Debi Pendell lives and has her studio in a 2200 square foot artist's loft in the Eclipse Mill in North Adams, Massachusetts - a completely renovated century-old textile mill located within walking distance of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).

A graduate of Central Connecticut State University (B.A.) and Wesleyan University (M.A.L.S), Pendell is a 1999 recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. She participated in CowParade 2000 in New York City, an event in which more than 500 life-sized fiberglass cows, painted by various artists, were displayed throughout the streets and parks of NYC's five boroughs.

Pendell's work is in the permanent collections of OppenheimerFunds Inc., New York, NY, The D'Amour Center for Cancer Care in Springfield, MA, and, in Connecticut, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford Hospital, Naugatuck Valley Technical Community College, Hamilton Sundstrand and West Woods School, along with several private collectors in the United States, Canada and Germany.

Pendell's work has been exhibited in many galleries in the Northeast, with several one-person shows, including: The Gallery at the Pen & Brush, 16 East 10th St, New York NY; Gallery 100 in Saratoga Springs, NY; Mass Mutual in Springfield, MA; Young & Constantin Gallery in Wilmington, VT; and, in Connecticut, SmallSpace Gallery at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, The Promenade Gallery at The Bushnell in Hartford, Gallery Eleven in Fairfield, 100 Pearl Street Gallery in Hartford, The Norman Stevens Gallery at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, and the Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown.

Pendell teaches classes and workshops - mixed media collage, drawing, painting and papier mache sculpture, masks & vessels - for both adults and children in various locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Debi Pendell's work can be viewed online at www.debipendell.com, the Minds Island website, www.mindsisland.com, and in person at her Eclipse Mill studio by appointment.

Pendell is experienced in creating commissioned work and welcomes the opportunity. Contact the artist at 413-664-ARTS(2787) or debipendell@msn.com.

Debi Pendell is represented by Gallery 100 in Saratoga Springs, NY and Kolok Gallery in North Adams, MA.