Exhibitions & Professional History

Selected Exhibits

2025
Sears Art Museum | Invitational Exhibition | George, UT

2024
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art | 8th ANJE | Wausau, Wisconsin
Good and Evil | Nanny Goat Gallery | San Francisco 
The Almenara Collection & Art Prize | 2024 Online Exhibition | Cordoba, Spain
Titian International Portrait Exhibition | Forte Monte Ricco | Caldore BL, Italy
The MEAM Hall: 5th edition | First Street Gallery | New York, NY
The MEAM Hall: 5th edition | MEAM Museu Europeu d’Art Modern | Barcelona, Spain
33 Contemporary | Knockoffs | Chicago, IL
33 Contemporary | Conversations | Chicago, IL
KOH Atelier | Axis Gallery | Seattle, WA
Stupid Cupid | 33 Contemporary | Chicago, IL

2023
Holiday Exhibition | Dacia Gallery | New York, NY
The Collective | Axis Gallery | Seattle, WA
13th Anniversary Exhibition | Dacia Gallery | New York, NY
Artists Painting Artists | 33 Contemporary Gallery PoetsArtists | Chicago, IL
Wonder Woman | PoestsArtists & 33 Contemporary | Chicago, IL
KOH Atelier | Axis Gallery | Seattle, WA
Mujer Annual Exhibition | 33 Contemporary Gallery | Chicago, Artsy.net

2014
Tall Tales – Folk, Fantasy & Fear in Art of the Fairy Tale | Susan Eley Fine Art | New York, NY
Essence – National Portrait Society | Fountainhead Gallery | Seattle, WA
Ex Libris – 100 Artists 100 Books | Curated by Siolo Thompson | Seattle, WA

2013
64 Arts National Exhibition | Curated by April Gornik | Monmouth, IL
The Better Bombshell | Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WA
Washington State Juried Art Competition | Collective Visions Gallery | Juror Artist Alfredo Arreguin | Bremerton, WA
Perceptual Expressions | Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park | Camano Island, WA
Archetypes | Corridor Gallery TK Building | Seattle, WA
Gallery Orange | New Orleans, LA

2012
2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial | Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Juror Sarah Aubrey, Curator of American Art | Fort Wayne, IN
64 Arts National Exhibition | America: Now and Here | Juror Eric Fischl, Artist and Founder of America: Now & Here | Monmouth, IL
3rd Annual Juried Show | Florida Museum for Women Artists | Juror Dr Ron Yrabedra, Professor Emeritus Florida A&M University
Red Current | Roq La Rue Gallery | Seattle, WA
Circus Circus 2 | Featured Artist | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
The Really, Really Big Show | Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park | Camano Island, WA
Tableaux Vivants | ArtsWest Gallery | Seattle, WA
2012 Annual Washington State Juried Art Competition | Collective
Visions Gallery | Juror Kathleen Moles, Curator of Exhibitions,  Museum of Northwest Art | Bremerton, WA
So the Story Goes | Art and Soul Fine Art Photography | Seattle, WA   (solo exhibit)

2011
Urban Masters | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
Fate of the Forest | Whatcom Museum | Bellingham, WA
Circus Circus | The Hive Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
13th Annual Juried Port Townsend Show | Northwinds Art Center | Juror  Gary Faigin | Port Townsend, WA
Gallery 206 | Curator Todd Jannausch | Seattle, WA
Waiting for Prince Charming | All City Arts | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
Art Solutions | Three Person Show | Wells Fargo | Seattle, WA

2010
Neo-Kitsch National Small Works | ArtsWest Gallery | Seattle, WA
Lucky Charms | Georgetown Arts Center | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
KOH Painting Atelier | Bean Street | Seattle, WA
Ding Dongs and Destiny | Bauhaus | Seattle, WA  (solo exhibit)
The Hideout | Seattle, WA
Best of Gage | Steele Gallery | Seattle, WA

2009
Peninsula Art League Juried Exhibition | Gig Harbor, WA
Shelton Rotating Gallery | Shelton, WA
Painting and Drawing Atelier | OK Hotel Gallery | Seattle, WA
Best of Gage | Rosen Gallery | Seattle | WA

Collections  

Gage Academy of Art
Dwayne J Clark Collection

Artist Residencies

2025  Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, VT | 2025
2024  Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, VT | 2024
2023  Museum of Loss and Renewal | Collemacchia, Italy

Awards and Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship Candidate | Advanced to Finalist Selection Round | 2025
Fellowship | Vermont Studio Center | Artist Residency | 2025
Titian International Portrait Competition | Finalist | Forte Monte Ricco | Caldore BL, Italy
The Almenara Collection & Art Prize | 2024 Online Exhibition | Cordoba, Spain
Fellowship | Vermont Studio Center | Artist Residency | 2024
International Artist of the Year Award | Finalist | Circle Foundation for the Arts | Lyon, France | 2024
International Emerging Woman Artist Award – Special Mention | Arts to Hearts | India | 2023
First Place | 3rd Annual Juried Show | Florida Museum of Women Artists Juror Professor Yrabodra | Florida A&M University, 
Inaugural Associated Artist | Museum of Realist Art | Pamela Sienna George Kougeas, Curators , Museum of Realist Art.
The William Radcliffe Studio Challenge Award | Nominating Panel | Greg Kucera, Linda Hodges, Jess Marie, Gunner Nordstrom 2011
First Place Figure | Best of Gage | Juror Derrick R Cartwright, Director Seattle Art Museum

Press

2024
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Portfolios, November/December 2024, Issue #1, Deborah Scott, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
Artistic Hub Magazine, Issue #1, Zug Switzerland, October 2024
Era Contemporary Medium, Embracing Ambiguity: The Art of Deborah Scott, September, 2024
SuboArt Magazine, Issue 27, Deborah Scott, Lisbon, Portugal | Madrid Spain, August 2024
American Art Collector, June, 2024
Artistic Hub, With a Brush Through Life: Deborah Scott, Zug Switzerland, May 2024
New Visionary Magazine, Deborah Scott, New York, May 2024
Bee + Clover Magazine, Issue #7, New Hampshire, April 2024
Visionary Art Collective, Deborah Scott: Unraveling the Vision, Artist Interview, New York, March 2024
Artist Talk Magazine, London, UK, February 2024
33PA | Deborah Scott Artist Interview, Chicago, IL, February 2024

2023
American Art Collector, December, 2023

2014
Leiberman, Michael.  The Seattle P-I.  100 Artists and the Books that Influenced Them.  March 6, 2014.

2013
Austin and Thompson.  The Better Bombshell.  pgs 61-63. 2013     
Catapult Art Magazine,  Issue #19.  Pgs. 23-25.  May 2013
Graves, Jen.  SLOG.  The Stranger.com.  The Better Bombshell.  February 15, 2013.
Holden, Ming.  The Huffington Post.  “Redefining the Female Role Model” February 15 2013.
Malik, Shazrah.  Artists for Artists.  Two Seattle Women Dare to Ask Us Who is the Better Bombshell?  April 16, 2013
Pollman, Lisa.  The Seattle Vine.  Group Show Explores Pattern, Place, and Space. April 24, 2013.

2012
Poets and Artists Magazine.  Heroes and Villains. Pg 3. May 2012
Contemporary Realism Biennial 2012, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2012
Fischl, Erik.  ANH at Monmouth’s Buchanan Center for the Arts. America: Now and Here.  October, 2012
Poets and Artists Magazine.  The Summer Interview Issue, Issue #36,  July 2012.  Pgs. 95-99
Poets and Artists Magazine. Artists on Artists, Issue #38, September 2012, pg. 37.
International Painting Annual 2, Manifest Creative Research Gallery Press, Cincinnati, OH   June 2012
Poets and Artists Magazine.  Issue #40.  November 2012, pg. 22.
Juxtapose Magazine, Circus, Circus at the Hive Gallery LA, June 1, 2012
Graves, Jen.  Pictures of Art I Saw Today, Volume 39. March 22, 2012
Proust.  Between Heaven and Hellboy: Preview #2, Proust Interviews Deborah Scott, Seattle PI, June 30, 2012
Frenz, Lesley.  Artist Takeover, Day1 : Deborah Scott, Artsy Forager July 30, 2012
BurdaStyle, Best of May Collection, Locavore, May 23, 2012
International Contemporary Figurative Artist Directory, April 2012
Rose Red Review, Summer Feature, Issue No. 1, Summer 2012
Veltkamp, Joey. Recent Paintings by Deborah Scott, January 27, 2012
Frenz, Lesley.  “Friday Faves: It’s Like High School Without the Bad Hair“Artsy Forager, January 5, 2012
Lenz, Olivia, Instuctables, {Locavore}, June 9, 2012 

2011
Matilsky, Barbara.  Curator of Art, Whatcom MuseumWhatcom Museum Inside art | nature | history, Summer, pgs. 10-11     Johnson, Tim.  Editor and Publisher, Cascadia Weekly, July 20, 2011, Front Cover, #29, v 06
Pearson, Teia. “Artist Watch – Deborah Scott“, Escape Into Life, November 2, 2011
Frenz, Lesley.  “Different… in a Really, Really, Good Way:  Deborah Scott“, Artsy Forager, June 28, 2011
Veltkamp, Joey.  “Deborah Scott“, Best of, August 22, 2011
Frenz, Lesley.  “Sleeping with Peas and Toads“, Artsy Forager,  September, 8 2011
Veltkamp, Joey.  “Deborah Scott / Waiting for Prince Charming“, Best of   September, 12, 2011

2010
Appelo, Tim.  “The Curator’s Eye”, Seattle CityArts Magazine, June, p. 48
Gage Academy of Art Atelier Catalog, June

Affiliations

National Portrait Society
Artist Trust Member

Education and Training

Painting and Drawing Atelier | Gage Academy of Art
Dartmouth College | Masters in Business Administration
Seattle University | Bachelor of Arts