Deborah Kahn graduated with an MFA in painting from Yale University in 1978. After graduating from Yale, she moved to New York City, where she lived and painted until 1982. She left New York in 1982 to teach painting and drawing at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. In 1986, she returned to New York and taught drawing as an adjunct professor at Yale University and Queens College, City University of New York. In 1989, she joined the Department of Art Faculty at American University, Washington, D.C., and taught painting and drawing until she retired in 2012. In 2004, Deborah Kahn was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Kahn exhibits her work at the Bowery Gallery in New York City, Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia and at Les Yeux du Monde in Charlottesville, VA.

Her exhibitions include solo shows at the Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; Wright State University, Dayton, OH; The Taft School, Watertown, CT; August State University, Augusta, GA, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and the Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C. She has been in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Albright Knox Museum in Buffalo, NY, and the Toyota Municipal Museum in Nagoya, Japan. Her work has been reviewed in the Washington Post, The Hartford Courant, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Art in America. John Goodrich reviewed her last solo show at the Bowery Gallery in onviewart.com. Kahn and her husband reside in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2012 The Taft School, Watertown, CT. “Paintings and Drawings”
2011 Augusta State University, Augusta, GA. “Paintings and Drawings”
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. “Works on Paper”
Washington Studio School, Washington D.C. “Drawings”
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY. “Recent Paintings”
2010 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2005 American University, Washington DC
2003 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2002 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY. “Drawings”
2001 Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
1998 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1997 List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1994 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Virginia Tech Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington DC
1991 Franz Bader Gallery, Washington DC
1990 Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH. “Works on Paper”
Hobart College, Geneva, NY
1988 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
Patrick King Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. “Martha Armstrong and Deborah Kahn: Recent Work”
2012 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. “Thick Paint”
2010 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 447, Cambridge, MD. “Six Washington Painters”
Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan. “Art on Paper”
Les Yeux de Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia. “Eyes Wide Open”
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. “Dale Emmet, Deborah Kahn, Susan Walp”
2009 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. Lohin Geduld Drawing Atlas Exhibition
The Painting Center, New York, NY. “Five Figurative Artists”
Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan. “Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan”
2008 The New York Studio School. “Silent Auction”
Chautauqua Gallery, Chautauqua New York. “Faculty Exhibition”
2007 Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA. “Deborah Kahn and Esme Thompson”
The New York Studio School, New York, New York. “Silent Auction”
Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan. “Art on Paper”
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan. “Art on Paper 2007”
Osunna Gallery, Bethesda, MD. “Women in the Arts”
2005 Washington Design Center, Hemphill Gallery, Washington, DC
Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
The New York Studio School, New York, NY
2003 Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA. “Deborah Kahn and Katherine Porter”
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT. “Joseph Byrne, Deborah Kahn, Colleen Randall”
2002 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2001 The Justice Department, Washington DC
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. “Collector’s Edge”
2000 Vaughn Associates, New York, NY
St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT. Two-person exhibition
1999 Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
New York Studio School of Painting and Drawing, New York, NY
Chautauqua Institution, School of Art, Chautauqua, NY. “Faculty exhibition”
1998 Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Traveling Flat Files
1997 PS 41, New York, NY

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2004 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2002/2005 American University, Mellon Grant
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Waren Craghead, “more Charlottesville art .” Drawer, September 2007.
Victoria Donohue, “Four captivating exhibits come as double delights.” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 1997.
Matt Damsker, “Art View.” Hartford Current, December 1987.
Lee Fleming, “Fresh Paint: Groups that Gratify.” Washington Post, July 1994
Ann Langdon, “Four Play.” New Haven Advocate, October 1990.
Ruth Latter, “Charming overcame the preciousness.” Daily Progress, February 2001.
Alison Martin, “Magnificent Colorful Paintings Highlight the Bowery Gallery.” Examiner.com, April 2011.
Lynne Munson, Exhibitionism: Art in an Era of Intolerance, published by Ivan and Dee, Chicago, 2000, pp. 125 – 126, with color plate: “Torso”, 1997.
Patricia Rosoff, “Regional Reviews.” Art New England, June 2000.
Patricia Rosoff, “No Guts, No Glory.” Hartford Current, October 1999.
Amy Slaton, Art in America, July 1987
Michael Welzenbach, “Women’s Art Without An Agenda.” The Washington Post, February 9, 1991.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
Drawing Atlas, a project of Lohin Geduld Gallery,
EDUCATION
1976 – 1978 Yale University, New Haven, CT. Master of Fine Arts in Painting
1972 – 1976 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
1970 – 1972 Boston University, Boston MA

TEACHING
1989 – 2012 American University, Washington DC
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Acting Chair: September 1994 – May 1995, Fall 1998
1991 – 2006 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH. Visiting Associate Professor of Studio Art, Summer Term
1988 – 1989 New York Studio School of Painting and Drawing. Painting Instructor
1986 – 1988 Yale University, New Haven, CT. Lecturer: Painting and Drawing
1988Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT. Instructor: Painting and Drawing
1986 – 1988 Queens College of the City of New York. Adjunct Instructor: Painting and Drawing
1982 – 1986 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Assistant Visiting Professor of Art

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Visiting Artist
Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. Visiting Artist
Washington Studio School, Washington DC. Visiting Instructor
2010 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Visiting Artist
2009 The Washington Studio School, Washington DC. Visiting Artist
2008 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua New York. Faculty
2007 University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visiting Artist
Rhode Island School of Design. Visiting Instructor
New York Studio School, NY, NY. Visiting Lecturer
2006 New York Studio School, NY, NY. Drawing Marathon Instructor
2004 University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Visiting Artist
Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA. Visiting Artist
2003 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Visiting Artist
2002 Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC. Visiting Critic
2001 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Visiting Critic
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Made a print for the Studio Center Press
1999 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Visiting Critic
1998 Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY. Faculty
1997 New York Studio School, New York, NY. Visiting Critic Final Reviews
Washington Studio School, Washington DC. Visiting Lecturer
1995 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Visiting Lecturer
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Visiting Artist
1994 St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD. Visiting Artist
1993 Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY. Faculty
New York Studio School, New York, NY. Visiting Artist
1992 Hampshire College, Northampton, MA. Visiting Artist
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Visiting Critic
Maryland Arts Council Art’s Competition. Juror
1991 Maryland College of Art and Design. Juror
1990 National Women’s Museum, Washington DC. Lecturer, “Careers and Education”
1988 Smith College, Northampton, MA. Visiting Artist