Education:

2002
MFA, University of California, Davis

1990
BFA, summa cum laude, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions:

2022
SLATE Gallery Off-Site Exhibition, Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA

2013
Deborah Hamon, Gallery 291 at The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Truly Girls, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2009
Girls: Fact and Fiction, Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA

2008
Deborah Hamon & Brian Novatny, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany (Two-person exhibition)
Girlhood, Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany
American Girl, Galerie Schuster Photo, Berlin, Germany

2007
American Girl, domogallery, Summit, NJ

2005, 2003, 2001, 2000
Deborah Hamon, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024
Strictly Abstract, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, (online); Juror: Anthony Meier

2023
Select West, Garvey Simon, San Anselmo, CA
Fall Exhibition, Kneedler Faucher Designer Showroom, San Francisco, CA
Patio Habits, UpStart Modern, Sausalito, CA
Wanderlust (online), Art Fluent

2022
Resilience | A Visual Proclamation, UpStart Modern, Sausalito, CA
Towards the Spiritual, (virtual), Marianne Oberg Foundation for Spiritual Art
Let’s Face It, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Spring Juried Exhibition (online), American Women Artists

2021
Hope & Possibility Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The 2021 Art2Life Exhibition, Art2Life, (online); Juror: Juan Kelly
Destination Unknown, Perch Art House, (online); Curated by Ann Trinca
Dreams & Their Edges, I Like Your Work Winter Exhibition, (online); Juror: John Seed
Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA; Juror: Carrie Lederer

2020
Winter Benefit Show, (online), Arcade Project Curatorial, New York, NY
Contemporary Portraiture: Redefining the Figure (online), Visionary Art Collective; Juror: Erika B Hess
Wild Tangents, Bi-coastal Exhibition, (online); curated by Ann Trinca (Bay Area) and Caetlynn Booth (New York)
Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, I Like Your Work Fall Exhibition, (virtual); Juror: Pennylane Shen
Congruence, I Like Your Work Summer Exhibition, (online); Juror: Bridgette Mayer
Spring Forward, Arcade Project Curatorial, (online); New York, NY, curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel

2017
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2016
Alumni Exhibition, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

2015
Violence, Resilience, and the Human Spirit, Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui, China
Frozen Earth: Images from the Arctic Circle, The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College, Oceanville, NJ
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2014
The Photo Review "Best of Show" Exhibition, Gallery 1401, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Juror: Jennifer Blessing
20th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA; Juror: Aline Smithson
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

2013
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Water!, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Juror: Wally Mason
Making Waves, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2012
10th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Juror: Ingrid Schaffner
Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Art Auction, Bonhams, New York, NY
18th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA; Juror: Paul Kopeikin
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2011
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Tel Aviv, Israel (on view late 2011-2016)
Fine Art Emerging Photographer's Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Stand der Dinge, Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany
Habitat: Explorations of Home and Shelter in Contemporary Art, Bank of Commerce, Lafayette, CA; Curated by Carrie Lederer and Steven Pon

2010
Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Art Auction, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Body, Mind, and Hair, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Art on the Edge Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Guest Curator: Nicholas Baume
PDN Emerging 30, MOPLA, Clark | Oshin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Head On, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2009
Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
SVMA Biennial, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA; Jurors: Susan Cummins, Michael Schwager, Frances McCormack
National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA; Juror: Scott Shields
Review Santa Fe, Juried Portfolio Event, Center, Santa Fe, NM
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
"10" West Prize, Chicago NEXT Fair, Chicago, IL
"10" West Prize, West Collection, Oaks, PA
75th Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Sacramento Central Library, Sacramento, CA; Juror: Michael Bishop

2008
Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Group Photography Exhibition, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany
The Photo Review "Best of Show" Exhibition, Gallery 1401, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Juror: Julie Saul
Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Art Auction, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Realities and Illusions, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; Juror: Kenneth Baker
Dangerous Women, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Scope Hamptons, with Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NY
PaperWorks, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; Juror: René de Guzman
Scope New York, with Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NY
It's Photography III, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; Juror: Will Mosgrove

2007
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Bay Area Annual 2007, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA; Juror: René de Guzman

2007
Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Alma Ruiz
Scope Hamptons, with Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NY
In Summer the Song Sings Itself, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA;
National Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA; Juror: Mark Van Proyen
It's Photography II, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Richard Reisman

2006
The Photo Review "Best of Show" Exhibition, Gallery 1401, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Juror: Philip Brookman
Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA; Juror: René de Guzman
Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Frances McCormack
See Jane Run: Contemporary Art About Childhood, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA; Curated by Carrie Lederer
International Digital Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA; Juror: Marilyn Kushner
Photowork '06, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; Juror: Alison Morley
20th International Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Juror: Patterson Sims
Group Exhibition, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
It's Photography, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA; Juror: Stephen Galloway

2005
CirCA Now: What's Hot in the Emerging Art Scene, Oakland Museum of California Restaurant Gallery, Oakland, CA; Jury committee including Phil Linhares, Karen Tsujimoto
The Art of the Good Life, Gen Art SF, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2004
21st National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Juror: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson
Hearts in San Francisco, Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA
Play Ball!, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
National Juried Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA; Juror: Richard Shaw

2003
SCN Benefit, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

2002
MFA 2002 Exhibition, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis
Ninth Annual Artists’ Valentines Exhibition, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis

2001
Mine, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis
Introductions, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis
Prepwork: Musings, Mechanics, Materials, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Los Angeles Modernism Show, Santa Monica, CA
Group Show, Caroline Blake Gallery, Charleston, SC

2000
Mind’s Eye, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis
Arts on Fire 2000, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA; Juror: William Theophilus Brown
San Francisco Art Institute Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (1998, 1999, 2000)

1999
California Small Works, Judges Award, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA
Group Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

1998
Group Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Group Exhibit, Sacramento Capitol Club, Sacramento, CA

Awards and Honors:

2022
Spiritual Art Grant, Marianne Oberg Foundation for Spiritual Art Grant

2018
Finalist, Marin Magazine Cover Competition, Marin, CA

2017
Finalist (Portraits), The 2nd Charles Dodgson Black & White Award, The Gala Awards

2016
Honorable Mention (One Shot: Climate Change -- Earth), International Photography Awards
Finalist, Marin Magazine Cover Competition, Marin, CA

2015
Honorable Mention (Fine Art -- Landscape), International Photography Awards

2014
Fourteenth Prize, The Photo Review Competition Issue, The Photo Review, PA

2013
The Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard, Norway

2012
Honorable Mention, 18th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Honorable Mention (Fine Art), International Photography Awards

2011
Honorable Mention (Fine Art), International Photography Awards

2010
PDN 30 -- New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Photo District News, New York, NY

2009
Honorable Mention (Fine Art), Photography.Book.Now Contest, Blurb
Honorable Mention (in 3 categories), International Photography Awards
Second Prize, National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
West Prize Acquisition Finalist

2008
Honorable Mention, 28th Annual Spring Photography Contest, Photographer's Forum Magazine
Honorable Mention, International Photography Competition, The Photo Review, PA
First Place, PaperWorks, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Grand Prize, The Good Earth Online Painting Competition, CreateBetterPaintings.com

2007
Juror's Award, Bay Area Annual 2007, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Honorable Mention, 2007 Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA

2006
Merit Award, National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
Seventh Prize, International Photography Competition, The Photo Review, PA
Jurgen Thieck Memorial Award for Photography, 20th International Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Best in Show, It's Photography, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA

2002-04
Affiliate Artist Studio Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2000-02
Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Davis

Selected Collections:

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Howard Tullman, Chicago, IL
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
Morgan and Betty Flagg, Atherton, CA
Ann and John Doerr, Silicon Valley, CA
UC Davis Shields Library, Davis, CA
R.H. Phillips Winery, Esparto, CA
Woodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland, CA

Selected Bibliography:

2022
Kirsten Jones Neff, Stepping Up, Marin Magazine, Nov, p 32, Marin, CA
The Studio Image Project, (book) Friend of the Artist, p108
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 2, April, pp 36-37

2020
Love Is, (book) Roland Wittwer, Chris Wittwer, & Martin Hacker, Zurich, Switzerland
Brienne Walsh, The Black Art Critic And Curator Poised To Take Over The Art World, Forbes.com, June 17, Image

2018
Daniel Jewett, Art Life, Marin Magazine, May, p 43, Marin, CA

2016
Daniel Jewett, Art Abounds, Marin Magazine, May, p 43, Marin, CA

2015
Pat Johnson, Frozen Earth Exhibit at the Noyes Museum Illustrates Climate Change, The SandPaper.net, Sept 24
Shen Shellenberger, Images from the Arctic on View at the Noyes Museum, Jersey Arts.com, July 28
Koren Helbig, Polar Pom-Poms, frankie magazine, Issue 65, p64, Melbourne, Australia

2014
Kat Kiernan, The Polar Pom-Pom Project Explores Climate Change in the Arctic, Feature Shoot.com, Dec 30
The Photo Review 2014 Competition Issue, The Photo Review, PA

2013
Vicki Larson, All About Girls, Marin Independent Journal, June 13
Simply Knitting Magazine (UK based), Simply Inspiring -- Polar Pom-Poms, May, p 7
Victoria Dalkey, Five Exhibits Designed to Fuel the Imagination, The Sacramento Bee, Feb 8

2012
The Picture Professional, Summer Issue
Fraction Magazine, Issue 37 - April
The Photo Review 2011 Competition Issue, The Photo Review, PA

2010
Magenta Magazine Online, Portfolio Feature, Toronto, Canada, Spring 2010, Volume 1, No. 3
Harmony Hammond, Less is Less, Art Matters, Albuquerque Journal, May 7
Rob DeWalt, Blurred Edges, The New Mexican, April 16
Kathaleen Roberts, On the Edge, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, April 16
Art on the Edge of a New Decade, El Palacio, Spring 2010, Vol. 115, #1
Art on the Edge, (catalog) New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM;
PDN's 30, 2010, Photo District News, March, p 41
New American Paintings, 15th Anniversary Issue, Open Studios Press, January

2009
Deborah Hamon, Fotografías, (5 page Feature) Picnic Magazine, Innovators Issue No. 31 Dec/Jan, Mexico City
Oxford American, the Southern Magazine of Good Writing, Annual Music Issue #67, Image p 192
Mary Eisenhart, Don't Miss: "Girls: Fact and Fiction," San Francisco Chronicle, July 9
"10" West Prize, West Collection (catalog)
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 5, Open Studios Press, Spring (cover)

2008
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum Magazine
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 3, Open Studios Press, Fall
Vicki Larson, Local Milestones, Marin Independent Journal, May 11
Jens Hinrichsen, Sprösslinge, Der Tagesspiegel, (Germany) March 1
Studio Visit Magazine, premier edition, Vol. 2, Open Studios Press, Spring

2007
New American Paintings, Book No. 73, Open Studios Press, December
Roberta Fallon, Breezy Does It, Philadelphia Weekly, July 11-17
R.B. Strauss, Some First Friday Jewels for July, University City Review, July 4
A.D. Amorosi, Old City Preview, Art Matters, July 3
Patrick Rapa, In Summer the Song Sings Itself, Philadelphia Citypaper, July 2
Victoria Donohue, Focus is on the Figure at Wayne, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24

2006
The Photo Review 2006 Competition Winners, The Photo Review, Vol: 28, #1
Robert Taylor, Childhood Symbols Pack a Punch in Artists' Hands, Contra Costa Times, May 4
Dan Bischoff, Huge in New Jersey, Star Ledger, Feb 17
Split Stock: Selected Poems by Brad Henderson and Andy Jones, John Natsoulas Press, Cover image

2004
Hearts in San Francisco, published by Hearts in San Francisco
Rick Polito, San Francisco: The City with a Heart, Marin Independent Journal, July 22
Designed to Work, Sacramento Magazine, July 2004, Image p 114
A Collector’s Eye, California Home and Design, Jan 2004, Cover image, Image pp 73, 75

2003
Victoria Dalkey, Solo Show Review, The Sacramento Bee, Dec 21
Across Marin, Marin Independent Journal, July 14

2002
Marilyn Moyle, Stretching their Boundaries, The Davis Enterprise, June 13
Dateline, UC Davis, Vol: 15, #32, May 31
Kalliope, Journal of Women’s Literature & Art, Vol: 24, #1, Spring

2001
Maria Mercado, Graduate Student Exhibit Examines the Art of Imitation, California Aggie, Nov 21
Victoria Dalkey, Australian’s Show Invokes Connections to U.S. Artists, The Sacramento Bee, Apr 15

2000
Claire St. John, Innovative Seminar Concept Produces Insightful Art from Graduate Students, California Aggie, Nov 20

1998
Marilyn Moyle, Animal Kingdom Inspires Artists at Natsoulas Gallery, The Davis Enterprise, Aug 13

Related Experience:

2024
Juror Panel, 2024 MOFSA Spiritual Art Grant

2010
Gallery Talk, Art on the Edge Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

2006
Artist Lecture, Bedford Gallery Art Morning in conjunction with See Jane Run: Contemporary Art About Childhood Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA

2002
Associate Instructor, Drawing 1, University of California, Davis

2000-02
Teaching Assistant to Wayne Thiebaud, David Hollowell, Conrad Atkinson, Hearne Pardee including classes in Theory & Criticism, Beginning Painting, Advanced Painting, Life Drawing; University of California, Davis