Debra
M. Sachs
P.O.
Box 592
Gloucester
City, N.J. 08030
p (856) 209-6356
sjmoc@comcast.net www.sjmoc.com www.debrasachs.com
PROFILE
I
have been a working artist with a focus on sculpture and painting my whole
adult life. I also make works of public
art in partnership with the artist, Marilyn Keating. We have completed works at the New Jersey
Pinelands Commission Office Building, The Vineland Children’s School,
Atlanticare Hospitals, Haddonfield PATCO Station, and the Philadelphia PATCO
subway station (9th/10th & Locust Sts.).
I have received numerous awards for recognition in both sculpture and
craft including a George & Helen Segal grant, two NJSCA fellowships, and an
NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. I have exhibited in several solo and group
shows. I have work in many corporate
collections, museums and the US embassy in Thailand.
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
PUBLIC
ART
2011 Campus Center, Stockton College, Waders and
Flockers; 5 carved
and painted wood sculptures (w M. Keating)
2009 Moore College of Art and
Design, Phila., Pa, “Charm Sticks”; wood and metal sculpture (w M. Keating)
2007
Atlanticare Harmony Pavilion Hospital Lobby, Atlantic City, NJ, wood applique
tryptich (w M. Keating).
2005
AtlantiCare Center For Childbirth Emergency Room, Mays
Landing, NJ, wood applique (w M. Keating)
2003-04
Haddonfield Lotto; 2004; head house wall is 24”x108”, escalator wall is
72”x72”, remaining wall is 72”x54”; this project depicts specific and general
images relating to the town of Haddonfield, NJ.
Each 18”x24” image consists of jigsaw mosaic tiles set in steel
pans. Inspired by the game of lotto, each
wall is designed to look like giant game boards. (with Marilyn Keating) Commissioned
by PATCO and DRPA for NJ station.
2002
Checkered Columns: 2002; 90”x22”x22” ea;
patinated cast aluminum blocks, which reflect the surrounding architecture,
including the scalloped ceilings and steel railings, combined with Mayan
imagery. Commissioned by PATCO and DRPA
for a Philadelphia subway station.
2002
This Way Out: 9th/10th and Locust Sts.
Subway Station, Phila., Pa.; 2002; 10”x3oo’x1”; hand made tiles interspersed
with commercial tiles and set in steel pans.
Hand carved tiles depicts 20 different styles of shoes exiting the
station, as well as signage. The images
of feet crowd the area where passengers exit the turnstiles and become
increasingly less frequent near the exits. Commissioned by PATCO and DRPA for a
Philadelphia subway station.
2003
River Rail Revival, consultant:(art elements for 19 train stations constituting
the Southern New Jersey Light Rails, Trenton-Camden, NJ (Marilyn Keating,
Katherine Hackl and Hiroshi Murata)
2005
Learn, Thrive, Grow; 2005; 9’x50’x3’; A union between a low relief tile wall
mural and a living garden. The mural is
made of dimensional tiles applied to three areas of the Learning Center’s
exterior wall. Hardy perennial grasses
and low growing evergreens were planted to compliment the mural design. Plants are just becoming established and
complimentary gardening is being included in the curriculum. Commissioned by
the State of New Jersey for the Vineland Children’s School (emotionally
disturbed children). (w M. Keating)
2001
New Jersey Pinelands Commission Office Building, New Lisbon, New Jersey), wood
applique for vestibule wall and reception desk areas; (with Marilyn Keating)
2000
Consultant to Art Soup; Rutgers University, Camden, N.J., for a tile facade on
the entryways of passenger tunnel under Benjamin Franklin Bridge
1999
Consultant to Art Soup; Rutgers University, Camden, N.J., for suspended sculptures at the Walt
Rand Transportation Center
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.
Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tx.
Institute
for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ
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 AND TWO PERSON
2014 Going Solo and Tandem,
Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ, (with Marilyn Keating)
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
SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS-GROUP
2020
Cross Currents: Water/Art/Influence: browngrotta arts; Virtual Exhibit; https://www.artsy.net/show/browngrotta-arts-cross-currents-water-slash-art-slash-influence
2019 Artists from the Grotta
Collection: browngrotta arts; Wilton, Ct.
2019 Crafting Narratives; Art-In-City-Hall:
Bruce Hoffman, juror
2019
Moore Alumni Exhibition; Phila, Pa. Emily Zilber, juror, (Best In Show Award)
2018 Blue/Green: browngrotta
Arts, Wilton, Ct.
