"EVIDENCE OF JOY" Exhibition
at the Intersect Arts Center
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Comments of Debra Brehmer,
Gallerist, curator, juror, Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery
SOLILOQUY at the Scholarts Selection
Presented by the Bridge Arts Foundation
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Read the INTERVIEW
"INTERPLAY" Exhibition
Presented by the Surface Design Association
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Listen to and see the TEXTILE TALK
Instagram Live INTERVIEW with BG Gallery about the exhibition "CIRCULAR RITUAL" curated by Susan Lizotte
"WOMEN. DEFINING OUR REPRESENTATION"
presented by Black House Artist
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Listen to and see the ARTISTS ROUNDTABLE
Learn about my work in the ARTISTS ROUNDTABLE
"PROFUSION" featured on boxed card set sharing about the exhibition PULP: Book and Paper Arts at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts
"PROFUSION" featured on boxed card set sharing about the exhibition PULP: Book and Paper Arts at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts
"Artists Reflect on Success"
ART and CAKE
A Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene
"On Being Art Artist: Debra Disman"
Film produced by 18th Street Arts Center
Directed by Arthur James
SWEPT AWAY: LOVE LETTER TO A SURROGATE Santa Monica performances COMPILATION VIDEO including:
"The Center Will Not Hold" by Debra Disman with collaborators:
Deborah Lynn Irmas and Frida Cano.
Photo Credit: Mick Lorusso
"The Center Will Not Hold" Performance
SWEPT AWAY: LOVE LETTER TO A SURROGATE
Collaborators: Deborah Lynn Irmas and Frida Cano.
Photo Credit: Mick Lorusso
"The Center Will Not Hold" Performance
SWEPT AWAY: LOVE LETTER TO A SURROGATE
Collaborators: Deborah Lynn Irmas and Frida Cano.
Photo Credit: Mick Lorusso
CONCURRENCIES Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse: Genius, Trauma and the Creative Imagination
Created in conjunction with Debra Disman's solo show, "I Can't I Won't I Will I Do" at ReflectSpace Gallery at Glendale Central Library, Glendale Library Arts & Culture, co-curated by Ara and Anahid Oshagan
The "CONCURRENCIES" Artists' Book investigates compares and links the lives and work of artists Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse.
The "CONCURRENCIES" Artists' Book visually examines how the artists Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse attempted to cope with trauma through the creative process.
HEMPTIQUE Postcard and Banner
My work "Before the Fall" used on HEMPTIQUE Postcard.
HEMPTIQUE Postcard and Banner
My work "Red Notebook" used on HEMPTIQUE Postcard.
"This past Saturday, our 18thstreetarts local #artistinresidence Debra Disman (@artifactorystudio) had an open studio!
Venus (@siutungcreates), our Curatorial Intern from the Chinese University of Hong Kong writes:" “Debra's works stitch through the passage of time. The texture, forms, and structures of books reflect her most intimate and daily emotions. The materials create space but not void. Audiences were invited to fill their own stories between the pages of these crafted books. Through shared conversations, visitors related through their ideas of home, families, and memories.” -18th Street Arts Center
Showing of works created for my 2021-2022 Santa Monica Artist Fellowship project investigating, linking and responding to the work of Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse.
"Debra Disman makes sculptural objects from a combination of materials that can be read as fiber art, yet also imply book forms. Her work is a mesmerizing combination of materials, textures, and forms that are combined with exceptional skill."
PRAETERITA Interview
The Book as Art v9: MUSE,
ARTISTS' TALK: Debra Disman/Kyle Clark/Carole Kunstadt
CRAFTING MEMORIES
ONLINE BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP SERIES FOR OLDER ADULTS
With CRAFT CONTEMPORARY
Supported by: AROHA PHILANTHROPIES
Debra Disman:
"UNFOLDING POSSIBILITIES"
Artists' Book Video
Jeny Amaya - filmmaker
18th Street Arts Center - host
Why We Rise - supporter
ESSAY by JÜRI KOLL, Director,
Venice Institute of Contemporary Art
American Craft Magazine featuring the FORMATION traveling Exhibition
FORMATION
Traveling Exhibition
WORD Grant 2016
to support
THE SHELTERING BOOK project
THE SHELTERING BOOK
Supported by the WORD Grant 2016: The Bruce Geller Memorial Prize
"THE SHELTERING BOOK" is a life-sized book structure which becomes the backdrop for community bookmaking workshops. The work draws parallels between the meaning and architecture of the book, and the temporary structure of the Sukkah. The project also explores the relationship between the public sphere and private space, whether that space be our personal creativity, where we create, or what we create.