Biography
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​Debra Broz creates sculptures that twist cultural norms and create new narratives meant to express delight in the uncanny, sentimental, and absurd. Broz grew up in rural Missouri and received her BFA with honors from Maryville University - St. Louis in 2003. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Austin, Texas where she trained as a ceramics restorer and began using ceramic figurines in her art practice. Broz moved to Los Angeles in 2014, and then to Seattle, Washington in 2022. She has shown her work with multiple galleries and museums including the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Austin Museum of Art, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her work has been featured in print in Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, and Frankie magazines; in a number of online publications; and in two international surveys of contemporary ceramics. In addition to her art practice, Broz owns a ceramics restoration business; has served as a board member and advisor for art nonprofits in Austin and Los Angeles; and has been involved with several artist-run spaces over the course of her career. She lives in Seattle, Washington.​
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To see her restoration work please visit www.scienceofartrestoration.com.

Portrait of Debra Broz by Maayan Haim, 2024