Debra Broz www.debrabroz.com
debrabroz@gmail.com
512-264-5883
1803 Elmira Rd, Austin, TX 78721
WORK AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007 – current: Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX – Public & Member Relations, Gallery
Director
2007 – current: Science of Art Restoration, Austin, TX - Owner, Ceramics Restorer
2006 – current: Cantanker Magazine, Austin, TX – Editor & Writer (visual arts in Austin)
2006 – current: Frames of Reference, Austin, TX – Custom Framer
2005 – Broken Treasure Restoration, Austin, TX – Professional Art Restorer & Instructor
2003 – 2005: Creative Art Gallery and Framing, St. Louis, MO
2002 – Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO (Teaching Assistant Internship)
2001 – 2002: Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
2001 – Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
EXHIBITIONS:
2009 (upcoming) – Exhibition at Wyatt Brand offices, Austin, TX
2008 – East Austin Studio Tour, Pump Project Members Show, Austin, TX
2008 – Red Hot Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin ,TX
2008 – Gender Agenda, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 – New Work with Mysterious Orbs, Austin Zen Center, Austin, TX
2007 - East Austin Studio Tour, Pump Project Members Show, Austin, TX
2007 – Selected work from Cantanker's Editorial Staff, Scarborough Building, Austin, TX
2007 – 6.07 Works: Debra Broz & Adde Russell, The Gallery at Salvage Vanguard Theater,
Austin, TX
2007 – Cantanker/us, Cantanker Magazine Staff Show, Else Madsen Gallery, Austin, TX
2007 – The Gathering, McCandless Gallery, Austin, TX
2006 – Temporal Happiness, Aved Gallery, Austin, TX
2006 – East Austin Studio Tour, Shady Tree Studios, Austin, TX
2006 – Karaoke: Artists & Their Influences, Pump Project Gallery at Shady Tree Studios,
Austin, TX.
2005 – Art Outside Festival, Juried competition, St. Louis, MO. (Award Winner)
2004 – A Well Hung Show, Passport to Contemporary Art. Juried competition. The
Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
2004 – Artica 2004 – Urban Wilderness Art Festival, St. Louis Riverfront. Juried competition,
site-specific art installed for three day festival, St. Louis, MO
2003 – Wearable Art, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO
2002 – Varsity Art VII: Works by Outstanding Emerging Artists from Fourteen Area
Universities, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
EDUCATION:
2003 – BFA, Studio Art, Maryville University, St. Louis. Magna cum Laude.
2000 – Intensive five week study in art history and painting, Florence, Rome and Venice, Italy
AWARDS, RECOGNITION & PRESS
2009 – Winner of Spike Gillespie’s Kick Ass Award for outstanding community service in the arts
2008 – East Austin Studio Tour Highlights by Andrea Mellard, might be good… online magazine
2008 – EAST Interview: Debra Broz, by Brady Dyer, Austinist.com, 11/18/08
2008 – City of Austin Cultural Funding Award, Pump Project Art Complex
2008 – City of Austin Cultural Funding Award, Cantanker Magazine
2008 – Review of Gender Agenda, focused on Broz’s work, Detroit Metro Times, 8/20/08
2007 – Review of Works 6.07: Adde Russell & Debra Broz, Austin Chronicle
2007 – Review of Cantanker/us, Cantanker Magazine Staff Show, Austin Chronicle
2007 – Transformer Art, Austin American-Statesman, Art & Life Section
2007 – Creative Instincts, Maryville University Magazine
2005 – Award winner at Art Outside festival
2004 – Vessel Award for installation proposal at Artica Festival
2003 – Byron Lee Fine Arts Award for Outstanding Arts Graduate – Maryville University
2001 – Mother Helen Rex Award for Outstanding Upperclassman in Art – Maryville University
2000 – Gertrude Gaupel Perret Award for Outstanding Freshman in Art –Maryville University
1999 - 2003 – Fine Arts Scholarship Award – Maryville University
1999 - 2003 – Presidential Scholarship Award for Academic Merit (full tuition and board) –
Maryville University