NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Deborah studied textile design and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. As a designer and creative director in the industry in New York City, Los Angeles and Europe she worked with designers and fabric manufacturers in global fashion centers.
Based on her own work experience and family heritage, she explores the condition of the American worker and landscape.
She designs site specific installations that produce interactive environments with textile scrims, glass, paintings, video, music and photography. Her work is based on archival research, interviews and portraits of her subjects.
Deborah lives and works as a design consultant and fine artist in Rhode Island.
Deborah Baronas 2024
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Deborah Baronas grew up on a New England farm and came of age as a designer in the textile industry. These working cultures have influenced her artistic investigations into the history of the American worker. Textiles are Baronas’ primary medium. In site-specific installations she creates interactive environments with scrims, paintings, drawings, video, music and photography. She draws inspiration through interviews, site visits, historical research and archival photographs. Baronas graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked in the textile industry in the US and Europe for many years. She has exhibited her work at the Newport Art Museum, American Textile History Museum, Fuller Craft Museum, among many other New England venues. She has been the recipient of grants from RISCA and RICH and recently received a commission for a permanent installation in the new RI Veterans Home. Her art and design business is in Warren, Rhode Island.
Source: NetWorks 2015-2016 Catalogue
Fabric dye on cotton gauze, oil on canvas, 36 x 62 in.
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis
Music: Eric M.C. Gonzalez
Executive Producer: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Additional Resources:
- Artist’s website: baronasart.com
- Providence Journal:
Warren artist Deborah Baronas’ work take you back in time
Bob Thayer
December 20th, 2014
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
