Deborah Zlotsky

education
1989 University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, High Honors
1984 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
B.A. History of Art, Honors in Major, Magna Cum Laude

solo exhibitions
1999 Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY
1997 Salem State College, Salem, MA
1996 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago,IL
Kansas City Artists’ Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1994 Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI
1993 Bradley Art Gallery, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
1992 SXG Gallery, St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL
Richmond Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
1991 Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI
Kameric +k Art Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
1990 Hollins College, Roanoke, VA
Luther College, Decorah, IA
1989 Charter Oak Gallery, Hartford, CT
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
                 
group exhibitions
2000 Two Person Exhibition, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
1999 8th Annual Showcase Exhibition, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Two Person Exhibition, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Wells National Juried Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE Juried by Daphne Anderson Deeds, Curator, Yale University Art Gallery.
Recent Acquisitions, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs,CT
Faculty Exhibition, The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY
1998 Body Image, Sage College, Albany, NY Juried by Ken Johnson, Art Critic, New York Times and Art in America
Two Person Exhibition, Eastern Oregon University, La Grange, OR
Two Person Exhibition, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Body/Parts, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Women in the Visual Arts, The Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT Juried by Andrea Miller-Keller, Contemporary Art Curator, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT.
Graduate Alumni Exhibition, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Faculty Exhibition, The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY
1997 Mohawk Hudson Region 1997 Juried Exhibition, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, NY Juried by Dan Cameron, Senior Curator, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, M
EO Juried by Dana Self, Associate Curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
New Acquisitions, Kamerick Art Gallery, University of Northern, Cedar Falls, IA
Faculty Exhibition, The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY
1996 Iowa Artists 1996, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. Juried by Janet Faber, Associate Curator of Twentieth Century Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
1995 Poisson/Sabine/Zlotsky, Gallery of Art, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Steve Bigler/Deborah Zlotsky, Paintings and Drawings, Gallery of Art, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
International Juried Show 95, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ Juried byLowry Sims, Associate Curator Twentieth Century Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
25th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Two Person Exhibition, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University at Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
Bi-State Art Exhibition, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA Juried by Neal Benezra, Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Wells National Juried Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE Juried by Gwen Chanzit, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA
1994 Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, The Fine Arts Center, Cheekwood, Nashville, TN
Iowa Artists 1994, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA Juried by Richard Armstrong, Curator of Contemporary Art, Carneg
ie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
23rd Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Juried by Lucy Lippard.
Sixth Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Armory Annual Figurative Small Works Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA
1993 Clemson National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University , Clemson, SC Juried by Elizabeth Armstrong, Curator, Walker Art Center.
22nd Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Juried by Sidney Goodman
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, The Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN
Galex 27, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2nd Annual Armory Small Works Competition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Art Show V, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
1992 Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, The Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville,TN.
Human Image: Works on Paper, Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
Group Exhibition, Blind Faith Gallery, Chicago, IL.
American Contemporary Artists, Premier Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
1991 Drawing the Figure Inside Out, Iowa Women Artist Series,
Auditorium Gallery, North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, IA
Two Person Exhibition, Isis Gallery, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN
The Figure as Art, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
11th Annual National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Art Center, Wichita, KS
Kansas Sixteenth; National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition, Fort Hays State University Art Center, Hays, KS.
Greater Midwest International VI, Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO Juried by Ned Rifkin
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
1990 The Inspired Figure, Architects Gallery, Warren, RI
Recent Trends in Expressionism, T
The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Drawing Invitational, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA
Faculty Exhibition, Kamerick Art Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
49th Annual Juried Exhibit, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
1989 Two Person Show, University Gallery, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
48th Annual Juried Exhibit, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
re/meaning, M.F.A. Thesis Show, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
546th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
60th Annual Connecticut Women Artists Juried Show, Hartford, CT
88th Annual Art Exhibition, The New Haven Paint and Clay Club, The John Slade Ely House Juried by Cleve Gray, New Haven, CT
Galex 23, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
The Florida National, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1989 National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO Juried by Dore Ashton
Kansas Fourteenth National Exhibition, Fort Hays State University, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Hays, KS
Open Juried Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
18th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, TX

bibliography
1992 Illustration for short story, "Imagining a Stranger," North American Review, p. 14, May/June, 1992.
Illustration for short story, "Bar Stories," North American Review, p. 33, March/April, 1992.
Cover illustration, North American Review, December/January/February, 1992.
1991 Illustration for short story, "Song," North American Review, pp. 28-29, September/October/November, 1991.
Illustration for short story, "Plaits," North American Review, p. 23, June/July/August, 1991.
Illustration for short story, "Leaving Him," North American Review, p. 53, June/July/August, 1991.
Illustration for short story, "A Seeming Mermaid," North American Review, p. 40, June/July/August, 1991.
1989 Brochure essay on American collage for the "Contemporary American Collage Exhibition," William Benton Museum, Storrs, Connecticut, January 1989.
1986 "'Pleasant Madness' in Hartford: The First Surrealist Exhibition in America," Arts, February 1986.

lectures
2003 Hope College, Holland, MI
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Loomis Chaffee School, Windor, CT
2001 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1999 Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY.
1995 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
1993 Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT.
1992 St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL.
1991 Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN.
Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI.
Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
1989 Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO

awards
1999 Feature Show Award, “Wells National Juried Exhibition” Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE Juried by Daphne Anderson Deeds, Curator, Yale University Art Gallery.
1995 Honorable Mention, “Bi-State Art Exhibition” Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA Juried by Neal Benezra, Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum , Smithsonian Institution.
Director’s Choice Award, “Wells National Juried Exhibition” Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE.
1994 Purchase Award, “24th Annual Works on Paper” Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Juried by Lucy Lippard.
First Place, “Armory Annual Figurative Small Works Exhibition” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
1993 Honorable Mention, “22nd Annual Works on Paper” Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Juried by Sidney Goodman.
1990 Purchase Award, “49th Annual Juried Exhibition” Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Third Place, Best of Media, “The Inspired Figure” Architects Gallery, Warren, RI
1989 First Place, “1989 National Art Competition” Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
Solo Show Award, “46th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition”, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Liquitex Art Award, “Connecticut Women Artists” Juried Show, Hartford, CT
1989 Fine Art Achievement Award, Binney & Smith, Inc.