Deborah Wasserman

Deborah Wasserman

Deborah Wasserman was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, and currently lives and works in NYC. Wasserman is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

She has exhibited in the USA at The Queens Museum Of The Arts, The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, White Columns, Pierogi 2000, Socrates Sculpture Park and A.I.R gallery. Internationally, Wasserman has shown in Brazil, the Netherlands, Germany, and Israel.

Wasserman is a grant recipient of the Experimental Television Center, Aljira Center for the Arts, the A.I.M. Program at the Bronx Museum, and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. She received an IAP Social Practice fellowship from NYFA in 2017, a grant from the Puffin Foundation in 2018, a grant from the Citizens Committee for New York in 2019 and a Queens Council On The Arts New Work grant in 2020 and 2024.

Wasserman has been awarded a Su-Casa award from the New York State Department Of Cultural Affairs every year since 2015. In addition, Wasserman is a Finalist for the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the category of Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts.