The Fifth Horseman. Then in the autumn, the Campden Gallery in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire will have their second Deborah show, with a Private View on Friday 3 October. Let Deborah know if you would like an invitation. Deborah has received a  proposal for another London exhibition next year: details to follow. Finally, Deborah has accepted an invitation from Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, the city's public gallery, for a show in 2010.

New galleries
Two new galleries have recently started showing Deborah's work. Several small bronzes are now at the Katharine House Gallery in Marlborough, Wiltshire; run by Christopher Gange, it specializes in modern British art with particular emphasis on the post-war period. The other is Muse - The Sculpture Company. Justin Gardner shows contemporary sculpture by appointment in rural Herefordshire and at the more important art fairs.

Joe Strummer Film
Deborah van der Beek's art school boyfriend (and, incidentally, co-author of the Ned Kelly fascination), then known as Woody, went on to become the punk icon Joe Strummer. He died a few years ago, sadly leaving a young family, and is now the subject of a film biography, The Future Is Unwritten. The producer Julien Temple managed to track Deborah down and the film includes her tribute to Joe Strummer filmed round a camp fire in the neighbourhood of Glastonbury, alongside luminaries from the pop world. The film was released in May 2007.