David Ferry studied at Blackpool College of Higher and Further Education, 1974-6 and at Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, 1979-81. He became a painter and a leading print maker. He studied printmaking at the Slade and Camberwell (extended studies in printmaking 1981-82). He Studied Printmaking at Camberwell with Agathe Sorel and Frank Tinsley and at the Slade with Peter Daglish and Stanley Jones. Former Artistic Director of the Curwen Print Study Centre in Cambridge and former visiting Professor of Fine Art at the Long Island University in New York. Ferry's work is in many international and museum collections, including, The Ashmolean Oxford, The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art ,New York, The Victoria & Albert Museum, M & C Saatchi, London, The Strang Collection, University College London & the University of Vermont. He was a recipient of a Pollock / Krasner major award.