PO Box 1517, Edgartown, MA 02539 508-627-3829, email: dtc@deborahcolter.com

Selected Exhibitions (* Solo & Dual Exhibitions)

2008

Gallery KH, Chicago, Illinois, "Tribute" inaugural show with Scott Addis, Miles Bair, Rodger Bechtold, Robert Berlin,Gary Bowling, Marla Baggetta, Amy Cannady, Ellen Cocose, Henry Coe, Carolyn Cole, Mark Dickson, Lynn Dunbar, Peter Hoffer, Honore Lee, Jerry Ricketson, Rick Stevens, Carol Stewart, Leslie Tejada, and Mignonette Yin Cheng, Sculptors featured include: Greg Milne, Dan McDermott, Richard Taylor, and Dennis Westwood, Artists featuring works on paper include: Denise Presnell-Weidner, Victoria Ryan, and Seiko Tachibana.

*Red Door Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Solo show, "Mixed Messages"
Showing concurrently with Allison Compton

Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, Illinois

Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts

Water Street Gallery, Douglas, Michigan, group show, "Playful Objects" with David Adix, Byron Gin, John Gutoskey, Stephen Hansen, Jesse Hickman,
Aletha Israels, Kim Krumrey, Karen Shapiro

The Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

2007

*Mary Bell Galleries, Solo show, "Mechanics of Memory", Chicago, Illinois

The Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

*Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Water Street Gallery, Group show, "Paper Cuts", Saugatuck, Michigan

Mary Bell Galleries, Group show, "Abstractions" with Mark Dickson, Carolyn Cole,
Tim Christensen, and Rick Stevens, Chicago, Illinois

Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts

The Belushi Pisano Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

2006

Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, Illinois

*The Broome Street Gallery, New York, New York

Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

The Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

*The Belushi Pisano Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Jules Place, Group show, "Inner Vision!", Boston, Massachusetts

2005

Angelico Fine Art, Menlo Park, California

The Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

*Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

The Symmetry Gallery, Ltd., Troy, Michigan

2004

The Symmetry Gallery, Ltd., Grand Opening Show, Invited Artist, Troy, Michigan

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Invitational Group Show,
Vineyard Artists working with Paper and Paint, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Relics of the Nest: Illusion and Memory, Collaborative Group Show
Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

"Ordinary Spectacle", Invited Artist, Feature Show,
The Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

"Seeing Red", Group Show,
The Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire

*Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

2003

"Small Works", Group Show, works under $500
RISD/WORKS Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

"In Delicate Balance", Invited Artist, Feature Show, works on paper
Colonnade Gallery, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire

The Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire

Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

2002

"Matter, Dream, and Thought: A Symposium on the Works of Gaston Bachelard," Invitational Show
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Dallas, Texas

Relics of the Nest: Illusion and Memory, Collaborative Group Show
The Dragonfly Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Olga’s Picks: “Vineyard Galleries Show,” Collection of works curated by Olga Hirshorn
Featherstone Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts,

* Cousen Rose Gallery, Two Person Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

2001

" The Poetics of Space," Collaborative Group Show, Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

* New Work, Two Person Show, The Field Gallery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Women at Work: Making Art, Invitational Group Show, Vineyard Playhouse, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts


2000

Featherstone Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, Multi-media Invitational Group Show

*" Small Work, Discreet Directions," Two Person Show, Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

*" Pieces and Paths," The Field Gallery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Two Person Show with Albert Alcalay


1999

MAML Invitational Exhibit at C3TV Gallery, Hyannis, Massachusetts, Invitational Group Show

* " Impressions of Land," Two Person Show, The Field Gallery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Cafe Moxie Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

* Cousen Rose Gallery, Two Person Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts,

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

1998

Featherstone Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, Mixed media Invitational Group Show

* Cousen Rose Gallery, Two Person Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Chilmark Library, Chilmark, Massachusetts

1997

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

All Island Art Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts


1986

Hermine Merel Smith Gallery, Edgartown, Massachusetts


1981

The Vineyard Gallery, Edgartown, Massachusetts

Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

National Juried Exhibitions

2008

47th Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, New York

Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia

The Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, Maryland

39th Annual Art in the Park, Montclair, New Jersey

35th Westport Fine Art Festival, Westport, Connecticut

Rittenhouse Square Annual Fine Art Show - September , Philadelphia, PA

2007

Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival-2007, Greenwich, Connecticut

34th Westport Fine Art Festival, Westport, Connecticut

46th Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, New York

15th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Art Festival, Reston, Virginia

76th June Annual Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA

12th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, MV Agricultural Society Hall, West Tisbury, MA

2006

Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival-2006, Greenwich, Connecticut

13th Annual Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, Missouri

44th Annual Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

14th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Art Festival, Reston, Virginia

ArtFair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, Missouri

12th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, MV Agricultural Society Hall, West Tisbury, MA

Paradise City Contemporary Craft & Fine Art Festivals, Paradise City East, Marlborough, Massachusetts

2005

Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival-2005, Greenwich, Connecticut

12th Annual Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, Missouri

Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, Missouri

The Rockefeller Center Arts Festival, New York, NY

Paradise City Contemporary Craft & Fine Art Festivals, Paradise City East, Marlborough, Massachusetts

14th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Art Festival, Reston, Virginia

11th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, MV Agricultural Society Hall, West Tisbury, MA

2004

Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival-2004, Greenwich, Connecticut

The Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri

Art Baltimore '04, Baltimore, Maryland

The Rockefeller Center Arts Festival, New York, NY

The Artrider Crafts Park Avenue Show, New York, NY

Paradise City Contemporary Craft & Fine Art Festivals, Paradise City East, Marlborough, Massachusetts; Springtime in Paradise, Northampton, Massachusetts;Paradise Northampton (Fall Show), Northampton, Massachusetts; Paradise City East (Fall), Marlborough, Massachusetts;

Washington Mutual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, Florida

10th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, MV Agricultural Society Hall, West Tisbury, MA

2003

Paradise City Contemporary Craft & Fine Art Festivals, Paradise City East, Marlborough, Massachusetts; Springtime in Paradise, Northampton, Massachusetts; Paradise City Arts Festival, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Paradise Northampton (Fall Show), Northampton, Massachusetts

The Rockefeller Center Arts Festival, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY.

