SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Lost in Paradise.” Berlinerkunst Project, Berlin, Germany

“Gauguin’s Zombie.” The White Box Annex, Chelsea, New York, NY

2004 “High Art and Low Life.” Gallery 210, University of Missouri St. Louis

2003 “Gauguin’s Zombie.” Schaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, Hawai’i

2003 “Gauguin’s Zombie: The Miniature Museum.” Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2002 “Gauguin’s Zombie.” Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI

2001 “Street Angel/Home Devil.” Foyer Gallery, Leeward Community College, Honolulu, HI

1999 “Bushlands.” Northern Territory University, Darwin, Australia

1997 "Postcards from Oahu." Sarratt Gallery,

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1995 "Postcards from Oahu." CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"Views from the Inside Out: Paintings 1985-1995." Augsberg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1992 "Debra Drexler: Figurative Painting." Utopian Loft Gallery, St, Louis, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Island to Island”, University of Tasmania, Launceston

University of Sains Malaysia, Penang Malaysia

2006 “Wish You Were Here.” A.I.R., New York, NY

“Aloha Ho’omaluhia XX.”, Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden, Honolulu, HI

2005 “Taboo.” Montclair Studio, NJ (juried by Jerry Salz, Senior Critic, The Villiage Voice (90 selected out of over 1000 entries)

“Showcase.” The Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI

“Lady Fest.” The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI

2004 “Good Things, Small Packages.” Maui Arts and Cultural Center, HI

2003 “The Bat Show.” The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI

2001 “Quality Hearts.” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

2000 “Arts on Foot.” Eye Gallery, Washington DC

“True Blue.” Salon 5, Honolulu, HI

1999 “Skin.” University of Tasmania at Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania

“Skin.” Salon 5, Honolulu, Hawai’i

1997 "Original Myths." Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky

"Pin-Up Artists." Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai'i

"Aloha Ho'omaluhia XIII." Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawai'i

1996 "Philadelphia International Competition in Old City." Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

"Order, Order." Gallery on the Pali, Honolulu, Hawai'i

"Of Splendor and Strength." Honolulu Hale, Honolulu, Hawai'i

1995-1996 "The World's Women On-Line. Women and Information Technology: An Electronic Art Networking Project."

1995 "Hera Revisited." Honolulu Hale, Honolulu, Hawai'i

"Recycle '95." Honolulu Hale, Honolulu, Hawai'i

1992 “Women's Art Exhibition." U.H. Student Center, Honolulu

"Layers." Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

"Cultural Mirrors." Art St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri

1991 "Inscape." Installations One, Los Angeles California

"Making Waves." Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri

"Visceral Penetrations." Installations, Los Angeles, California "Utopian Loft Gallery Artists." Utopian Loft Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

1990 "In/Form II." Old Lemp Brewery Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

"Gallery Artists." La Salle Park Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

"The Little Show II." St. Louis Artists' Coalition, St. Louis, Missouri

"Faculty '90.", Area-wide Invitational Exhibition, St. Louis Artist Guild

"Art St. Louis V." Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

"Contemporary Images and Ancient Traditions." St. Louis Artists' Coalition, St. Louis

"Drawings." St. Louis Artists' Coalition, St. Louis, Missouri

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2006 Curator, “Wanderings”, The Lab Gallery, Rogersmith Arts, New York, New York
(exhibition of 10 UH graduate students in painting)

1999 Curator “Skin.” University of Tasmania at Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania

And Salon 5, Honolulu, Hawai’i

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ARTICLES AND REVIEWS)
Jan/Feb, 2006 Kate Hickey, “Lost in Paradise: Honolulu in Berlin”, New York Arts Magazine, Volume 11, No. 1/2

7-30-06 Lesa Griffith, “’Wanderings’ in New York a Dream for UH Students”, Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hi

8-13-05 Jacquelyn Carberry, “UH Students Exhibit Art in New York”, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Honolulu, HI

2-10-6 David Wheeler, “The Arts in Academe” The Chronicle of Higher Educations

May/June, 2005 Molly Klienman, “Debra Drexler: Resuscitating Gauguin”, New York Arts Magazine, Volume 10, No. 5.

Spring, 2004 Marcia Morse, “Gauguin’s Zombie”, The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 16, Number 1, (Spring, 2004), pages 225-
228

June, 2003 Marcia Morse, “Debra Drexler-Gauguin’s Zombie at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Schafer International
Gallery”, Artweek Magazine, Los Angeles, California (name featured on cover review and photo page 22)

April/May 03 Rita Goldman, “Gauguin’s Zombie”, Centerpiece Magazine, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, (color photo cover, photo page 2, article and color photos pages 22-27)

6-25-03 Paul Janes-Brown, “’Gauguin’s Zombie’: Fresh Perspectives on a Body of Work”, The Maui News, Maui, Hawai’i (review and color photos)

10-24-02 Joleen Oshiro, “Gauguin Walks Again”, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Honolulu, HI

8-98 ABC Radio, Australia, “Bushlands” (interview)

5-91 "Debra Drexler.", Carol Ferric Shapely Review of "Fears, Desires and Being" at University City Library, New Art Examiner

EDUCATION
MFA Painting, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
BA Painting , Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois