Artist Statement

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Debra Couch’s work is based on connection with living beings, with the environment, and with community. These connections are given expression through the hidden, the mystical, and the invisible. She seeks to uncover the things that institutions and industry purposely conceal, the things we all keep hidden from ourselves, and the places that they intersect. 

Her work often depicts the frisson, the unexpected thrill, the contradiction, and the spiritual confrontation.  She strives to express the purpose and agency of the animals, the trees, and the planet – an agency which humans have denied and ignored for millennia.

Education

​Current MFA student at SAIC, with an intended graduation in 2027.