| Debra Sachs- biography |
Debra Sachs has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in the US and abroad. She has been
the recipient of numerous awards, including two New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowships and
an NEA regional fellowship through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Her work is included in many
private, museum and corporate collections as well as the US embassy in Thailand. She received her
BFA in painting from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and her MA in art from the University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque. Debra also works in partnership with MarilynKeating on public art and studio
projects at The South Jersey Museum of Curiosities. They also make custom designed canes and
walking sticks.
EDUCATION
1976-1978 M.A. in Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
1971-1975 B.F.A. in Painting, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1973 Tyler School of Art in Rome, Rome, Italy
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
AmSouth Bancorporation, Birmingham, AL.
Bell Atlantic, Phila., Pa.
CB Commercial/Interstate Realty Corp, Memphis, Tn.
Camden County Collection, N.J.
Hechinger Collection, Washington, D.C.
Hotel Parisi, LaHoya, Ca.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, N.J.
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, N.J.
New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick, N.J.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.
Newark Public Library, Newark, N.J.
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J.
Montclair Museum, Montclair, N.J.
Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.
Mrs. Smith (Mrs. Smith’s Pies), Pa.
RPR Company, St. Louis, Mo.
South Jersey Museum of Curiosities
Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, N.J.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Clinical Academic Building, New Brunswick, N.J.
U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Jane Vorhees Zimmerly Museum, New Brunswick, N.J.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS-SOLO
1994, 1991, 1987, 1986 Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1990 Hopkins House, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Haddon Township, N.J.
1982 Kling Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1981 Okanagan College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
CRAFT SHOWS
1997, 1996, 1995 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pa.
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois
1999 1997, 1996, 1995 ACC Craft Fair, Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.
1997 Philadelphia Furniture Show
1995 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009 Distinguished Alumnae, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1997 Fellowship Recipient, Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, New Brunswick, N.J.
Excellence in Creative Concept and Execution Award, Philadelphia Furniture Show, Phila., Pa.
1996 Best of Mixed Media, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois Fellow’s Choice Award, ACC in
Baltimore, Michael Monroe, juror
1995 NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship Recipient, New
Jersey State Council on the Arts.
1994 Best of Mixed Media, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois Prince George’s Arts Council
Award, First Place; “UNBOUND”, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Md., Jill Romanoke,
juror
1989 Solo Show Award, Hopkins House Gallery, Camden County, Margo Dolan, Juror
1988 Merit Award Winner, ASU Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Valerie Fletcher, Hirshhorn Museum,
Juror
1987 Purchase Prize for Camden County, Sande Webster, juror
1986 Fellowship Recipient, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1982 Honorarium, Please Touch Museum, Phila., Pa., in recognition of design proposal for young
children.
1981 Honorarium, Okanagan College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, for site-specific installation
in collaboration with students.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues:
“SOFA New York, 2004”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY, 2004
“100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints”, RCIPP; Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ, 2003
“WIRED: Fiber-Optic Weavings and Wire Sculpture”, brown/grotta Arts, Wilton, Ct., 2001
“New Jersey Arts Annual; Crafts Transcending Tradition”, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1998
“SOFA Chicago,1998”, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
“Breaking The Mold: New Forms for Traditional Arts”, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University,
Camden, N.J., 1997
“Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation/National Endowment for the Arts, Regional Visual Arts Fellowships,
1994 & 1995”, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Md. 1995
“New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, 1994 &1995”, The Noyes Museum,
Oceanville, N.J., 1996
“New Jersey Arts Annual; Celebrating Diversity in Crafts”, The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J., 1995
“Dreamscapes for the New Millennium”, Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, N.J., 1995
“Unbound”, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Md., 1994
“New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts”, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J., 1992
“Small Designs/Large Visions”, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, N.J., 1992
“New Expressions”, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1989
“Altered Sites”, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., 1988
“Outdoor Sculpture Competition”, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., 1988-1989
“New Jersey Arts Annual”, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1986
“Ten Southern New Jersey Artists”, Rutgers University, Camden, N.J., 1984
Media:
State of the Arts; New Jersey Network, Trenton, N.J.; 12/4/98; Angela Capprio, producer
Radio Times; ArtScape; WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, Pa.; 4/30/97; Karen Turner, interviewer
Books:
Kari Lonning, The Art of Basketry (New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2000), pp. 112-113
Jane LaFerla, Making the New Baskets (Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1999), p.118
the recipient of numerous awards, including two New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowships and
an NEA regional fellowship through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Her work is included in many
private, museum and corporate collections as well as the US embassy in Thailand. She received her
BFA in painting from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and her MA in art from the University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque. Debra also works in partnership with MarilynKeating on public art and studio
projects at The South Jersey Museum of Curiosities. They also make custom designed canes and
walking sticks.
EDUCATION
1976-1978 M.A. in Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
1971-1975 B.F.A. in Painting, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1973 Tyler School of Art in Rome, Rome, Italy
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
AmSouth Bancorporation, Birmingham, AL.
Bell Atlantic, Phila., Pa.
CB Commercial/Interstate Realty Corp, Memphis, Tn.
Camden County Collection, N.J.
Hechinger Collection, Washington, D.C.
Hotel Parisi, LaHoya, Ca.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, N.J.
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, N.J.
New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick, N.J.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.
Newark Public Library, Newark, N.J.
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J.
Montclair Museum, Montclair, N.J.
Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.
Mrs. Smith (Mrs. Smith’s Pies), Pa.
RPR Company, St. Louis, Mo.
South Jersey Museum of Curiosities
Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, N.J.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Clinical Academic Building, New Brunswick, N.J.
U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Jane Vorhees Zimmerly Museum, New Brunswick, N.J.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS-SOLO
1994, 1991, 1987, 1986 Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1990 Hopkins House, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Haddon Township, N.J.
1982 Kling Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1981 Okanagan College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
CRAFT SHOWS
1997, 1996, 1995 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pa.
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois
1999 1997, 1996, 1995 ACC Craft Fair, Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.
1997 Philadelphia Furniture Show
1995 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009 Distinguished Alumnae, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1997 Fellowship Recipient, Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, New Brunswick, N.J.
Excellence in Creative Concept and Execution Award, Philadelphia Furniture Show, Phila., Pa.
1996 Best of Mixed Media, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois Fellow’s Choice Award, ACC in
Baltimore, Michael Monroe, juror
1995 NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship Recipient, New
Jersey State Council on the Arts.
1994 Best of Mixed Media, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois Prince George’s Arts Council
Award, First Place; “UNBOUND”, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Md., Jill Romanoke,
juror
1989 Solo Show Award, Hopkins House Gallery, Camden County, Margo Dolan, Juror
1988 Merit Award Winner, ASU Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Valerie Fletcher, Hirshhorn Museum,
Juror
1987 Purchase Prize for Camden County, Sande Webster, juror
1986 Fellowship Recipient, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1982 Honorarium, Please Touch Museum, Phila., Pa., in recognition of design proposal for young
children.
1981 Honorarium, Okanagan College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, for site-specific installation
in collaboration with students.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues:
“SOFA New York, 2004”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY, 2004
“100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints”, RCIPP; Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ, 2003
“WIRED: Fiber-Optic Weavings and Wire Sculpture”, brown/grotta Arts, Wilton, Ct., 2001
“New Jersey Arts Annual; Crafts Transcending Tradition”, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1998
“SOFA Chicago,1998”, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
“Breaking The Mold: New Forms for Traditional Arts”, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University,
Camden, N.J., 1997
“Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation/National Endowment for the Arts, Regional Visual Arts Fellowships,
1994 & 1995”, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Md. 1995
“New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, 1994 &1995”, The Noyes Museum,
Oceanville, N.J., 1996
“New Jersey Arts Annual; Celebrating Diversity in Crafts”, The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J., 1995
“Dreamscapes for the New Millennium”, Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, N.J., 1995
“Unbound”, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Md., 1994
“New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts”, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J., 1992
“Small Designs/Large Visions”, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, N.J., 1992
“New Expressions”, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1989
“Altered Sites”, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., 1988
“Outdoor Sculpture Competition”, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., 1988-1989
“New Jersey Arts Annual”, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J., 1986
“Ten Southern New Jersey Artists”, Rutgers University, Camden, N.J., 1984
Media:
State of the Arts; New Jersey Network, Trenton, N.J.; 12/4/98; Angela Capprio, producer
Radio Times; ArtScape; WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, Pa.; 4/30/97; Karen Turner, interviewer
Books:
Kari Lonning, The Art of Basketry (New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2000), pp. 112-113
Jane LaFerla, Making the New Baskets (Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1999), p.118
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