Debra Cartwright is an artist interested in depicting the relationship between the black female body and American medical history. She uses paint and mixed media to explore selfhood and her own positioning as the daughter of a gynecologist. Themes around her work include re-embodiment, myth creation, violence, theft and intimacy. She explores a critical understanding of the past while also proposing an examination of the American healthcare system.
b.1988 Annapolis, Maryland
group exhibitions
2020 Young Artists: One, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Black Voices / Black Microcosm, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 I Miss You Terribly When You're Away, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2021 Operation Varsity Blues, Allouche Gallery, New York
education
MFA, Mason School of Art, Rutgers University, 2022
AA, Parsons School of Design 2011
BA, University of Virginia, Art History and Studio, 2010
email: debra@debracartwright.com for inquiries