Biography
Vanessa Branson founded the Vanessa Devereux Gallery in 1986 on Blenheim Crescent, off Portobello Road, London, where she gained a reputation for tightly-organised exhibitions of well chosen talent, as well as for showcasing a number of emerging artists including William Kentridge’s UK debut exhibition. Other artists shown include Fred Pollock, Margaret Hunter, Pep Duran Esteva, and Henry Kondraki. Vanessa joined Prue O’Day and several other new art galleries in Portobello to stage the Portobello Contemporary Art Festival between 1988-1991.
