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deborah c. ross
137 first avenue, no.7
new york, new
york 10003
212.533.9764
tokounou@mindspring.com
exhibitions, private commissions ~
Marie Selby Botanical Garden |
May-Oct 2006 |
“Madagascar: A Village Paints Its World” |
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Franco Guinean Cultural Center, Conakry, Guinea |
January 2006 |
“Guinea Stories” |
Wave Hill House Gallery |
june – sept 2002 |
“Birds, Flowers and Bugs” |
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Oprah Winfrey, Chicago, Ill |
spring 2000 |
Commissioned paintings |
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The Wildlife Gallery |
june—sept 1996 |
“Wildlife Watercolor—the
art of the field” |
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French Cultural Center, |
may—june |
“ Etching” |
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California State University at |
march |
“Animals” |
publications ~
Bitikia Kirinday Forest, Madagascar |
In production |
Children’s book in English and Malagasy |
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Ako the Aye-Aye |
march 2005 |
Children’s Book, Alison Jolly in English
and Malagasy |
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Natural History Magazine |
september 2000 |
“The Lemurs of Kirindy” |
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April 1998 |
“Looking for Maria” ~ Kenyan Wildlife Service Rhino Rescue |
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feb. 1997 |
“The Work of Nature” ~ Watercolors of ecosystems |
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dec 1996— |
“A Kenya Sketchbook” ~essay
and paintings |
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Print Magazine |
May 1990 |
“Natural Encounters” ~selections from artist’s journal |
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Step by Step Graphics Magazine |
july/aug 1993 |
”Soft-ground etching techniques,” text & art |
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Estrellas de la Literatura |
1993 |
“Viajes de Ozomatli y Don Armadillo” children’s book HJB |
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Almost Human ~A Journey into the World of Baboons |
1987 |
Drawings of baboon behavior |
permanentexhibits ~
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens |
2006 |
Interpretive Paintings in site throughout the botanical gardens |
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Prospect Park Wildlife Center |
2003 |
Living Color mural and watercolors,
Brooklyn, New York |
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Cleveland Botanical Gardens |
2003 |
Conservancy - rainforest ecology |
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Miami Metro Zoo, Miami, FL |
2002 |
Aviary – history of flight |
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Riverbanks Zoo, South Carolina |
spring 2001 |
Aviary – convergent evolution in birds |
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Marine Park Nature Center, NY |
spring 2001 |
Nature Center – history of a salt marsh ecology |
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Oklahoma Natural History Mus. |
fall 2000 |
Hall of Peoples - historic peoples, wildlife and landscapes |
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Aquarium of the Pacific, CA |
1997 |
Northwest coast water ecologies |
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Wildlife Conservation Society |
1985present |
Jungle World, Birds of Prey, Baboon Reserve, World of Birds |
residencies ~
Guinea, West Africa |
January 2006 |
Franco Guinean Cultural Center, Conakry, Guinea |
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Madagascar |
july/august05 |
Lemur Conservation Foundation, Tampolo Forest Reserve |
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Guinea, West Africa |
dec/jan2005 |
Islamic World Arts Initiative Commissioning Grant |
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Sacatar Foundation |
sept-oct 2004 |
Artist-in-Residence at Quinta Pitanga, Bahia, Brazil |
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Music Omi, Ghent, New York |
aug 2003 |
Artist-In-Residence, watercolor and photography |
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Cape Cod National Seashore |
june-july 2002 |
Artist-in-Residence |
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Myakka City, Florida |
sept 2001 |
Myakka City Reserve, Lemur Conservation Society |
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Madagascar |
april-june2001 |
Watercolor Instructor, Tsiribihina River, Kirindy Forest |
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Madagascar |
march 2000 |
Studies of the nocturnal lemurs of the Kirindy Forest |
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Madagascar |
june sept 1998 |
Kirindy Forest ecology and people of the Tsiribihina River |
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Kenya |
may-sept1997 |
Rhinoceros, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya Wildlife Service |
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Kenya |
feb may1996 |
Uaso Ngiro Baboon, Amboseli Elephant Research Project |
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Kenya and Uganda |
feb aug 1994 |
Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Lake Mburo, Uganda |
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Kenya and Tanzania |
july1990—91 |
Uaso Ngiro, Amboseli Project,and Mkumi National Park TZ |
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Kenya |
june 1987—march 1988 |
Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, Amboseli Elephant Research, Pastoralist Advocacy Project for Nomadic Peoples |
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Costa Rica, Central America |
aug-oct 1985 |
Tortougaro National Park: sea turtle nesting research |
teaching ~
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY |
1997—present |
instructor ~Drawing and Painting |
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California Institute of the Arts, |
1995-1997 |
instructor ~Drawing and Painting |