SYNAPSE, Reciprocal, and Hand paintings
DEBORAH CURTISS | ARTIST • AUTHOR
articles, books, paintings, drawings, collages, and prints
Concise Résumé
Collections
Public
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Boise State University Art Gallery, Boise Idaho
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Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, Washington DC
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Fidelity Insurance Company, Philadelphia PA
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Morani Art Gallery, Drexel / Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia
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Oak Ridge Museum of Art, Oak Ridge Tennessee
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia National Bank
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Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
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University of Illinois, Chicago
Private: Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Kuwait, Japan, Scotland, throughout the US.
Honors
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Special Merit Category: TRANS. LightSpaceTime Figure Exhibition, 2019
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Special Merit Category: Praha VIII. LightSpaceTime CityScape Art Exhibition, 2019
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Creative Achievement Award, International Visual Literacy Association, 2018
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Honorable Mention, Paintings: CANO. LightSpaceTime Botanicals Art Exhibition, 2018
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Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Professionals, 2007–2011
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Diploma of Excellence: Summer Sleep, Artoteque.Com Online Global Art Annual, 2006
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Competent Toastmaster, 2001, Toastmasters International
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In a Pinch Award, Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia, 2000
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Creative Achievement Award, International Visual Literacy Association, 1997
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Venture Fund Grant, University of the Arts, 1996
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President’s Award for distinctive contribution to Kling, 1995
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Director’s Award, “In Person...,” Wallingford Community Arts Center, 1990
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PA Council on the Arts Technical Assistance Grant, 1989
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Eloquence Award, George Mason University, 1987
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Violet Oakley and Hazell Prizes, Woodmere Art Museum, 1986
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Nominee, Pennsylvania Governor’s Award, 1983
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Rexnord Corporation Grant for a multimedia exhibit, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1980
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Storelli Award in Painting, 1972
Exhibits
Individual
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Aljoya Thornton Place, Seattle, May 30 – September 15, 2019
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Gallery 110, Seattle WA, January 2019
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iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, 2017 30 minute video of a gallery talk
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Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, annually, 2001–2016
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Earth Bread + Brewery Gallery, 2013 See review under Gallery / Recent Exhibits
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Greene Street Artists Spring Tours, 1993–2013
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Angler Movement Arts, 2012
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InFusion Café & Gallery, 2011
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Sedgwick Theatre Gallery, 2011
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Goat Hollow, 1998
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Kling Gallery, 1995, 1993, 1972
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West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 1992
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Rittenhouse Galleries, 1990
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Uddoh Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY, 1990
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Transition Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho, 1990
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More
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Northwest Artists’ Collective (Philadelphia & vicinity)
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Frame House Galley, 2013
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Earth, Bread + Brewery: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009
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Allens Lane Art Center, 2010
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Mt. Airy Contemporary Artists Space, 2010
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Highwire Gallery, 2009
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Morris Arboretum, 2008
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Mount Airy USA, 2008
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Sedgwick Gallery, 2007
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Avenue Arts & Framing, 2007
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Chestnut Hill Gallery, 2007
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St. Asaph’s Community Hall, Bala Cynwyd PA, 2007, 2006
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Community Audio, Chestnut Hill / Philadelphia, 2007, 2006
Tabula Rasa, a multicultural exhibiting collaborative, 1993–2003
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Water: Identity Through Place: University of Wisconsin Union Gallery, 2003
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Identity Through Things: Abington Art Center, 2000
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Obscure Cities: Eastern State Penitentiary, 1997
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Obscure Cities: University of Pennsylvania Meyerson Gallery, 1997
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Prague, Secret Fire: University of Pittsburgh Frick Gallery, 1995
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Prague, Secret Fire: University of Toronto Sala Gallery, 1994
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Portraits: Moser Gallery, Philadelphia, 1993
Juried / Invited Group
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Seven exhibits in Seattle, Mercer Island, Renton WA, 2018
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Cheltenham Art Center, 67th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, 2010
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Sporting Club at the Bellevue, 2009
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Art in City Hall: Likeable Art, 2008
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Art is Happening, Plastics Club, 2008
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Cheltenham Art Center, 66th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, 2008
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Casa Freia Gallery, NY, NY, 2007
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Freeman’s Gallery & Auction House, 2007
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Carbon 14 Gallery, Philadelphia, 2007
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Cheltenham Art Center, 64th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, 2006
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Artoteque.com Online Global Art Annual, Diploma of Excellence, 2006
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Cheltenham Art Center, 10x10, 2005
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Art at City Hall, Philadelphia, Masks, 2005
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Out of the Box, Moore College of Art & Design, 2003
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List available of all exhibits 1960–present
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Publications (selected)
Subject:
Exhibition coverage, reviews, and interviews, 1973– present
Catalogs: 1976–present
Brickyard Artists, 2008
Chrysalis, Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Visual Artists 2006
Katchen, C. (1986) Painting Faces and Figures. New York, Watson-Guptill
Author:
Making Art Safely, (1993) with artist Merle Spandorfer and Jack Snyder, M.D.
New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold; (1998) John Wiley & Sons
Introduction to Visual Literacy, a Guide to the Visual Arts and Communication
(1987) Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall; (1996) Pearson
More than 300 published articles, chapters, criticism, reviews, lectures, abstracts.
Teaching Experience (selected)
University of the Arts, 1976–1985, studio; 1993–1998, graduate seminars
Temple University, 1977–1982, visual literacy
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1972–1976, studio; 1978–1980, museum collections
Visual Literacy Consulting: 1987–2010
Education
Independent Study: Ongoing
University of the Arts, MA, Art Education
Yale University, School of Art & Architecture, BFA painting
Antioch College, Liberal arts, philosophy