EDUCATION
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Skowhegan, Maine, 1997
ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE(A.I.M.) - The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY, 1997
Post M.F.A., WHITNEY INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM, New York, NY, 1992 – 1993
M.F.A., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Valencia, CA, 1990 - 1992
B.F.A., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Valencia, CA, 1990 - 1992
Diploma, THE TEL AVIV SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1987 – 1990
SHENKARR COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Ramat Gan, Israel, 1986 – 1987
FELLOWSHIPS /GRANTS/ HONORS AND AWARDS
NYFA/NYSCA FELLOWSHIP 2020, Finalist in Printing/Drawing/Book Art
NEW WORK GRANT, Queens Council On The Arts, New York City Department Of Cultural Affairs, 2020
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY, 2019
SU- CASA GRANT - New York State Department Of Cultural Affairs, 2016 - 2020
NYFA IAP FELLOWSHIP - Social Practice, 2017
PUFFIN FOUNDATION GRANT- 2017
QUEENS ART INTERVENTION, - Public art commissions, 2014- 2017
MAKOR ARTIST’S NETWORK – Fellowship, The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, 2005
ALJIRA EMERGE - Fellowship, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, 2003
ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE (A.I.M.) Fellowship - The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY, 1997
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING/SCULPTURE - Fellowship and Residency, Skowhegan, Maine, 1997
EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER – Finishing Funds Grant, Newark Valley, NY, 1995
SOLO SHOWS / COMMISSIONS / PERFORMANCES
2019 EARTH’S CRY AND HEAVEN’S SMILE
Gallery 77, Queens, NYC
2018 WANDER, WOMAN
Solo exhibit, Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 THE MORPHING WOMAN, OR HOW TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO A SCULPTURE
Intervention/performance, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2017 HOSPITALITY, häspəˈtalədē
Art Intervention/performance commissioned by QAI, 2017 Queens, NY
2017 MIXED GREENS
Boogie On The BLVD, NYFA Artists, Bronx, NY
2016 MOTHER EARTH/QUEEN OF TRASH
Art Intervention/performance commissioned by QAI, Diversity Plaza and Corona Plaza,
Queens, NY
2015 NO LONGER YOUR CHICA
Art Intervention commissioned by QAI, Roosevelt Avenue, Queens, NY
2015 HEAVY LOAD: WASHING MY DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC
SkowheganPerforms at Socrates Park, Queens, NY
2014 THE LONGEST JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP
Public installation/performance
Travers Park, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
2011 FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE
Solo Exhibit, The Roger Smith Hotel, NY, NY
2010 HOMEWARD FOUND
Solo exhibit, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
(Accompanied by a full-color catalog)
2006 WANDERLUST
Solo exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2000 DISTANTE, TAO PROXIMO
Solo exhibit, Hebraica, La Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999 QUICKSANDS
Solo exhibit, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 EVERY WOMEN'S BIENNIAL
Group Show. London, United Kingdom
2021 DRAWING CHALLENGE XXl
Online group show, Jason McCoy Gallery
2021 GOOD BONES, I Like Your Work Podcast
Online group show, Full-color catalog
2021 BREAKING THROUGH: 10 Contemporary Female Artists To Celebrate
Online group show, Artsy
2020 CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE, REDEFINING THE FIGURE
Online group show, Visionary Art Collective
2020 YOU ARE NOT WONDERFUL JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A MOTHER,
Online group show, Artist/Mother Podcast website,
Full-color catalog
2020 ART TO COLLECT, The Catherine Fosnot Gallery and Art Center,
New London, CT
Full-color catalog
2020 THE USPS ART SHOW, Pelham Art Center,
New York, NY
2019 NO DEAD ARTISTS, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
2017 INTERVENTIONS AT THE QUEENS MUSEUM
Queens Museum Of Art, Queens, NY
2017 BOTANICAL
LOCAL PROJECT, Queens, NY
2017 ARTISTS CO-OP, 2017
Jamaica Center for Arts And Learning, Queens, NY
2016 PIEROGI 2000
Flat files, ongoing, Brooklyn, NY
2015 MAKING HISTORY
Storefront Ten Eyck Street
2013 IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT HATE
Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
2012 SMALL WORKS
BOLTAX Gallery, Shelter Island. NY
2011 ART HAMPTONS
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 MYSELF
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
(Accompanied by a full-color catalog)
2010 BABEL
Space 37, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
