Following art school Deborah co-founded the product design and manufacturing company, Urban Icons. The company up-cycled industrial products – turning oil drums into furniture, for instance – and collaborated with other manufacturers to realise cutting edge designs. She later did an MA and ran courses until working full time in the studio became possible.
Art Education
| Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design | BA(Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) | 1993 - 1996 |
| Royal College of Art | Drawing | 1996 |
| Sir John Cass School of Art | Sculpture Foundation Course | 1991 - 1993 |
Selected Exhibitions
| Haslam's of Hallgate Gallery, Hexham | 2025 |
| High Forest Fine Arts, Celebration, Northumberland | 2024 |
| Kreiva Gallary, Bridlington, "People & Place" | 2023 |
| Catharine Miller Gallery, Decorative Art Fair, London | 2023 |
| Catharine Miller Gallery, London | 2022 |
| Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, 'Environment' Exhibition | 2022 |
| Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, 'Colour' Exhibition | 2022 |
| Whitechapel. London Open, Digital Exhibition | 2018 |
| Cambrian Open Studios, east London | 2017-2019 |
| Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, Shortlist | 2016 |
| Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London | 2016 |
| Wells Contemporary Art, Wells Museum | 2015 |
| Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London | 2015 |
| Loughborough Hotel Art Gallery, London | 2014-2015 |
| Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery Brick Lane, London | 2014 |
| Other Art Fair, Ambika P3 Gallery, London | 2014 |
| Candid Arts Gallery, London, Framed | 2014 |
| East London Design Show, Shoreditch, London | 2003-2005 |
| Hidden Art, Brick Lane, London | 2001-2003 |
| Space Open Studios, East London | 1998-2002 |
| Craft Movement Fair, London, Box Pictures and Wall Images | 1998-2000 |
| Wills Art Warehouse, London, The Art of the Body | 1998 |
| Stables Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London, Box Pictures | 1998 |
| Maymie White Contemporary Art, London, A Celebration of the Figure | 1998 |
| Library Gallery, Stoke Newington, London, Works on Paper | 1997 |
| Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London | 1996-1998 |
| Lethaby Gallery, London | 1996 |
| Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London | 1995 |
| British Art Medal Society, Plantation House, London | 1994-1995 |
| The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Currency of Fame | 1994 |
Awards
| Winning Art Medal: British Art Medal Society Competition | 1994-1995 |
| Commissioned to produce a second medal for the Society |
Collections
British Museum
Private Collections: United Kingdom, South Africa, Japan
Projects
Age In The Frame: self-designed, socially-engaged project on ageing: 2018 – 2020