Deborah Klein

Deborah Klein was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1951. She grew up in the inner southern suburb of St. Kilda and lived and worked in London from 1973 – 1980. The experience of living in both of these places was to have a significant and enduring influence on her work.

The artist gained degree and post degree qualifications from Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne and Gippsland School of Advanced Education and a Research MA from Monash University, Gippsland.

Since 1988 she has held regular solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. Her work is represented in public and university museum collections throughout Australia.

Awards and residencies include:
Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura, Vic. (2011, 2009)
Printmaker in Residence, RMIT TAFE, Melbourne (2007)
Small Tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne (2007);
Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize (2002)
Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award (1999,1998, 1997)
Jacaranda Drawing Prize (1998, 1996)
Grand Prize, Silk Cut Award for Linocut Printmaking (1997)
Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize (1997)
Australian Printmedia Award, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur (1997,1996)
Artist in Residence, National Gallery of Victoria (1996)
Monash Graduate Scholarship (1995)
Australia Council Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (1993)

Other activities include teaching at RMIT University, Melbourne in the Printmaking and the Drawing Departments (1999-2008).

Currently Deborah divides her time between Melbourne and Ballarat in south-western Victoria.