DEBRA SALOPEK

Born in California, raised in Mexico, Debra Salopek grew up bilingual, straddling 2 cultures. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico in printmaking and drawing, has traveled and lived abroad for several years and makes the American Southwest her primary home. Debra worked as a fine art printmaker in Los Angeles, CA collaborating with artists such as Alex Katz, Robert Mangold, Silvia Plimack Mangold, Robert Therrien and others, before dedicating full time to her studio with a focus on painting and work on paper.  She has exhibited nationally with work in corporate collections and museums.