EDUCATION and PRIZES |
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Rome, 2 years work in sculpture |
1979-1981 |
New York Studio School, MFA Equivalent |
1977-1979 |
B.F.A. Bryn Mawr College, Cum Laude |
1974 |
Best Public Art of 2001 for "Walking New York", 8.5' x 350' relief murals, |
2002 |
| -JFK Airport Terminal 4, by the Municipal Arts Society, New York |
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ONE PERSON SHOWS |
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| Storm King Art Center, "Travelers" and "Big Head", Mountainville, NY |
2007 |
Brooklyn Public Library, Crossing Brooklyn, "Angel Drawing in Crown Heights", NY |
2003 |
Smack Mellon Gallery, Sacred Matter, "Lost and Found Souls", Brooklyn |
2002 |
Maurice Arlos Gallery, "Revelations", New York |
2002 |
L.I.U., Salena Gallery, "Coney Island Reliefs, Out of Storage", Brooklyn, N.Y. |
2001 |
Biblioteca Nationale, "Angels in Conflict", Drawings from the Book, Turin, Italy |
1997 |
The Queens Museum, Bulova Space, Queens, N.Y. |
1996 |
Retrospective, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. |
1994 |
LedisFlam Gallery, New York |
1993-1994 |
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pa. |
1993 |
Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY |
1992 |
Humboldt State University, Humboldt, Ca. |
1990 |
LedisFlam Gallery, New York |
1990 |
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York |
1990 |
LedisFlam Gallery, New York |
1988 |
Gallerie Hirondelle, New York |
1987 |
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS |
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Sculpture Invitational, "Big Jeff, Piero's Jesus, & Aaron", Columbus, Indiana |
2006-2007 |
Hudson River Sculpture Trail, "Frida", Haverstraw Landing, NY |
2006 |
"NYSS Drawings by Sculptors", Sculptors' Studio, Brooklyn, NY |
2006 |
| "New Hope Arts Outdoor Sculpture Show", Manhattan Bridge and Jacob Riis Park Reliefs |
2006 |
"Bodies and Spirits", "Urban Talismen", Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA |
2006 |
"Haverford College Art Faculty", Haverford, PA |
2005 |
"Changing Tides", Municipal Arts Society, New York |
2005 |
"Merry", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn |
2004-2005 |
Art for Animals, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn |
2002 |
Art & Performance by Women, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, N.Y. |
2001 |
Head of a Woman, Bridgeport Sculpture Park, Bridgeport, Conn. |
2000 |
Heads (Jesse, Frida, and the Snake Lady), Corporate Center, Trenton, NJ |
2000 |
The Bond Market, "Drawings and Paintings", New York |
1999 |
Rotunda Gallery, "Reading Between the Lines", Artists Book Show, Brooklyn |
1998 |
Brooklyn Museum, "New Acquisitions," Brooklyn |
1997 |
Connecticut Sculpture Park, Indian Head, Washington, Conn. |
1997 |
Reunion, "The Role of Paper," Long Island University, Brooklyn |
1997 |
Sculpture Center Benefit, New York |
1997 |
Socrates Sculpture Park, Watching, L.I.C., |
1997 |
Biblioteca Nationale, "Donna D'Arte e Di Carta", Turin, Italy |
1996 |
Monique Knowlton, Group Show, New York |
1996 |
The Sculpture Center at Long Island University, Brooklyn |
1995 |
MTA Arts for Transit, Paine Webber Gallery, and the Museum at Stony Brook |
1995 |
"The Crime Show", Solo Impressions Gallery, New York |
1994 |
"The 2nd Dimension: Sculptors' Drawings", The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn |
1993 |
"Women at War", LedisFlam Gallery, New York |
1993 |
Deborah Masters/Hollis Jeffcoat, Marie St. Pierre Gallerie, Montreal, Canada |
1992-1993 |
Drawing in New York, LedisFlam Gallery, New York |
1992 |
The Incinerator Project, Main Street Windows, Brooklyn |
1992 |
"Exposed", Valencia College, Orlando, Florida |
1991 |
"Art at Gateway", Circle, The Prudential, Newark, New Jersey |
1990 |
"Sculptors Draw the Nude," Louise Ross Gallery, New York |
1990 |
"In Honor of Mary", Bill Bace Gallery, New York |
1990 |
"Issues of Humanity," Department of Cultural Affairs, New York |
1990 |
Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, The Dark Side of the Moon, Installation, Staten Island |
1989 |
"In A Dark Vein", The Sculpture Center, New York |
1989 |
"Urban Figures", Circle, The Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York |
1989 |
Pond Virgins, "The Sculpture Walk," Prospect Park, Brooklyn |
1988 |
"The Blue Angel Show", Curated by Juli Carson, at Longwood Gallery, The Bronx, Birmingham, Alabama, A.I.R. Gallery, New York |
1988 |
In the Garden, The Gas Station at 2B, New York |
1987 |
Art for Money, Arte et Industrie, Aids Benefit |
1986 |
"Endangered Species Show", The Puck Building |
1986 |
"Oppression/Expression," Curated by Leon Golub and Lowery Simms, |
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Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
1986 |
"Wings Over Brooklyn," The Arch at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn |
1986 |
Angel in Flight, Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn |
1985 |
