I am working towards a couple of solo exhibitions this year with the first at The Art Vault in Mildura which will coincide with my artist residency, also at the Art Vault.

The exhibition will run from June 13 – July 2, 2012. I will post more details closer to the date!

http://www.theartvault.com.au/exhibitions.htm

I have been invited to participate in the 6th International Printmaking Biennial – DOURO 2012 (Portugal) which runs from August 10 – September 30, 2012 and is held at various venues within the Douro region of Portugal.

I was interviewed for the Stockroom TV,  online video interviews with Contemporary Australian Artists. Check it out

http://blog.thestockrooms.com.au/artists/debs-dogs/

A day of editioning

I have a work included in  Familiar Unfamiliar,another wonderful exhibition curated by Rona Green – 45 Australian artists celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the Print Council of Australia.

C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, 1 heliers street, abbotsford, VIC on Wednesday 28 September, 2011 6 – 8 pm.

The exhibition will run until 16 October

Gallery Hours Wednesday – Sunday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm.

Minnie and maxie, Cocoa Beach, 1979. 2011 Inkjet print

Freak of Nature is an international print exchange folio project curated by Rona Green. The folio will be exhibited during the month of September at Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland, Australia opening September 6, 2011. It will also travel and be exhibited at  University of Colorado, Boulder, USA in January 2012.

Minnie and Maxie epitomize extreme anthropomorphism. They are a married couple, though Maxie is prone to wander if the scent is too strong…. This image was captured while they were on holiday to celebrate their third wedding anniversary at Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1979. They subsequently spent their senior years at the Golden Dreams Elderly Care Facility until they passed away in 1985 and 1987 respectively.

Nature of the Mark

I am excited to invite you to the opening of an exhibition I have curated, Nature of the Mark, at Australian Galleries, 50 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria on Thursday August 25 2011 6pm – 8pm

The exhibition includes work by the following artists by G. W. Bot, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Simon Cooper, Alexi Keywan, Rosalind Atkins, Rona Green, Heather Shimmen, Cameron Fraser, Graeme Peebles, Monique Auricchio, Helen Kennedy, Tim Jones, John Wolseley, Geoffrey Ricardo and Deborah Williams.

Artists were invited  ”to create a specific print based work relating to their individual response to the all-embracing term ‘nature’ within the broad definition; a natural physical world that can include plants, animals and landscapes without evidence of man or artificial elements. This underlying concept provided a unique opportunity for this group of disparate artists to create a work that engages with themes of central concern to their art practice, whilst celebrating a shared vision of pristine environments and diverse interpretation.”

The exhibition will run from Thursday 25 August – Sunday 18 September 2011

Australian Galleries Smith Street

50 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066

10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday, 12noon – 5pm Sunday

www.australiangalleries.com.au

My work is included in this group exhibition that will open on Saturday July 16, 2011

Contemporary + Collectable
Australian Printmakers

16 – 30 July 2011

At Metropolis Gallery 64 Ryrie Street Geelong Victoria 3220

Phone: 03 5221 6505

Hours: Monday – Friday  10.00 am – 5.30 pm

Saturday                 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

http://www.metropolisgallery.com.au

Deborah’s artist books are included in

Happily Ever After alternative destinies in contemporary feminine narratives.

Curatored by Caelli Jo Booker and Helen Hopcroft.

john paynter gallery | newcastle NSW 10 June – 26 June 2011

artspace mackay | queensland  22 july – 28 October 2011

happilyeverafter11.blogspot.com

‘The exhibition is conceived as an interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, writers and craftspeople invited to work together to create handmade books which explore female narratives within the fairytale genre.

While the classic fairytale ending ‘happily ever after’ envisages a single, finite destiny, the contemporary feminine experience encompasses a multiplicity of roles, expectations, endings, beginnings and relationships. Thus the exhibition theme is probably best conceptualised as a celebration of diversity within destiny, with the fairytale genre used as the narrative vehicle to explore this idea.’

Colville Gallery is pleased to invite you to

Dialogue of the Dog is currently being exhibited in the 2011 Rick Amor Print Prize at

7 Hillcrest Ave.
Eltham Victoria (Map)
Phone: (03) 9439 7712

http://www.montsalvat.com.au/News/EXHIBITIONRickAmorPrintPrize.aspx

Friday 8 April – Sunday 22 May

Pause  has been shortlisted for the Burnie Print Prize and will be on display

March 19 -  May 8,  2011

The Burnie Regional Art Gallery

77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie, Tasmania

Mon-Fri 10am till 4.30pm

Sat, Sun & Public Hols 1.30 till 4.30pm

www.burniearts.net

1–10 April, 2011

open daily 10am–6pm

A Printmaker’s insight into our canine and feline relationships… an exhibition with humour, depth, devotion and bite!

Kareen Anchen, Nicky Carey, Philip Davey, Peter Diamond, David Frazer, Jeff Gardner, Craig Gough, Jackie Hocking, Judy Holding, Martin King, Anita Laurence, Robert Maclaurin, Rhyll Plant, Lydia Poljak, Wendy Stavrianos, Deborah Williams

Exhibition will continue until 30 June, Friday & Saturday

Address: 482 Bendigo Road, Maldon. Victoria

Ph: 03 5475 1085

www.cascadeprintworkshop.com

Part of the Extended Exhibition program of The Castlemaine State Festival – Visual Arts Program in 2011.