The Art of

Deborah DeWit Marchant

Selected Gallery Exhibition History
Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR 2005, 2006
Fraga Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA 2004, 2005, 2006
Beppu Gallery, Pacific City, OR 2000, 2001, 2002
The Lawrence Gallery, OR: 1981,’82,’83,’84,’88
Gallery at Salishan (formerly Maveety), Gleneden Beach, OR: 1988, ‘90, ‘92, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96,’97
The Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA: 1986, ‘87, ‘88, ‘91, ‘96
The Augen Gallery, Portland, OR: 1984, ‘85, ‘86
Editions Ltd., San Francisco and Indianapolis: 1981,’83, ‘84, ‘86, ‘92
Hanson/Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR: 1987, ‘91,’93, ‘96, 2004
American Art Co., Tacoma, WA.: 1984, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96,’98
ArtPaleis Promenade, Den Haag, Netherlands: 1983
Southend-on-Sea, England: 1983
The Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, WA.: 1986

Collections (selected)
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR. Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR.
E.F. Hutton, Portland, OR EF Hutton, Portland, OR Arthur Andersen, Seattle, WA
Headquarters Co., Seattle and Portland. Intel Corporation, Portland, OR Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
St. Louis University US Trust Co., New York, NY Tigard Public Library
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Publications and Commissions
1984 thru 1992: Twelve fine-art posters published by Editions Ltd, San Francisco, CA.
1986: Commissioned to create two poster images for the Huntington Museum, Pasadena, CA.
1987: Commissioned to create the Salem Art Festival Poster
1989: Featured in the book “Northwest Originals: Oregon Women and Their Art”
1995 thru 2007: 18 covers for Bas Bleu-Bookseller by Post-Atlanta, GA
1994 &1995 & 1997& 1998, 2000,2004: Images used for book covers by Devorss & Co., Marina Del Rey, CA
1997&1999, &2002 & 2004: Cover art for Open Spaces Magazine
1997& 1998: Book Covers for Self-Realization Publishers,Los Angeles, CA
1998: Book Cover for Bedford/St. Martins Press, Boston, MA
1997 thru 2000: Commissioned photographs, drawings and paintings of St.Louis University Environmental Extension Site in Louisiana, MO
1998: Cover Art for Levenger Catalog, Delray Beach, FL
1999: Cover for Orion Magazine, Fall Issue
1999,2001,2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: Calendars for Cedco Publishing, San Rafael, CA
2007-2009: Calendars for Brush Dance and Ronnie Sellers
2001: Kows for Kids Project, Portland, OR “Elsie’s Journey”--permanently displayed in Multnomah County Central Library
2001:Five book covers for Penguin Academic Series, Longman Publishing, New York, NY
2002:American Orient Express commission illustrations for their publicity and travel brochures
2003: “Traveling Light: A Photographer’s Journey” published by Impassio Press, Seattle WA
2006: “Traveling Light: Chasing an Illuminated Life” re-issue published by William, James & Co., Wilsonville, OR
2006: Tigard Public Library commissions 5’ x 8’ oil triptych for permanent installation on entry point wall.
2007: “Deborah DeWit Marchant: In the Presence of Books” published by William, James & Co., Wilsonville, OR
Scheduled release August 2007

Teaching and Jurying Experience
1982-83: Artist-in-Residence, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
1983, 1988 thru 1991, 2000, ‘01,’02, ‘03, ‘04:Photography and Pastel Workshops, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
1987-’88: Photography Workshop, Salem Art Association
1986, ‘87: Guest Lecturer, Oregon State University
1989: Juror, ArtQuake Festival, Marketplace, Portland, Or.
1991: Juror, Salem Art Fair, 2-D entrants
1999, 2004: Pastel workshop-Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
2007 Juror, Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
2007 Board of Directors , Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Best of Show awarded by the Salt Lake City Gallery Association, Utah Arts Festival 1997
Best of Show awarded by the Board of Art in the Pearl, Portland, Oregon 1999
Honorary Chair and Featured Artist of the Ninth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, Oregon, 2001
Curator and Logistics Chair for Sitka Art Invitational: 2002-6