SELECTED PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS:
SAIL LOFT COLLECTIVE, Castle Hill, Truro, MA Feb 2026
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Seeding Gardens of Hope & Love”, Feb 2026
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Cotuit, MA, “PLEASE TOUCH”, curated by Maggie Van Sciver, Summer 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, Fall Group Show, 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Little Shop of Wonders”, 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Storytellers” (Mixed Media), 2025
PAAM (PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM), Provincetown, MA, Small Works Show, 2025
THE COMMONS, Provincetown, MA, “Heresy: A Scrapbook of Rebellion” (Outsider Art Show) 2025
A.P.E. GALLERY, Northampton, MA (March), “PHYSIO + TASMA + GORICAL”, curated by Susan Senseman, 2024
PAAM (PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM), Provincetown, MA, “Celebrating Blue” (Juried Show), Feb 2024
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA Oct–Nov 2024
WELLFLEET POND GALLERY, Wellfleet, MA, “Deb’s World”, Wellfleet MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Red Dance”, Provincetown MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Deb Mell Watching”, Provincetown MA 2023
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, “Limitless Ideas”, Hyannis MA 2023
PAAM, “Juried Art Show”, Provincetown MA 2023
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, “Face Time”, Dennis MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Castle Hill Connections”, Provincetown MA 2022
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, “Environs and Beyond”, Dennis MA 2022
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, “Altered States” One Person Show, Hyannis MA 2022
CREATIVE ARTS CENTER, “45 Years of Printmaking”, Chatham MA 2022
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Second Landing” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2021
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Grand Scale” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2021
CAPE COD MUSEUM, “The Printmakers of Cape Cod” with Dennis Conservation Trust, Dennis MA 2021
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “A Season of Firsts” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2020
THE COMMONS, “Untold Stories” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2020
TORRY ABBEY, Devon UK, CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART, Dennis MA, THEATER ROYAL, Plymouth UK, “Journey – A Mayflower 400 Project” with Tamar Valley Printmakers and Printmakers of Cape Cod, 2020
PAAM and PILGRIM MONUMENT, Provincetown 400 Juried Show, Provincetown MA 2020
PAAM, Members Juried Show, Provincetown MA 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014
CASTLE HILL “OPEN”, Truro, MA 2018
HIGGINS ART GALLERY, “Art at Play”, CCCC, Hyannis MA 2018
AMP Gallery, “Mounds”, Provincetown MA 2017
RIKERS HILL ART PARK, “Curious Creatures” West Orange NJ 2017
GALLERY 151, Philadelphia PA 2017
PIERRO GALLERY, “Color Theory”, South Orange NJ 2017
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, “New Jersey Arts Annual Special Edition”, Trenton NJ 2017
PIERRO GALLERY, “Booked 14” & “Booked 13”, South Orange NJ 2017 / 2016
CAPE COD ART MUSEUM, “All About Seven”, Dennis MA 2014
CITY WITHOUT WALLS, “Encrustations”, Newark NJ 2013
RIVERMONT STUDIOS, Solo Show, Lynchburg VA 2013
ASSORTED IN PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, PA 2011
PROVINCETOWN ART AND ASSOCIATION MUSEUM, Provincetown MA, “12x12 show”, 2011
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ, Reality and Artifice 2010
NOYES MUSEUM, Oceanville NJ, “New Jersey Arts Exhibition 2010”
RIVERMONT STUDIOS, Lynchburg VA, “Two Person Show” 2009
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM Montclair, New Jersey, 2008, “Tribal Roots in the Garden State”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (2007, 2002 & 2000) “Essex Exposed”
SHOCK HEAD PETER collaborative book with Chuck Miley (2006/2007)
“Book Arts Symposium Exhibition” Dana Library, Newark N.J 2007
VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY, Summit, NJ (2007) “Best Seats in the House”
ROCKING HORSE MEXICANO, New York, NY (2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000)
“El Diade los Muertos” Benefit
WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER, Watchung, NJ (Mar 2006) “Group Show”
SHORE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (SICA), Long Branch, NJ (Feb 2006) “Critics Select ‘06”
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ (Jan 2006) “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition”
DANCING GOAT, South Orange, NJ (Nov 2005) “Faces”
1978 GALLERY, Maplewood, NJ (Mar 2005) “Intrusions”
BURKE GALLERY OF SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY (Mar 2004) “One Person Show”
JERSEY CITY MUSEUM, Jersey City, NJ (Nov. 2003) “The Paper Ball”
