Debra Friedkin studied at the Art Students League NYC and Westchester Art Workshop. She mentored privately with Lester Zakarin, an illustrator for Stan Lee Comics. Her narrative mixed media collages, sculptures and metal assemblages are based on concepts of recycling and repurposing, deconstruction and reinvention. The pieces incorporate found objects and often depict provocative themes. Her work ranges from whimsical to darkly humorous, informed by sleek modernism, pulp science fiction and spiritual symbolism.

Debra is a juried member of the Salmagundi Art Club in NYC, where she serves on the Jury of Awards and the Admissions Committee. Other professional affiliations include National Association of Women Artists, Audubon Artists, and Williamsburg Art and Historical Center. An award-winning artist, Debra has widely exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the tri-state area. Debra serves on the Jury of Awards and the Admissions Committee for the Salmagundi Art Club.

Her work is held in private collections; and a series of her sculptures have recently been acquired by the Yuko Nii permanent collection at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

 SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY – 2018: Solo Show: Rites of Passage III
G25N Gallery International – 2018: Dreams
195 Chrystie Street South Gallery, NY NY – 2018: NAWA Annual
Harriman Mason Gallery, NY NY – 2018: Art Students League: Rain or Shine Bronze
Salmagundi Club, NY NY – 2018 – Greenwich Village Exhibition
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY – 2018: Pushing Paper National
Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY – 2018-2017: Art & Words; Change; Red; Abstrakt
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition BWAC, Brooklyn NY – 2018-2016: Affordable Art – National
Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill NY – 2018: Fluxional Clay National
International Center of CCCS, NY NY – 2017: Solo Show: Rites of Passage II
Gallery Max, NY NY – 2017: Society of Japanese and American Creators Inaugural
Art House NYC, NY NY- 2017: The Grow Show
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock NY – 2017/2016: Far and Wide National
Salmagundi Club, NY NY – 2018-2014: Spring and Fall Auctions; Master Exhibition
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY – 2018-2015: Nation
Mishkin Gallery, NY NY – 2018-2015: Juried Small Works Exhibit
Prince Street Gallery, NY NY – 2017: Coast to Coast – East
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NY NY – 2017: Safe Space
My Own Little Gallery, Nyack NY – 2017: Crazy, Mixed Up Multimedia Art Show
Riverside Branch NYPL, NY NY- 2018/2015: ‘EV(E)OLUTION’
Rockefeller State Park Preserve Art Gallery, Sleepy Hollow, NY – 2017-2016: Crackle
Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, NY NY – 2016-2013: Annual Juried
440 Gallery, Brooklyn New York – 2016/2014: 10th Annual Juried Small Works
Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery at Vytlacil, Art Students League, NY – 2016: Summer Juried
WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center), Brooklyn, NY – 2016: The Horror Show!
Audubon Artists, NY NY – 2016-2014: Annual Juried Exhibition
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn New York – 2016: Post Card Show
Littlefield Gallery, Brooklyn NY – 2016: Opus Openings
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY –2016: Recycle – Natl Juried
NAWA Gallery, NY, NY-Natl Assoc of Women Artists 2016-2013 – Juried Small Works
Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY –2016-2013: ‘Works On Paper’
WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center), Brooklyn, NY – 2015: WAH BRIDGES TO MAN’S BEST FRIEND: “DOG”
Salmagundi Club, NY NY – 2015-2013: Black and White and Noble Nocturne Shows
Aljira Gallery, Newark NJ – 2015: Studio Montclair Viewpoints
Novella Gallery, NY NY – 2015: Eumetadotos Show with Paddle8 Auctions
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY – 2014: Juried Small Works
Watercooler Gallery, Tarrytown NY – 2014: Solo Show – ‘Collages’
New York Hall of Science , Queens NY – 2014: SCIENCE INSPIRES ART exhibition
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY – 2011/2014: Wide Open2 Natl Juried
WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center), Brooklyn, NY – 2014: PAPERWORKS UNBOUND I/II
Producers Club, NY NY – 2014: Solo Show’The Divine Heart’
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT – 2011-2014: Art Society Old Greenwich Open Juried
Riverside Public Library, NY NY 2014-2015 ‘Ev(e)olution’
Estrogenius Arts Festival, NY NY-2013
WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center), Brooklyn, NY – 2013 ‘Toxicity’
Harrison Council for the Arts Gallery, Harrison, NY- 2013 Solo Show: ‘Rites of Passage’
Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY – 2013: ‘Lost and Found in Yonkers’
Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY – 2013: Annual Open Juried Small Works
Salmagundi Club, NY NY – 2010 & 2012: 33rd & 35th Juried Painting & Sculpture Non-Members
Betty Barker Gallery, New Canaan CT – 2012: smallWORK Exhibition
Focal Point Gallery, City Island NY – 2012: Bridging the Gap
Flywheel Gallery, Piermont NY – 2012 ATTITUDE 1st Annual Juried Show.
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan CT – 2012: “SPECTRUM” 23rd Annual Exhibit
Natl Assoc of Women Artists (NAWA), NY NY- 2012: Juried Small Works Exhibit
JCC of Westchester, Scarsdale NY – 2012: 1st Annual NRAA Group Exhibit
Pen & Brush Gallery, NY NY – 2011: Art Day Extravaganza
New Rochelle Art Association, NR NY – 2011: 96th Annual Open Juried Exhibit
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT – 2011: Devil is in the Details
Easton Arts Council, Easton CT – 2011: Art in the Country – Regional Juried Show
Katonah Museum Artists’ Association, Katonah NY – 2011: Annual Juried Exhibition
Convent of St Cecilia Gallery, Brooklyn NY 2011: Juried Exhibit “32 Below”
Claude Gallery, Eastchester NY – 2010: Juried Exhibition “Orange Juiced”
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NY NY-2010: Naked Measures
Rogue Space Chelsea, NY NY – 2010: International Juried Sculpture Exhibition
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY – 2010: It’s Not Broken – It’s Art
New Rochelle Council On the Arts, New Rochelle NY – 2010: Utopioptix
Micro Museum, Brooklyn NY – 2010: Signature Power: Legends & Other Myths
Martucci Gallery, Irvington NY – 2009: Solo Show- Fossils to Futures
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY – 2009: Contemporary Confrontations
Agni Gallery, NY NY – 2008: Aliens & Zombies
Gallery XIV, Boston MA – 2008: Apolitic
Fountainhead Gallery, NY NY – 2008: Relics & Remembrances
EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________
Art Students League, NY NY, 2017 – present
S.U.N.Y. Westchester Art Workshops
M.S., Long Island University, B.S., Herbert H. Lehman College
Private Studies: Peter Jerry, TJ Donleavy, Lester Zakarin, George Peter
Juried Member: Salmagundi Club, Natl Assoc of Women Artists, Audubon Artists
AWARDS __________________________________________________
2018 – Blue Dot Winner – Harriman Mason Gallery, NY NY – Art Students League: Bronze
2018 – Ganesvoort Award for Excellence – Salmagundi Club – Greenwich Village Exhibition
2017 – Best in Show Runner Up – Art House NYC, NY NY The Grow Show
2016 – Certificate of Merit Award, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY “Affordable Art Show”
2015 – M Liebes Harris Memorial Award Sculpture NAWA, NY NY126th Annual Members Show
2015 – Richman Sculpture Award. Salmagundi Club, Black and White Exhibition
2014 – Best in Show Runner Up. Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY Juried Small Works
2014 – Certificate of Merit Award. Salmagundi Club, NY NY Summer Exhibition
2013 – 1st Place Sculpture Salmagundi Club, NY NY ‘Singular Visions’
2013 Article – Kolaj Magazine (issue 6) “First Person Reviewer”
2013 – 3rd Best in Show NAWA, NY NY ‘Clothing Optional’
2009-2014 – ASOG: Sculpture- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place, HM; Mixed Media- 3rd, HM
2012 Article – Daily Sleepy Hollow/Westchester Publications “Hudson River Helps Artist Create”
2011 2nd Place Sculpture; NRAA Adolph Grant Award Show
2010 – Salmagundi Club Award for Sculpture – Open Juried Exhibition
2010 Featured Artist – Katonah Museum of Art Lecture Series
2007 Best in Show – Spectrum: The Chakra Element-Blue Series Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY