ARTIST STATEMENT
“Working in a variety of mediums and incorporating the rich cultural diversity discovered while living overseas for 2 decades, Debra utilizes the human form as the narrative for her primary language. Debra wants to engage the viewer, in a tactile sense, seeking an emotional connection, though a dynamic, shifting interpretation of traditional and alternative uses of materials.
What I want, what I am hoping for , is that intangible magic that is art . That mysterious connection forged from artist to viewer , not to be explained, merely to be.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Debra Balchen is a Chicago based artist who specializes in Sculpture, Drawing, Painting and sometimes Glass. She was raised in Chicago but has also lived in New York, Italy, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt. She has Studied at The Art Students League of New York, The Kitengela Glass Studio in Kenya, the Corning Museum of Glass in New York , The Academy of Art University in San Francisco , and recently at The Florence Academy of Art in Florence ,Italy. She has also taught numerous special drawing and sculpture classes for The American Glass Guild conferences, ROMOMA Modern Art Museum in Kenya , here in Chicago at LiL Street and The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts , where she has her studio
© Debra Balchen