Deborah DeFranco

Exhibitions

2015

Original artwork acquired by Adobe for Photoshop’s 25th Anniversary at Cannes Lions Festival

1999

Lincoln Center Mail Art

1995

City Without Walls Annual Metro Show (Travels Metro Area)Curators: Harvey Brock, Janine Cirincione, Betti-Sue Hertz

1994

City Without Walls, Annual Metro Show (Travels Metro Area)Curators: Kaaren Patterson, Allison Weld, Mary Sue Sweeney-Price

1994

City Without Walls, New Member Invitational Show

1993

Cooperstown Art Association, National Exhibition

1992

Montclair State Gallery, Small WorksCurator: Vivian Raynor, The New York Times Art Critic

1992

Rutgers UniversityCurator: Zoltan Buki

1992–95

Monmouth Reform Temple InvitationalCurator: Jude Schwendenwein, Critic

Collections

Private collections, New York, NY

Private collections, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey

Private collections, Los Angeles, CA

Private collections, Santa Fe, NM

Awards

1996

Commissioned by Philadelphia Electric

1994

Rutgers University, Carolyn Wagensellar Outstanding Artist Award

1993

Cooperstown Art Association, Judge’s Choice

1993

Liquitex, Excellence in Art Grant

1992

Art Alliance, Statewide Exhibit, Judge’s Choice

1991

Art Alliance, Statewide Exhibit, Judge’s Choice

1989

Willett Memorial Art Award

Selected Publications

2020

64mag

2022

64mag

2019

PLAIN Magazine “Fascinating Flower Portraits”

2019

MOO BLOG

2017

VSCO, Arts and Culture “Floral Portraiture”

2015

Featured by Adobe on Instagram

1994

Eileen Watkins, The Star-Ledger, September 30

1993

Maureen O’Hagen, Two River Times, January 27

1992

Vivian Raynor, The New York Times

1992

Tova Navarra, Asbury Park Press, June 9

1992

Doris Kulman, The Women’s Reporter, March

Master Class

2011

Pat Steir, Drawing Out of Line, Zen Mountain Monastery

1997

Kaz Tanahashi, Brush Mind, Zen Mountain Monastery

Education

1995

BFA, Mason Gross School of The Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJmagna cum laude, valedictorian

1980

School of Visual Arts

1976

Brookdale College, Lincroft NJ, AA Degree Communications and Design

1974

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY