Selected Exhibitions and Awards

2024

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    2023

    • In the Window on 57th Street – The Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY. August – December 2024.
    • Instructors Salon 2023 – The Art Students League of New York, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery – New York City. September 2023
    • Tenuous Threads - Part 1 - Group Exhibition at Atlantic Gallery, New York City. Curated by Particia Miranda. January 24 - February 11, 2023. Opening Reception: January 26, 2023, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Exhibition Catalog (PDF).

    2022

    2021

    2020

    2019

    2018

    2017

    2016 - 2017

    • New York Artist Equity Membership InvitationalEquity Gallery – New York City – Group Exhibition Jurors: David Clements, Associate Director, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery; Jill Conner, Art Critic, Curator and Founder of AS Artists Studios; Emie Diamond, Founder of The Curateur Collective; Peter Gynd, Artist, Independent Curator and Director of Lesley Heller Workspace; and Emily Lenz, Director of D. Wigmore Fine Art.

    2016

    2015

    2014

    2013

    • Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 24, Fall/Winter 2013 Juried Artist Catalog – The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA – Juror: Barbara O'Brien, Director – Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
    • Seven: International Encaustic Conference Juried ShowTruro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill – Truro, Massachusetts – Juror: Shawn Hill, Critic, Art New England
    • RED – Group Exhibition – A gallery – Provincetown, Massachusetts – Jurors: Adam and Marian Peck, Directors, A gallery
    • Instructors Exhibition: Seventh International Encaustic ConferenceThe Schoolhouse Gallery – Provincetown, Massachusetts
    • Instructors Exhibition 2013 – Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art Students League of New York – New York City

    2012

    • National Juried Encaustic ExhibitionEncaustic Art Institute – Cerrillos, New Mexico – Jurors: Ellen Koment & Mark Di Prima, Sales Director, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    • The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, RemadeTruro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill – Truro, MA – Curator: Supria Karmakar
    • WAX: Contemporary Encaustic WorksPajaro Arts Council – Watsonville, CA – Jurors: Wendy Aikin and Daniella Woolf
    • Painting: Color Dominates 2012 – an Online Group Exhibition at the Evans Encaustics Blog – Juror: Hylla Evans (February 2012)

    2011

    2010

    • Accrochage – Summer 2010 – A Multi–Media Exhibition of Works by Gallery & New ArtistsKouros Gallery, New York City
    • Studio Visit Magazine – Spring 2011 Juried Artist Catalog – The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA – Juror: Beth Venn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Senior Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum, NJ

    2009

    • Solo Exhibition – Altogether ElsewhereSaint Peter's Church, Narthex Gallery, Citigroup Center, New York City
    • Accrochage 2009 – New & Established Talent at Kouros GalleryKouros Gallery, New York City
    • Studio Visit Magazine ‐ Spring 2010 Juried Artist Catalog – The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA – Juror: Steven Zevitas, Director, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

    2008

    • Accrochage – New & Established Talent at Kouros GalleryKouros Gallery, New York City
    • Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 3, Fall 2008 Juried Artist Catalog – The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA – Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA

    2007

    • Accrochage – Gallery Artists & New Artists at Kouros GalleryKouros Gallery, New York City
    • 18th National Juried ExhibitionViridian Artists Inc., New York City – Juror: Charlotta Kotic, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

    2006

    • Summer InvitationalDenise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., New York City
    • Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Monmouth, NJ – Invited Artist – Juror: Laura Kruger, Curator, Skirball Museum/HUC–JIR, New York City

    2005

    • The League Then and Now – The Art Students League of New York, New York City
    • Sources – Roseline Koener Atelier, Westhampton, NY – International Group Exhibition
    • First Award Exhibition – The Art Students League of New York, New York City

    2004

    • Small Works – 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York City – 27th Annual Competition & Exhibition – Juror: Molly Barnes, Studio 18 & Molly Barnes Gallery, New York City
    • Concours – The Art Students League of New York, New York City – Special Recognition
  • Positions

