Deborah Brown was born in Pasadena, California in 1955. She received a BA from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and a MFA from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Brown's recent solo and group exhibitions include "The Great Big Winter Show #5" at Hans Alf Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark (2025); "Art Herning" at Hans Alf Gallery in Herning, Denmark (2025); "Memento Mori" at Hans Alf Gallery in Copehagen, Denmark (2024); "Street Paintings" at Althuis Hofland in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2023); "Silent Shadows' at Bonhams in Hong Kong, China (2023); "Camino a Casa" at Adhesivo Contemporary in Mexico City, Mexico (2023); "Vibrant Escape: An Ode to Summer" at Woaw in Hong Kong, China (2023); "Painters of Modern Life" at Carl Kostyál in Milan, Italy (2023); "Some Dogs" from the Pamela and David Hornik Collection at Four One Nine, in San Francisco, California (2023); "Bathers" at Paula Cooper Gallery in Palm Beach, Florida (2023); "Adler House" at Carl Kostyál in Ibiza, Spain (2023); "LA Woman" curated by Sophia Penske at Phillips in Los Angeles, California (2023); "Flâneuse" at Gavlak Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2022); "Haunted House" at Harper’s Gallery in East Hampton, New York (2022); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2022); "The Shadow Paintings" at James Barron Art in Kent, Connecticut (2022); "Return to Forever" at Gavlak in Palm Beach, Florida (2021); "US Quiet City" at Anna Zorina Gallery in New York, New York (2021); "Shadow Paintings" at Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham, Alabama (2021); "Friends and Family" at Magenta Plains in New York, New York (2021); and "The Loneliest Sport" curated by Caio Twombly and Jacob Hyman at Spazio Amanita in New York, New York (2021).
Brown's work is held in public collections including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, Florida; Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont; Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts; the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas; Bass Museum of Art in Miami, Florida; and Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida.
Deborah Brown lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.