"Flight of the Raven", a collaborative project with Carlyle Brown, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Battery Park, New York |
1985 |
Mimes and Miniatures, Curated by Dore Ashton, BACA, Brooklyn |
1984 |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Long Island University |
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The Port Authority |
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The Brooklyn Museum |
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Brooklyn Union Gas |
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Penn State at Middletown |
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California State University at Long Beach |
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California State University at Chico |
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MTA. Ocean Parkway Viaduct, Coney Island |
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Harrisburg Department of Parks (Reservoir Park), City of Harrisburg, Pa. |
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Harrisburg Pennsylvania YWCA |
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COMMISSIONS |
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"Jesse", East Brunswick, New Jersey 2005 |
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Immigration Hall Reliefs, Walking New York, JFK International Airport Terminal 4, 2001 |
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The Cyclone, Long Island University Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn, NY, 2001 |
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Coney Island Reliefs, MTA, 1992-96 (sculpture to be installed in the year 2005) |
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Indian Head, Nantucket, Mass. 1999 |
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Watching, Harrisburg, Pa., 1997 |
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Florence, Harrisburg, Pa., 1997 |
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Lake Bracciano, Saratoga, NY, 1996 |
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Death Mask, Anza, California, 1996 |
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Reservoir Park, Park Mother, Harrisburg, Pa., 1992-1993 |
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Three Sisters, California State University at Chico, California 1990-1991 |
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The Monolith Project and Sculpture Garden, CSU Chico, Ca. 1990-1991 |
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Three Backs, Washington, Conn., 1990 |
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Angel in Flight, Penn State Sculpture Garden, Middletown, Pa. |
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Male Mask, Nantucket, Mass. 1988 |
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Jesse, Nantucket, Mass. 1988 |
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Mask I, Chappaqua, New York, 1983 |
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS |
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The New York Times, Down by the River, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 |
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The Journal News, Trail of Riverside Artwork to debut in Haverstraw, 9-26-06 |
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The Philidelfphia Inquirer, Haverford College "Bodies &
Spirits", Haverford, PA, |
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"Bodies Beautiful", Main LIne Arts & Antiques, 3-06 |
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The New Zealand Herald, X-rated Jesus Given Face-Saving, 4-24-01 |
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"Crossing Brooklyn The Greenline, 1-2003 |
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The Washington Post, Dumbo, A Blank Canvas September 4, 2002 |
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Holland Cotter, Karen Dolmanisth and Deborah Masters, The New York Times, April 2001 |
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Awards, Art in America, April 2002 |
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Ronald Smothers, Making Dwell Time Fly a Little Faster, The New York Times, April 2001 |
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Cathy Liebowitz, Public Art in New JFK Terminal, Art in America, June 2001 |
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Jonathan Goodman, Deborah Masters: Revelations, Sculpture Magazine, Summer 2003 |
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Parquerette Villeneuve, Une Americain a New York, Vie Des Arts, Summer 2001 |
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Lilly Wei, Art in America, Deborah Masters at Smack Mellon and Maurice Arlos, February 2003 |
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On Paper, Book Review, by Nancy Princenthal, January 1997 |
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Film: "The Politics if Creation: The Coney Island Project", JPL, Pennsylvania, 1997 |
