Deborah Scott
Deborah Scott is a painter and the originator of Structural Omission, a framework for realist painting that uses deliberate disruption to reflect the limits of seeing and knowing. Her recent work tests how absence functions beyond figuration, extending this inquiry into architectural interiors, landscapes, and redacted documents.
Her paintings have been exhibited at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), and the Sears Art Museum. Her writing on Structural Omission is archived in PhilArchive. She has completed residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, and The Museum of Loss and Renewal, with upcoming residencies at Ragdale Foundation and The Almenara Collection Residency in Córdoba Spain.
Her work was profiled in a video essay by art historian and author, John Seed. She received an honorable mention for the 2025 Almenara Collection Art Prize and was named finalist in the 2024 International Titian Portrait Exhibition in Italy. She lives and works in Seattle.