Deborah Stevenson

Deborah Stevenson was born in Washington, DC. She grew up in Tokyo, went to high school in Baltimore, and got her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She lived for many years on the West Coast, and returned to the East Coast, where she lived in Brooklyn, NYC until 2015, when she relocated to the coastal town of Belfast, Maine.


Artist Statement:

My influences include the pioneer collage/surreal artists: Braque, Ernst, Hannah Hoch, Joseph Cornell, Magritte, to name a few, as well as the German Expressionists in all media. Other influences in visual media include masters in film and photography, both contemporary and classical.

A life-long interest in Eastern philosophy and Jungian psychology have contributed to my fascination with allegory and symbology. Themes that recur in my work express metaphorically my exploration of concepts of power, beauty, the Feminine, and mysterious archetypal conjunctions.

The work arises in an ‘automatic’ way; I do not set out with an objective or goal in my mind when I sit down to make something. The images compose themselves spontaneously as I mix and move the masses of paper around on the table in front of me. I feel as though my eyes and hands facilitate the ‘arrival’ of...

BA Fine Art 1975, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

2018
Edinburgh Collage Collective Exhibit, Scotland - 2018
Guest Artist Teacher - Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee TN
Featured Artist - Collage Collective curated annual edition

2017
Group Show - University of Maine at Belfast
Group Show - Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME

2016
Group Show: BLUE, Sebastopol, CA
Group Show: Paper Cuts 2 - Redux Gallery, Alameda, CA

2015
Catalogue release - to be announced

Group Show : 1067 Mind Invasion, Hastings UK
Group exhibit : Counter Culture Gallery, Saginaw, MI
Solo photography exhibit : Belfast Co-op, Belfast, ME

2014
ResidencyVermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2013:
Solo Exhibition: Pillow Café and Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012:
Group Exhibition, “Strange Glue,” Weston, MA
Solo Exhibition, Green in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibition, Gnarly Vines, Brooklyn, NY

2010:
Group Show, “Lotta Art”, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibition, Open Studio, Baltimore, MD

2009
Group Show, MAP Annual, School 33, Baltimore, MD
2008
Solo Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2006
Group Show, Shelley Hall Gallery, Bend, OR

2004
Solo Exhibition, Soap Lake Art Museum, WA

2002
Solo Exhibition, Two Bells Gallery, Seat...