Painter exploring landscape, ecology, and displacement
D E B O R A H W A S S E R M A N
New York, NY
deborahwasserman.artist@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Whitney Independent Study Program (Post-M.F.A.), New York
California Institute of the Arts — M.F.A., B.F.A.
Tel Aviv School of the Arts
Shenkar College of Design
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 — This Bitter Earth, Kuma Lisa Gallery, New York
2019 — Earth’s Cry and Heaven’s Smile, Gallery 77, Queens
2018 — Wander, Woman, Zaritsky Artist’s House, Tel Aviv
2017 — The Morphing Woman, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
2017 — Hospitality, Queens Art Intervention
2016 — Mother Earth / Queen of Trash, Queens Art Intervention
2015 — Heavy Load: Washing Dirty Laundry in Public, Socrates Sculpture Park
2014 — The Longest Journey Begins with a Step, RPGA Studio Commission
2011 — Far Away, So Close, Roger Smith Hotel, New York
2010 — Homeward Found, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006 — Wanderlust, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 — McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (upcoming)
2026 — Jerusalem Biennial, Nahon Museum, Jerusalem
2026 — Fresh Cut, Group Show, Bookstein Projects (upcoming)
2026 — Overflow, Group Show, Gallery 198 (upcoming)
2026 — Every Woman Biennial, Pen + Brush, New York
2025 — Extreme Weather, 128 Rivington, New York
2025 — Let Nature In, The Painting Center, New York
2025 — Elemental Fiction, Coral Door, New York
2024 — Drawing Room, Hoboken, NJ
2024 — Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY
2023 — Rockefeller Center, New York
2023 — L’Space Gallery, New York
2022 — Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
2021 — Eco Art Space (online)
FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS
Queens Art Fund, New York Foundation for the Arts (2024, 2022, 2020)
Artist Corps Grant, NYFA (2021)
NYFA Finalist (2020)
Su Casa Grant, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (2015–2020)
Puffin Foundation Grant (2017)
NYFA Social Practice Fellowship (2016)
Makor Artist’s Network Fellowship, 92Y (2005)
Aljira Emerge Fellowship (2003)
Artists in the Marketplace Fellowship, Bronx Museum (1997)
RESIDENCIES
2026 — Xenia Residency, England (upcoming)
2021 — Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2021 — Aunt Karen’s Farm (NYFA invitation)
1997 — Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
SELECTED PRESS
2026 — CanvasRebel Magazine
2025 — Art Spiel
2024 — Whitehot Magazine
2024 — Art Spiel review
2024 — I Like Your Work (Podcast)
2022 — Visionary Art Collective
2021 — QNS.com
2020 — Art Spiel
2019 — Lilith Magazine
2018 — Catalogue essay by Lily Wei