About The Artist

Education

American University, Master of Fine Arts, 1981; Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1974 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, 1975-1977

Awards

Puffin Foundation Grant, 2005 Graduate Fellowship Award, American University, 1979, 1980 Cum Laude, American University, 1974 Elizabeth Van Swinderin Award for Outstanding Achievement, American University, 1974

Exhibitions

"Bouquets", Art & Lit, Berkeley, CA 2023
"5x5", Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 2023
ACI Artists, Scholars and Writers Residency, Villa Pieve, Corciano, Italy 2022
"Inner Light: New Prints by Deborah Harris", Albany Community Center, Albany, CA 2017
"6th Annual Printmaking Exhibitition", ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2013
"Connexions : California-Corsica, Casa Agostino Giafferi, Poggio-di-Venaco, Corsica 2012
"Posted", Printmaking Center of New Jersey, 440 River Rd. Branchburg, NJ 2012
"Flora & Fauna", Greening Gallery, Marin Headlands Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA 2012
"Bestiary : New Prints by Deborah Harris", Garage Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2011
"Natural History : Relief Prints by Deborah Harris", Fireside Gallery, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont, CA 2010
"Art for Healthcare Reform Online Exhibition” http://artforhealthcarereform.googlepages.com, 2009
"Graven Images,” ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2009
"Oasis,” ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2008
"Speak Out: Art, Design & Politics,” 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, 2008
"All Things Electoral: Redux,” Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, Minn, 2008
"Paper Politics,” curated by Josh McPhee, 2005-2009
Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY Redhouse Arts Center, Joan Lukas Rothenberg Gallery, Syracus, NY K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI Esplanade Loft Project, Art + Anarchy Montreal Food for Thought Cafe Student Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 5plus5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Violence Transformed,” Digital Display, Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA, 2008
"The Valentine Show,” Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
One Person Exhibition, Art Gallery, Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA, 2008
“Department of the Interior”, 233 27th St., San Francisco, CA 2007
“Conflict/Peace Finding Common Ground”, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD, 2007
Artists’ Benefit Sale in Honor of Chris Stern, Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA, 2007
“Babylon Lexicon,” Barrister Gallery, in conjunction with the 2006 New Orleans Book Fair, New Orleans, LA, 2006
“What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?” featured online at the Political Artwork Blog, 2006
“Amendicons Project,” Responses to the Israeli-Lebanon War Makor Gallery, NY, NY, 2006
Haven Arts, Bronx, NY, 2006
Matzo Files Benefit, Mo Pikins’s, NY, NY, 2006
Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2006
Makor Gallery, NY, NY, 2006
Somarts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, 2006
Matzo Files Benefit, Mo Pikins’s, NY, NY, 2005
"Gifted", CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA 2004
"The Death Show", ABCo Art, Oakland, CA 2004
Sequoia Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2004
Members Exhibition, Berkeley art Center, 2003
"Couples", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2002
"Dromedary Constellation", Nexus gallery, Berkeley, CA 2002
"Diego Rivera and Friends", Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2001
Alumni Show, N.Y. Studio School, New York, N.Y. 1985
Sixth Street Gallery, San Pedro, CA 1984, 1985
"Seven Washington Artists", Art Barn, Wash. D.C. 1983
"Museum Muse", Phillips Collection, Wash. D.C. 1983
Three Person Show, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA. 1982
Kreeger Award Exhibition, Washington, D.C. 1981
"Emerging Artists," Art Barn Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1981
Washington Arts Club, Washington, D.C. 1979

Collections

Center For the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, CA The Matzo Files, New York, NY Newark Public Library, Special Collections Division University of California Berkeley, Morrison Library Graphic Loan Collection

Publications

California Society of Printmakers: 100 Years, 1913-2013, Maryly Snow Ducts.org Art Gallery, The Matzo Files, Christopher Frederick Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today, Edited by Josh MacPhee, PM Press, Oct. 2009, isbn 978-1-60486-090-0 We Live in a Divided Country, Try to Bridge That Gap; Limited edition handprinted woodblock prints; 2006
Alice and The Green Man: A Novel by Constance Sprague
The Goddess of Greenlake: A Novel by Constance Sprague
Potluck: A Novel by Constance Sprague
Moon's Blues: A Novel by Constance Sprague
The Greening: A Novel by Constance Sprague

Links
The War and Peace Print Project
Just Seeds
Art for Health Care Reform
Art For A Change
California Printmakers Society
The Constant Harper
The Gardener

Deborah Harris' work may also be seen currently at The Gardener,
1836 4th Street Berkeley, CA & SF Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA


Deborah Harris is a member of the California Printmakers Society

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