D E B R A S O K O L O W 951 QUARTERHORSE LANE OAK PARK CA 91377 818-620-9203 dso811@yahoo.com Selected Group Exhibitions and Awards 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004 2004 2003 2000 2000 1981 1981 1980 1980 Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Caesarea UBS Headquarter, Westlake Village, CA, Tropics, Ocean View, Ocean #7, Ocean #9 The Frame Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA, Solo Show, 20 Paintings Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station Santa Monica Sacred Journey Non-Objective Abstract Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Freedom, Breathing Space, Chasm, Ocean’s Light, Touching Earth Arts Council of the Conejo Valley: Elements Crashing Rocks, Pink Horizon Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Waterway Hebrew Union College, JAI Juried Show Los Angeles: Ocean #7, Elements: Wind, Cactus Fire, Fall Sunset American Jewish University, Platt Gallery Los Angeles: Yetzer Hara-Yetzer Hatov Series: Breathing Space, Choices, Passage, A Tear and A Smile, The Space Between Memento Mori, Women Painters West VIVA Gallery Sherman Oaks: Olive’s Light VOCA Gallery Juried Show, Women Painters West Venice Beach: Waterway; Mind Map Hebrew Union College, JAI Juried Show Los Angeles: Dark Night Westlake Village Art Guild Open Juried Show Thousand Oaks: Dark Night, Colors of the Night, Cactus Fire Hillcrest Art Center, Arts Council of Conejo Valley Thousand Oaks: Invitational, Rhythym Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Elements: Cactus Fire Hillcrest Art Center, Arts Council of the Conejo Valley: Symbols & Words Invitational, Rhythm Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Arts Council of the Conejo Valley Invitational Elements: Wind; Elements: Nigeria Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Elements: Colors of the Night, Honorable Mention Award; Elements: Crystallize Thousand Oaks Arts Commission Annual Juried Art & Photography Show Elements: Big Sky; Elements: Earth Nigeria Arts Council of the Conejo Valley Open Studio Tour Invitational Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Arts Council of the Conejo Invitational, Elements: Big Sky; Elements: Mountain Fog Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park: Open Call LA Elements: Fire Hillcrest Art Center, Arts Council of Conejo Valley Invitational, Chumash Grotto Arts Council of the Conejo Open Studio Tour Invitational, 15 artworks Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Arts Council of the Conejo Invitational, Ocean #8; Elements: Wind Westlake Art Guild Annual Juried Exhibition Thousand Oaks: Elements: Stream; Elements: Wind Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Elements: Reflection; Chasm Southern California Open Regional Exhibition, Score V VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks: Elements: Wind Hillcrest Arts Center, Arts Council of Conejo Valley Invitational, Evanescence; Chasm Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Chumash Grotto, Honorable Mention Award; Elements: Wind Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Chasm Studio Channel Islands Art Center Juried Exhibition California State University, Channel Islands, Chasm Studio Channel Islands Art Center Juried Exhibition California State University, Channel Islands, Ocean #9 Thousand Oaks Arts Commission 18th Annual Juried Art and Photography Show Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Honorable Mention: Ocean #6 Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Tri-County Juried Show Third Place 2-Dimensional Category: Ocean #8 Sonoma County Arts Council, Women Hanging Together Santa Rosa: Flower; Splats Cotati City Hall, Threads Three Ribbons Santa Rosa, Art for the Living and Giving Santa Rosa City Hall Council Chambers: 24 banners Lincoln Arts Center Santa Rosa Splats; Ribbon 1980 1974 Great Bombay Trading Company Santa Rosa Splats Artrium Santa Rosa, CA Second Place Graphics: Birds Group Exhibitions 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1974 Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (11/11) Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (11/10) Spirited; Converging Elements Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (11/09) Rhythm; Dragon; Sunrise Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (11/08) Elements: Sky; Mini Sky Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (11/07) Elements: Sky; Elements: Earth Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show (2/07) Elements: Stream; Elements: Sun; Elements: Wind Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, Transcendence Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, Chasm Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, Ocean #6, #8, #9 Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, Self Portrait, Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, World Trade Center, A Eulogy Thousand Oaks Art Association Annual Membership Show, First Place Mixed Media and Best of Show: Bush/Gore, Vote for Me Santa Rosa City Hall Council Chambers Award Winners, Birds Solo Exhibitions 1982 1980 Chase Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Kinetics, Installation of 12 flags and banners Santa Rosa City Hall Council Chambers, CA, 20 flags and banners Private Collections Mind Map, Ink, Watercolor on paper, 12” x12” Ordower Water, Acrylic on hardboard, 36” x 48” Nahmias Reflection, Acrylic on hardboard, 23” x 48” Nahmias Transcendence, Watercolor, pencil on paper, 28” x 36” Nahmias Stream, Acrylic on hardboard, 24” x 36” Mansfield Yellow Chasm, Watercolor, Ink on paper, 28” x 24” Mansfield Succulents, ink on paper, 10” x 16” Phillips Community Commissions: 2010 - Holy Ark in the Beit Midrash, Saperstien Middle School, Stephen S.Wise Temple, Los Angeles: Art Director, Holy Ark Wall and Aron – 8’ x 22’ Mosaic glass wall inspired by Jewish text defining the “seven species”. Directed and coordinated community art project with middle and high school students, teachers, alumni architecture students, parents, contractors and designers. Site Specific Installations: Professional Flag and Banner Artist 1979 to 1993: over 800 commissions of custom designed flags and banners, indoor and outdoor installation. Clients: architectural firms, private homes, interior designers, set designers, private businesses, consumer complexes, government facilities. Awards/Honors Milken Family Foundation Jewish Educator Award, Los Angeles, 2010 Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholarship, Japan, October 2001 Summer Olympics, Long Beach 1984, Special Consultant to the City of Long Beach, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee City of Laguna Beach: National Banner Competition, 1984 California Artist In Residence Grant, California Arts Council October 1981 Achievement Awards: Milken Community High School, Gesher 2005-2006, Hesed 2006-2007, Gesher 2008-2009 Publications: Milken Now, Featured Teacher, Milken Community High School, Spring 2002, Fall 2008 Art Scene, Cover art, Cactus Fire, Conejo Valley Arts Council, March-April 2010