Deborah Bigeleisen

Deborah Bigeleisen grew up in Los Angeles and attended college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she graduated with high honors. Always entrepreneurial, and a risk taker, Deborah was ahead of her time in establishing a global textile print design company in Manhattan where she served as the president and creative director for eighteen years.

Deborah moved to West Palm Beach in 1998, and started painting as hobby. Without any formal fine art education, her talent was cultivated through local art classes and master artists workshops. She was mentored by renowned visionary Gordon Parks, whom she was proud to regard as a good friend. Within two years Bigeleisen's paintings were accepted into fine established galleries, thus launching her second successful career as a fine art painter. Deborah says that she found a voice inside that she never knew she possessed.

Whether painting highly representational images, or more abstracted visions, Deborah Bigeleisen's dynamic and evocative paintings of flowers stand alone in the contemporary fine art arena. Her technique is rooted in the practices of the Dutch master artists; her conceptual work is rooted in the principles of fractals. Never being content to stay in her comfort zone, Deborah continually pushes her vision. She does not subscribe to rules. "Every painting is a fresh beginning, and a new journey; and I cherish the unpredictability."

Deborah's work has been represented by fine art galleries from Aspen; to San Francisco, to Naples, FL; to Washington, DC; to Southampton, NY, and to New York City. Her paintings have been prominently featured in international Contemporary and Fine Art Fairs. Her work has been widely published in journals and art books ranging from Science Creative Quarterly, to Michael K. Corbin’s trilogy ‘A Collector’s Journal,' to New Art International and Studio Visit. Her paintings have graced the covers and interior pages of international interior design publications including Florida Design, Miami Home & Décor, Art and Antiques, LUXE Magazine, and Architectural Digest. Deborah’s work is collected world-wide and enhances the corporate collections of American Airlines, Beauté Therapies Inc., The Koury Corp., and LBC Design & Construction to name just a few. Her paintings have received awards, and have been exhibited in numerous museum shows including the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Platt / Bornstein Galleries at American Jewish University in Los Angeles, and the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Bigeleisen enjoys sharing her knowledge by lecturing on various art related topics; conducting private tours of Art Basel and Art Miami during Miami Art Week every December; and leading private museums tours where her focus is on "looking at art through the eyes and mind of an artist." She has served as an artist in residence; conducts artist workshops, and is an adjunct professor of art at Palm Beach State College.

Deborah is a long standing member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. She served as chair person for Art and Public Places for the City of West Palm Beach for ten years. She is an active member of Soroptimist International of the Palm Beaches; and a former board member of the Palm Beach County Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

Deborah lives and works in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.