Education
Born in Ilkley, West Yorkshire to Albert and Dorothy (née Sproat) Hyatt, young Derek attended grammar school in his hometown. Hyatt spent his national service with the Royal Air Force and attended Norwich University of the Arts part time.
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He then went to Leeds College of Art from 1948 to 1952. The Royal College of Art offered him a scholarship in 1957, and Hyatt became the editor of the college"s journal Arkansas He began teaching as a visiting lecturer at the Kingston College of Art in 1954.
Hyatt moved back to his native Yorkshire in 1964, to teach at Leeds Beckett University.
Later, he moved to Collingham and also owned a farmhouse in Bishopdale. In 1990, Hyatt was named a Companion of the Guild of Street George.
His work was exhibited at the Cartwright Hall in Bradford in 2001. Subsequent exhibitions took place at London"s Art Space Gallery in 2012 and 2014.
They had one daughter, Sally.
Membership
He was made a member of the International Artists for Nature Foundation in 1995.
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United Kingdom