Resumé
SELECTED SHOWS
2020 Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Niceville (Pensacola), FL, Jan. 27 – Feb. 28, 2020
2019 Leepa-Rattner Museum, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL Oct. 6, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020
2019 Stetson University Gallery & Museum, DeLand, FL, May-August
2019 Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA, January 18-April 14
2017 Nightjar, Underdonk, Bushwick, curated by Ashley Garrett, Brooklyn, NY
2013 7 Artifacts, Big Head of Julia & Foot, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 Jesse, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans, LA
2008-09 In the Garden: 10 Public Sculptures, LIU, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Sculpture for New Orleans, Travelers, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA
2007 Travelers and Tomashi Head, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
2006-07 Big Jeff, Piero’s Jesus, & Aaron, Sculpture Invitational, Columbus, IN
2005 Ghosts, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2005 Changing Tides, Municipal Arts Society, New York
2002 Sacred Matter, Smack Mellon Gallery, “Lost and Found Souls”, Brooklyn
2002 Maurice Arlos Gallery, “Revelations”, New York
2001 Coney Island Reliefs, Out of Storage, L.I.U., Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Drawings and Paintings, The Bond Market, New York, NY
1997 Angels in Conflict, Biblioteca Nationale, Drawings from the Book, Turin, Italy
1997 New Acquisitions, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1996 The Queens Museum, Bulova Space, Queens, NY
1996 Group Show, Monique Knowlton, Group Show, New York, NY
1995 MTA Arts for Transit, Paine Webber Gallery, and the Museum at Stony Brook, NY
1994 Retrospective, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.
1995 LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1993 LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1992-93 Deborah Masters/Hollis Jeffcoat, Marie St. Pierre Gallerie, Montreal, Canada
1992 Deborah Masters, Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY
1990 LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1990 Sculptors Draw the Nude, Louise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Circle, Art at Gateway, The Prudential, Newark, NJ
1990 In Honor of Mary, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA
1990 Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
1989 The Dark Side of the Moon, Installation, Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Staten Island, NY
1989 In A Dark Vein, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1989 The Urban Figures Show, The Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York, NY
1988 LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1988 Pond Virgins, “The Sculpture Walk,” Prospect Park, Brooklyn
COMMISSIONS
2013-15 7 Artifacts, Kinderhook Farm, Ghent, NY
1994- 2012 Coney Island Reliefs, MTA, Ocean Avenue Viaduct, Coney Island, NY
2009 Snake Lady, Xavier University, New Orleans LA
2007-16 Travelers, Storm King Art Center, 2007, and Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA
2008 Jesse, East Brunswick, NJ 2007, Manhattan Bridge relief
2006 Frida, Hudson River Sculpture Trail, Haverstraw Landing, NY
2001 Walking New York, Immigration Hall Reliefs, 350’ of reliefs, JFK Intl Airport Terminal 4
2001 The Cyclone, Long Island University Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn, NY
1988 Indian Head, Nantucket, MA, 1999 & Jesse, Nantucket, MA 1988, Male Mask, Nantucket
1997 Florence, Ashville, NC
1996 Lake Bracciano, Saratoga, NY
1996 Death Mask, Anza, CA
1992-03 Park Mother, Reservoir Park, Harrisburg, PA
1990-01 Three Sisters, & The Monolith Project and Sculpture Garden, CSU Chico, CA
1990 Three Backs, Washington, CT
1987 Angel in Flight, Penn State Sculpture Garden, Middletown, PA
EDUCATION
1977-1979 New York Studio School
1974 B.F.A. Bryn Mawr College, Cum Laude
AWARDS
2001 Best Public Art of 2001 for Walking New York, JFK Airport, Terminal 4, Immigration Hall
2002 Municipal Arts Society, New York
2012 Brooklyn Borough President declared April 30th, Deborah Masters’ Day in perpetuity