Deborah Halpern (1957) is an Australian sculptor, mosaic artist and ceramic artist, notable for her public artworks in Melbourne.
Born in 1957, Halpern's parents were ceramists and artists and two of the founding members of Potters cottage in Warrandyte. She began work in ceramics as an apprentice in 1975. She studied painting, printmaking and sculpture at the Caulfield Institute of Technology (now Monash University) in 1979. In 1981 she had her first solo exhibition at the Blackwood Street Gallery and her work was selected to be shown at Meat Market Craft Centre; Gryphon Gallery; apart from having her work showcased at numerous other group exhibitions. She was then represented by the Christine Abrahams Gallery in Melbourne, Victoria, for the next 25 years; and Arthouse Gallery in Sydney, NSW. In 1987–89, she Graduated with a Diploma of Visual Arts, from the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (now Monash University).
Inspired by the free spirit of Pablo Picasso, and Niki de Saint Phalle, Halpern's famous works include the surreal sculpture Angel, commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria to stand in the south moat of the gallery, and now relocated to Birrarung Marr and Ophelia commissioned by the Southgate development project and situated in the riverside promenade in front of the main Yarra river entrance. Ophelia was named as the official Face of Melbourne by Tourism Victoria during the 1990s. She did printmaking with master printer Bill Young, which was published by Chrysalis Publishing. In 2006, the National Gallery of Victoria's Ian Potter Gallery at Federation Square held a survey exhibition of Halpern's career to coincide with the relocation of Angel to Birrarung Marr. In 2012 Halpern was invited to participate in the JingAn International Sculpture Project (JISP), in Shanghai, China.
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Ms. Deborah Halpern
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1983, Bowl
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1988, Angel
Melbourne
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1988, Angel
Melbourne |
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1991 Female bust
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1992, Ophelia, sketch
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1992, Ophelia was chosen as ‘the Face of Melbourne"
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1996, The Dog and the Moon II
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2001, Spirit of Enquiry
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2004, Portal to Another Time and Place at Werribee Mansion, Melbourne, Australia
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2006, Big Cat
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2006, Water Creature
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2010-11, Cheeky Monkey
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2011, Girl in Golden Frame
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2011 Voyager, sculpture at the fifteenth annual Sculptures by the Sea exhibition
held at Bondi, Sydney, Australia
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2012, Mali, City of Melbourne
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| 2012, Mali, City of Melbourne |
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2014, Cat with Orange Tail
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| 2014, Pink Jug with Funky Handle |
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2014, Green Head, Pink Hair
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2014, Hide and Seek
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2014, Orange face with leaves
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2014, Orange Yellow Face, Mauve Hair
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| 2017, Amphora with two handles |
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| 2017, Family |
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| 2017, Girl with vase of flowers |
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2018, The Face at Sculpture by the Sea
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| 2018, The Face at Sculpture by the Sea |
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2019, Fox with Upraised Paws
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2019, Goldfish
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| 2019, Goldfish |
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2019, Steed
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Fish
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Power of Community
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Silk Scarf
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