Deborah Ross Art

                       deborah c. ross

137 first avenue, no.7

new york, new york 10003

212.533.9764

exhibitions, private commissions ∼

Water Nature

summer 2011

Eileen Fisher. New York City

Natural Connections

jan. 2011

Marie Selby Botanical Garden Gallery, Florida

Everything I Do Comes Back to Me

july/aug 2007

Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

Marie Selby Botanical Garden

may-oct 2006

“Madagascar: A Village Paints Its World” Puffin Foundation

Franco Guinean Cultural Center

january 2006

“Guinea Stories”

Wave Hill House Gallery

Riverdale, New York

june – sept 2002

“Birds, Flowers and Bugs”

watercolors of flora and fauna in Wave Hill’s gardens

Oprah Winfrey, Chicago, Ill

spring 2000

Commissioned paintings

The Wildlife Gallery

Central Park Wildlife Center

june—sept 1996      

“Wildlife Watercolor—the art of the field”              

  watercolors from Kenya

French Cultural Center,
Nairobi, Kenya

may—june

1994

“ Etching”

soft ground etchings of animals and landscapes

CSULB Long Beach, CA

march 92

“Animals” watercolors and drawings from Africa

publications ∼

Olcani, Book of Maasai children’s paintings of their medicine plants

October 2011

Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant

Children’s Book, Durrell Wildlife Trust UNICEF

2005-2011

No-Song, the Indri Lemur

Furry and Fluffy, the Red Ruffed lemurs

Bounce The White Sifaka

TIK-TIK The Ringtailed Lemur

Bitika, the Mouse Lemur

Ako the Aye Aye

Natural History Magazine

september 2000

“The Lemurs of Kirindy” 2000,

april 1998

“Looking for Maria” ∼ Kenyan Wildlife Service Rhino Rescue

feb. 1997

“The Work of Nature” ~

dec  1996/97

“A Kenya Sketchbook” ∼ essay and paintings of Kenya

Print Magazine

may 1990

“Natural Encounters” ∼ selections from artist’s journal

permanent exhibits ~                                       

Minnesota Zoo

2008

Russian Bear Exhibit

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

2006

Interpretive Paintings in site throughout the botanical gardens

Prospect Park Wildlife Center

2003present

Mural and watercolors, Brooklyn, New York

Cleveland Botanical Gardens

2003

Conservancy - rainforest ecology

Miami Metro Zoo, Miami, FL

2002

Aviary – history of flight

Riverbanks Zoo, South Carolina

spring 2001

Aviary – convergent evolution in birds

Marine Park Nature Center, NY

spring 2001

Nature Center – history of a salt marsh ecology

Oklahoma Natural History Mus.

fall 2000

Hall of Peoples  - historic peoples, wildlife and landscapes

Aquarium of the Pacific, CA

1997

Northwest coast water ecologies

Wildlife Conservation Society

1985present

Jungle World, Birds of Prey, Baboon Reserve,  World of Birds

residencies ∼

Kenya

2008-2010

Watercolor Painting Workshops

Guinea, West Africa

january 2006

Franco Guinean Cultural Center, Conakry, Guinea

Madagascar

july/august05

Lemur Conservation Foundation, Tampolo Forest Reserve

Guinea, West Africa

dec/jan2005

Islamic World Arts Initiative Commissioning Grant

Sacatar Foundation

aug/sep 2004

Artist-in-Residence at Quinta Pitanga, Bahia, Brazil

Music Omi, Ghent, New York

august 2003

Artist-In-Residence, watercolor and photography

Cape Cod National Seashore

june july 2002

Artist-in-Residence

Myakka City, Florida

sept 2001

Myakka City Reserve, Lemur Conservation Society

Madagascar

apriljune2001

Watercolor Instructor, Tsiribihina River, Kirindy Forest

Madagascar

march 2000

Studies of the nocturnal lemurs of the Kirindy Forest

Madagascar

june/sept 1998

Kirindy Forest ecology and people of the Tsiribihina River

Kenya

may-sept1997

Rhinoceros, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya Wildlife Service

Kenya

feb-may1996

Uaso Ngiro Baboon, Amboseli Elephant Research Project

Kenya and Uganda

feb-aug 1994

Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Lake Mburo, Uganda

Kenya and Tanzania

july1990—91

Uaso Ngiro, Amboseli Project, and Mkumi National Park TZ

Kenya

june 87—march 88

Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, Amboseli Elephant Research, Pastoralist Advocacy Project for Nomadic Peoples

teaching ∼

School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

1997—present

Instructor ∼ Drawing and Painting

California Institute of the Arts 

1995-1997

Instructor  ∼ Drawing and Painting