Exhibitions : Visiting Artist Program : Rickert-Ziebold

Deborah Horrell
March 26-29, 2007

Artist Statement

Deborah Horrell received her MFA from the University of Washington in 1979. After working as a ceramist for many years, Horrell participated in
the Pilchuck Glass School's visiting artist program in 1994. A residency at the Bullseye Factory followed in 1996 permanently changing the trajectory of her career. The artist has shown her work, both ceramic and glass, in museums and galleries throughout the country.

The vessel is a primary form and figure. Compositions refer to the
still life tradition as much as to surrealism. Giorgio Morandi's manipulations of form in space influence her awareness as does DeChirico's disparate inhabitants within skewed landscapes.

Human interaction informs posture and position in her tableaus. The structure of family - couples, siblings, being part and apart, determines placement and the consequent dialogue. Figures write their own stories as their character evolves.

Glass plays a significant role in the life of these entities. The making of the vessels with glass in the pate de verre and cast methods promote an exploration of pointillist color, transmission of light and transformation of particulates.

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Songs and Sighs, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2004 Selected Work, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Of Dreams and Reality, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002jStill Lives of Becoming, Museum of NW Art, LaConner, WA
2002 The Breath Between, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002Envelop, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Back to Center, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Introduction, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Deborah Horrell-Recent Work with Flashbacks, The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
1988 Without Touching the Paper the Novel Unfolded, U. of Nevada,
Reno, NV
1987 From Real to Ethereal, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 Dreams of Transformation, Hoyt Sherman Gallery,
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1984 Right Passages Installation, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983 Perspectives, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheyboygan, WI
1982 Installation, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1979 Deborah Horrell, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

The School of Art & Design gratefully acknowledges the funding and sponsorship provided primarily by the SIUC student-paid Fine Arts Activity Fee, and by Harris Deller, Director, School of Art and Design; Interim Dean Alan Vaux, College of Liberal Arts; and the generosity of our community sponsors.

For more information contact the Visiting Artist Program office at 618 453-7792. There will also be visiting artists additional to this published roster. Watch for announcements and flyers throughout the 2006-07 academic year.

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