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"ANGELS IN CONLFLICT", Artist's Book of Drawings, DisegnoDiverso, Turin, Italy 1996 |
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"The Coney -Island Reliefs", by Bonnie Schwartz, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, 1996 |
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"Libra Donne D'Arte e Di Carta", Catalogue, Paola Gribaudo, Giuliana Cerrato, Silvan Nota, |
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-Edizione d'Arte, Fratelli Pozzo, Turin, 1996 |
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"City Sculpture" Catalogue, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, 1996 |
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"Six Sculptors", Catalogue, Marion Griffiths, LIU, New York 1996 |
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Gary Miller, The Patriot News, "Boy Versus Nature", Harrisburg, PA, November 21, 1996 |
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Film: "Report from Red Hook, Deborah Masters & the Coney Island Project", No. Volume I, |
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-John Buchanan, New York, 1995 |
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Arts, The Concordiensis, "Ongoing Figurative Issues", Schenectedy, Feb. 24, 1995 |
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Victoria Donahue, The Philadelphia Enquirer, "A Mysterious Gravity", June 12, 1994 |
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Ralph Vigoda, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery", Sept. 1994 |
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Le Devoir, L'Entrevue", L'Architecte du Corps", Montreal, Canada, May 30, 1994 |
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Greenpoint Independent Eagle, "Three Moons, A Fountain", January 1994 |
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Kramer, Linda Konheim, "The Second Dimension: Twentieth-Century Sculptors' Drawings from |
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the Brooklyn Museum Collection", Catalogue, June 25, 1993 |
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Ruth Bass, Art News, "Women at War", November 1993 |
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Harrisburg Patriot News, "A New Sculpture in Reservoir Park", September 19, 1993 |
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UPI, Allentown News, "Deborah Masters, A Sculptor Returns", September 1993 |
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Elizabeth Hess, "Covert Action: Women at War", Village Voice, March 9, 1993 |
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Sheila McKenna, "Brooklyn Profile/Deborah Masters", New York Newsday, Friday May 8, 1992 |
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Nancy Princenthal, Art in America, Review, March 1992 |
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Film Project, CSU CHICO, "Deborah Masters & The Monolith Project", Video, May 1991 |
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Chuck Twardy, "Art in Exposed isn't X-Rated", The Orlando Sentinel, October 14, 1990 |
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Robert Mahoney, Review "Deborah Masters at LedisFlam & Gracie Mansion Galleries", Arts, April 1990 |
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Arlene Raven, "Women in Command-Deborah Masters", The Village Voice, Jan. 17, 1990 |
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Kim Levin, Voice Choice, Village Voice, January 24, 1990 |
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Robert Mahoney, "Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival", Arts, November 1989 |
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Michael Brenson, "Sculpture for Troubled Places", The New York Times, October 15, 1989 |
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Genia Gould "Artist Profile: Deborah Masters", The Greenline, March 1989 |
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Michael Brenson "Beyond Slickneww, Sculptors get Back to Basics", New York Times, 3-3-89 |
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Nancy Ramsey, "Goings on About Town: Art" The New Yorker, March 20, 1989 |
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Elizabeth Egbert, Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Catalogue, June 1989 |
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Ben Fishman, "It's Not Easy to Bring Art to the Park", The Phoenix, October 13, 1988 |
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Michael Brenson, "Blue Angel: The Decline of Sexual Stereotypes in Post-Feminist Sculpture", |
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The New York Times, April 1, 1988 |
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Juli Carson, The Decline of Sexual Stereotypes in Post-Feminist Sculpture, Catalogue, Bronx Arts Council, 1987 |
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Lowery Sims, Opression/Expression, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1986 |
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