Deborah Sebaoun

Deborah Sebaoun was born in 1987 in Marseille, France, and was raised in Brooklyn, NY. In 2007, she joined the Full-Time Master Class at the Jerusalem Studio School where she studied under the tutelage of Israel Hershberg. In 2012, Sebaoun moved back to NY where she worked independently for 3 years and in 2016, she completed her MFA at the University of New Hampshire.
Sebaoun currently resides in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the Director of the Jerusalem Studio School along with husband, Yedidya Hershberg. She has exhibited internationally and her works are housed in collections both in Israel and abroad.

Education

2016 MFA, University of New Hampshire 
2013 Land of Origins, Artist in Residence, Lazio, Italy
2011 Four Year Masterclass, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
Chiave di Arco Master Class, Summer of 2010, Tuscany, Italy
JSS Master Class in Villa Pieve, summer of 2008, Umbria, Italy
Fashion Institute of Technology, 2006, New York, NY

Awards and Honors

2015 and 2016 Full Scholarship Grant, University of New Hampshire
2016 GTA for Intro to Drawing, University of New Hampshire

Group Exhibitions
 
2019 Raft, Forte Gallery, Tel Aviv
2019 Alt'Ya, ND Gallery, Central Israel
2018 Peacocks, Yafo Creative, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Art at Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA
2016 MFA National Competition, 2016, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition, UNH Museum of Art, Durham, NH
2015 Boston Young Contemporaries, BU Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Spring Student Art Exhibition, State University Plaza Gallery, NY
2011 In the Light of Italy, Galleria Livia, Jerusalem, Israel
2011, 2010, and 2009 JSS Student Exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 Transcriptions II, Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem, Israel

Related Experience

2017-present Co-Director and Instructor of The Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
2015-19 Visiting Artist and Assistant Instruction, JSS in Civita Summer Art School, Civita Castellana, Italy
2016 GTA for Intro to Drawing, University of New Hampshire