2010 FRESH PAINT
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 PAPER IN THE WIND
Thomas Jackel gallery, New York, NY
2009 TRANS-POSITIONS along the Queensboro Bridge
Henry DeFord Gallery, Queens, NY
2008 NEW FACES
Three persons show, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 CONTINUITY
NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY
2008 CIGE-CHINA INTERNATIONAL GALLERY EXPOSITION
Beijing, China
2007 RED DOT ART FAIR (Paradigm Art)
Park South Hotel, New York, NY
2007 POINTS OF DEPARTURE: INNER AND OUTER JOURNEYS IN CONTEMPORARY ART
The University of Pennsylvania, Fox Art Gallery, PA
2006 AIR IN HUNGARY
2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 PINK KID GLOVES
Four-person show, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
2005 PROJECT DIVERSITY
Eleventen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 REFLECTIONS
ARTIS 2005, Nexus Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2005 WANDERINGS
Makor Gallery, The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2004 AFTER THE LIGHT
The Andy Warhol Factory, New York, NY
2004 TIMLESS/TIMELINESS
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2004 (BE)LONGING
Three person show, Makor Art Gallery, the 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2004 ERRATA AND CONTRADICTION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2004 IN THE FACE OF OTHERS
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2003 THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR - Pier 92, New York, NY
2003 (ID)ENTITY
NurtureArt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 BLACK AND WHITE
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2002 SEE THROUGH
Satellite Project Space, L.I.C., NY
2002 INTIMATE
Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York, NY
1999 OUTER BOROUGHS
White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS - IMMIGRANT INITIATIVE, SOCIAL PRACTICE
2003 ALJIRA – A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART– Newark, NJ
1997 A.I.M - ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE – The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 ACTUALIZE MANDIETA, writer and contributor, Kama Magazine, Spring 2020
2020 ARTISTS ON COPING, interview, Art Spiel, Spring 2020
2019 ADDICTION, featured artist, Lilith Magazine, summer 2019
2018 DEFINING THE ROLE OF CITIZEN ARTIST, THE POOL # 4, Featured artist, California Institute Of
The Arts
2018 SECRETOS OSCUROS, Featured artist, cover, INSTITUTO CERVANTES Literary Magazine
2018 WANDER, WOMAN – Full-color catalog with an essay by NYC independent art critic Lily Wei
2018 QUEENS ART INTERVENTION DISCUSSES DWELLING IN EXHIBITION, by Jennifer Khedaroo,
QUEENS TIMES
2017 ANNUAL QUEENS ART INTERVENTION TAKES BOROUGH BY
STORM, by Tammi Scielepi, QUEENS LEDGER
2016 MOTHER EARTH'S MESSAGE, QUEENS LEDGER – Review of Mother Earth/Queen of Trash
performance by Tammy Scileppi
2016 AN ARTIST IN JACKSON HEIGHTS SAYS NO MORE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Voices of NY, By Camila Cibils,
2015 MEET DEBORAH WASSERMAN: QUEENS MOM, ARTIST & FOUNDER OF ART FOR A START
By Ellen Niz
2015 ARTISTS TRANSFORMING QUEENS INTO OUTDOOR GALLERY SLIDESHOW
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska and Katie Honan
2014 BURROUGHS CREATIVITY ON DISPLAY AT QUEENS ART INTERVENTION DAY
By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers
2012 AROUND THE WORLD – Interview with curator Leah Oates, NY ARTS MAGAZINE WINTER ISSUE.
2011 MYSELF – Catalogue and essay by authors Joy Garnett and Mira Schor, SHEPARD ARTS
GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO.
2009 STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE – Volume 5, published by the OPEN STUDIO PRESS
2009 PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Written by Prof. Michele Cohen and published by
MONACELLI PRESS
2007 UNAMBIGUOUS - 99 artists from around the world, curated by Artworld Digest publisher David
Cohen, USA
2007 PINK KIDS GLOVES - Curator’s picks, NY Arts Magazine, USA
2006 Featured artist, Zeek Magazine - A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, Israel
2004 ALJIRA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART - Catalogue and essay by independent curator
Dominique Nahas, USA
2004 LIFE INTEGRATES ART, by Amadie hart, Urban Land Magazine, Urban Land Institute, USA
2004 LMCC Winter Brochure (cover), USA
2004 ERRATA AND CONTRADICTION, curated by Melisa Shields and Philip John Usher Harvard
University Press, USA
2003 Featured artist, Entre Linhas Literary Magazine, Israel
2000 A WELL ROUNDED ARTIST, by Marcela Bergamo, Folha De Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brazil
2000 PROFESSION OF FAITH, by Marcelo Rabinovitch, En Foco, Brazil
