DEBRA LOTT

 

Education:

 

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

Degree: Master of Arts in Teaching Art (August 2000) Specialization: Painting - 32 Graduate hours

 

Florida International University

Miami, Graduate Program 1996-1997

 

Palm Beach Atlantic University

West Palm Beach, Florida

Degree: Bachelor of Arts (May 1992) Major: Art Education K-12

 

Professional Method Center

Lantana, Florida

Instructor Graham Ingels, EC Comics legend

 

Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art 2007

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

Selected Solo, Invitational, Juried Exhibitions, Awards

  2025

  Kentucky State Capital, 2025 Team KY Gallery, Juried by Frist Lady Britainy Beshear, Frankfort, KY Jan-June, 2025   

  

 2024

  Solo Exhibit, Set Ablaze, PYRO Gallery, Louisville, KY, September 6-29th, 2024

     

  UnderMain.com Digital Magazine Interview, Debra Lott: A Visual Language for Difficult Subjects, Sept. 2024

     

  2024 Ohio Vallery Biennial Juried Exhibition, Louisville, KY, Sept. 26-Oct. 24. 2024

 

  Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant Recipient, Feminist Artist Career Development Mini- Grant, Sept 2024

 

2023

  Purchase Award, Collection of the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of

  Community Based Services, Carroll County Office

 

 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Featured artist and painting, July/August, 2023

 

 Great Meadows Grant 2023 Recipient, Artist Professional Development Grant- focused on supporting and      

 forwarding the careers of Kentucky visual artists.

 

2022

 

 16th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition, Finalist, Figurative Category, 2022/2023

 

 Solo Exhibit, Tangled Threads, PYRO Gallery, Louisville, KY, Sept 30- Oct 30, 2022

 

 Louisville Visual Art Juried Exhibition, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY, October 7-Nov 20, 2022

 

Revelations, Visionary Art Collective Juried Virtual Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY September, 2022

 

Art Comes Alive 2022, ART Design Consultants Inc. Cincinnati, OH, Oct 29 – Dec 30, 2022

 

Artful Connections Invitational Exhibition, Featured Artist, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY 2022

 

Visionary Art Collective Publication, Spring, Issue 2, Featured Artist, Leading Magazine for Visionary Artists and Educators, Brooklyn, NY

 

Lunar Codex - selected artist – Lott’s artwork, along with other artists’ selected pieces will be placed in two

time capsules.  “The Lunar Codex has been called the most expansive, international, and diverse collection of

contemporary culture launched to the Moon.” June 2022

 

2021

 

Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 2021, Finalist in non-Commissioned Portraits

 

Painting the Figure Now, 2021, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, exhibiting alongside Ann Gale and Alex Kanevsky, an International Exhibition curated by Didi Menendez and David Hummer with guest curators Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt (Bennett Collection/Prize)

 

American Women Artists 2021, Spring Online Juried Exhibit, Figurative Award

 

Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists, 2021 American Women Artists National Online Juried Exhibition

 

International Artist Magazine Art Prize Competition, People & Figures, Finalist Award, Full page Image and Interview, International Artist Magazine #138, April/May2021 issue.

 

15th International ARC Salon Semi-Finalist, Figurative Category, 2021

 

Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art International Biennial Portrait Competition, 2021(IBPC)

Curves, juried online exhibit, curated by Alayne Sahar, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL

 

Save ArtSpace, Gender Based Violence group public art exhibition, installed on advertisement space in Seattle, WA

 

Arts Heal Public Art space installation award in Greater Louisville supported by Fund for the Arts, Louisville, Ky.

