Debra Hand

Artist Details

• First Name Debra
• Surname Hand
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Multimedia, Painter-Oil, Sculptor
• Training MS: Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, Evanston, Illinois
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Collections President Barack Obama
  
  DuSable Museum, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Magic Johnson
  
  Richard Hunt
  
  Dr. Winnie Mandela
  
  Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  
  Spike Lee
  
  Oprah Winfrey
  
  Former Astronaut - Dr. Mae Jemison
  
  Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett
  
  Harry Belafonte
  
  Stedman Graham
  
  Christopher Kennedy (son of RFK)
  
  Smokey Robinson
  
  Dominique Wilkins
  
  Magic Johnson
  
  Gabby Douglas
  
  Linda Johnson-Rice
  
  Congressman Bobby Rush
  
  LL Cool J
  
  Seal
  
  Rachel Robinson ( wife of the late baseball legend, Jackie Robinson)
  
  Anna Roosevelt (grand-daughter of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt)
  
  Natalie Cole
  
  Merri Dee
  
  Dwyane Wade & Gabriel Union
  
  Frank Clark
  
  James Reynolds, Sr.
  
  Melody Spann - Cooper
  
  Eugene Morris
  
  Deloris Jordan
  
  Abe Thompson
  
  Les Coney
  
  Barbara Bates
  
  Cheryl Burton
  
  Theresa Hooks
  
   
• Publications Parker, Daniel Texidore. African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond. featured by Harry Porterfield in his news segment Someone You Should Know featured in the Emmy winning documentary Curators of Culture produced by Rita Coburn Whack
• Awards 2013: BC exhibition, Best of Show in sculpture, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Russell Simmons "Next Great Artist - National Search" in partnership with the Bombay Sapphire Artisan's Series
  
  voted "Artist of the Year" by the African-American Arts Alliance
  
  named as one of the Chicago Defender's  Top 50 Women of Excellence
  
  Dr. Margaret Burroughs Award from the South Side Community Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) A subject-matter expert in both digital and fiber optics transmission systems before becoming a full-time artist.
• Biography She was discovered by Dr. Margaret Burroughs, the legendary artist and DuSable Museum founder, who personally arranged for Hand's first public exhibit.