Deborah Bigeleisen is a contemporary artist whose evocative paintings of natural forms encompass so much energy, movement and mystery as to be endlessly engaging. Using a single image of a flower as her subject, she captures the fleeting effect of natural phenomena and immortalizes the transitory nature of life. With her unique vision, profound sense of color and a glazing technique inherent in the 17th Century Dutch Master Paintings, Deborah’s work elicits a fresh perspective and a deep insight into the familiar.

Always captivated by the colors, patterns and textures in nature Deborah gravitated from her childhood in Los Angeles to New York City for college and her first career in textile design - where prints inspired by nature were the corner stone of the apparel and home furnishings industries. In her eighteen years as the creative force behind her own design company she earned global recognition as one of the pre-eminent design houses for floral prints.

Embarking upon her second career as a fine artist in 1998, Deborah was naturally drawn to using flora as her subject. Now, unencumbered by the technical parameters of commercial design, Deborah had the freedom of unrestricted composition combined with her love for the purity and sensuality of oil paint to explore and express her vision.

Establishing an identity with her Masters Series - an extensive collection of white roses reminiscent of Rembrandt portraits - her practice evolved to contemporary, very large in scale, magnified and dramatic interpretations alive with her atmospheric play of light and shade to her 2010 conceptual, expressive body of work based upon the theories of Chaos and Fractals.

For ten years Deborah’s work has been represented by galleries nationwide including Aspen, CO; Chicago, IL; Lahaina, HI; New Orleans, LA; New York City, NY; and Palm Beach, FL. In November 2009, Deborah’s work was selected by internationally renowned art dealer Bernice Steinbaum for feature in a juried show. Her paintings are in both private and corporate collections, have been exhibited in numerous museums, and extensively published in magazines and books including the 2009 edition of New Art International.

EDUCATION:

1969 AAS Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1998 - Present Professional Artist
1981 - 1998 Founder / CEO / Design Director - Creative Print Center, Inc., Textile Design Studio, New York, NY
1975 - 1980 Adjunct Professor, Advanced Textile Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1974 - Panel Member, Blue Ribbon Panel of Judges, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
1969 - 1980 Textile Designer / Fabric Stylist, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Gallery Savarese, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
2007 Ed Chasen Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
MAC Fine Art and Design, Las Olas, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2006 Serendipity Fine Arts, Palm Beach, FL
Gallery on Fifth, Naples, FL
2005 Embler Art Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2004 Embler Art Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Dawnlyn Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2003 The Governors Club of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL
Adrienne Vittadini / ELLE Magazine, Coral Gables, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Seven Rings Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Armory Art Center, Member Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2009 Visual Conceits: Fantasy or Reality? juried exhibition, Montgomery Galleries, West Palm Beach, FL.
curator - Bernice Steinbaum of Bernice Steinbaum Galleries, Miami, FL
Visions + Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, FL
Painting =Poetry - Sherry French Gallery, New York City, NY
Flowers in February - Sherry French Gallery, New York City, NY
Abso-BLOOMIN-lutely! juried exhibition, Palm Beach International Airport
2008 RosettaStone Fine Art, Juno Beach, FL
2007 Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2005 Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Luxe - National Association of Women Artists, OwenLawrence Gallery, Atlanta, GA
heART Goes Red For Women - juried exhibition, American Heart Association, Gallery Z, Providence, RI
Recent Works - National Association of Women Artists, City Hall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2004 Small Works - RosettaStone Fine Art Gallery, Juno Beach, FL
Embler Art Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Palm Street Art Studios Exhibition 2004 - West Palm Beach, FL
2003 Brave Destiny - juried exhibition, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
52nd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition - juried exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boca Raton, FL
Inspirations 2003- juried exhibition, Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL
The Art of Tropical Splendo - juried exhibition, American Orchid Society, Delray Beach, FL
2003/02/01 Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2002 - Freedom’s Flowers - juried exhibition, Hibel Museum of Art, Jupiter, FL
Artistic Expressions - Palm Beach Gardens City Hall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Flora South Florida - juried exhibition, Palm Beach Cultural Council, HMS Host’s Destination: Culture,
Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
Spotlight on the Arts - Women in the Visual Arts, Northwood University, West Palm Beach, FL
2001 Grove-Timmel Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
Zephyr 2001 Exhibition, Wellington, FL


2003/02/01/00/99 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2000 62nd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings - juried exhibition,
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
Europa Gallery, Mt. Dora, FL

AWARDS:

2009 Finalist, Women in the Arts, Artrom Gallery; Rome, Italy
2004 Finalist, 21st Annual Artist’s Magazine Competition, Still Life Category
2004 Finalist, 21st Annual Artist’s Magazine Competition, Experimental Category
2003 Honorable Mention, The Art of Tropical Splendor - American Orchid Society, Delray Beach, FL
2002 Honorable Mention, Women in the Visual Arts - Spotlight on the Arts - West Palm Beach, FL
2001 Merit Award, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
1969 Textile Veterans Association Irene L. Blunt Gold Medal, New York, NY

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

American Airlines
Beauté Therapies, Inc. of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL
Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
Louis Cohen, LBC Design+ Construction, Aventura, FL
Superior Florals, Miami, FL

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Mr. A. Al Sayegh, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mr. & Mrs. D. Boyles, Denver, CO
Mrs. L. Chirichella, Far Hills, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. L Cohen, Aventura, FL
Mr. & Mrs. C. DiSchino, Lake Worth, FL
Ms. E. Marshall, Palm Beach, FL
Mr. & Mrs. M. Milesi, Aspen, CO
Mrs. S. O’Neil, Aurora, OH
Mr. & Mrs. R. Parillo, Miami, FL
Mr. & Mrs. J. Politzer, New York City, NY
Mr. J. Redman, Washington, D.C.
Mr. & Mrs. P. Rosenbaum, Austin, TX
Mr. & Mrs. M. Silberstein, Houston, TX
Mr. & Mrs. C. Viner, Boca Raton, FL
Ms. J. Vogel, Palm Beach, FL
Mr. & Mrs. R. Waugh, Toronto, ON
Mr. & Mrs. E. Weinstein, Towson, MD

AFFILIATIONS:

National Association of Women Artists
Art in Public Places Committee, City of West Palm Beach, Committee Chairperson
Executive Women of the Palm Beaches
Former Board Director, Palm Beach County Women’s Chamber of Commerce


PUBLICATIONS:

MIAMI Home & Décor, Volume 5 Number 1
Hi Class Living, Cover Page, 25th Anniversary Issue, March-April 2009
New Art International, 2009
Studio Visit - volume four, 2008
A Collector’s Journal: The Art of Everyday Joe:, Michael K. Corbin
The Laurel - September 2008
DC Magazine, November, 2007
New Art International, 2006
A Collector’s Journal: Art in a King Size Bed, Michael K. Corbin
Florida Design, Vol. 15 No.4, Vol. 16 No. 1
MIAMI Home & Décor, Summer 2006, Fall 2006
Art of the Times, February, 2006
Palm Beach Illustrated, March, 2006
Art World News, March 2005
Artist’s Magazine, December 2004
New Times, April 2004
Sun-Sentinel, February 2004
Palm Beach Post, February 2004
ELLE Magazine, August 2003
Palm Beach Post, February 2003
Palm Beach Daily News, February 2003
Desert Sun, November 2002
Art Scene, Fall/Winter 2002/03


Current Gallery Locations:

Aspen, CO
Englewood, NJ
Highlands, NC
Lahaina, HI
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Palm Beach Gardens, FL