Deborah Klein
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Deborah Klein
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Melbourne born, Ballarat-based artist working with painting, drawing, relief prints and book art.
Website: http://www.deborahklein.net/
Art blog: http://deborahklein.blogspot.com/
Book blog: http://mothwomanpress.blogspot.com/
A selection of my Moth Woman Press zines recently acquired by the State Library of Queensland for inclusion in the Artists’ Books Collection. The SLQ has also acquired a duplicate set for their Education Kit.

#statelibraryofqueensland #zines #bookart #artistbooks #recentacquisition
February 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One from the vault, dusted off for Valentine’s Day: HEART TATTOOS, 1997, oil pastel, 76.5 x 57 cm.

#flashbackfriday #valentinesday #hearttattoos #drawing #oilpastel
February 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
REVEAL at Post Office Gallery has just been extended to Friday 14 March. The #exhibition, which showcases the work of Australian artists selected from Federation University’s Permanent Art Collection, includes my oil pastel drawing ‘Red Dress’, 2003.
federation.edu.au/pogallery

#art #drawing
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
In recent news, my one-of-a-kind #artistsbook, ‘Firebrand’, (2017), has been acquired for the permanent collection of the State Library of Queensland. Further details are here:
mothwomanpress.blogspot.com/2025/02/rece...

#statelibraryofqueensland #silhouette
#womensart #accordionbook
Recent acquisitions by the State Library of Queensland Part 1
2025 is certainly off to a fine start for Moth Woman Press. As I write,  Firebrand , 2017, our one-of-a-kind concertina book, is en route ...
mothwomanpress.blogspot.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
‘The Daughter of Time’ (1997), my #linocut on fabric, was primarily influenced by René Magritte’s painting ‘The Eternally Obvious’ (1930), which I saw in the flesh for the very first time at the recent #MAGRITTE retrospective at #AGNSW.

deborahklein.blogspot.com/2025/01/magr...

#art #printmaking
February 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The closing day of CODA at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne on Saturday, February 8 couldn’t have ended on a happier note.

CODA also featured works by Helen McInnis, Peter Brook, Robert Colvin, Nicholas Elliott and Warren Nichols.

Thank you for having us, Stephen.

#painting #groupshow
February 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One from the vault: ‘Lace Face’, 1996, linocut, 46 x 31 cm, edition: 15. Collections including National Gallery of Australia, ACT; QAGOMA (Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art), Qld; Australian Print Workshop, Vic; Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic.
February 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
‘Masked Australian Painted Lady ll’, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, recently acquired for the Whitehorse Art Collection in Box Hill, Vic.
February 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
’Orange Tree ll’, 2024, acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, currently on view in CODA, at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne. The exhibition, which was curated by Stephen McLaughlan, finishes its run on Saturday, February 8. Scroll down to my previous post for further details.
February 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
‘Acanthus’, 2024, acrylic on canvas board, one of eleven of my works currently on view in the group exhibition CODA at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne. The exhibition runs to February 8.
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM