Bio


Deborah Phillips Chodoff
5 Sterling St #305
Kingston, NY 12401
914-953-0510 (cell)
dphchodoff@gmail.com

 

Awards

 

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
2022 – Honorable Mention,Art of the book and paper: juried international exhibit Graphite Hands, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
2021 – Honorable Mention, Art of the Book and Paper: 10th Anniversary Juried International Exhibit (Press/Crush), Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
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

 

2025 – Last Look (solo exhibit of paintings and pastels), Edgemont Road Studio, Katonah, NY
2020 – St. Luke’s Art Gallery, St. Luke’s School, Greenwich, CT
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)

 

2025 – Building Books 3 - NEBA Members’ Exhibition, Mark Twain Library Redding, CT
2025 – Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
2025 – Art of the Book and Paper: Juried International Exhibit, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
2024 – Books Undone 2: the art of altered books, The Gallery at Penn College, Pennsylvania College of Technology
2024 – Material World, Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania
2024 – Pandora’s Book?, Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT.
2024 – Art of the Book and Paper: Juried International Exhibit, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
2023 – Art of the Book and Paper: Juried International Exhibit, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY
2023 – Not Just for Reading, Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT.
2022 – Art of the Book and Paper: Juried International Exhibit, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
2022 – What Have You Done To My Book?, Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT.
2021-22 – Books on the Verge, Metro Arts Center, Bridgeport, CT.*See the Video
2021 – Art of the Book and Paper: 10th Anniversary Juried International Exhibit, Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY*
2019-20 – Freed Formats: the book reconsidered, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT; Mark Twain Library, Redding CT.; Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY; Mahopac Public Library, Mahopac, NY; Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Ct.; Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. * Visit the Website
2019 – Art Show: Bedford 2019, St. Matthew’s Fellowship Hall, Bedford, NY
2018 – Art Show: Bedford 2018, St. Matthew’s Fellowship Hall, Bedford, NY
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. *
2004-05 – 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

 

Musee Hamaguchi Yozo: Yamasa Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Hillary Rodham Clinton Archive Collection
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