Deborah Epstein
Art
BOSTON PRINTMAKERS 75TH BIENNIAL, Boston, MA, 2023
“No Consequences” from the No Words series
MERCURY GALLERY
No Words: Meditations on Being Stalked and Stabbed in Eleven Prints, solo show, 2024
Recent Textiles, online solo show, 2014
Quarry Rugs, solo show, 2012
“Carrara black” selected for permanent collection, Cape Ann Museum
Deborah Epstein Woven Work/Alan Joslin Sketchbooks, 2010
Group Shows: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
BELFAST PRINT WORKSHOP, Belfast, Northern Ireland
“Vinalhaven 1”, Nightmares, Visions & Dreams, group show, October 3-December 31, 2024
BALLINA FRINGE FESTIVAL, Ballina, Ireland
“Vinalhaven 1”, Nightmares, Visions & Dreams, group show, October 4-12, 2024
SHEPHERD & MAUDSLEIGH STUDIO, West Newton, MA
“Vinalhaven 1”, Nightmares, Visions & Dreams, group show, November 1, 2024-January 5, 2025
FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM, Juried group show, 2016
Lichen Studies 1, 2, 3, 4
Haiti Series 2, 3, 4
SELECTED LECTURES AND TALKS
No Words: Meditations on Being Stalked and Stabbed, International Expressive Art Therapists Association, November 12, 2024
No Words: Meditations on Being Stalked and Stabbed, Barnard College Club of Boston exhibit and discussion, Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio, October 20, 2024
No Words: Meditations on Being Stalked and Stabbed, Gallery talk, Mercury Gallery, June 22, 2024
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“The Ticket”, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, June 12, 2024
”Artist’s New Work a Meditation on Being Stalked, Stabbed”, Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Times, June 19, 2024
“Rockport’s Mercury Gallery Opens “No Words” June”, The Cricket, June 11, 2024
“Beyond City Hall”, Art New England, March/April 2015
“The Epsteins: Sister Power”, The Jewish Journal, May 2014
“Inspirations”, Design Bureau Magazine, 2011
Architecture
EPSTEIN JOSLIN ARCHITECTS, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Principal, 2002–2023
Representative projects:
Opera Theatre and Festival Grounds, Midwest City
Groton Hill Music Center, Indian Hill Music, Groton, MA
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, CA
Ogunquit Playhouse Campus Master Plan and Theater Design, Ogunquit, ME
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Music, Rockport, MA
Performing Arts Center Design Study, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
C. Walsh Theater, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Hall Enhancements: Chorus Room, Reception Rooms, Box Office, Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra Public Space Expansion Study, Boston, MA
Welcome Center at the Breakers, Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, RI
Phi Beta Epsilon House at MIT, Cambridge, MA
Tufts University Barnum Hall, Cinema Theater Study, Medford, MA
Lower School Expansion, Dedham Country Day School, Dedham, MA
Gorton Theater Improvements, Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA
The Modern Theater Lobby Mobile, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Seaside Estate, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
242 Berkeley, Boston, MA (façade, lobby, and sculptural street numbers)
DEBORAH EPSTEIN ARCHITECT, AIA, Cambridge, MA
Principal, 1987–2002
Representative projects:
A House on a Pier, Charlestown, MA
The Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
The Woodland House, Sherborn, MA
A House in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
A Writer’s House, Cambridge, MA
LEERS WEINZAPFEL ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, INC., Boston, MA
Architectural Designer, 1986–87
Theater
NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL COSTUME SHOP, New York, NY
Summer 1975
Broadway production of A Chorus Line
Shakespeare in the Park
CIRCLE REPERTORY COMPANY, New York, NY
Lighting Assistant, 1975
NEW EHRLICH THEATER, Boston Center for the Arts
Costume Designer, 1985
Education
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA
MArch, 1983
Teaching Assistant for Gerhard Kallman, 1983
Albert Hinckley Traveling Fellowship, 1982
BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
BA, cum laude, 1977
Program in the Arts, Costume Design
SHEPHERD & MAUDSLEIGH STUDIO, Newton, MA
Studies in Printmaking, 2021-present
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI
Studies in Textiles, 2008-17
LESTER POLOKOV STUDIO AND FORUM OF STAGE DESIGN, New York, NY
Studies in Costume Design with Broadway designers, 1975–77
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Rochester, NY
Studies in Exhibit Design, Industrial Design, Printmaking, 1978–79
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor, MI
Studies in Printmaking, 1977
Exhibits, Lectures, and Juries
CAPE ANN MUSEUM: lecture, 2017
“New Spaces / Old Places: Merging Contemporary Architecture with Historic Neighborhoods”
AIA NEW ENGLAND
The Fifth Floor, 2002, Juried Exhibition
A House in the Country, 2000, Juried exhibition
A House in Cambridge, 2000, Juried exhibition
WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
An Addition in a Hurry, 1986, Juried exhibition
AWARDS JUROR
BSA Interiors Awards, 2015, Juror
AIA Northern Virginia Chapter Design Awards, 2002, Juror
Organizational Affiliations
Boston Printmakers, Member, 2023-present
Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio, Member, 2021-present
Rockport Music Council, Rockport Music, Charter Member, 2009–present
Honorary Chair, Rockport Music Gala, 2012
Haiti Projects, Artistic Advisor, 2013-2015
Just-A-Start Teen Mom Mentoring Program, 2011-2012
Architects and Artists Collaborate! Co-chair, 2008–2010
Boston Society of Architects, Members Committee, 2008–2010 (elected by membership)
AIA and Boston Society of Architects, Member, 2002-2023
Cambridgeport School, Performance Series, Director, 1992–1995
Representation
MERCURY GALLERY, Rockport, MA
Printmaking and Handloom Weaving
Contact: Amnon Goldman, Director, Mercury Gallery