Debra Howell : Vitae Studio: 1540 Adams Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 504-430-5102 debrahowell@debrahowell.com Education: MFA: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA BA: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Awards: 2005: Contemporary Arts Center's 2005 Collectors Club Print Artist, New Orleans, LA. 2004: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Award (Fall 2004). 2002: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Award (Fall 2002). 1999: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Awards (Spring and Fall 1999). 1992: National Association of Artists Organizations/the Pew Charitable Trust: Multi-Site Collaborations Program Project Grant for core participation in "Vestiges: Valorization of the Anonymous", through the Space, Boston, MA and the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. 1988: National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation Initiative for Interdisciplinary Artists Project Fellowship for core participation in "the VESTIGES Project: Contemporary Memorials". 1981: Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Waiver from Newcomb Art Department of Tulane University (2-yr). 1979: Fellowship from Haverford College Fine Arts Department in Haverford, PA (2-yr). Selected Exhibitions: 2010: Frolic, Du Mois Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2009: Land Marks, The Opal Gallery, Atlanta, GA VESTIGES of New Orleans, Buckhead Library, Atlanta GA 2008: Photographed from Memory, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA LOSS. RITUAL. RELIC. Residue: The Archive, NCCROW at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Flood Lines, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2007: Escapes Along the Journey Home, TheRubiconSpace.com 2006: Katrina Exposed, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Waterwords, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2004: Narrative Waterscapes, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA Portals and Waterscapes, Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 2003: Art in Medicine/Medicine in Art, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA 2002: Digital Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Portals, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA 2001: Julia Street North, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA Portals, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA Cities of the Dead, Clark Hall Gallery, Hammond, LA 2000: The VESTIGES Project: Journeys and Destinations, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA 1999: 20 Years Later: A Retrospective, Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA BodyTech, Duncan & Miller Gallery, Washington, DC 1995: Louisiana Open and Absolut New Orleans, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1993: The Transparent Object, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Selected Publications: 2008: 3 Years After, Oxford American (magazine), Summer 2008, Issue 62 2006: Katrina Exposed (exhibit catalogue), New Orleans Museum of Art 2004: A Sense of Place, The Philadelphia Inquirer (review), July 11 Dreamy Deceptions, The Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), November 19 2003: Art in Medicine, The Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), July 25; Gambit (review) July 29 2002: TechTV: Fresh Gear, cable television interview (aired nationally June 19); Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), April 5; New Orleans Art Review (review), May/June; Poughkeepsie Journal, NY (review), September 19; Berkshire Eagle (review) October 9 2000: The Times-Picayune (review), January 28; Gambit (review), January 25; New Orleans Art Review (review), January/February 2000 1999: The Philadelphia Inquirer (review), The Arts, June 13 1993: Transparent Object(exhibit catalogue), Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Transparent Object a Case of the Emperor's New Clothes, The Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), May 28 Crystal Blocks of Yankee Coldness (video), the Space, Boston, MA 1990: Atlanta Art Papers (review), May/June, Atlanta, GA VESTIGES/BOOKWORKS (exhibit catalogue), New Orleans, LA 1989: The VESTIGES Project: Contemporary Memorials (exhibit catalogue); New Art in an Old City(documentary film), WLAE-Channel 32, New Orleans, LA; NEW ORLEANS 1989: A View of Contemporary Women Artists (catalogue), Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA; Louisiana Artist's Pages: Love in the Ruins (book), Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Professional Organizations/Affiliations: Association of Medical Illustrators 1988-present Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Board Of Directors 1999-2001; Century Club Steering Committee 1996-2001 [Main Gallery] [Exhibitions] [Vitae] [MediGraphics] [Medical Art Gallery] [Links] [Contact] All contents of this website © Debra Howell