2016-2018 Art in Embassies, US Embassy, Panama City, Panama
2016 ARTBOOM, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT.
2014 Small…but not restricted, Moore College of
Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pa.
2013-2014 Collaboration,
Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. (with M. Keating)
2012 Retro/Prospective: 25+ Years Of Art Textiles and Sculpture, browngrotta arts, Wilton, Ct.
Materiality, Moore College of Art
and Design, Philadelphia, Pa.
2010 Southern New Jersey Artists Redux, Stedman
Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Nancy McGuire,
curator
NJ Arts Annual, 2010 New Jersey Arts
Annual: Fine Art, “Reality &
Artifice.” NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2009 10th Wave III:
browngrotta ARTS; Wilton, Ct
2008 Art of the Table: Artifact
Design Group; Wilton, Ct.
7 Visions: Wood as Fiber, Wood Turning Center,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Receive React Respond, Moore College of Art and
Design, Philadelphia, Pa., Paul Hubbard, Jeanne Jaffe, Jennie Shanker, jurors
2005 SOFA New York, brown/grotta ARTS, NYC, NY
Palm Beach Contemporary, brown/grotta
ARTS, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2004 SOFA Chicago, brown/grotta
ARTS, Chicago, Il.
SOFA New York, brown/grotta ARTS, NYC, NY
Palm Beach Contemporary, brown/grotta
ARTS, West Palm Beach, Fla.
2003 SOFA Chicago, brown/grotta
ARTS, Chicago, Il.
ISC@GFS, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton,
NJ., Helen Escobedo, Steve Nash, Carter Radcliff, jurors
SOFA New York, brown/grotta ARTS, NYC, NY
The Common Thread, Westport Arts Center,
Westport, Ct., brown/grotta curators
2002-2003 100 New Jersey Artists Make
Prints, New Jersey State Museum,
Trenton, NJ; The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; The Noyes Museum, Oceanville,
NJ
2002 SOFA Chicago, brown/grotta
ARTS, Wilton, Ct.
SOFA New York, brown/grotta ARTS,
NYC, NY
Other Materials Other Forms,
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Ct., Jackie Abrams, curator
2001 Wired Works, brown/grotta Gallery, Wilton,
Ct.
SOFA New York, brown/grotta ARTS,
NYC, NY
1999 Handmade For The New
Millennium: Messiah College, Grantham, Pa.
Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte,
N.C.
Art in the Open: The Peters Valley Gallery Without Walls,
various sites, Morristown, N.J.
1998 Modus Operandi; A Survey of
Contemporary Fiber, Snyderman/Works, Philadelphia, Pa.
N.J. Arts Annual, Noyes Museum,
Oceanville, N.J.
SOFA Chicago, Albers Gallery,
Memphis, Tn.
1997 Treasures From the Stacks,
Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tn.
SOFA Chicago, Albers Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
Contemporary Art Baskets, The Ohio
Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, JoAnn H. Stevens, curator
Baskets Revisited, Nancy Sachs
Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
Seven from the Seventies, Levy
Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa., Deborah Allen, curator
Breaking the Mold: New Forms for
Traditional Arts, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, N. J.
1996 In and Out of
THE BOX (art work using the computer), Nexus, Philadelphia, Pa.
N.J. State Council on the Arts
Fellowship Exhibition 1994-95, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, N.J.
Connections: Nexus Foundation for
Today’s Art at Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pa.
1995 “New Jersey Arts Annual;
Celebrating Diversity in Crafts”, The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.
“I.D.”, Nexus, Foundation for Today’s
Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
“Dreamscapes for the New Millennium”,
Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, N.J.
“In Search of Excellence”, New Jersey
Designer Craftsmen, New Brunswick, N.J.,
Montclair State University,
Montclair, N.J.
1994 “A Group of Grids”,
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
“Unbound”, Harmony Hall Regional
Center, Fort Washington, Md., Jill Romanoke, juror
Three Rivers Arts Festival,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Madeleine Grynsztejn, juror
“Experiential Fiber”, Nexus, Foundation for
Today’s Art, Phila., Pa.
Images of the Family”, Borowsky Gallery,
Phila., Pa., Anne Raman, curator
“Nexus at Viridian”, Viridian
Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
1993 “The Art of Dressing:
From Costume to Sculpture”, Borowsky Gallery, Phila., Pa., Anne Raman, Curator
“Alternatives”, Nexus, Foundation for
Today’s Art, Phila., Pa.
1992 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts”, New Jersey
State Museum, Trenton, N.J.
“Visions for the ‘90s”, CIGNA Museum
and Art Collection, Philadelphia, Pa.
“SCULPTURE: Explorations”, Borowsky
Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Anne Raman, Curator
“Sculptural Variations”, Nexus,
Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1991 “Partners in the Arts in
Southern N.J.”, Perkins Center for the Arts,
Moorestown, N.J.
Annual Juried Art Show, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon
Twp.,N.J.,Deborah Jordy,Denver Art Museum, juror
1990 “Nexus Steps Over Jesse
Helms into the Nineties”, Nexus Gallery,
Phila., Pa.
Amos Eno Gallery, New York City, N.Y.
1989 “New Expressions”, Noyes
Museum, Oceanville, N.J., Deborah Allen, Curator
“Art Around the Edges”, Port of
History Museum, Phila., Pa.
1988 “Altered Sites”,
Fairmount Park, Phila., Pa., Marsha Moss, Curator
Outdoor Sculpture Competition,
Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.,
Valerie Fletcher, Hirshhorn Museum, Juror
Essex County Annual Juried Art Show,
Roseland, N.J., Judith Brodsky, Adolph Conrad, Jurors
1987 “Sculpture 1987”,
Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, N.J., Vivien Raynor, New York Times, Juror
New Jersey Fellowship Show, Morris
Museum, Morristown, N.J.
“Connections and Contrasts”, 1708 E.
Main Street, Richmond, Va.
CRAFT
SHOWS
1997,
1996, 95 Philadelphia
Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pa.
1997,
1996, 95, 94 American
Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois
1999,
1997, 1996, 95 ACC
Craft Fair, Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.
1997 Philadelphia Furniture Show
1995 Smithsonian Craft Show,
Washington, D.C.
SELECTED
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2010 George & Helen Segal
Foundation, grant for sculpture
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:
Blue/Green:
browngrotta Arts, Wilton, Ct., 2018
Art
In Embassies Exhibition: United States Embassy Panama,
2016
ARTBOOM:
Celebrating Artists Mid-Century, Mid-Career, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT.,
2016
“Retro/Prospective:
25+ Years Of Art Textiles and Sculpture”, browngrotta
arts, Wilton, Ct., 2012
“Reality
and Artifice”, NJ Arts Annual: Fine Art; NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2010
“10th
Wave III”, browngrotta Arts, Wilton, Ct., 2009
“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
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Adelson,
Fred B., “Art Season Offers…..”, Courier Post, Sep.,
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Riordan, Kevin, Their Museum of Curiosities, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 17, 2013, B1 & B8
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Eileen. “Extending a Hand”, Sunday Star
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Karyn. “Who’s Hot”, Asbury Park Sunday
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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
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GALLERY
REPRESENTATIVE
browngrotta
arts, Wilton, Ct.
RELATED
WORK EXPERIENCE
2002-2013, President, South Jersey Museum Of
Curiosities (SJMOC LLP)
2011-2013,
Future Artists Now, Inc., Gloucester City, NJ, Board of Directors
2003 Presenter, Public Art Symposium,
Gloucester County College, Sewell, N.J.
2002
Panelist for Fellowships in Crafts for Pa., Md. and De., Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation, Baltimore, Md.
1993-1997 Board
Member, Camden County Cultural and
Heritage Commission, Camden County, N.J.
1984-1997 Artist/Member,
Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1994 Curator, “You Are What You
Keep”, an exhibition of artists’ precious possessions for the Camden
County Cultural and Heritage Commission,
Camden County, N.J.
1993-95 Grant Review
Panelist, Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission Block Grant Program,
Camden County, N.J.
1993 Curator, “Inside Out”, an
exhibition of non-traditional portraits for the Camden County Cultural
and Heritage Commission
1992 Curator, “Small Designs/Large
Visions”, an exhibition of small sculpture for the Camden County
Cultural and Heritage Commission
1986-1989 Senior Adjunct
Instructor of Design and Drawing, Burlington County College, Pemberton, N.J.
1986-1988 Demonstration/Workshop
Leader, Teen Arts Festival, Camden County, N.J.
1986 Curator, “Floor to Ceiling”,
an exhibition of sculpture for the Camden County Cultural and
Heritage Commission
1985-1988 Treasurer NEXUS--Now
Foundation for Today’s Art, Phila., Pa.
1985 Artist-in-Residence, Lakeland
Home, Camden County, N.J.
1976-1978 Teaching
Assistant, Basic Art and Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.