    Presently –
    Since 2013
    Instructor – ‘Mixed Media, Collage, Painting and Dimensional Art’The Art Students League of New York – New York City
    Presently –
    Since 2009
    Workshop Instructor – ‘Introduction to Encaustic Painting: Basics and Beyond’, ‘Encaustic Monotype Printmaking’ & ‘Encaustic in Three Dimensions’ – The Art Students League of New York – New York City & Vytlacil Campus (Sparkill, NY)
    Presently –
    Since 2014
    Moderator – ProWax Forum – Online discussion group where questions regarding encaustic materials, technique, and vision are answered by professionals working in the medium
    2014 – 2018
    Feature Artworks Editor – ProWax Journal – A quarterly online publication for professional artists working in the medium of encaustic.
    2014 – 2017
    Workshop Instructor – Beginning EncausticTruro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill – In conjunction with the International Encaustic Conference – Truro, Massachusetts
    2013 – 2017
    Presenter – Basics: Introduction to EncausticInternational Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, Massachusetts
    2016
    Workshop Instructor – Casting Shadows - Beyond the Brush with Fanne Fernow and Deborah WiniarskiTruro Center for The Arts at Castle Hill – In conjunction with the Tenth International Encaustic Conference – Truro, Massachusetts
    2014
    Workshop Instructor – Encaustic Monotype Printmaking – The Studios of Key West – Key West, Florida
    March 2012
    Introduction to Encaustic Methods and Materials – Demonstration of basic methods and materials of encaustic painting – Phyllis Harris Mason Gallery, The Art Students League of New York, NYC
    September 2011
    January 2012
    Organizer/Moderator/Speaker – ‘Encaustic Forum Talk Series’ – The Art Students League of New York, NYC – Guest Speakers: Dr. Gail Stavitsky, Art Historian & Chief Curator at Montclair Art Museum, and Joanne Mattera, artist, author of ‘The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax ’ and the ‘Joanne Mattera Art Blog’, and founder/director of the International Encaustic Conference.
    July 2009
    Invited Guest Artist and Speaker: Bruce Dorfman, ‘Approaches To Looking At Your Own Art’ – The Art Students League of New York – Vytlacil Campus, Sparkill, NY
    September 2007
    Workshop Presenter – ‘Stretcher Building & Canvas Preparation’ – Studio 16, The Art Students League of New York, NYC
    2006 – Present
    Art Photographer & Graphic Designer – Riverside Graphics
    2003 – 2005
    Teaching Assistant – The Art Students League of New York, NYC
    2001 – 2004
    Workshop Developer / Professional Development Trainer – NYC
    1999 – 2000
    Curriculum Supervisor – Clarkstown Central School District, Clarkstown, NY
    1992 – 1999
    Educator / Elementary Education Curriculum Supervisor – NYC Public Schools

    Lectures / Curatorial Projects

    2017
    Winiarski, Deborah. The Art of Appropriation – Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art Students League of New York, New York, New York. November 2017. Lecture Video.
    Fanne Fernow and Deborah Winiarski – The Ethics of Appropriation 11th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, Massachusetts
    Fanne Fernow and Deborah Winiarski – Being in Community: Miss Manners Meets ArtZilla11th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, Massachusetts
    2015
    Casting Shadows: Work in Dimension and Relief curated by Deborah Winiarski – Julie Heller East – Provincetown, Massachusetts. Exhibition Artists: Fanne Fernow, Milisa Galazzi, Lynette Haggard, Deborah Winiarski, Nancy Youdelman. Exhibition catalog.

    Bibliography

    Listed

    • Who's Who in American Art. New Providence, NJ. Marquis Who's Who (since 2006)
    • New York Artists Equity Association, Inc., New York, NY

    Professional Affiliations

    • The Art Students League of New York - Life Member
    • Artists Fellowship Inc.
    • New York Artists Equity Association, Inc.

    Education

    • The Art Students League of New York – New York, New York
    • Studio Giambo – Florence, Italy
    • Arte School of Art and Photography – Florence, Italy
    • Queens College – Flushing, NY – B. A. / M. S.

    The Artist

    • Lives and works in New York City

    © 2023 DEBORAH WINIARSKI