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Deep Dive into “DWELLINGS” at Artlink

January 2, 2025 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to be part of a beautiful and timely show, “DWELLINGS” at Artlink, housed in the Auer Center for Arts and Culture in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Learn about and view the show HERE!

I love participating in shows all over the country, and see the extraordinary talent, diversity of media, level of skill and and passion for expression manifesting itself across the United States at all times.  This helps me to feel connection, hope and the sense of belonging to a creative force working to resist cruelty, negativity, smallness and isolationism. Brava to the brave and resilient gallerists, curators, organizations, funders, institutions and artists working tirelessly to support the growth of the human spirit into its most elevated aspirations.

“For the exhibition DWELLINGS, juried Steve Garst, Artlink invited artists to submit works of any media that involve homes, shelters, forts, nests, burrows, or any other forms of inhabited space used by humans or non-humans. Where a creature lays its head can be a place of refuge, sustenance, and identity.  They are cauldrons of growth, filled with love, hurt, anger, learning, and memory.  Often, homes are constructed and, in turn, end up constructing the lives of those who dwell within them, for better or worse.  Artlink is excited to offer an exhibition exploring the variety of human and non-human places that serve as home, in all its numerous manifestations.”

My artists’ book “Window Treatment” is in the show and I am proud to be in such good company.

Please see a video of the SHOW HERE!

 

 

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“A Common Thread” Artists’ Talk ArtShare LA

December 21, 2023 By Debra Disman

“A Common Thread” Artists’ Talk at ArtShare LA on May 19, 2023
Art Share L.A. proudly presented “A Common Thread“, an exhibition featuring fiber-based and textile works of art exploring autobiography and social critique, connection and displacement. The artworks in this exhibition were interlinked through themes of history and memory.

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amabelle Aguiluz, Aneesa Shami Zizzo, Antoinette Adams, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Arts District LA, ArtShare LA, ArtShareLA, Baha Danesh, Beth Stryker, Carmen Mardonez, Carolyn Mason, Chloe Cusimano, Common Thread Community Art Venue, Conceptual Books, COntempoirary Artist, Debra Disman, Doris Bittar, Downtown Los Angeles, Fiber, Fiber Art, Group Exhibition, Katie Shanks, Los Angeles Contemporary Artist, Marie-Jose Njoku-Obi, Michelle Montjoy, Textile Artist, Textiles, Thread, Women Artists Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Yasmine Diaz

Material III at the D’Art Center

March 11, 2022 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to be showing in MATERIAL III at the D’Art Center, “an exhibition of original fiber artworks from across the country highlighting the quality and variety of artworks utilizing fiber as a major component, including non-functional, 2D, 3D, fine art, and fine craft in fiber including mixed media works, in a variety of styles, co-curated by gallery manager Amanda Bradley and exhibition juror, Ryan Lytle.”
Kudos to Amanda for hanging my piece, “Before the Fall”  in such a great way!

I am honored to be honorably mentioned!

Congratulations to our award winners:
Honorable Mentions
Debra Disman from Los Angeles, CA for her fiber art sculptural book, Before the Fall.
Statement: Inspired by the book, my work has evolved into a focused material exploration driven by a visceral relationship with cloth, thread, cord and string. I engage the actions of folding, stitching, tearing, cutting and gluing in a continual effort to build and create, tear and break down, heal and repair, as a way of navigating the tension of opposites. While referencing the book as structure, the work has moved progressively into other conceptual realms where devotion to material labor and a passion for the haptic become powerful motivators and themes.

See the Live, In-Person AWARDS EVENT HERE!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "Before the Fall", Amanda Bradley, Conceptual Books, d’Art Center, Fiber, Fiber Art, Group Exhbition, Hangoing Books, Juried Show, Kinetic Books, Material, Material III, Materiality, National Exhibition, national Fiber Arts Exhibition, Neon District, Norfolk Virginia, Norfolk’s Art District., original fiber artworks, Ryan Lytle, Textile, Textile Art

“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense….”

November 6, 2020 By Debra Disman

“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act“. —Kenneth Rexroth

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Remain defended.

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Work Tagged With: Artist Book, ARTIST'S BOOKS, BOOK STRUCTURE, Conceptual, Conceptual Books, Contemporary Art, Form of the Book, Sculptural Books, Sculpture, Sharing Work, The Book As Art

2018 California Open Exhibition

July 22, 2018 By Debra Disman

I am honored to be included in the 2018 California Open Exhibition, juried by beloved and renowned Los Angeles-based artist, Kim Abeles and held at TAG GALLERY in Los Angeles from August 8 – 24, 2018.

I will be showing my piece:  “Throes of the Body”.

Here are the installation images and Press Release! CalOpen2018

Please join us for the Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on Saturday August 11, 5 – 8 PM at TAG GALLERY.

Exhibit: August 8 – 24, 2018
Reception and Awards Ceremony:
Saturday, August 11, 2018   5 – 8 p.m.

 

 

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