Deborah Maris Lader

Deborah Maris Lader (Artist, Musician, Performer, Administrator) is the Founder/Director of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, a much revered and world renowned workshop that has mentored, taught, and nurtured artists since its founding in 1989. Deborah is also a member of the touring Alt Folk band, Sons of the Never Wrong, whose regularly sold-out concerts attract a rabidly loyal following. Deborah exhibits her prints, drawings, photography, and mixed media artwork internationally, and her work appears in many permanent collections, including the Chicago History Museum, the New York Public Library, and the City of Palo Alto.

Deborah was awarded Outstanding Printmaker 2016 by the Mid America Print Council for her work and her contribution to the printmaking community. Other awards include “The 2007 Arts Advocate Award” (ArtWalk Ravenswood), “The 1999 Paul Berger Arts Entrepreneurship Award” (Columbia College, Chicago), and many more. She is a former Board member of the Mid America Print Council, the Chicago Artists Coalition and the American Print Alliance.

Her artwork has been featured in numerous books, publications, and on album covers and other cultural ephemera. Recent solo exhibitions include Addington Gallery (Chicago), Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago), Galerie La Hune-Brenner (Paris), Firecat Projects (Chicago), Anderson Arts Center (Kenosha, WI), Jennifer Norback Gallery (Chicago) and others.

She’s been in thousands of group shows. Deborah is a regular guest on art podcasts and radio features, and a frequent contributor at conferences, panel presentations, and visiting artist residencies. Deborah also plays guitar, mandolin, piano and banjo and writes songs and sings with her band, which recently released their 10th studio album. Both music and building community have always been important aspects of Deborah’s art practice, and feed into her prodigious visual output.

Deborah’s website: https://deborahmarislader.com/home.html

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