JOHN JAY COLLEGE, New York, NY (Mar 2003) “One Person Show”
ONE CENTER, New York, NY (June 2002) “Rendering Spirit”
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Newark, NJ (2002) “Chromatic Intrigues”
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY (May 2002) “The Box Project”
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, Sweet Briar, VA (Sep 2002) “Fox Auction”
GALLERY 61, S Orange, NJ (Mar 2002) “Art From the Heart, a 911 Benefit”
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY, New Orleans, LA (Feb. 2002) “Recent Work”
BABCOCK GALLERY OF SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Sweet Briar, VA (Nov. 2001) “Family Portraits”, One Person Show
RC FINE ARTS, Maplewood, NJ (Oct 1999) “Two Person Show”
ROCKING HORSE MEXICANO, New York, NY (Jan 1999) “One Person” Show
ALJIRA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, NJ (Sep 1998) “The Aljira National 4”, a juried show
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (Sep 1998) “Essex Exposed”
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Montclair, NJ (1997) “Mixed Concepts”, a two person show
COPENHAGEN & ELSINORE, Copenhagen, Denmark (1997) “Brain and Self”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (1997) “Grounds for Art, Responses to the Environment”
CITY WITHOUT WALLS & Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ (1997) “Traversing the Edge”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (1996) “Two Person Show”
NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, Summit, NJ (1994) “International Juried Show ‘94”
ARTS COUNCIL OF THE ESSEX AREA, Roseland, NJ (1992) “9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, Merit Award Sculpture
CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM, Milwaukee, WI (1989) “Masque Show”
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, Rockford, IL (1986) “Fetish Art: Obsessive Expressions”
MERCY COLLEGE, Ardsley, NY (1985) “Water Works”
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, New York, NY (1985) “Ornaments”
BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL - Harborside Industrial Center, Brooklyn, NY (1983) “Terminal New York”
FRANKLIN BUILDING, Chicago, IL (1982) “Process in Art” Invitational Show
PUBLICATIONS:
Art Scope Magazine, “A New Artistic Reality” - Deb Mell at Berta Walker by Lee Roscoe, Nov/Dec 2023
Provincetown Independent, “Deb Mell Takes What She Knows and Spits It Out” by Abraham Storer, April 12, 2023
Art New England Magazine, “Deb Mell’s World” (Cover photo and article) by Susan Rand Brown, Jan/Feb 2022
Provincetown Arts Magazine, “Provincetown Contemporary” by Megan Hinton, 2021/2022
Printmakers of Cape Cod, “Environs and Beyond: Celebrating 45 Years of Printmaking”, 2022
Self-Published Video – Home/Studio Tour - “Altered States” Show, Caitlin Dimino, 2022
Tamar Valley Printmakers, “Journey: A Mayflower 400 Project” 2020
Provincetown Independent, “Deb Mell Paints with Objects” by Howard Karren, 2020
Provincetown Banner, “Deb Mell Art Conjures Ancient Spirits” by Susan Rand Brown, Sep 2017
NJ.Com, “From Existential Realism to Black Identity: The Best of NJ Art in One Exhibit” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, Apr 11, 2017
Newark Star Ledger, “Not Your Ordinary Crafts Fair” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, Feb 22, 2008
Press-Republican, “Hold On To Your Seats” by Dan Bischoff, Aug 10, 2007
Newark Star Ledger, “Eye Candy” by Robin Caudell of The Star Ledger, Mar 18, 2004
The Montclarion, “Sculptors Work Comes Out of Her Closet” by Dan Bischoff, Mar 2005
Newark Star Ledger, “Mixed Concepts: An Inspiring Experience” by Elena Ivan of The Star Ledger, Oct 9, 1997
Newark Star Ledger, “Show Has a Double-Edged Theme” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, May 9, 1997
Newark Star Ledger, “Kindred Artistic Spirits Unite for Exhibition” by Eileen Watkins of The Star Ledger, Sep 22, 1996
AWARDS:
Dodge Foundation Fellowship for Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2005, 2003, 2001, & 1999
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship from The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 2004
RESIDENCIES:
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Artist is Residence for “Altered States show, Hyannis MA 2022
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Sweet Briar, Virginia, Feb.1998, Feb.1999, Feb. 2001, Feb. 2003, Feb 2005, Feb 2007, and Feb 2009 Resident Fellow
Feb 2012, 2014, and 2017
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, March 2004
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Nov 2001, Visiting Artist
EDUCATION:
BROOKLYN MUSEUM ART SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY Max Beckmann Memorial Scholar
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Bloomington/Normal, IL BS in Art
ATLIER GARRIGUES, Garrigues France Printmaking Workshop
COLLECTIONS:
PAAM, Provincetown, MA
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Sweet Briar, Virginia
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Various
SAIL LOFT COLLECTIVE, Castle Hill, Truro, MA Feb 2026
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Seeding Gardens of Hope & Love”, Feb 2026
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Cotuit, MA, “PLEASE TOUCH”, curated by Maggie Van Sciver, Summer 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, Fall Group Show, 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Little Shop of Wonders”, 2025
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Storytellers” (Mixed Media), 2025
PAAM (PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM), Provincetown, MA, Small Works Show, 2025
THE COMMONS, Provincetown, MA, “Heresy: A Scrapbook of Rebellion” (Outsider Art Show) 2025
A.P.E. GALLERY, Northampton, MA (March), “PHYSIO + TASMA + GORICAL”, curated by Susan Senseman, 2024
PAAM (PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM), Provincetown, MA, “Celebrating Blue” (Juried Show), Feb 2024
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA Oct–Nov 2024
WELLFLEET POND GALLERY, Wellfleet, MA, “Deb’s World”, Wellfleet MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Provincetown, MA, “Red Dance”, Provincetown MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Deb Mell Watching”, Provincetown MA 2023
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, “Limitless Ideas”, Hyannis MA 2023
PAAM, “Juried Art Show”, Provincetown MA 2023
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, “Face Time”, Dennis MA 2023
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Castle Hill Connections”, Provincetown MA 2022
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, “Environs and Beyond”, Dennis MA 2022
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, “Altered States” One Person Show, Hyannis MA 2022
CREATIVE ARTS CENTER, “45 Years of Printmaking”, Chatham MA 2022
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Second Landing” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2021
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “Grand Scale” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2021
CAPE COD MUSEUM, “The Printmakers of Cape Cod” with Dennis Conservation Trust, Dennis MA 2021
BERTA WALKER GALLERY, “A Season of Firsts” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2020
THE COMMONS, “Untold Stories” Group Show, Provincetown MA 2020
TORRY ABBEY, Devon UK, CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART, Dennis MA, THEATER ROYAL, Plymouth UK, “Journey – A Mayflower 400 Project” with Tamar Valley Printmakers and Printmakers of Cape Cod, 2020
PAAM and PILGRIM MONUMENT, Provincetown 400 Juried Show, Provincetown MA 2020
PAAM, Members Juried Show, Provincetown MA 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014
CASTLE HILL “OPEN”, Truro, MA 2018
HIGGINS ART GALLERY, “Art at Play”, CCCC, Hyannis MA 2018
AMP Gallery, “Mounds”, Provincetown MA 2017
RIKERS HILL ART PARK, “Curious Creatures” West Orange NJ 2017
GALLERY 151, Philadelphia PA 2017
PIERRO GALLERY, “Color Theory”, South Orange NJ 2017
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, “New Jersey Arts Annual Special Edition”, Trenton NJ 2017
PIERRO GALLERY, “Booked 14” & “Booked 13”, South Orange NJ 2017 / 2016
CAPE COD ART MUSEUM, “All About Seven”, Dennis MA 2014
CITY WITHOUT WALLS, “Encrustations”, Newark NJ 2013
RIVERMONT STUDIOS, Solo Show, Lynchburg VA 2013
ASSORTED IN PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, PA 2011
PROVINCETOWN ART AND ASSOCIATION MUSEUM, Provincetown MA, “12x12 show”, 2011
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ, Reality and Artifice 2010
NOYES MUSEUM, Oceanville NJ, “New Jersey Arts Exhibition 2010”
RIVERMONT STUDIOS, Lynchburg VA, “Two Person Show” 2009
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM Montclair, New Jersey, 2008, “Tribal Roots in the Garden State”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (2007, 2002 & 2000) “Essex Exposed”
SHOCK HEAD PETER collaborative book with Chuck Miley (2006/2007)
“Book Arts Symposium Exhibition” Dana Library, Newark N.J 2007
VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY, Summit, NJ (2007) “Best Seats in the House”
ROCKING HORSE MEXICANO, New York, NY (2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000)
“El Diade los Muertos” Benefit
WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER, Watchung, NJ (Mar 2006) “Group Show”
SHORE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (SICA), Long Branch, NJ (Feb 2006) “Critics Select ‘06”
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ (Jan 2006) “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition”
DANCING GOAT, South Orange, NJ (Nov 2005) “Faces”
1978 GALLERY, Maplewood, NJ (Mar 2005) “Intrusions”
BURKE GALLERY OF SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY (Mar 2004) “One Person Show”
JERSEY CITY MUSEUM, Jersey City, NJ (Nov. 2003) “The Paper Ball”
JOHN JAY COLLEGE, New York, NY (Mar 2003) “One Person Show”
ONE CENTER, New York, NY (June 2002) “Rendering Spirit”
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Newark, NJ (2002) “Chromatic Intrigues”
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY (May 2002) “The Box Project”
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, Sweet Briar, VA (Sep 2002) “Fox Auction”
GALLERY 61, S Orange, NJ (Mar 2002) “Art From the Heart, a 911 Benefit”
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY, New Orleans, LA (Feb. 2002) “Recent Work”
BABCOCK GALLERY OF SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Sweet Briar, VA (Nov. 2001) “Family Portraits”, One Person Show
RC FINE ARTS, Maplewood, NJ (Oct 1999) “Two Person Show”
ROCKING HORSE MEXICANO, New York, NY (Jan 1999) “One Person” Show
ALJIRA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, NJ (Sep 1998) “The Aljira National 4”, a juried show
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (Sep 1998) “Essex Exposed”
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Montclair, NJ (1997) “Mixed Concepts”, a two person show
COPENHAGEN & ELSINORE, Copenhagen, Denmark (1997) “Brain and Self”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (1997) “Grounds for Art, Responses to the Environment”
CITY WITHOUT WALLS & Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ (1997) “Traversing the Edge”
PIERRO GALLERY, S Orange, NJ (1996) “Two Person Show”
NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, Summit, NJ (1994) “International Juried Show ‘94”
ARTS COUNCIL OF THE ESSEX AREA, Roseland, NJ (1992) “9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, Merit Award Sculpture
CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM, Milwaukee, WI (1989) “Masque Show”
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, Rockford, IL (1986) “Fetish Art: Obsessive Expressions”
MERCY COLLEGE, Ardsley, NY (1985) “Water Works”
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, New York, NY (1985) “Ornaments”
BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL - Harborside Industrial Center, Brooklyn, NY (1983) “Terminal New York”
FRANKLIN BUILDING, Chicago, IL (1982) “Process in Art” Invitational Show
PUBLICATIONS:
Art Scope Magazine, “A New Artistic Reality” - Deb Mell at Berta Walker by Lee Roscoe, Nov/Dec 2023
Provincetown Independent, “Deb Mell Takes What She Knows and Spits It Out” by Abraham Storer, April 12, 2023
Art New England Magazine, “Deb Mell’s World” (Cover photo and article) by Susan Rand Brown, Jan/Feb 2022
Provincetown Arts Magazine, “Provincetown Contemporary” by Megan Hinton, 2021/2022
Printmakers of Cape Cod, “Environs and Beyond: Celebrating 45 Years of Printmaking”, 2022
Self-Published Video – Home/Studio Tour - “Altered States” Show, Caitlin Dimino, 2022
Tamar Valley Printmakers, “Journey: A Mayflower 400 Project” 2020
Provincetown Independent, “Deb Mell Paints with Objects” by Howard Karren, 2020
Provincetown Banner, “Deb Mell Art Conjures Ancient Spirits” by Susan Rand Brown, Sep 2017
NJ.Com, “From Existential Realism to Black Identity: The Best of NJ Art in One Exhibit” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, Apr 11, 2017
Newark Star Ledger, “Not Your Ordinary Crafts Fair” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, Feb 22, 2008
Press-Republican, “Hold On To Your Seats” by Dan Bischoff, Aug 10, 2007
Newark Star Ledger, “Eye Candy” by Robin Caudell of The Star Ledger, Mar 18, 2004
The Montclarion, “Sculptors Work Comes Out of Her Closet” by Dan Bischoff, Mar 2005
Newark Star Ledger, “Mixed Concepts: An Inspiring Experience” by Elena Ivan of The Star Ledger, Oct 9, 1997
Newark Star Ledger, “Show Has a Double-Edged Theme” by Dan Bischoff of The Star Ledger, May 9, 1997
Newark Star Ledger, “Kindred Artistic Spirits Unite for Exhibition” by Eileen Watkins of The Star Ledger, Sep 22, 1996
AWARDS:
Dodge Foundation Fellowship for Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2005, 2003, 2001, & 1999
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship from The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 2004
RESIDENCIES:
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Artist is Residence for “Altered States show, Hyannis MA 2022
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Sweet Briar, Virginia, Feb.1998, Feb.1999, Feb. 2001, Feb. 2003, Feb 2005, Feb 2007, and Feb 2009 Resident Fellow
Feb 2012, 2014, and 2017
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, March 2004
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Nov 2001, Visiting Artist
EDUCATION:
BROOKLYN MUSEUM ART SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY Max Beckmann Memorial Scholar
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Bloomington/Normal, IL BS in Art
ATLIER GARRIGUES, Garrigues France Printmaking Workshop
COLLECTIONS:
PAAM, Provincetown, MA
SUNY PLATTSBURGH, Plattsburgh, NY
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Sweet Briar, Virginia
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Various
