Deborah Gross-Zuchman, a Philadelphia painter, received a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education from Temple University and a Master's Degree in Painting from the Goddard Graduate Program of Norwich University. She was an Art Demonstration Teacher and taught in the Philadelphia Public Schools for thirty-five years. She also worked as a Project Manager for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for nine years.

Gross-Zuchman's landscapes are plein-air paintings created during her various travels in Europe and the United States. 

In the studio, Gross-Zuchman paints "inspirational" landscapes from her imagination as well as making collages (using cut up papers that she has painted with an array of beautiful colors creating interesting and surprising effects with the brush and palette knife). The subject matter ranges from abstract to representational. 

Deborah's book of poems and paintings, Windows Into War ( a mother's lament), is published by Abingdon Square Publishers .  The Essential Seder, a contemporary haggadah with emphasis on social justice and freedom, illustrated with her collages, is available through Behrman House, Barnes & Noble, and on Amazon.  Becky's Braids, illustrated by Deborah and written by Susan Weiss, is available  at the  National Museum of American Jewish History. Effectations is a book of paintings by Deborah accompanied by poems by Will Zuchman about man's isolation. These items can also be purchased by contacting [email protected].

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Education and Employment
MA Degree in Painting, Goddard Graduate Program at Norwich University, Norwich, VT
BA Degree in Art Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Post Graduate work, Temple University, Gratz College, University of the Arts
Project Manager, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
Art Demonstration Teacher, School District of Philadelphia

Recognitions
Honorary Lifetime Member  within the Philadelphia Water Color Society
Recipient of The Puffin Foundation, LTD Grant, 2018 
Artist-in-Residence, Lekhu Lakhem 4, Austin, Texas
Artist-in-Residence, Lekhu Lakhem 2, Clayton, Georgia
Artist-in-Residence, David and Julia White Artists Colony, Costa Rica
Recipient, Puffin Foundation Grant
Visiting Artist Fellow, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Book Jacket Images, Jason Aronson Publishers, NY
25th Annual Juried Exhibition Award, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission
"Best in Category," Ocean City Fine Arts League
7th Annual Juried Water Color Show Juror's Award, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission
Philadelphia Water Color Society Prize, Annual Exhibition
Flower Painting Prize, Woodmere Art Museum
"Best in Show," Ocean City Fine Arts League

Collections
Mass Audubon's Connecticut River Valley Sanctuaries, Easthampton, MA
Franklin Land Trust, Shelburne, MA
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, VT
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia, PA
Ortho-McNeill Pharmaceuticals
Hillel Foundation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Stroehmann Corporation
Temple Adath Israel, Merion, PA
Temple Beth Shalom, Cherry Hill, NJ

Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
"Landscapes on the Edge of Abstraction," Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA, 2024
"Tout Arpenans," Arpenans, Haute-Saone, France, 2018
"Peace in Pieces," Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia, 2018
"New Growth," Perelman Center for Jewish Life at the University of Pennsylvania, 2016
 Solo Exhibition: "Walk in the Woods," Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Solo Exhibition: Casa Papel, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Solo Exhibition: "Mostre Arte," Morrovalle, Italy, 2010

Group Exhibitions
The Henry Gallery Penn State Great Valley, A Celebration of Women in the Arts, 2024
Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE, 3 person show, 2023
Wallingford Art Center, Artists Equity Tri-State Juried Exhibition, 2022.
Nashville Jewish Community Center, April, 2019
Woodmere Art Museum 77th Annual Exhibition, 2018
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Inc., Berks County, PA, 2009
Solo Exhibition: "New Work in Collage," Hopkins House Gallery, NJ
"The Haggadah," Temple Judea Museum of Jewish Art, Elkins Park, PA, 2014
"Because...," Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Creative Capital, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
"Windows and Mirrors (Reflections on the war in Afghanistan)," traveling show sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee
"Works on Paper," Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, 2007
Solo Exhibition: "Pinturas," Galeria Los Communes, La Ceja, Colombia, 2006
Salon Independiente, San Antonio Pereira, Colombia, 2006
"Art of the State of Pennsylvania," State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2006
Solo Exhibition: State Street Gallery Space, Doylestown, PA, 2005
Solo Exhibition: "Visti di Bevagna," Il Chiostro, Bevagna, Italy, 2004
Solo Exhibition: "Windows Into War," Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
"Three Views of Spain," Artjaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
Solo Exhibition: "Summer Landscapes," Conkling Hall Gallery, Rensellaerville, NY, 2002
"Toxic Landscapes," La Biblioteca National Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba, 2002
"Works on Paper," Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA, 2001
"Small Oil Painting Show," Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1987
"Contemporary Women Artists," Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA, 1986

Bibliography
Les Affiches and L'Est Republican, exhibition reviews in French, August, 2018
"The Zuchmans, a marriage of artists," a John Thornton film
"Home is Where the Art Is," Philadelphia Inquirer, Sally Friedman
 Seder for the 21st Century, written and illustrated by Deborah Gross-Zuchman
Windows Into War, paintings and poetry by Deborah Gross-Zuchman, Abingdon Square Publishers, NY
New York Times Art Review, Fred Adelson, April 4, 1999
New York Times Art Review, Fred Adelson, September 27, 1998
"A Work in Progress," Susan Caba, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1, 1994
"Home is Where the Art Is," Stephen Maleson, The Weekly Press, March 25, 1993