Debra A. Collins
debra.artist.collins@gmail.com
Educations & Accreditations
2007 Extension Courses Marketing for Artist and Quick Sketching for Travel,
University of California, Santa Cruz
2006 C.L.A.D. Credential
2004 Teacher Grant Program, Academy of Art University, San Francisco 1995 Teacher Grant Program, Academy of Art University, San Francisco 1992 The California Arts Project
1980 California Single-Subject Teaching Credential – Art
1978 B.A. Art-Studio, California State University, East Bay
1977 A.A. General Education, Chabot College, Hayward
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Elsie May Goodwin Gallery, 7th Stockton Art League Regional Juried Exhibition, Stockton, CA
Lexis Gallery, 9th National Juried Exhibition I Deisre Mercy, Sacramento, CA
Museum Of Northern California Art, Don’t Kill The Messenger, Chico, CA
Bedford Gallery, Beyond Color: The Language Of Black and White, Walnut Creek, CA
2024
John O’Lague Galleria, Light and Shadow, Hayward, CA
Olive-Hyde Art Gallery, Connecting Cuts, Fremont, CA
Lexis Gallery, Let There Be Light, Sacramento, CA
Doughery Station Community Arts Center, For The Time Being, San Ramon, CA
Hayward Public Library Galleries, Pets & Their Humans, Hayward, CA
Piedmont Center for the Arts, Moments that Give Pause, Piedmont, CA
John O’Lague Galleria, Something Minimal, Hayward, CA
Adobe Art Center, New Directions, Castro Valley, CA
2023
Shanghai Fengxian Museum, Shanghai International Paper Art Biennial, Shanghai, China
de Young Museum, The de Young Open, San Francisco, CA.
California State University East Bay, Faculty &Alumni Art Exhibition, Hayward, CA
Village Theatre Art Gallery, Paper Trails: An Exhibition of Paper Art And Art On Paper, Danville, CA
Sanchez Art Center, Reslience: Adapting To Challenging Events, Pacifica, CA
Site:Brooklyn, Paper Works, Brooklyn, New York, NY
San Francisco Women Artists, Climate Change: Protecting Mother Nature, San Francisco, CA
John O’Lague Galleria, Embracing the World, Hayward, CA
2022
Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County, Tear It Down – HIV, Faith And Breaking Stigma, Fayetteville, NC
Blue Line Arts, Crocker Kingsley 2022, Roseville, CA
The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center, Brand 50 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA
Highfield Hall & Gardens, Understory: Juried Exhibition of the Guild of American Papercutters, Falmouth, MA
Bankhead Theater, Visions Of Spring, Livermore, CA
Adobe Gallery, Spring Foreward,, Castro Valley, CA
2021
John O’Lague Galleria, Go Abstract: Express Yourself with Colors and Shapes, Hayward, CA
Sun Gallery, The Art of Dia de los Muertos Hayward, CA
The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Extending A Hand, Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, Artists Choice 2021, San Francisco, CA
Oklahoma State University, Gardiner Gallery of Art, Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts, Cimarron National Works On Paper Exhibition, Stillwater, OK
Laurel Arts Building Bridges Somerset , PA
Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
A.R.T. Inc. For Art’s Sake, Castro Valley, CA
Hayward Arts Council with the National League of American Pen Women, Celebrate Women!
Hayward, CA
Hayward Art Council Members Show Winter 2021, Hayward, CA
A.R.T. Inc. New Beginnings, Castro Valley, CA
2020
De Young Museum, de Young Open, San Francisco, CA
A.R.T Inc. A.R.T. Goes Viral #3 Member Show Castro Valley, CA
2019
Sun Gallery The Art of Dia de los Muertos Hayward, CA
Sun Gallery Planet Earth: The Beauty of Life Hayward, CA
2018
John O’Lague Galleria at Hayward City Hall Members Show! Hayward Arts Council Hayward, CA
Adobe Art Center 41st Annual Area Artist Juried Exhibition Castro Valley, CA
Alameda County Offices Art from the Adobe Art Center Oakland, CA
2017
Adobe Art Center 40th Annual Area Artists’ Juried Exhibition – Meaning Through Making Castro Valley CA
2014
VITA Art Center Draw, Drawing, Drawn Ventura, CA
2013
California State Fair Sacramento, CA
Solo Shows
2021 – Papercuts Online, A.R.T. Inc., Castro Valley, CA
Commissions
2024 Beth & John Watson, Pause by the Oak Tree, Castro Valley CA
2020 – Aquarium of the Bay Sea Lions In San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Awards
First Place, Lexis Gallery, 9th National Juried Exhibition I Deisre Mercy, 2025
Honorable Mention, 7th Stockton Art League Regional Juried Exhibition, 2025
Honorable Mention, A.R.T. Inc., Creative Spirit, 2024
Juror’s Choice, San Francisco Women Artists, Climate Change: Protecting Mother Nature, 2023
Honors, A.R.T. Inc., Spring Foreward, 2022
Arts Ambassador Award, Artists Embassy International and the Dancing Poetry Festival
1st Place Award in Mixed Media/Collage. Alameda County Fair, 2021
2nd Place Award. A.R.T. Inc., For Art’s Sake, 2021
Margaret Robbins Award for Artistic Excellence. A.R.T. Inc., For Art’s Sake, 2021
Froyland Award. A.R.T. Inc. 40th Annual Area Artists Juried Exhibition. 2017
Merit Award. California State Fair. 2014.Merit Award. California State Fair. 2013
Merit Award. A.R.T. Inc. Member Exhibit. 2008
Media
2024
-Castro Valley Form, ‘Light and Shadow’At O’Lague Galleria, Castro Valley Form,October 30, 2024
-Tri-City Voice, Arts and Cluture Events , Vol. 23 No. 44, October 29, 2024
-Piedmont Post, “Moments That Give Pause” Art Show at Center for the Arts, Vol.26. No. 18, February 21,2024
-Piedmont Post, Exhibit with 4 EAst Bay Artist at PCA through March 3, Vol 26, No. 17,
February 14, 2024
2023
– Radix magazine, Yearning and Listening, Vol. 44 No. 2, Summer 2023
2022
– Castro Valley Form, Spring Foreward, April 13,2022
– Castro Valley Form, Castro Valley Form, Visions of Spring, March 23, 2022
2021
– Helen Hiebert Studio’s The Sunday Paper, Zooming Church, April 11,2021
-Castro Valley Form, Pen Women’s Art Show Features Four CV Artists, January 13,2021
2020
– Diablo/Alameda Branch of the National League of American Pen Women Peace &Activism video
-National League of American Pen Women’s Art of the Week, August 7, 2020
-The Episcopal Diocese of California’s DioCal News & Events, April 21 edition
-Sierra Club’s Green New Deal web show,
-Art For A New Earth, web gallery, artforanewearth.com
2017
– Tri-City Voice Artists Explore Meaning Through Making, September 19, Vol. 15 No. 38
2010
– Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library’s Traveling Show, Brooklyn NY. USA
Workshops
“Icon Painting-Newbie Level”, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Castro Valley, CA, 2025
“Improvised Paper Cutting,” San Leandro Art Association, San Leandro, CA, 2021
“Improvised Paper Cutting,” A.R.T. Inc., Castro Valley, CA, 2021
Member of the Following Organizations
2020-Present Guild of American Papercutters
2018 -Present National League of American Pen Women, Alameda/Diablo Branch
2015– Present Hayward Arts Council
2015– Present A.R.T. Inc.
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