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Debra Priestly is a visual artist exploring themes of memory, ancestry, history, and cultural preservation. Her work is widely exhibited and is part of numerous collections, including the Albany Institute of History and Art, Francis Greenburger Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Sandor Family Collection, and Petrucci Family Foundation Collection. Awards include two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships in Painting, Art Omi Residency, The Marie Walsh Sharpe’s The Space Program Residency, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Studio Immersion Project Fellowship. She holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BFA from The Ohio State University. Priestly lives and works in New York City and Upstate New York. She taught art at various institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and Queens College, City University of New York, where she was recently designated Professor Emerita, having taught in the Art Department for twenty-seven years.
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