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”

 

 

 

Franco Guinean Cultural Center, Conakry, Guinea

January 2006

Guinea Stories”
watercolors and photography of Guinea

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

 

 

 

California State University at
Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

march
1992

“Animals”
 watercolors and drawings from Africa

publications ~


Bitikia
Kirinday Forest, Madagascar

In production

Children’s book in English and Malagasy
Durrell Wildlife Trust

 

 

 

Ako the Aye-Aye
TampoloForest,  Madagascar

march 2005

Children’s Book, Alison Jolly in English and Malagasy
Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant

 

 

 

Natural History Magazine

september 2000

“The Lemurs of Kirindy”

 

 

 

 

April 1998

“Looking for Maria” ~ Kenyan Wildlife Service Rhino Rescue

 

 

 

 

feb. 1997

“The Work of Nature” ~  Watercolors of ecosystems 

 

 

 

 

dec  1996—
jan 1997

“A Kenya Sketchbook” ~essay and paintings
from the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, Kenya

 

 

 

Print Magazine

May 1990

“Natural Encounters”  ~selections from artist’s journal

 

 

 

Step by Step Graphics Magazine

july/aug 1993

Soft-ground etching techniques,” text & art

 

 

 

Estrellas de la Literatura

1993

“Viajes de Ozomatli y Don Armadillo” children’s book HJB

 

 

 

Almost Human ~A Journey into the World of Baboons

1987

Drawings of baboon behavior
Shirley Strum, Random House

 

 

permanentexhibits ~                                        


Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

2006

Interpretive Paintings in site throughout the botanical gardens

 

 

 

Prospect Park Wildlife Center

2003
1993

Living Color mural and watercolors, Brooklyn, New York
Art for newly renovated Zoo

 

 

 

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 ~


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

sept-oct 2004

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

 

 

 

Music Omi, Ghent, New York

aug 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

april-june2001

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 1987—march 1988

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

California Institute of the Arts, 

1995-1997

instructor  ~Drawing and Painting