Deborah Ugoretz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Fine Art. She is recognized by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as a master Cut -Paper artist. In 2017-19 she received a grant from the NJSCA- Folk-life Program to mentor an apprentice. For eight years, she was a co-coordinator of an Artist Beit Midrash- artists who study Jewish texts and create visual interpretations.
Her expressive work -paintings, constructions and mobiles - deal with the exploration of feminism, her concern for and fascination with the diversity of the natural world and social issues. Her three- dimensional paper constructions seek to communicate through pattern, movement and shadow. Ugoretz lives in Brooklyn, New York and maintains a studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
For articles written about her practice, Please visit these links:
On Scissors and Shavuot. Jewish Standard,Times of Israel. April 7,2020. .https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/on-scissors-and-shavuot/
Dreaming of a Third Eye: Deborah Ugoretz on art and Spirituality. http://www.star-revue.com/dreaming-of-a-third-eye-deborah-ugoretz-on-art-and-spirituality/#sthash.yzvUb64G.dpbs
Passing it On: Jewish Papercutting.New Jersey State Council on the Arts.https://conta.cc/2JJkWLN
https://www.lilith.org/blog/2019/05/deborah-ugoretz-heals-wounds-with-paper-cuts/
Deborah Ugoretz writes,”I have two artistic loves in my life; working in cut paper and painting. In the first, I try to explore the concept of finding meaning in what has been cut away.” In my paintings”, She writes,” I use color as a metaphor for what we could call the “LIFE FORCE”. The artist uses color in unorthodox ways as an invitation for the viewer to see things in a different light. She brings two things to her audience: an awareness of the natural world and the profound meaning and relevance of Jewish and secular texts.
