California Institute of the Arts, MFA, School of Art 1990 The School of the Art Institute at Chicago, BFA, Painting 1987 Baylor University, B.S. Education, Art and English 1984
Solo Exhibitions
2008 The Edge of Sight Ibis Café, Logan, Utah 1997 Ur-Phenomena Sidestreet Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Los Caprichos The Library, Long Beach, CA
1993 Sight Unseen SPARC, Venice, CA In collaboration with Leslie Ernst
1992 Sight Unseen Franklin Furnace, New York, NY In collaboration with Leslie Ernst,
Group Exhibitions
2017 All Together Now: CalArts Alums of Boston, Spencer Lofts Gallery
2013 Faculty Show Utah State University, Logan Utah
2000 Reproductive Filters Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA Art InTents Newtown exhibition, Hahamonga Park,Pasadena
1996 Trans-Inter-Post University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California Detours Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Female Trouble The City College Gallery, New York, NY Addressing Herself The Lab, San Francisco, CA
1993 LA Preserved Street installation, “FAR Parked" L. A. Art Fair, In collaboration with Lisa Schoyer Site Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA LA River Bed Street Installation, "FAR Parked", Venice Art Walk, In collaboration with Lisa Schoyer
1992 Emergency Earthquake Supply Room - FAR Bizarre, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles In collaboration with Lisa Schoyer Issue of Choice Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.),
1991 Fabric of Life Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA In collaboration with Leslie Ernst Coast to Coast The Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL In collaboration with Leslie Ernst Who’s Caring Resources for and Responses to Women with HIV/AIDS, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies In collaboration with Leslie Ernst
Experience
Interim Deputy Director The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012 – 2013
Managed the day-to-day operations of the museum; maintained the exhibition schedule; managed the security of the building and the collection; built a team of 16 student gallery guards; installed exhibitions
Collaborated with faculty on educational programming and class visit schedule
Liaised with donors; developed relations; solicited private donations, object loans and gifts; lead VIP tours
Researched new acquisitions; oversaw cataloging process; addressed conservation and related issues as applicable
Designed 3 exhibitions annually of contemporary American art with a focus on California and Western States artists
Oversaw exhibition installation and deinstallation; shipping; lighting; insurance; condition reports and other related documentation; temporary storage of loaned works
Oversaw collections management; review and upgrade storage procedures as necessary; worked with registrar to ensure safety and proper documentation of collection; work with conservator on creating list of priorities for collection conservation
Wrote grants and create related reports; Utah Division of Arts and Museum Nonprofit Arts Organization Sustainability Operating Grant and Museum Project Grant
Curator of Exhibitions and Programs The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2008 – 2012
Curated 3 exhibitions annually of contemporary American art with a focus on California and Western States artists
Created related program of events, panels and speeches; arranged for visiting artists and other guests to lecture; hosted gallery talks
Completed research projects pertaining to permanent collection’s provenance and history
Oversaw collections management; reviewed and upgrade storage procedures as necessary; worked with registrar to ensure safety and proper documentation of collection
Exhibitions included: Female + Form, The Influence of Comics on Contemporary Art, Uses of the Real, EcoVisionaries: Designs for Living on Earth, Idea: Conceptual Art from the 1970s, and Industrial Ethos
Web Designer
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2004 – 2008
Maintained museums website, wrote press releases, helped with exhibit installation
Graphics Production Manager, Sumanas Inc., Los Angeles, CA
1999 – 2002
Converted University textbooks into digital media
Integrated videos, animations, calculators and experiment simulation into CD-ROM's for university level science and humanities textbooks
Converted material into on-line courses
Facilities Manager, Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1995 – 1999
Maintained and repaired museum facilities; provided quality control on construction projects
Supervised custodial and maintenance staff; managed technical support for education events such as lectures, concerts and children’s programming
Carried out design and production of signs and gallery labels; completed preparation for and supervision of the museum during movie premieres and other events
Facilities Assistant/Preparator, Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1991 – 1995
Teaching Experience
Classes taught Utah State University 2006-2012
Introduction to Art (On line)
Elementary Art Education
Drawing I
The Art Museum - Curatorial Practice
Participated in statewide curriculum committee for Introduction to Art (On line) 2012
Independent Curatorial and Jury Projects
2012 Curator, Utah Museum of Fine, University of Utah, Art Faculty show
2011 Juror, 3rd annual Juried Exhibition Carr Gallery, Idaho Falls Arts Council
2010 Juror, “Art of Our Century,” Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University
1997 California Digital Arts Workshop, American Film Institute, Los Angeles CA
1997 Curator “Bioethics”, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Just Take This; Women, Pain, Medical History, Side Street Publications Spring, 1994.
Text/Image, Deborah Edwards and Leslie Ernst, Oversight, #3, p.26-27 Spring 1992.
Kerr and Malley, Deborah Edwards and Leslie Ernst, New Art Examiner, p.38, November, 1991.
Positioning the Viewer in Light of Perspective, Symposium: Psychoanalysis and the Field of Vision, p.15, ed. Deborah Edwards, Mary Kelly, Lyn Miller, Jane Rubin, 1989.
2022 Roe v Wade Overturned Artist Respond Western Ave Studios, Lowell MA
2022 Loading Dock Gallery Western Ave Studios, Lowell MA