1978 M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
1976 B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Lesley Heller, New York
2006 Lesley Heller, New York
2005 Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, World Financial Center, NY
2005 Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2003 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York
2003 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2003 Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2002 Travis Tower, Houston, curated by Julie Kinzelman
2001 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York
2000 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
1998 Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York
1996 Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1996 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1995 Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans
1994 Modernism, San Francisco
1994 LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1992 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1991 Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1990 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1989 Robischon Gallery, Denver
1989 Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami
1988 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1988 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1987, 85 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
1986 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 "Green is the New Black," Melanee Cooper, Chicago
2007 "Surf and Tuf," Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2006 "Animal House," Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2006 "Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art"
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2005 "City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program,
Center for Architecture, New York
2005 "Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Celebrating 20
Years of Public Art, UBS Art Gallery, New York
2005 "Sky, Land, Water," Work from the Permanent Collection
Art Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi
2004 "Fake Plastic Trees," Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
2003 "Suspended Narratives," University of Rhode Island
2003 "Unlikely Portraits," Miller Block Gallery, Boston
2003 "Dog Show," Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2002 "Inner Light: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California
2002 "In the Garden," Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle
2001 "New Prints," International Print Center, New York
2000 "The Dog and Pony Show," The Workspace, New York
1999 "Water," Gibbes Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
1999 "Wildflowers," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1996 "Anima Mundi," James Graham Gallery, New York
1993 "Undercurrents," Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1984 "Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

SELECTED AWARDS

2005 Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres, Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, The Monacelli Press, New York, p.172
2006 Ken Johnson, "DeCordova's ‘Ape' is an Entertaining Bestiary," The Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, 15 September
2006 Rachel Lafo, "Going Ape:Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art," exhibition catalog, DeCordova Museum, p. 10
2005 Eleanor Heartney et al, City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program, Merrell Publishers Limited, London, p. 125
2004 "Artist of the Week," Metro New York, 16 December, p. 17
2004 James Gardner, "Museum without Walls," NYPost, 4/24, p. 6
2003 Elisa Turner, "Tropical Twist," The Miami Herald.com, 3/30/03
2003 Cate McQuaid, "Portraits," Boston Globe, 28 March, p. D18
2003 New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, Massachusetts, Number 44, pp. 14-17
2003 Robert O'Harrow, "Tunnel Visions," The Washington Post, 16 February, pp. E1 and 4
2002 Julia Szabo, "Breeds Apart," New York Post, 5 May, p. 60
2001 Reena Jana, "New York Reviews," ARTnews, October, p. 174
2001 Ken Johnson, "Art Guide," The New York Times, 1 June, p. E34
2001 Charlie Finch, "Deborah Brown Paints Dogs: Looking Down on Man's Best Friend," Artnet, 23 April
2001 Bonnie Biles, "Gallery Watch," Art & Antiques, May, pp. 36, 38
2000 Lorraine B. Diehl, "Metropolitan Masterpieces," Daily News, 6 August , cover, "Lifeline"
1998 Ken Johnson, "Art Guide," The New York Times, 3 July, p. E34
1998 Andrew Long, "Openings," Art & Antiques, Summer, p. 32
1998 David W. Dunlap, "Next Stop, Murals; Change Here for Uptown Sculpture," The New York Times, 1 May, p. E52
1996 Carol Vogel, "Beyond Museum Precincts, The City As Gallery," The New York Times, 22 January, pp. C11-12
1995 Grace Glueck, "Prowling the City for Art?" The New York Observer, vol. 9, no. 31, 14 August, p. 18
1994 George Melrod, "Something Wild," Mirabella, August, pp . 40-42
1993 Edward J. Sozanski, "Nine Artists Show Frailty of Water Environments," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 March
1991 Gerrit Henry, "New York Reviews," Art in America, April, p.168
1989 Ruth Bass, "New York Reviews," ARTnews, Jan., pp. 141-44
1988 Marlena Donohue, "The Galleries," The LA Times, 29 Jan. , p. 16

PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2007 Mosaic murals, Animal Shelter, IN PROGRESS Memphis, Tennessee, commissioned by UrbanArt Commission
2002 Mosaic roundels, Royal Caribbean Cruise Terminal, Port of Miami, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places
2001 Mosaic frieze, P.S. 178, Manhattan, commissioned by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
2000 Mosaic mural, Garfield Avenue Station, Jersey City, NJ Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit, commissioned by NJ Transit
1998 Mosaic mural, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, commissioned by Art in State Buildings Program
1994 Mosaic murals, Houston Street Subway Station, Manhattan, commissioned by New York MTA Arts for Transit

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Indianapolis Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
Bass Museum of Art, Miami
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina

SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, New York
Fullbright and Jaworski, New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York
Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York
United States Dept. of State, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia
Princess Cruises, Los Angeles
Tudor Investments, Greenwich, Connecticut
ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
Fidelity Investments, Boston
Raymond Learsy and Melva Bucksbaum, New York