Sarah Deed completed a Diploma in Graphic Design at Wellington Polytechnic NZ in 1986 working briefly in NZ before moving to Melbourne and working as a commercial artist from 1987 to 1990. Deed worked as a specialist currency designer for Note Printing Australia, a division of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1990 to 2004, designing and developing legal tender currency and security product for national and international bodies. Deed completed a Bachelor of Fine Art Sculpture at RMIT University in 2008. Her practice explores the human conditions of reality and the individuals perception of themselves. The flux of the artists life reflects life as art, which has become the basis for her work.Exhibitions And Highlights Include:- INTERPOL Amsterdam 2002, Blue Sky, Designer of a new concept in substrate and security features for banknote counterfeiting deterrence. International Colour Society Conference, Presenter 2003. ‘Ivy the Leaf Princess’ by Kirsten McDougall, Illustrator 2006. Public Face Exhibition R.M.I.T. University, Looking Out 2006. International Virtual Studio Project with the Chelsea School of Art London, Blue Dog 2007. Fresh Festival, Craft Council of Victoria, Beingness 2008