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DEBRA WALKER
BORN Omaha, Nebraska
1953

EDUCATION
1972-1974 Riverside City College - Fine Arts Major
1974-1975 UCLA - Fine Arts Studies
1976-1993 Self-taught
1993-1994 Visual Arts Access
1995-1996 UC Berkeley - various studies
1999 Crown Point Press - intaglio etching

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1974 Riverside Art Museum
1992 Gordon Biersch - San Francisco
1993 Bagdad Cafe - San Francisco
York Street Studios - San Francisco
Gordon Biersch - San Francisco
1994 Cowell Theater - San Francisco
1995 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "Introductions"
1996 CSK, Inc. - Denver, CO - "Paintings, Monotypes & Etchings
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "New Paintings"
1999 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "En Route"
2001 Theater on the Square - San Francisco
George Krevsky Gallery - San Francisco - "Politics"
2003 Gallery 72 - Omaha "Recent Works"
Columbus Art Museum - Columbus "Retrospective"
2004 George Krevsky Gallery - San Francisco San Francisco: Night & Day"

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1974 Purchase Prize Competition - Riverside Press Enterprise
1987 Open Studio San Francisco
Shenendoah Gallery - Plymouth, CA
A Tiburon Affair - Tiburon, CA
1988 A Tiburon Affair - Tiburon, CA
Open Studio - San Francisco1989 Ariel Gallery - New York City
Open Studio - San Francisco
1990 Bagdad Cafe - San Francisco
Open Studio - San Francisco
1991 Open Studio - San Francisco
1992 Open Studio - San Francisco
Bay Arts Gallery - San Francisco
1993 Bay Arts Gallery - San Francisco
Riverside Art Museum - Riverside, CA
Open Studio - San Francisco
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1994 Open Studio - San Francisco
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1996 National Association of Women Artist - International Exhibit, Athens Greece
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Auction
1997 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1998 Triton Museum, San Jose - California Landscapes
Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA - Works on Paper 98
George Krevsky Gallery - Contemporary Bay Area Artists
1999 George Krevsky Gallery - "Women Artists"
2000 George Krevsky Gallery - "Diamonds and Dust",Gallery Artists
2001 George Krevsky Gallery - "Interiors", Gallery artists
2002 George Krevsky Gallery - "Play Ball", Gallery artists
2003 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2004 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2005 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2006 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2007 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA-Rural/Urban duo exhibit

AWARDS/COMMISSIONS
1974 Purchase Prize Award - Riverside Press/Enterprise
1995 Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers - Series Poster
1996 San Francisco Art Dealer's Ass. - Introductions Poster
1997 Lesbian & Gay Dance Festival - Festival Poster
1998 Open Studio San Francisco - Exhibition Poster


REPRESENTATION
currently - self


TEACHING/ ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT

1975-1976 United Artist's Records - Designer
1976-1978 Los Angeles Times - Ass. Art Director
1978-1981 owned design and advertising agency
1981-1982 Bowles-Hopkins Gallery -art consultant
1985-1991 freelance commercial artist/print consultant
1991-1992 business/production manager - Redgate
Communications-advertising/design agency
2006+ Adjunct instructor, New College-San Francisco
2007 Guest instructor, Elizabethtown College-Elizabethtown, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1993 "Mrs. Doubtfire" Twentieth Century Fox - "CHAIR"
1997 "Nash Bridges" Off Duty Productions - "OUT OVER THE CITY" and
"NIGHT FALLING- DOWNTOWN"
1999 "Two Goldsteins on Acid" Bubble Factory -ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE
"SFO" Prosperity Pictures - SELECTED PIECES FROM THE EXHIBITION
"EN ROUTE"


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Mickey & Jerry Baer, Berkeley
Bernard Brown, Vineland, New Jersey
Terry and Michael Carlitz, Palo Alto
Karen Connell, Walnut Creek
Michael Cuneo, Sunnyvale
Gail Dekreon, San Francisco
Lee Glowinski, San Francisco
Dennis Herrera, San Francisco
Robert Isackson, San Francisco
David Kreutner, Ontario, Canada
William Lehman, Miami
John Lennox, San Francisco
Sally Matoi, San Francisco
Maureen McCarthy, San Francisco
Harrel Moten & Dr. Mary Bria, Southlake, Texas
Eleanor Murphy, Lafayette
Robert Radler, Hollywood, Florida
Tom Rogers, Los Angeles
Liz Scoville, Hampton, New Jersey
Ruth Scoville, Miami, Florida
Sid Sheinberg, The Bubble Factory, Los Angeles
A. Robert Singer, San Francisco
Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles
Miriam Wolf, San Jose
Lulu Zezza, Los A
(partial list)


AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Women Artists
Coalition for Jobs, Arts and Housing-Founding Member

