Deborah White | Modern Paintings

Artist’s Statement	My paintings are about connections. Connecting in a unique and personal way with a place or an event. I try to convey the essence of a place through color, form and texture. Incorporating pieces of newspapers or other printed materials collected during my travels adds concreteness and a touchable authenticity to the work. I enjoy intertwining texture and many layers within a painting. It is only when these layers feel completely interwoven and connected, that the painting is complete.
Artist’s Bio	A successful career in Chicago, first as a graphic designer, then as an advertising art director, has given me the opportunity to travel extensively. I’m still stunned by the impact these experiences have had on my perspective of the world. The tremendous modern art in the museums and galleries visited in Spain especially, gave me an overwhelming urge to finally express myself as a painter. The abstract expressionist approach my work takes, greatly influenced by Spanish artists, gives me the freedom to explore an idea on many levels simultaneously. The modern world allows one to share common interests with a global community in a way not possible in the past. Through my involvement with an internet group that has its common ground in the band The Rolling Stones, I have not only traveled to places I might not have ever thought of going, but while there, have been able to meet people who live in these places and gain a clearer understanding of the world through this personal contact. This connectivity and commonality among people all over the world, is what my paintings celebrate.
Solo Exhibitions	2012 "Modern Paintings" The Berlin, Umaran 19, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico 2011 "Modern Paintings" Bobo, The Art of Fine Living, Cuna de Allende 11, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2010 "Modern Paintings" Valcucine Chicago , Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL 2010 "Modern Prints", The Belmont, Chicago, IL 2009 "Urban Style Emporium", 200 E. Delaware, Chicago, IL 2008 "Rubicon" Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 "Continental Drift" art.ist galerie, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Group Exhibitions	2013 Galeria Manuel Chacon, Fabrica la Aurora Art & Design Center, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico 2012 "RETROSPEKTIVE", art.ist galerie, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany 2010 12th Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2010 Coalition Gallery, Curated show June 5, Chicago, IL 2008 "Stoppages", Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 "CS.38", Curated Show, Chicago Arts District Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 Cutters, Chicago, IL 2005 Soè Cafè, Sawyer, Michigan
Corporate Collections	2010 - Emerald Ventures, Chicago, IL 2005 - Misery Loves Company, Sawyer, Michigan 1999 - 2005 Grey Advertising, New York, NY 1989 - 1994 Leo Burnett, USA, Chicago, IL
Publications	May 2005, Crane's Chicago Business Spring 1998, Art Direction Magazine
Press	Chicago Journal, July 2008 Ruhr-Nachrichten (RN), August 2008 Ruhr-Nachrichten (RN), March 2007 Ruhr Revue, 2Q 2007 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Friday, March 9, 2007 Thiele Stadtanzeiger, Friday, March 9, 2007 Castroper Altstadt Journal, Saturday, March 3, 2007 Ruhr-Nachrichten (RN), January 2007 Stadtanzeiger Castrop-Rauxel, January 2007 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Education	2004 - 2006 Digital Bootcamp, Chicago, IL 1997 - 2000 Mac University, Chicago, IL 1990 - 1992 Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL 1985 - 1988 The American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL