ABOUT

Debra Hampton was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California.

She began her diverse art education in the studio department at CSLA, ultimately transferring to CSUF to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History focused on European papal portraiture and social/political murals of Latin America. She then moved to New York to obtain a Master of Art degree from New York University in Humanities and Social Thought with a certificate in Museum Studies. While at NYU, she was an adjunct student at ITP further nurturing her interest in the cross-sections of art, technology and collaborative media.

Her work has spanned various unconventional media investigating issues of commodity, identity and appropriation. She is best known for mixed-media mashup collage portraits which are created from 1000s of magazine cutouts, splattered ink, and intricately stippled shapes. Accompanying the portrait series are sculpted objects such as headdresses, talisman, and full-size armor.

Ms. Hampton's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art Permanent Drawing Collection, and The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, and has been included in publications such as ArtReview, the New York Times, Queens Chronicle, Etapes Graphiques, and The New York Art World. She has been recipient of the Chashama AREA Studio Residency and an A.I.R. Gallery fellowship.

Represented by Priska Juschka Fine Art in New York and maintains a studio in Long Island City.