 

2020

Ambivalence, juried online exhibit, curated by Carol Hodes, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL

 

Shelter, juried online exhibition, curated by Dr. Samuel Peralta, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL

 

The Art of the Nude, juried online exhibition, 33 Contemporary. Chicago, IL

 

Art in City Hall Exhibition 2020/2021, Louisville, KY. Selected Artist

 

Louisville Visual Art Juried Exhibition, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY, November 1-December 14, 2020

 

#WomenStrongerTogether, Solo Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY, September 11-October 17, 2020

 

Celebrate Women, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, May 9-July 12,

 

Kentucky Nude, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Dec 2018-January 2020

 

Light in the Darkness: A Study of Hope and Healing, Kent Mansion Gallery, New Albany, IN, Dec. 5-Jan. 6/2020

 

2019

 

Your Art Louisville, Save Art Space, Solo Public Art Exhibit on seven billboards, Louisville, KY

 

Louisville Visual Art Juried Exhibition, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY, November-December

 

Years of Chaos, Issues that are Destroying Us, Kore Gallery, 1st Place Award, Louisville, KY, February

 

Featured Artist Interview and two-page studio photo, Today’s Women, Artisan and Crafter’s Issue, Louisville, KY, March, 2019

 

2018

 

#MeToo, “From Silent to Resilient”, Solo Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY, September 7-October 20

 

Generations, Stories of Mothers and Daughters, Featured artist in Duo Exhibition, Arts Alliance of Sothern Indiana, May 1-June 9, 2018

 

Introspective/Extrospective, Featured artist in Duo Exhibition, The Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington,

KY, March 16- April 20, 2018

 

Norton Cancer Institute Artwork Public Art commissioned paintings, ‘Healing Hands’ for installation at Norton Healthcare New Cancer Center and Research, October, 2018

 

2017

 

Owensboro Art Guild 55th Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, February 25- April 14th. 2017 Lexington

 

Collections, 2017, solo exhibit of six series, Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY, March 3rd- April 20th,

 

Lexington Art League, Demographically Speaking, A Figurative Exhibition, Lexington, KY, January13-February 12, 2017

 

2016

 

Debra Lott solo exhibition, Roberta Marx Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, Louisville, KY, August 1- September 30, 2016

 

Human-Nature, 2016, Solo Exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY August 26th-October 7th, 2016

 

The Enduring Figure, Kaviar Forge and Gallery, , Louisville, KY, November 25-February 4, 2016

 

Art Comes Alive 2016, ART Design Consultants Inc. Cincinnati, OH, July 23-August 29, 2016 Figurative Artist of the Year Award

 

2016 Beyond Borders Exhibit, The Arts Council of Southern Indiana, New Albany, IN, July 23-September 30

Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant – 2016, 2008, 2007 Artist Enrichment Grant Recipient

 

2015 – 2007

 

The Chautauqua National Exhibition, Eastern Kentucky University, 1/26/2015-2/20/2015

 

Evolving, 2014, solo exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY, August 29- October 4, 2014.

 

The Figure Revealed” Nude Exhibition, Kaviar Forge Gallery, Louisville, KY, March 28-May 31, 2014

 

The Art at the X National Juried Exhibition, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 'Multicultural Expressions of Faith', Award of Excellence, August 23-October 11, 2013

 

National Art Education Women Caucus Juried Art Exhibition, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Invitational presentation 2013, Ft. Worth, Texas

 

The Human Condition 2012, Featured Artist, Produced and exhibited a regional juried exhibition at Pyro Gallery July- August 2012

 

55th Mid-states Juried Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Indiana, December- March 2011

 

Kentucky Art Speaks Juried Art Exhibition, Louisville, KY, January, 2011

 

2010 Manifest Gallery International Drawing Annual- Exhibition in Print, Cincinnati Ohio, art work selected - Seasons of Grace, Charcoal on Paper

 

2010 NAEA Women’s Caucus Exhibition: Visualizing Social Justice at the 2010 National Art Education Convention in Baltimore, Maryland

 

2010 Water Tower Regional, Louisville Visual Art Association, KY, January 24-March 7, 2010

 

Women Imaging Women, solo exhibit with selected guest artists, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY, July 29th-September 4, 2010

 

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Artist Member Exhibition, Louisville, KY, Jan 10-Feb 21, 2009

 

54th Mid-States Juried Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Indiana, Dec 7-January 18, 2009.

 

Viewpoints, solo exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY - June 27th-August 16th, 2008

 

Elements and Icons, solo exhibition, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY - May 18th-June 23rd, 2007

 

Contemporary Women Artists XIV , Mad Art Gallery, St Louis, Missouri, , International Juried Exhibition, Sept 7-29, 2007, St Louis Chapter of the National Women’s Caucus for the Arts