San Francisco Arts Task Force-Chair
DEBRA WALKER
BORN Omaha, Nebraska
1953

EDUCATION
1972-1974 Riverside City College - Fine Arts Major
1974-1975 UCLA - Fine Arts Studies
1976-1993 Self-taught
1993-1994 Visual Arts Access
1995-1996 UC Berkeley - various studies
1999 Crown Point Press - intaglio etching

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1974 Riverside Art Museum
1992 Gordon Biersch - San Francisco
1993 Bagdad Cafe - San Francisco
York Street Studios - San Francisco
Gordon Biersch - San Francisco
1994 Cowell Theater - San Francisco
1995 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "Introductions"
1996 CSK, Inc. - Denver, CO - "Paintings, Monotypes & Etchings
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "New Paintings"
1999 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco - "En Route"
2001 Theater on the Square - San Francisco
George Krevsky Gallery - San Francisco - "Politics"
2003 Gallery 72 - Omaha "Recent Works"
Columbus Art Museum - Columbus "Retrospective"
2004 George Krevsky Gallery - San Francisco San Francisco: Night & Day"

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1974 Purchase Prize Competition - Riverside Press Enterprise
1987 Open Studio San Francisco
Shenendoah Gallery - Plymouth, CA
A Tiburon Affair - Tiburon, CA
1988 A Tiburon Affair - Tiburon, CA
Open Studio - San Francisco1989 Ariel Gallery - New York City
Open Studio - San Francisco
1990 Bagdad Cafe - San Francisco
Open Studio - San Francisco
1991 Open Studio - San Francisco
1992 Open Studio - San Francisco
Bay Arts Gallery - San Francisco
1993 Bay Arts Gallery - San Francisco
Riverside Art Museum - Riverside, CA
Open Studio - San Francisco
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1994 Open Studio - San Francisco
George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1996 National Association of Women Artist - International Exhibit, Athens Greece
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Auction
1997 George Krevsky Fine Art - San Francisco
1998 Triton Museum, San Jose - California Landscapes
Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA - Works on Paper 98
George Krevsky Gallery - Contemporary Bay Area Artists
1999 George Krevsky Gallery - "Women Artists"
2000 George Krevsky Gallery - "Diamonds and Dust",Gallery Artists
2001 George Krevsky Gallery - "Interiors", Gallery artists
2002 George Krevsky Gallery - "Play Ball", Gallery artists
2003 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2004 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2005 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2006 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
George Krevsky Gallery - "Baseball Show", Gallery artists
George Krevsky Gallery - "Contemporary Artists", Gallery artists
2007 San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art - "Monoprint Mania"
Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA-Rural/Urban duo exhibit

AWARDS/COMMISSIONS
1974 Purchase Prize Award - Riverside Press/Enterprise
1995 Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers - Series Poster
1996 San Francisco Art Dealer's Ass. - Introductions Poster
1997 Lesbian & Gay Dance Festival - Festival Poster
1998 Open Studio San Francisco - Exhibition Poster


REPRESENTATION
currently - self


TEACHING/ ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT

1975-1976 United Artist's Records - Designer
1976-1978 Los Angeles Times - Ass. Art Director
1978-1981 owned design and advertising agency
1981-1982 Bowles-Hopkins Gallery -art consultant
1985-1991 freelance commercial artist/print consultant
1991-1992 business/production manager - Redgate
Communications-advertising/design agency
2006+ Adjunct instructor, New College-San Francisco
2007 Guest instructor, Elizabethtown College-Elizabethtown, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1993 "Mrs. Doubtfire" Twentieth Century Fox - "CHAIR"
1997 "Nash Bridges" Off Duty Productions - "OUT OVER THE CITY" and
"NIGHT FALLING- DOWNTOWN"
1999 "Two Goldsteins on Acid" Bubble Factory -ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE
"SFO" Prosperity Pictures - SELECTED PIECES FROM THE EXHIBITION
"EN ROUTE"


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Mickey & Jerry Baer, Berkeley
Bernard Brown, Vineland, New Jersey
Terry and Michael Carlitz, Palo Alto
Karen Connell, Walnut Creek
Michael Cuneo, Sunnyvale
Gail Dekreon, San Francisco
Lee Glowinski, San Francisco
Dennis Herrera, San Francisco
Robert Isackson, San Francisco
David Kreutner, Ontario, Canada
William Lehman, Miami
John Lennox, San Francisco
Sally Matoi, San Francisco
Maureen McCarthy, San Francisco
Harrel Moten & Dr. Mary Bria, Southlake, Texas
Eleanor Murphy, Lafayette
Robert Radler, Hollywood, Florida
Tom Rogers, Los Angeles
Liz Scoville, Hampton, New Jersey
Ruth Scoville, Miami, Florida
Sid Sheinberg, The Bubble Factory, Los Angeles
A. Robert Singer, San Francisco
Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles
Miriam Wolf, San Jose
Lulu Zezza, Los Angles
(partial list)


AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Women Artists
Coalition for Jobs, Arts and Housing-Founding Member

San Francisco Arts Task Force-Chair
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