About the Artist

 

 

 

 

  Exhibitions and Professional History
     
  Selected Exhibits
     
  2013

The Better Bombshell | Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle Art Museum |

     Seattle, WA
    2013 Washington State Juried Art Competition | Collective Visions
     Gallery | Juror Artist Alfredo Arreguin | Bremerton, WA
    Perceputual Expressions | Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park |
     Camano Island, WA
    Archetypes | Corridor Gallery TK Building | Seattle, WA
    Gallery Orange | New Orleans, LA
     
  2012 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial | Fort Wayne Museum of Art |
         Juror Sarah Aubrey, Curator of American Art | Fort Wayne, IN
    64 Arts National Exhibition | America: Now and Here | Juror Eric Fischl,
         Artist and Founder of America: Now and Here | Monmouth, IL
    3rd Annual Juried Show | Florida Museum for Women Artists |
          Juror Dr Ron Yrabedra, Professor Emeritus Florida A&M University
    Red Current | Roq La Rue Gallery | Seattle, WA
    Circus Circus 2 | Featured Artist | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    The Really, Really Big Show | Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture
          Park | Camano Island, WA
    Tableaux Vivants | ArtsWest Gallery | Seattle, WA
    2012 Annual Washington State Juried Art Competition | Collective
         Visions Gallery | Juror Kathleen Moles, Curator of Exhibitions,
         Museum of Northwest Art | Bremerton, WA
    So the Story Goes | Art and Soul Fine Art Photography |
      Seattle, WA   (solo exhibit)
     
  2011 Urban Masters | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    Fate of the Forest | Whatcom Museum | Bellingham, WA
    Circus Circus | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    13th Annual Juried Port Townsend Show | Northwinds Art Center | Juror
        Gary Faigin, Director Gage Academy of Art | Port Townsend, WA
    Gallery 206 | Seattle, WA
    Waiting for Prince Charming | All City Arts | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
    Art Solutions | Three Person Show | Wells Fargo | Seattle, WA
     
  2010 Neo-Kitsch National Small Works | ArtsWest Gallery | Seattle, WA
    Lucky Charms | Georgetown Arts Center | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
    KOH Painting Atelier | Bean Street | Seattle, WA
    Ding Dongs and Destiny | Bauhaus | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
    The Hideout | Seattle, WA
    Best of Gage | Steele Gallery | Seattle, WA
     
  2009 Peninsula Art League Juried Exhibition | Gig Harbor, WA
    Shelton Rotating Gallery | Shelton, WA
    Painting and Drawing Atelier | OK Hotel Gallery | Seattle, WA
    Best of Gage | Rosen Gallery | Seattle | WA
     
  Bibliography
     
  2013 Austin and Thompson.  The Better Bombshell.  pgs 61-63. 2013
    Catapult Art Magazine,  Issue #19.  Pgs. 23-25.  May 2013
    Graves, Jen.  SLOG.  The Stranger.com.  The Better Bombshell.  
     February 15, 2013
    Holden, Ming.  The Huffington Post.  "Redefining the Female Role Model"
    February 15 2013.
    Malik, Shazrah.  Artists for Artists.  Two Seattle Women Dare to Ask
     Us Who is the Better Bombshell?  April 16, 2013
    Pollman, Lisa.  The Seattle Vine.  Group Show Explores Pattern, Place,
     and Space. April 24, 2013.
    Poets and Artists Magazine.  Heroes and Villains. Pg 3. May 2013
     
   2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial 2012, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2012
    Fischl, Erik.  ANH at Monmouth's Buchanan Center for the Arts. 
        America: Now and Here.  October, 2012
    Poets and Artists Magazine.  The Summer Interview Issue, Issue #36,
        July 2012.  Pgs. 95-99
    Poets and Artists Magazine. Artists on Artists, Issue #38,
        September 2012, pg. 37.
    International Painting Annual 2, Manifest Creative Research Gallery
         Press, Cincinnati, OH   June 2012
    Poets and Artists Magazine.  Issue #40.  November 2012, pg. 22.
    Juxtapose Magazine, Circus, Circus at the Hive Gallery LA, June 1, 2012
    Graves, Jen.  Pictures of Art I Saw Today, Volume 39. March 22, 2012
    Proust.  Between Heaven and Hellboy: Preview #2, Proust Interviews 
         Deborah Scott, Seattle PI, June 30, 2012
    Frenz, Lesley.  Artist Takeover, Day1 : Deborah Scott, Artsy Forager
          July 30, 2012
    BurdaStyle, Best of May Collection, Locavore, May 23, 2012
    International Contemporary Figurative Artist Directory, April 2012
    Rose Red Review, Summer Feature, Issue No. 1, Summer 2012
    Veltkamp, Joey. Recent Paintings by Deborah Scott, January 27, 2012
    Frenz, Lesley.  "Friday Faves: It's Like High School Without the Bad Hair"
           Artsy Forager, January 5, 2012
    Lenz, Olivia, Instuctables, {Locavore}, June 9, 2012 
     
  2011 Matilsky, Barbara.  Curator of Art, Whatcom Museum
         Whatcom Museum Inside art | nature | history, Summer, pgs. 10-11
    Johnson, Tim.  Editor and Publisher, Cascadia Weekly, July 20, 2011,
         Front Cover, #29, v 06
    Pearson, Teia. "Artist Watch - Deborah Scott", Escape Into Life,
         November 2, 2011
    Frenz, Lesley.  "Different... in a Really, Really, Good Way:  Deborah Scott",
         Artsy Forager, June 28, 2011
    Veltkamp, Joey.  "Deborah Scott", Best of, August 22, 2011
    Frenz, Lesley.  "Sleeping with Peas and Toads", Artsy Forager,
         September, 8 2011
     Veltkamp, Joey.  "Deborah Scott / Waiting for Prince Charming", Best of
         September, 12, 2011
     
  2010 Appelo, Tim.  "The Curator's Eye", Seattle CityArts Magazine, June, p. 48
    Gage Academy of Art Atelier Catalog, June
     
  Awards and Honors
  2013

First Place | 3rd Annual Juried Show | Florida Museum of Women Artists

     Juror Professor Emeritus Yrabodra | Florida A&M University
   2012

Inagural Associated Artist | Museum of Realist Art | Pamela Sienna and

     George Kougeas, Curators and Co-Founders, Museum of Realist Art.
  2011 The William Radcliffe Studio Challenge Award | Nominating Panel |
     Greg Kucera, Linda Hodges, Jess Marie, Gunner Nordstrom
  2010 First Place Figure | Best of Gage | Juror Derrick R Cartwright,
     Director Seattle Art Museum
     
  Affiliations
    National Portrait Society
    Artist Trust Member
     
  Education and Training
    Painting and Drawing Atelier | Gage Academy of Art
    Master copy painting with Northwest artist Victor Sandblom
    Dartmouth College | Masters in Business Administration
    Seattle University | Bachelors of Arts | summa cum laude





I work in the genre painting tradition.  My work is a mash-up of classically styled figurative painting and contemporary iconography.  My narratives are based on biography, tarot, mythology and fairytale.  Iconic brands and contemporary imagery support the narrative in my work.

I am a graduate of the Drawing and Painting Atelier at Gage Academy of Art.  Prior to my art career, I worked in global brand marketing with familiar brands including Cheerios, Betty Crocker, and Amazon.com.  In this role I became fascinated with the power of Jungian archetypes, works by Joseph Campbell, and iconography.  Developing my understanding and expression of figurative artchetypes is the cornerstone of my work.