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2006 Profile of Debra Baxter
from the book "SOIL artist-run gallery 2006"
published in 2006 by soil art gallery

2005 Profile of Debra Baxter
from the book "SOIL artist-run gallery 1995-2005"
published in 2005 by soil art gallery

Featured in China's Vision Magazine
Yi, Liang. "SOIL." China: Vision. Sept., 2006, p. 190-194

Press Links
http://gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=192... http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=132844
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/300261_inbrief19.html
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=20389
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/207751_visual14.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/202088_visual03.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/165363_inbrief19.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/148177_visual14.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/142753_coca07.html

Education

2007 Master of Fine Arts, Bard College, Milton Avery School of the Arts,
  Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1996 Bachelor of Fine Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN
1995 Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
1995 Porto Romano, Florence, Italy
1991 University of Nebraska College of Art And Sciences, Lincoln NE
1990 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO

Exhibitions

Select Solo and Two Person Shows

2008 Massimo Audiello Gallery New York City
2007 Soil, "Yielded," with Robert de Saint Phalle Seattle WA.
2005 4Culture Gallery, "The Cloud that Fell to Earth," Seattle WA
2004 Soil, "Topography of Home," Seattle WA
2002 The Commencement Gallery, Tacoma WA
2002 Zeitgeist Gallery, "lightness/weight" Seattle WA
2001 Artreach Gallery, "code/coincidence" Seattle WA
2000 Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle WA
1999 Madrona Automatic, "mine" Seattle WA
1999 Charles Wright Academy Tacoma, WA
1998 The Studio Art Center, Everett, WA.
1998 Alexander Gallery, Seattle WA.
1998 Studio 229, Seattle WA.
1997 Royal Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Old Arizona Studios, Minneapolis, MN.
1996 August Moon, Golden Valley, MN. 1996 East Lake Street Gallery, Minneapolis MN.
1995 Gallery 221, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN

Select Group Shows

2006
Or Gallery, Why I Am So Unhappy, Vancouver BC

2005
Performa05, Grand openings, Film Anthalogy Archives, New York City
  with Ei Arakawa, Jutta Koether, and Emily Sunblad
Ballard Featherston, "I want you to want me," Seattle WA
Aqua Art Miami, Miami Florida (corresponding with Art Basel Miami)
First Year Show, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York
Soil, "Green," Seattle WA

2004
Platform, "Paperworks," Seattle Wa
Soil, "New Acquisions," Seattle WA
Soil, "Masquerade," Seattle Wa

2003
COCA Northwest Annual, Juried by Esther Luttikhuizen
Seattle WA
Soil, "Specimen," Seattle WA
Bumbershoot, The Gallery of Collections and Creations," Seattle WA
Ten63, Long Island NY
Consolidated Works, “The Girly Fun Show,” Seattle, WA
Art Resource Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Artreach Gallery, “Let them eat cake,” Seattle, WA

2002
Bellevue Art Museum, “Our Response to Place,” Juried Show, Seattle WA.

2000
Artreach Gallery, Seattle WA
Mix Gallery, Seattle WA.
Theater4, Seattle WA.

1998
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA.

1997
Art Resource Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
Gigfest, Minneapolis, MN.
Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass, Oregon.
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN.
Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa.

1996
Walker Art Center, “Woman in the Director’s Chair,” Minneapolis, MN
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, “faculty show,” Minnetonka, MN.
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN..
Pen and Brush Gallery, New York.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design's Senior Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN.
Calhoun Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1995
Flanders Contemporary Arts, Minneapolis MN.
Gallery 221, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN.
Parts Gallery, Juried local color show, Minneapolis MN.

Honors

2003 Regional “Barbie” Art Teacher of the Year, Mattel and National Arts
  Education Initiative
2002 Seattle Arts Commission/Art Star, Education Internship Grant
1995 Florence Honors Program,

Private and Public Collections

ColorBright Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Nano Systems, Philadelphia PA
Bemidji State Bank, Bemidji, MN
Eisenstadt Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Progressivev Insurance, NYC
Convertito Residence, Minneapolis, MN
Shipior Professionals Attorney at Law, Golden Valley, MN

Bibliography

Lippins, Nate, Seattle Post-Intellegence, Jan 19, 2007
“Debra Baxter hits a pinnacle with accomplished 'Yielded.' ”

Brownson, Craig, The Stranger, Jan 11, 2007,Vol. 16, No. 18
“Liquid, Fragile, perishable, What It Looks To Be Commandingly Unsheltered.”

Laurence, Robin, The Georgia Straight, March 9,2006
“Adventures in Unhappiness”

Yi, Liang. "SOIL." China: Vision. Sept., 2006, p. 190-194

Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post Intelligence December 30 2006
“An air of Rebellion Breathes New Life Into the Visual Art Scene”

Lippens, Nate, The Stranger, January 20, 2005,Vol14,No.19
“Cloud Busting, Debra Baxter’s Strange Weather.”

Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post Intellegence, January 14, 2005,
“Baxter's clouds exude the delicate lightness of being”

Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post -Intelligence, Sept 17, 2004
“Soil Collective’s Self Portraits are literally, High art.”

Hackett, Regina , Seattle Post-Intelligence, March 19,2004
“Soil Exhibit is fertile ground For New Forms”

Hackett, Regina , Seattle Post-Intelligence, November 14,2003
”what’s happening”, page 18,”Nature becomes artificial in the hands of artists at Soil”

Hackett, Regina , Seattle Post-Intelligence, October 7,2003, section E,
“Taste the raw, not the cooked at COCA show”

Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post-Intelligence August 28, 2003

Komo TV interview midday news ,July 22,2003

KWJZ 98.9 “Spotlight” interview with Ester “Dove” John, July 21,2003

Disney Radio 1250am “Kids Care” Interview with Christie Thuren Grogger June 30, 2003

The Seattle Harold, June 17, 2003

The Seattle Sun, July 23, 2003

Hall, Emily, The Stranger January 23, 2003

Hall, Emily The Stranger, vol.11, no.18pg 65 January 17,2002

Hall, Emily, The Stranger, April 5,2001

Ellison, Victor, Seattle Weekly, September 23,1999