Education:
School of Visual Arts, MFA, New York, NY, 1996 – 1998
San Francisco Art Institute, BFA Sculpture, San Francisco, CA, 1988 – 1992
Repin Institute of Art, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1991

Solo Exhibitions:
2009:   Roost, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
           
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009:   Viridis II, Marymount College, New York, NY
            Seaworthy for Spring 09, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008:   Wild Life/Wildlife, Mt. Ida Gallery, Newton, MA
            Studio Visit, Open Studio Press
            Focus on Nature XI, New York State Museum, Albany, NY

2007:   Punchbowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, New York, NY
            Salad Bar, Magnolia Earth Center, Brooklyn, NY

2006:   Mad Cow: Absurdity and Anxiety in Contemporary Culture, NURTUREart, NY
            Neubees, The Rider Project, New York, NY

2005:   Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

2004:   Conceptual Realism, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
            Affordable Art Fair, Frey Norris Gallery, New York, NY
            Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            IV Centuries of Birds, Clarke Galleries, New York, NY
            New American Paintings, Northeast Competition
            Focus on Nature VIII, New York State Museum, Albany, NY

2003:   REMIX, Metaphor Contemporary Art, New York, NY

2002:    Paper 2003, Metaphor Contemporary Art, New York, NY
            The Art of Oil, The Lowe Gallery, New York, NY
            20/02, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
            Small Works, 80 Washington Square East, New York, NY

2001:   augustArt 2001, Rawspace, New York, NY

2000:   Wunderkammer: Wonderworks, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
            New Jersey Center for Visual Arts International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for
             Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

1999:   The Passion/Passions of Art, Richard Anderson, New York, NY

1998:   Small Works, 80 Washington Square East, New York, NY
            Thesis Show, SVA Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
            Group Show, Westside Gallery, New York, NY

Lectures and Teaching Positions:
RUSH visiting teaching artist Spring 2009, October 2008
Marymount College, lecture October 2008
Opossum lecture for Fritz Haeg’s Animal Estates, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, March     2008

Residencies:           
Vermont Studio Center, January 2003

Awards and Fellowships:
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
Partial Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
Honorable Mention, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts International Juried Show,
           Dan Cameron, juror, 2000  
Jurors Award, Small Works, Ealan Wingate, juror, 1998
Merit Scholarships, School of Visual Arts, 1996, 1997
John and Earlene Taylor Scholarship for Figurative Sculpture, 1991

Bibliography:
Chicago Reader, Critic’s Pick. January 8, 2009
Reiger, Christopher. “Deborah Simon”. Hungry Hyaena,  July 28, 2006.
Rosenfield Lafo, Rachel. Juror’s Comments. New American Paintings, Book #50 – 2004, Northeast Edition. Open Studio Press, Boston, MA. 2004
Cameron, Dan. Juror statement for International Juried Show 2000. New Jersey
Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ 2000
Bishoff, Dan. "Off-center humor pervades photo-heavy Summit show". The Sunday
Star-Ledger (February 13, 2000).

In Print:
Intergalactic, Single front and back cover, Beastie Boys, 1998
            Hamster I – front cover
            Hamster II – back cover