Deborah Dancy

Deborah Dancy
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Bessemer, Alabama
NationalityUnited States American
EducationIllinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. - BFA (1973); Illinois State University, Normal, Ill. - MS in Printmaking (1976), MFA in Painting (1979)
Known forPainting, drawing, printmaking, photography, artist's books
MovementContemporary art, abstract art
Awards1985 - YADDO Fellowship
1997 - John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Deborah Dancy, also known as Deborah Muirhead[1] (born 1949),[2] is an American painter of large-scale abstractions in oil; she is also a printmaker and mixed media artist.[2][3] Her work is also known to encompass digital photography. In 1981, she began to teach at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where she taught painting for thirty-five years until her retirement in 2017.[4][5] She has received awards such as a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship,[6] Women’s Studio Workshop Studio Residency Grant,[7] and a YADDO fellowship.[5]

  1. ^ "Deborah Dancy". N'Namdi Contemporary Miami. 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Sarah - Deborah Muirhead". Birmingham Museum of Art. July 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Untitled". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. December 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Mercer, Valerie J.; et al. (2012). "Examining Identities". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 86 (1): 66–87. doi:10.1086/DIA43492326. JSTOR 43492326. S2CID 222812759.
  5. ^ a b Perosino, Bruno (July 18, 2017). "Marking 35 Years: The Work of Deborah Dancy | The William Benton Museum of Art".
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