Debra Bermingham
Born: September 18, 1953, Northampton, MA
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA / Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Exhibitions:
2019 - “Tales From the Blue Ship Tearoom,” July 19-Ausust 31, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2017 - “Life History of the Toad,” April 27 – July 27, AOT Project Salon, Williamsburg, NY
- “Kings, Genies, Sorcerers and Beggarmen,” Dec.3 – Jan. 15, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
2016 - “Truth and Vision: 21st Century Realism,” Oct. 27 – Jan. 22/2017, Delaware Art Museum
2015 - “Threaded Dances: Debra Bermingham,” June 26- Oct.25, BMAC, Brattleboro, VT
2013 - “Nearby,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2010 - “Paintbox Leaves: Autumnal Inspiration,” Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
- “Oblique/ Acute,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2007 - 2009 - “Object Project,”Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
Traveled to: Greenville Museum, Greenville, SC; Philbrook Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood, CO, Feb.20 – May 23/ 2009
2006 - “Saltonstall:The First 10 Years,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
- “Artist in Rural Ireland,” Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
- “Visions of the Susquehanna,” Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Traveled to: Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA; Governor’s Residence, Harrisburg, PA; Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD
2005 - “Dreamscapes,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- “Art in Embassies Program,” U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Dublin, Ireland
2004 - “Boats, Boxes and Butterflies,” Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
- “Everyday Mysteries: Modern & Contemporary Still Life,” DC Moore Gallery, NY
- “Intimate Purlieus: The Diminutive Landscape & Contemporary Art,” Palmer Museum
2004 - “Inside/Out: Domestic Landscapes,” Silvermine Guild Arts Center Gallery
- Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
- U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
2003 - “Faculty Exhibition,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University
-“Collector’s Show & Sale,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- “New Work by Gallery Artists,” Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
- “The Way They See It,” DC Moore Gallery, NY
- “Kaleidocopes,” Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art&Design, Savannah, GA
- “Transforming the Commonplace,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2002 - DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
“Aisling Geal” (Clear/Brilliant Vision),The Riverbank Arts Centre, County Kildare, Ireland
“Subtext:Realism Plus,” Marquis Gallery, The National Arts Club, New York
2001 - “New Images from North Mayo,” The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Gallery, Ireland
-“Beauty Without Regret,” Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM
-“Painting Abstraction II,” NY Studio School of Drawing, Painting, & Sculpture, NY
-“Re-Presenting Representation,”Arnot Art Museum, The Corning Gallery, NY
2000 - “The Likeness of Being,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
-“Unbottled: New York’s Water,” The Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, NY
-“In the Spirit of Landscape V,” Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA
-“Memory and Material,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
1999 - “Debra Bermingham,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
-“Green Woods & Crystal Waters,” The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Traveling through to 2000: John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL; Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
-“Contemporary American Realist Drawing,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
-“Summer Group Show,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - “Debra Bermingham,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
-“Earth, Air, Water,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
1997 - “Re-Presenting Representation III,” Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1996 - “Inaugural Exhibition,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
-“Invitational Exhibition of Ptg. & Sculpture,” Am. Academy of Arts & Letters, NY/ and “Exhibition Newly Elected Members & Recipients of Honors & Awards,” Am. Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
-“Reinventing Realism,” Ever Hart Museum, Scranton, PA
-“1996 Collector’s Show,” The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1995 - “The Reconstructed Figure,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
-“Nothing Overlooked,” Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 - “Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture,” Am. Academy of Arts & Letters, NY
-“Thirty-Forth Juried Exhibition,” The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
-“Interiors,” Champion International Corp. Headquarters, Stamford, CT
-“Group Exhibition,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“’Unstill Still Life,” Main Gallery/ Fine Arts Center, U.of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1993 - “Debra Bermingham: Across the Blue Room,”Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“Debra Bermingham,” Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
-“Five Gallery Artists,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“Still Life: 1963-1993,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-“The 1993 Collector’s Exhibition,” Century Association, New York, NY
-“Artists Select,” Artists Space, New York, NY
1992 - “Elemental Nature,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“Debra Bermingham,” Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH
-“The Great Indoors,” The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
-“Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture,” Am. Academy & Institute, NY
-“New Viewpoints: Contemporary Am. Women Realists,” Seville World Expo, Spain
-“I, Myself, and Me: Contemporary Self Portraits,” Midtown Payson Galleries, NY
-“Human Conditions,” Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
-“People,” The Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
1991 - “Debra Bermingham: Still Interiors,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“Against the Grain,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
-“Am. Drawings, Am. Prints,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1990/92 - “Illumination and Radiance: Epiphanies in Contemporary Painting,” Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
1990 - “An Artist’s Christmas,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
-“163rd Annual Juried Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY
-“48th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition,” Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
1989 - “Meticulous Realist Drawing,” Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
-“Through the Window,” Midtown Galleries, New York, NY
-“Seeing the Figure: Works by Emerging Artists,” Midtown Galleries, New York, NY
-“Realism Today,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
-“The Nude:Past and Contemporary Views,” Midtown Galleries, New York, NY
1987 - “Still Interiors,” Midtown Galleries, New York, NY
-“Ithaca and Neighbors,” New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, NY
1986 - “Payne Gallery,” Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
-Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1985 - Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
-The String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
1984 - Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
-Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
-Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1983 - Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1980 - Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA
-The Diane Gilson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1979 - The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1978 - College Art Gallery, State University of NY, College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY