Debra Baxter is a sculptor and jewelry designer who combines carved alabaster with crystals, minerals, and metals. She received her MFA in Sculpture from Bard College in 2007 and her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1996. She also studied at Academia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. Debra has received an Artist Trust Individual Artist Grant and three 4Culture Individual Project Grants. She was nominated for a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award and a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Art Award.
Debra’s work has been featured in Zoo Magazine Germany, Edelweise Magazine Switzerland, Zink, Art Ltd., Design Bureau and Sculpture magazine, as well as in hundreds of blogs all over the world. Debra’s work has been exhibited in solo shows including Wanting is Easier Than Having, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA; So Proud of You, Howard House, Seattle, WA; and Debra Baxter, Massimo Audello, NYC, NY. Recent group shows include Scientific Visions, OCHI Gallery, Sun Valley, Making Mends, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA. Death and other Objects, Or Gallery, Vancouver BC; Woman in the Directors Chair, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.