1978 1976   M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 2010 2008 2006 2005 2005 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998 1996 1995 1994 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1982   Lesley Heller Workspace, New York STOREFRONT, Bushwick, Brooklyn Lesley Heller Gallery, New York Lesley Heller Gallery, New York Thacher Profffitt & Wood, World Financial Center, New York Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ Travis Tower, Houston, curated by Julie Kinzelman Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans Modernism, San Francisco LedisFlam Gallery, New York Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Robischon Gallery, Denver Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California Illinois Center, Chicago, curated by Dennis Adrian Cumberland Gallery, Nashville Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C. Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1996 1993 1992 1984   “Ocketopia,” curated by Austin Thomas, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York "Urban Biotic," Lumenhouse, Brooklyn, NY "Brooklyn Art:Work," Artist Honoree, BRIC Gala, Rotunda Gallery and Steiner Studios, Brooklyn, NY "The 2009 Bushwick Biennial," NURTUREArt, Brooklyn, NY "Draw: Vasari Revisited," Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY "Trans-Positions," curated by Judith Tolnick Champa, DeFord Gallery, CitiBank, Long Island City, NY "Dog n' Pony Show," Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA "Common Spaces," EA Gallery, Port Chester, NY "Zoo Logic," Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY Print Project, Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY "Zoo II: Animals in Art," Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Art Project, Lake George, New York "Mythic Landscapes of America," The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York "Field and Stream,"  Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL "A Breath of Fresh Air."  Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY "Green is the New Black," Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL "Surf and Tuf," Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmount, NY "Winter Salon,” Lesley Heller, New York “A Thing of Beauty,” Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York "Animal House," Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, curated by Karen Shaw "Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art," DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA "The Manhattan View," Reckson Associates, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, curated by VIART Corp. "Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art," UBS Gallery, New York "City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program," Center for Architecture, New York "Sky, Land, Water," Work from the Permanent Collection South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi "Fake Plastic Trees," Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York "Animal Spirits," Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey "Suspended Narratives, "University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI "Unlikely Portraits," Miller Block Gallery, Boston "Dog Show," Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin "Inner Light: Selections from the Permanent Collection" Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California "In the Garden," Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle "ArtHaus on Paper," ArtHaus, San Francisco "New Prints," International Print Center, New York "The Dog and Pony Show," The Workspace, New York "Animal Magnetism," curated by Stuart Horodner, Bucknell University Art Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania "Water," curated by Thomas Garver, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina "Wildflowers," curated by Susan H. Edwards, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York "Anima Mundi," James Graham Gallery, New York "Undercurrents," Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey "Illumination," Art Advisory Service Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, exhibited at Pfizer, Inc., NYC "Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana SELECTED AWARDS 2005   Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998 1996 1995 1994 1993 1991 1989 1988   James Panero, “Gallery Chronicle,” THE NEW CRITERION, February, pp.49-51 Alison Levy, "Triple Biotic," ArtSlant, 6 September Melena Ryzik, "Open Studios in Brooklyn," The New York Times, 5 June, p. C22 Benjamin Evans, The 2009 Bushwick Biennial, catalog, NURTUREArt, p.34 Charlie Finch, "Artists as Optimists," Art Net, 6 January Benjamin Gennochio, "From East to West," The New York Times, Long Island edition, 19 December Charlie Finch, "A Brown World," Artnet, 26 March Sharon Butler. "Deborah Brown Loves Animals," TwoCoatsofPaint.blogspot.com, 26 March John Haber, "Scratch and Sniff," haberarts.com, 22 April Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayers, Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Monacelli Press, New York, p. 172 Ken Johnson, The Boston Globe, "DeCordova's 'Ape' is an Entertaining Bestiary..." Arts and Entertainment, 15 September 2006 Rachel Rosenfield Lafo et al, “Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art,” exhibition catalog, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, p.10. Eleanor Heartney et al, City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program, Merrell Publishers Limited, London, p. 125. 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E34 Charlie Finch, "Deborah Brown Paints Dogs: Looking Down on Man' Best Friend," Artnet, 23 April Bonnie Biles, "Gallery Watch," Art & Antiques, May, pp. 36, 38 Lorraine B. Diehl, "Metropolitan Masterpieces," Daily News, 6 August , cover, "Lifeline" Ken Johnson, "Art Guide," The New York Times, 3 July, p. E34 Andrew Long, "Openings," Art & Antiques, Summer, p. 32 David W. Dunlap, "Next Stop, Murals; Change Here for Uptown Sculpture," The New York Times, 1 May, p. E52 Carol Vogel, "Beyond Museum Precincts, The City as Gallery," The New York Times, 22 January, pp. C11-12 Grace Glueck, "Prowling the City for Art?" The New York Observer, vol. 9, no. 31, 14 August, p. 18 George Melrod, "Something Wild," Mirabella, August, pp . 40-42 Edward J. Sozanski, "Nine Artists Show Frailty of Water Environments," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 March Gerrit Henry, "New York Reviews," Art in America, April, p.168 Ruth Bass, "New York Reviews," ARTnews, Jan., pp. 141-44 Marlena Donohue, "The Galleries," The Los Angeles Times, 29 January, sec. VI, p. 16 PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS 2008 2002 2001 2000 1998 1994   Mosaic mural, Animal Shelter/Veterinary Clinic, City of Memphis, commissioned by UrbanArt Commission (in progress) Mosaic roundels, Royal Caribbean Cruise Terminal, Port of Miami, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Mosaic frieze, P.S. 178, Manhattan, commissioned by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program Mosaic mural, Garfield Avenue Station, Jersey City, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit, commissioned by NJ Transit Mosaic mural, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, commissioned by Art in State Buildings Program Mosaic murals, Houston Street Subway Station, Manhattan, commissioned by New York MTA Arts for Transit SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Indianapolis Museum of Art DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Bass Museum of Art, Miami Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama Orlando Museum of Art, Florida The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami The Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina SELECTED PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Raymond J. 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