About
Deborah Lynn Irmas is a visual artist based in los angeles, ca.
Her practice is informed by the large part that textiles, paint and materials played in her childhood. Her Salvadoran mother, who was a seamstress and artist, helped create her attachment to these materials. “Everyday was the same…I would come home from school and my mother would be working, sitting on the floor surrounded by all sorts of materials. I often work the same way which gives me a sense of home and comfort.”
Deborah Lynn’s work has evolved into a recognition of her mother’s history, her Salvadoran birthright and her own bi-cultural narrative.
She completed her BFA in Visual Arts and also received a degree in Textile Pattern Design, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. She continued courses in Fashion Illustration, Graphic Design, Printmaking and has been a long time student of the esteemed artist Tom Wudl. For 5 years she was part of a long term art residency with 18th Street Arts Center. Deborah Lynn is now completing a year long art residency with Uncool Art Residency (UAR) 2026.
Deborah Lynn’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Latin American Art and she has exhibited in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Puglia, Italy as well as the Torrance Art Museum and the Santa Monica Art Museum.
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Enrique Martinez Celaya Summer Workshop
2026 Ode to the Moon - Four person Group Show - Curated by Ann Shi
2026 LAUNCH LA - Three Solo Exhibition - Curated by James Panozzo
2026 Venice Family Clinic Art Exhibition + Auction - Curated by Max Rippon
2026 Terminal Island - Outdoor Installation Group Show - Curated by Steve Galindo
2026 Band Of Vices Gallery Group Show - Curated by Joseph Brandon
2026 UAR - Uncool Artist Residency
2025 The Middle Room Gallery Group Show - Curated by Camilla Taylor
2025 SuperChief Gallery LA and The StyleGuyde LA's Originales: Women Defining Contemporary Art
2025 Alfa Gallery - The Power of Alchemy
2025 Alfa Gallery - Booth 09 Group Show
2025 Venice Art Walk and Auction - Curated by Max Rippon
2025 NOMAD I Contemporary Art Fair
2024 MAS Attack Group Show - Torrance Art Museum (TAM)
2024 Alfa Gallery - Art Baseling Group Show/Miami Art Week
2024 WHIPLASH Group Show - Propeller Gallery Santa Monica
2024 Moda Curations/Wonzimer Gallery - LA Artists in Residency Panel
2024 NOMAD III Contemporary Art Fair
2024 "SEE" Group Show - Alfa Gallery
2024 Spectrum Gestalt Group Show - bG Gallery
2024 Venice Art Walk and Auction
2024 Alfa Gallery "Open Crate" New approaches in abstract art Group Show
2024 Alfa Gallery/ Artsy
2024 18th Street Arts/Fairmont Miramar Group Show
2023 NOMAD Contemporary Art Fair
2023 ArtShare L.A. "Summer Salon" Group Show
2023 LAUNCH Gallery/Korean Cultural Center "Contemplating Boundaries" Group Show
2023 Torrance Art Museum (TAM) - Baker's Dozen 2023 - Thirteen artists who reflect current directions in contemporary art
2023 Debra Disman"The Center Will Not Hold" Performance Collaboration
2023 Venice Art Walk and Auction
2022 (Re)imagining Home - curated by Emma Balda and Venus Lau
2022 Venice Art Walk and Auction
2021 We Rise Mail Art Campaign - National movement to reduce the stigma of mental health care
2021 Venice Art Walk and Auction
2021 18SAC Recovery Justice Group Show
2020 Networks of Empathy Group Show - 18th Street Arts Center
2020 Facing Darkness Group Show - 18th Street Arts Center
2020 De-Fence Art (Outdoor Art Exhibition in the Time of Isolation)
2020 Venice Art Walk and Auction
2020 Drawing Connections Group Show - 18th Street Arts Center
2019 Transformations Group Show - curated by Daniela Lieja (LACE) and Frida Cano (18th St Arts Center)
2019 Jenn Feldman Designs/ Chapala Installation
2019 18th Street Artist Residency
2019 Jenn Feldman Designs/ Stein Installation
2019 ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) Group Show - Arena 1 Gallery
2019 Art Palm Springs Fair 2019
2019 Barba Contemporary Gallery - Modernism Two-person Show
2018 Between Two Seas - LA International - Group Show
2018 Between Two Seas - Museo Area Archeologica Contemporanea, Puglia, Italy - Group Show
2018 Ten Women Artists of Los Angeles Group Show - Marie Baldwin/gallery
2017 Barba Contemporary Gallery Palm Springs Three Solo Exhibition
2017 Barba Contemporary Gallery Representatation - Palm Springs
2016 The Kitchen Gallery - (SMAS) Solo Exhibition
2015 Room & Board Art Show in collaboration with Angeleno Magazine
2015 LAAA/Gallery 825 - curated by Cris McCall, McCall Art Advisory Group Show “Small Time"
2015 Venice Art Walk
2015 SMMA (Santa Monica Museum of Art) - Incognito
2015 MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art) - Group Auction
2015 LAAA/Gallery 825 - curated by Sarah Russin (LACE) - Group Show "ADORN"
2014 MAS Attack 7 - curated by Max Presneill - Group Show
2014 ArtShare LA - Group Show
2014 Venice Art Walk
2013 Arena 1 Santa Monica - Group Show
2012 Venice Art Walk
2012 Artspace Warehouse - Group Show
2012 Pasadena Playhouse - Solo Show
2011 Soterik Project LA - Solo Show - DTLA Art Walk
2005 LAX Art - Group Show
MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTION
MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art)
EDUCATION
UAR - Uncool Artist Residency
18th Street Artist Residency
Tom Wudl Studio, Painting
Gary Paller, Printmaking
University of California Los Angeles, Surface Pattern Design
Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design, Fashion Illustration
B.F.A. University of California Los Angeles, Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art (PSGA)