DEBORAH BELL
deborah bell
education
1978-1981
BA, Sculpture and Painting, Cornish Institute,
Seattle, Washington
1975-1977
State University College, New Paltz, New York
1974-1975
The Factory of Visual Art, Seattle, Washington
selected solo exhibitions
2023
”Interweave"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022
"Traverse"
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
”Featured Artist"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
"Wakeful Dreaming"
Ligne Roset, Seattle, WA
2014
"Recent Work"
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
"New Work"
Taste, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2013
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
"Stargazing"
Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
"Mana"
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
"Tributes"
TASTE, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2007
"Spin Drift"
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
2006
New Work
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
"All The Meanings Of Light"
Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Luminant Beings"
Van Valey House, Everett, WA
"Plexures"
RC Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
"Peekholes and Floats"
Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Random Families"
Artemis Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
"Making It Up"
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Bearings"
Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
2001
"Objects of My Affection"
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2000
"Navigating"
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
"Signs For Spring"
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
"Notes"
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1998
"New Paintings and Drawings"
Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
1996
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1995
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Cunningham Gallery, U of WA Seattle, WA
1994
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1992
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1990
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1989
2D + 3D Work
King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
1988
New Work, Blake Gallery, Seattle, WA
public collections
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Nordstrom Corporation, US and Canada
Visa, Inc.
Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
Sutter Medical Center, Castro Valley, CA
Neiman Marcus, Inc.
Heising-Simons Foundation, Los Altos, CA
Swedish Hospital, First Hill, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital Broadway, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital, Issaquah, WA
Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
OHSU, Markham Hill Collection, Portland, OR
Hotel Andra, Seattle, WA
Seattle Swank, Seattle, WA
Rosichelli Staging, Seattle, WA
Keller-Rohrback Law Offices, Seattle, WA
Retina Consultants, Seattle, WA
Keith B. Wong, DDS, MS, Seattle, WA
Ballard Landmark Inn, Seattle, WA
Virtuoso, Seattle, WA
Cascade Partners, Seattle, WA
Kimpton Hotels, Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC
Skyline at First Hill, Seattle, WA
selected group exhibitions
2024
"The Experience of Being"
Soliloquy Fine Arts, Portland, OR
"Beneath the Surface"
Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2022
"Integrate"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019
"Under the Influence"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018
45th Anniversary Group Show
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
"Darks and Lights"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016
"Reflections" Featured Artist
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
"10th Anniversary Exhibition"
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
"Summer Group Show"
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
2015
"Spiritual Nature"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
2014
“Crowd”
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Lines of Contradiction”
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
2012
“Elles: SAM Gallery”
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
2011
“20th Anniversary Exhibition”
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
5th Anniversary Group Show
SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Gallery 815, Portland, OR
“Featured Artist”
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
"Web of Life" installation
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
"35th Anniversary Celebration"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Dualities"
Cornish College of the Arts
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
"U8- Second Annual"
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
2006
"Elemental"
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, B.C., Canada
"Aesthetics/ Analytics"
SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Inherent Nature"
Cornish Arts Institute, Seattle, WA
2004
"Inherent Nature"
James Krespinel Studio, Seattle, WA
"Underwear Party"
Square Room, Seattle, WA
"Blue Waters"
Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
"Pleasure Craft"
Tacoma Art Museum Biennial, Tacoma, WA
2000
"Rosey" Invitational
SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Pacific Northwest Annual
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"The End"
Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Phresh"
Pacific Northwest Art Council, Seattle, WA
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1998
Pacific Northwest Annual
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Whatcom County Art Museum, Bellingham, WA
1997
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
"Printworks" Invitational
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1996
Bailey- Boushay House, Seattle, WA
Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA
1994
COCA Northwest Annual, Seattle, WA
Art/Poetry Bus Project, Metro, Seattle, WA
Outside-In Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992
"Signs of the Cross"
Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
"Form Divine" Italia invitational, Seattle, WA
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1991
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Renton Annual Art Show, Renton, WA
Fremont Fine Arts Foundry, Seattle, WA
1989
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1988
"12x12"
Seattle Design Association, Seattle, WA
Allied Arts Invitational, Seattle, WA