9th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, MV Agricultural Society Hall, West Tisbury, MA
Juried by David Duddy and Matthew Bird.

2002

8th Annual Vineyard Artisans Festival, West Tisbury, Massachusetts,
Juried by David Duddy

2001

3rd Annual RISD/Boston Alumni Exhibition, The Kaelin Gallery & Trinity Communications, Boston, Massachusetts, Juried by Jeffery Kaelin


2000

29th Annual Juried Works On Paper Exhibition, The Brand Galleries, Glendale, California,
Juried by Louise Lewis

1999

Collage Artists of America Open ‘99 Exhibit, The Brand Galleries, Glendale, California ,
Juried by Katherine Chang Lui

1986

Schoharie County Arts Council National 1986 Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, New York, Juried by Barry Walker

1981

18th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois, Juried by Mish Kohn

Alice Lloyd College 2nd Annual National Works on Paper Exhibition, Pippa Passes, Kentucky, Juried by David F. Routon

Corporate & Private Collections

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Anika Therapeutics, Bedford, Massachusetts
Boston Residential Group, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts
SemCams, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts
J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona
Wells Fargo, San Francisco, California
Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Get Connected, Boston, Massachusetts
The McCormack Firm, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts
Old Mutual (US) Holdings, Boston, Massachusetts
Lourie & Cutler, Boston, Massachusetts
Driscoll Insurance, Norwell, Massachusetts
Wolf Greenfield, Boston, Massachusetts
Ernst & Young, Boston, Massachusetts
Axis Communications, Washington, DC
Archon Group, A Division of Goldman Sachs, Boston, Massachusetts
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, New York, New York
Adobe Systems, San Jose, California
Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, California
Hale & Dorr, Boston, Massachusetts
Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Biogen Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Walker Marchant Group, Washington, DC
Urban Investment Association, Boston, Massachusetts
Numerous Private Collections, Respective of privacy

Bibliography (*Reviews)

*Amy Simcik Williams, "Art: Between Chaos and Harmony",
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, July, 28, 2005
* C.K. Wolfson, “Artists Discuss Joint Exhibition in Program at Dragonfly Gallery”,
Vineyard Gazette, September 27, 2002.
* Laura D. Roosevelt, “Five Artists, One Nest: Group Show at The Dragonfly”,
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, September 26, 2002
C.K. Wolfson, “Deborah Colter: One Woman’s Life as Collage”, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine,
Artscene Artist Profile, July/August 2001
“Five Artist’s Explore The ‘Poetics of Space’ ”, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, Artscene News, July/August 2001
* Hollis L. Engley, “Art Exhibit Explores Poetics of Space”, Vineyard Gazette, August 24, 2001
* Mary-Jean Miner, “Creating Space For Art”, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, August 23, 2001
Melissa Massello, “Art, Art, and More Art”, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, May 31, 2001
Agricultural Fair Supplement Cover, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, August 16, 2001
Diane Nicholls, “Gallery Show Is a Study in Abstraction”, Vineyard Gazette, July 14, 2000
Jane Friend, “Brand XXIX, Works on Paper Catalog”, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California
Lois Ramirez, “Collage Artists of America Open’99 Catalog”, Brand Galleries, Glendale, California
Great Arrow Graphics, Buffalo, New York, Hand Silkscreen Greeting Cards
Sarah Haight, “Saturday Stroll Highlights Art Galleries of Oak Bluffs”, Vineyard Gazette, July 24, 1998
Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, Massachusetts, Six “Town column heads”
Rhode Island Review, Providence, RI, Review of student works, March 1981
Creative and Mental Growth (Instructional Text), Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York

Awards and Honors

2007 Second Prize mixed media, 2007 Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival, Greenwich, Connecticut
2001 First Prize, Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair Poster Contest, West Tisbury, MA.,
Juried by Allen Whiting, et al.
First Prize, Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Association, 2001 Media Awards, Posters Group B.
1999 First Prize, mixed media. The All Island Art Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
1998 First Prize, mixed media. The All Island Art Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
1997 Anne Culbert Creativity Award, The All Island Art Show, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Juried by Alison Shaw, et al.

Education

1981
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts

Affiliations

2004-2008
National Association of Independent Artists www.naia-artists.org
RISD/Bostonwww.risdboston.org
Fort Point Arts Community, Inc. www.fortpointarts.org
MV Arts Forum.com www.mvartsforum.com

2003-1998
Martha’s Vineyard Center for the Visual Arts , Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

1999
Collage Artists of America, Burbank, California

Current Galleries

• Jules Place, Boston, MA
• Gallery KH, Chicago, IL
• Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
• Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA
• Red Door Gallery, Richmond, VA
• The Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

Current Art Consultants

• Erdreich White Fine Art, Boston, MA
• Boston Art, Boston, MA
• Britta Campbell, Oakland, CA
• Laurie S. Grossman, Corporate Art Consulting and Sales, Weston, MA
• Barbara Case Fine Art, Short Hills, NJ
• Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
• ArtMatters, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD

Deborah T. Colter, PO Box 1517, Edgartown, MA 02539 508-627-3829, email: dtc@deborahcolter.com