Deborah Kirklin
dkirklin@sonic.net

EDUCATION
M.F.A., Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1986.
B.A., Painting & Drawing, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1980.
Undergraduate student, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1978.

AWARDS
2022   
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, VA. (Sept-Oct.)
2016   
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, VA, (April).
2007   
Ragdale Foundation Residency, Lake Forest, IL.

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023   
“Move the Light: Deborah Kirklin & Robert Poplack”, Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2017   
“Deborah Kirklin Still Life Paintings”, solo exhibition, Santa Rosa City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA.
2016   
“From the Forest Floor”, solo exhibition Santa Rosa Jr. College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
“Two Painters: Deborah Kirklin & Robert Poplack”, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA.
2006   
“Still Life”, solo exhibition Canada College Gallery, Redwood City, CA.
1997   
“Still Life”, solo exhibition Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1994   
“Introductions", solo exhibition Contemporary Realist Gallery (Hackett-Freedman Gallery), San Francisco, CA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022   
“Still Life”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
“For the Love of Chardin”, traveling Zeuxis exhibition: Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI; First Street Gallery, New York NY.
2021   
“National Online Exhibition”, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.
“In, On, Of Paper”, There Gallery, New York, NY.
“Composing in the Key of S”, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.
2020   
“Slice”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA.
“Gems: Small Still Life”, There Gallery, New York, NY.
“My Studio”, traveling exhibition: First Street Gallery, New York NY; Alabama Center For The Arts, Decatur, AL; Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
2019    
Spring Break Art Fair – Park Place Gallery, “Sense of Place”, United Nations Plaza, New York, NY.
“History of the Wiegand Gallery – 40 Years of Exhibitions”, Notre Dame de Namur University, Wiegand Gallery, Belmont, CA
“Parallels”, paintings by Robert Poplack, Stephanie Peek, Deborah Kirklin, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Holly Downing; Santa Rosa Jr. College Robert Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
“Somewhere Out There”, featuring watercolor paintings by members of Zeuxis and guests, There Gallery, New York, NY.
2018   
“Holding the Center”, featuring paintings by Rachelle Agundes, Whynne Hayakawa, Deborah Kirklin, Stephanie Peek, and Stephanie Sanchez, Skyline College Art Gallery, San Bruno, CA.
“Drawing The Curtain”, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.
2017   
“Flowers as Metaphor”, Hendrix College, Conway, AR; Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA; Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA; Faculty Show, Santa Rosa Jr. College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa.
“The Unstill Life”, traveling Zeuxis exhibition:Young Gallery, Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Windgate Art and Design, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR.
2015   
“Beyond the Window”, traveling Zeuxis exhibition: Gallery of Art and Design University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MI; Norton Center for the Arts Centre College, Danville, KY; Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Potter Gallery, Taft School, Watertown, CT.
2012   
“Still Blue”, Zeuxis exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.
National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY.
“Reflections”, Zeuxis exhibition, Boyle Family Gallery, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.
Faculty Show, Santa Rosa Jr. College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
2010   
“On/Of Paper”, George Billis Gallery LA, Culver City, CA.
“The Common Object”, traveling Zeuxis exhibition: Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA; Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA.
2008   
“Small Works Invitational”, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY.
“Outside The Box”, Delaware College of Art & Design, Market St. Gallery, Wilmington, DE.
2007   
“New Space/New Work”, Santa Rosa Jr. College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
“On Board”, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY.
2004  
 “Watercurrents: Twelve Artists Working in Watercolor”, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lynette Lombard, “Conversations 10 – Unexpected Connections, Deborah Kirklin and Ying Li”, February 2021.
Jacqueline Hall, “Tasty Sample of Fruits of Labor”, The Columbus Dispatch, November 2002.
Judy Birke, "Still Life, The Human Presence", New Haven Review, April 2000.
Diane Peterson, "Feast Your Eyes on the "Light" Exhibit", The Press Democrat, January 21, 1996.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor
Painting and Drawing, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA, 1990 - 2020.
Art Department Chair
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA  2002-05.
Lecturer
University of California at Santa Cruz, CA, 1990.
Guest Lecturer
2016   
University of Notre Dame de Namur, Belmont, CA.
2009   
Visiting Artist, U.C. Davis Landscape Project, U.C. Davis Marine Biology Lab, Bodega Bay, CA.
Visiting Artist Lecture, “Perceptual Painting, Memory, and Invention.” San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Presenter, College Art Association Conference, “Open Access  - Art Instruction in the California Community College System”, Los Angeles, CA.
2005   
University of Notre Dame de Namur, Belmont, CA.