Artists Registry

Deborah Van Auten

Boston MA United States

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    Statement of Work

    The figure and symbolism are used metaphorically in my work, to touch upon broader universal themes. Natural principles of light and gravity are bent to my purpose of creating an overall mood, and to achieve dream-like environments that speak to subliminal levels.

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    SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

    2010 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA (3 person show)
    2010 Cavalier Galleries, Nantucket, MA
    2010 Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT
    2009 Cavalier Galleries (Fall catalogue)
    2008 Red Dot Fair, Miami, FL (represented by Cavalier Galleries)
    2008 Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT (Winter catalogue)
    2008 Cavalier Galleries, Nantucket, MA
    2007 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
    2007 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
    2007 Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL
    2006 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA, "New Works" (catalogue)
    2006 SVG Collection, Nantucket
    2005 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA, "New Paintings"
    2005 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA (3 person show)
    2005 William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA
    2005 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2004 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2004 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Copley Artists Show"
    2004 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Spring Members Show"
    2004 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2003 Boston International Fine Arts Show, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
    2003 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2003 Fine Art Metropolis, Providence, RI
    2003 Phoenix Gallery, Burlington, VT
    2002 Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
    2002 CAA National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA (3,700 entries)
    2002 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2002 Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, "Visual Feast"
    2002 New Art on Newbury Gallery, Boston, MA
    2002 Foreigner’s Club, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    2001 MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
    2001 SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
    2001 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Copley Artists Show"
    2001 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Spring/Summer Members"
    2000 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Winter Members Show"
    2000 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Spring/Summer Members"
    1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, "Dreams and Fantasies"
    1999 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Winter Members"
    1999 CAA National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA (4,500 entries)
    1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, "Members Prize Show"
    1999 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Spring/Summer Members"
    1999 Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
    1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, "New Works 98/99"
    1998 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Members '98"
    1998 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Spring/Summer Members"
    1998 Galerie des Hamptons, Westhampton Beach, NY
    1998 CAA National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA (4,000 entries)
    1997 The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA, "Winter Members '97"
    1997 Hingham Community Center, Hingham, MA, "ArtoberFest '97"
    1997 Galerie des Hamptons, Westhampton Beach, NY
    1994 Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
    1994 Galerie des Hamptons, Westhampton Beach, NY
    1994 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
    1993 Agora Gallery, New York, NY, "Narrative Patterns"
    1993 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY, "Painterly Works"
    1993 Bentley College, Wellesley, MA, "Womanswork '93"
    1979 The Gallery, Stratton, VT
    1978 Graphis Gallery, New York, NY

    AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
    2009 Studio Visit, Spring issue
    2008 Studio Visit, October issue
    2008 Southwest Art Magazine, article by Gretchen Reynolds, May issue
    2007 American Art Collector, September issue
    2006 Art News, December issue
    2005 Art News, June issue
    2005 Art in America, October issue
    2005 South End News, "Arts and Entertainment," Boston, MA
    2005 The Boston Courant, "South End Report," Boston, MA
    2004 Inkognito, Berlin, Germany
    2004 The Copley Society of Boston, Juror’s Award
    2004 The Copley Society of Boston, Juror’s Award
    2003 New Art International, Book Art Press, 2 pages, inside cover
    2003 The Inquirer and Mirror, "Eye on Art," Nantucket, MA
    2002 Commemoration in Book Art Press Artists’ Hall of Honor
    2002 South Boston Online, "Artist of the Month," article
    2002 Newton Daily News, article by Terry Phelps
    2001 BNN-TV3, TV program "It's All About Arts," Boston, MA
    2000 Boston Sunday Herald, "Arts," article by Tamara Wieder
    2000 Awarded the title of Copley Artist by The Copley Society of Boston
    2000 The Inquirer and Mirror, article by Nora Lyons, Nantucket, MA
    2000 The Inquirer and Mirror, "Eye on Art," article, Nantucket, MA
    2000 Clowes Foundation Fellowship, one month residency at Vermont Studio Center
    1999 Art New England
    1999 The Improper Bostonian, "Art"
    1999 VSC Fellowship Award for one month residency at Vermont Studio Center
    1998 The Improper Bostonian, full page of mural
    1997 New Art International, Book Art Press
    1997 The Boston Globe, "Calendar: In Focus"
    1996 The Boston Globe, "Living/Arts: Names & Faces"
    1994 Dan's Papers, "Arts/Galleries," Hamptons, NY
    1994 Dan's Papers, "Arts/Galleries," Hamptons, NY
    1994 Art New England, "Collector's Circle"
    1994 Dan's Papers, "Arts/Galleries," Hamptons, NY
    1994 Hampton International Art Competition
    1994 The Exhibitioner magazine
    1993 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts magazine
    1993 Manhattan Arts magazine, "Critics Picks"
    1993 The Boston Globe, "People and Places"
    1992 Portfolio: The Book of Contemporary Art
    1977 Awarded Abe Sharpe Scholarship to Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
    1977 Second prize, "Whimsical," Washington Square Outdoor Show, New York, NY

    COLLECTORS
    Joanne Soja, New York, NY; Michael Parks and Judith Hayward, Beverly Hills, CA; Mox Tan, Chicago, IL; Dr. Alan Kronhaus, M.D. and Dr. Shohreh Taavoni, M.D., Chapel Hill, NC; Pepper and Elizabeth Frazier, Boca Grande, FL; Jack and Denise Nairn, Pittsburgh, PA; Peter and Inta Laird, Boston, MA; Kelly Marshall, Boston, MA; Kris Warner, Alta Loma, CA; Others prefer not to be listed)

    EDUCATION
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    Continued Education: San Francisco Academy of Art, SF; Art Students League, NY (Portraiture with Howard Sanden); School of Visual Arts, NY;
    Salmagundi Club, NY
    Private Study: Thomas Strickland, NY (Painter)