DEBRA BAXTER

EDUCATION

2007 Master of Fine Arts, Bard College, Milton Avery School of the Arts,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1996 Bachelor of Fine Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1995 Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
1995 Porto Romano, Florence, Italy
1991 University of Nebraska College of Art And Sciences, Lincoln, NE
1990 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

HONORS

2009 Jentel Artist Residency
2008 Artist Trust Fellowship
2008 4Culture special projects grant
2007 Joan Mitchell Award Nominee
2003 Regional Art Teacher of the Year, Mattel and National Arts Education
2002 Seattle Arts Commission/Art Star, Education Grant 1995 Florence Honors Program

SELECT SOLO AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS

2009 Howard House, So Proud of You, Seattle, WA
2008 Massimo Audiello, New York, NY
2007 Soil Art Gallery, Yielded, Seattle, WA
2006 4Culture Gallery, The Cloud that Fell to Earth, Seattle, WA
2004 Soil, Topography of Home, Seattle, WA
2002 The Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Zeitgeist Gallery, Lightness/Weight, Seattle, WA 2001 Artreach Gallery, Code/Coincidence, Seattle, WA 2000 Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999 Madrona Automatic, Mine, Seattle, WA
Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA 1998 The Studio Art Center, Everett, WA
Alexander Gallery, Seattle, WA
Studio 229, Seattle, WA 1997 Royal Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Old Arizona Studios, Minneapolis, MN
August Moon, Golden Valley, MN East Lake Street Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1995 Gallery 221, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

SELECT GROUP SHOWS

2008 Monya Rowe Gallery, Guys I Would Fuck, curated by Nayland Blake, New York, NY
2006 Or Gallery, Why I Am So Unhappy, Vancouver BC
2005 Performa05, Grand openings, Film Anthology Archives, New York, NY
with Ei Arakawa, Jutta Koether, and Emily Sunblad
Ballard Featherston, I Want You To Want Me, Seattle, WA
Aqua Art, Soil, Miami Basel Art Fair, Miami, FL
Soil, Green, Seattle, WA
2004 Platform, Paperworks, Seattle, WA
Soil, New Acquisitions, Seattle, WA
Soil, Masquerade, Seattle, WA
2003 COCA Northwest Annual Juried by Esther Luttikhuizen, Seattle, WA
Soil, Specimen, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot, The Gallery of Collections and Creations, Seattle, WA
Ten63, Long Island City, NY
Consolidated Works, The Girly Fun Show, Seattle, WA
Art Resource Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Artreach Gallery, Let Them Eat Cake, Seattle, WA
2002 Bellevue Art Museum, Our Response to Place, Juried Show, Seattle, WA
2000 Artreach Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mix Gallery, Seattle, WA
Theater4, Seattle, WA
1998 Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
1997 Art Resource Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Gigfest, Minneapolis, MN
Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass, OR
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, IO
1996 Walker Art Center, Woman in the Director's Chair, Minneapolis, MN
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Faculty Show, Minnetonka, MN
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Minneapolis College of Art and Design's Senior Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
Calhoun Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995 Flanders Contemporary Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery 221, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Parts Gallery, Juried local color show, Minneapolis, MN




BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kerlin, Alisha, “The Force of Absence,” Gay City News, NY, 2008
Lippens, Nate, “Debra Baxter hits a pinnacle with accomplished 'Yielded,'” Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 19, 2007
Brownson, Craig, “Liquid, Fragile, Perishable: What It Looks To Be Commandingly
Unsheltered,” The Stranger, January 11, 2007
Laurence, Robin, “Adventures in Unhappiness,” The Georgia Straight, March 9, 2006
Hackett, Regina, “ An Air of Rebellion Breathes New Life Into the Visual Art Scene,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 30, 2006
Lippens, Nate, “Cloud Busting, Debra Baxter's Strange Weather,” The Stranger,
January 20, 2005
Hackett, Regina, “Baxter's clouds exude the delicate lightness of being,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 14, 2005
Hackett, Regina, “Soil Collective's Self Portraits are literally, High art,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, Sept 17, 2004
Hackett, Regina, “Soil Exhibit is fertile ground For New Forms,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 19, 2004
Hackett, Regina, ”Nature becomes artificial in the hands of artists at Soil,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, November 14, 2003
Hackett, Regina, “Taste the raw, not the cooked at COCA show,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 7, 2003
Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 28, 2003
Komo TV interview midday news, July 22,2003
KWJZ 98.9, “Spotlight” interview with Ester “Dove” John, July 21, 2003
Disney Radio 1250am, “Kids Care” Interview with Christie Grogger, June 30, 2003
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The Seattle Sun, July 23, 2003
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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Progressive Insurance, New York, NY
ColorBright Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Nano Systems, Philadelphia PA
Bemidji State Bank, Bemidji, MN
Eisenstadt Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Convertito Residence, Minneapolis, MN
Shipior Professionals Attorney at Law, Golden Valley, MN