Deborah Phillips Chodoff
95 Edgemont Road
Katonah, New York 10536
(914) 232-1160
dphchodoff@verizon.net
95 Edgemont Road
Katonah, New York 10536
(914) 232-1160
dphchodoff@verizon.net
Award
2005
Second Prize,4th Bright Hill Center North American Juried Art Exhibit, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. Jurors: Ed Hutchins and Bertha Rogers
2004
Best Use of Unexpected Materials, Stand and Deliver: Engineering Sculpture into a Book Format, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Juror: Miriam Schaer
1992
First Prize, Modern Times through the Concerned Eye, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Juror: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Catherine H., Katonah. N.Y.
2009
Edgemont Studio Exhibit, Katonah, N.Y.
2001
Duffy Gallery, Canterbury School, New Milford, CT
1994
Wooster Community Art Center Gallery, Wooster, CT
1993
Wooster Community Art Center Gallery, Wooster, CT
1992
Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
1991
Nathan Resnick Showcase Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Group Shows (* indicates catalogue)
2013
Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2011-13
Multiple, Limited, Unique: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Center for Book Arts, The Center for Book Arts, N.Y.C., Savannah College of Arts and Design, Savannah, GA, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, The Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Un[framed] Photograph: Artist Members Annual Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, N.Y.C.*
2011
Women and Books: Uncovered - A Decade Later, Millikin Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
2010
Book Arts 2010 Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. *
2006
Books Transformed… Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, Ct.
2005
Celebrating Artist Members: 30th Anniversary Members Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, N.Y.C.*
2005
4th Bright Hill Center North American Juried Art Exhibit, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. *
2004-5
Stand and Deliver: Engineering Sculpture into a Book Format, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT; Mesa College, San Diego, California (Movable Book Society Conference); Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library, Boca Raton, Florida; Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado; Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois*
2001
bookARTbook, The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2001
Women and Books: Uncovered—a national juried exhibition of artists’ books by women, Millikin Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
1999
Gallery 13, Danbury, CT
1999
Book as Art XI, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1998-2001
Changing Pages, Collins Gallery at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland and subsequently touring the U.K. until 2001*
1997
Woman's Work, Westport Art Center, Westport CT
1996
Artists' Books in the Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1996
The Alternative Page, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
1995
PaperWorks, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
1995
Beyond the Page: Artists' Books, Artists' Choice, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT and Harper Collins Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1994
The Anthropomorphic Book, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1994
Out of Bounds: Books as Art/Art as Books, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Juror: Richard Minsky
1994
Fourth Annual Juried Show, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
1993
Books as Art, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
1992
Modern Times through the Concerned Eye, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Juror: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
1991
War and Peace, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1991
Economy of Space: Book Arts under Four Inches, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1990
Books as Art, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
1990
New Works: Artist Books from 1990, Ted Cronin Gallery, New York, NY
Collections
Center for Book Arts Fine Art Collection, Center for Book Arts, New York, N.Y.
University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Art of the Book Collection, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University
Graphic Arts Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Artists' Book Archive, Museum of Modern Art Library
Private collections throughout the United States and in Canada, France, South Africa, and Japan
Websites
Reviews
The New York Times, Sunday, August 1, 2004
Westchester Section, p.8
"These Books Reveal Their Artistry: Penciled, Folded, Boxed" by Susan Hodara
The Evening Press (York City, Scotland), March 1, 2001
York Whats On
"Changing Pages, York City Art Gallery, until January 28" by Charles Hutchinson
The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Thursday, October 15, 1998
"Revenge for undercover artworks" by Keith Bruce
With photo of Little Chaos
Publications
Designed art projects for My First English Adventure (Longman, 2006), a series of language workbooks for pre-primary school students living outside an English-speaking environment.
Work illustrated in Jean Kropper, Handmade Books and Cards (Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1997)
Lectures and Workshops
2007
Kent Place School, Summit, N.J., visiting artist
2005
Wooster School, Danbury, Ct., led all-day professional growth (Art ProGro) for faculty
2000
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, book arts workshop for teachers
1995-1996
Wooster School, Danbury, CT, lecture and workshops for high school students
1993-1995
Parsons School of Design, workshops on book forms for photographers
1992
Katonah Museum, Sundays with the Artist series
1992
Center for Book Arts, Artist Talk Series held at Cooper Union
Teaching
2000-present
Wooster School, Danbury, CT, Art Department Chair
1991-present
Wooster School, Danbury, CT; art teacher K-5; 9-12 art electives and portfolio preparation.
Education
1971
B.A. Barnard College, New York, NY
1973-75
The Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
1971-72
Atelier 17, Paris, France
1969-72
Yozo Hamaguchi, Paris, France
1968-70
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY