About the Artist
Debra Krakow is emerging as a new artistic voice in southeastern Ontario. Her watercolours of the rural life and landscape are infused with light and vitality. A native Montrealer, Krakow now lives with her husband and children on their Wolfe Island farm.

Exhibitions
Awards
Reviews
Art Studies
Teaching Experience
Exhibitions

1988-99:

  • Life Drawing Exhibit, a group exhibit at The Town Crier, Kingston, ON, 1998
  • Art by Architects, The Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON, 1997
  • Vendor’s stall at Market Square, Kingston, ON, Summer 1996
  • Solo Show, private venue, Montreal, QC, 1993 >
  • Etchings, a group show at Atelier Evelyn Dufour, Montreal, QC, 1991
  • Halifax Contemporary Art Society Juried Show (Mayor’s Prize), Halifax, NS, 1991
  • Vendor’s stall at The Public Gardens, Halifax, NS, Summer 1991
  • Represented by The Hollis Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
  • Member of the Dunk City Artists’ Cooperative, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
  • Cole Harbour Annual Art Show, First Prize, Cole Harbour, NS, 1990
  • Graduating Class Exhibit, McGill School of Architecture, Montreal, QC, 1988
2000-08

  • Chameleon Nation, Kingston, ON, Fall 2007
  • Gallery Raymond, Kingston, ON, June 2006
  • Fort Frontenac Officers' Mess, Sunroom, Summer 2006
  • Summer Dock Studio, Wolfe Island, ON, 2002-06
  • Lost in Thought, a solo show, Kingston, ON, April 2006
  • Art in the Garden, Wolfe Island, ON, 2005-06
  • Along the River’s Edge, The Handweaving Museum & Arts Centre, Clayton, NY, Summer 2003-06
  • Natural Forces, a 2-artist show, Wolfe Island, ON, May 2005
  • Art auction for the Wolfe Island Early Years Centre, 2003 to 2005
  • Two Countries, One Creative Spirit, a juried group show at The Handweaving Museum & Arts Centre, Clayton, NY, June 2003
  • Last Frost, solo show, Fort Frontenac Officers’ Mess, Kingston, ON, May 2003
  • No Limits, a Virtual Exhibit by the Ontario Association of Architects, 2002-03
  • The Back Forty, solo show, Breakwater Gallery, Cape Vincent, N.Y., July 2002
Awards Reviews & Articles
  • Mayor’s Prize, Halifax Contemporary Art Society Juried Show, Halifax, NS, 1991
  • First Prize, Cole Harbour Annual Art Show, Cole Harbour, NS, 1990
Art Studies
  • Kingston School of Art
    • Portraiture, Marta Scythes, 2005
    • Life Drawing, open studio, 1998-99
  • Atelier Evelyn Dufour, 1993-94
    • Etching, instructor Evelyn Dufour
  • The Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC, 1992-93
    • Painting in acrylics, instructor Seymour Segal
    • Silkscreen, instructor Ann McCall
    • Sculpture, instructor Celina Segal
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
    • Lithography, instructor Dave Mackenzie
    • Life drawing, open studio
  • Institut des Beaux Arts, Montreal, QC, 1989-90
    • Constructive anatomy, clay modeling and life drawing, instructor Tino Petronzio
  • The Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC, 1988-89
    • Oil painting, instructor Dierdre McCay
  • School of Architecture, McGill University, 1984-88 (B. Arch., 1988)
    • Sketching and life drawing, instructor Gentile Tondino
Teaching Experience
  • Private drawing & watercolour classes, Wolfe Island, ON, 2003-04
  • Group and private watercolour classes, Montreal, QC, 1992-94
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