Graphite on Paper
9.5″ x 10.5″
Deborah Wolff-Forcelledo, Associate of the Ontario College of Art (AOCA), Experimental Arts, 1982
Studied Photo-Electric program then graduated from Experimental Arts program at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University).
Completed 2.5 years Independent Studies; 1.5 years off-campus studio, New York City, and completed final year in Toronto, mentored by Noel Harding.
Early practice included site-specific installation art, drawing, and group exhibitions.
Provided 34 years of administrative support to Employee Health and Employee Assistance (EAP) services for the City of Toronto during a period of significant legislative and organizational growth.
While raising a family, engaged in community leadership through volunteer service in education and youth organizations that family members attended.
OCADU GradEx 111
2026, Selected for the Alumni Marketplace, celebrating 150 years.
Selected Artwork Submissions
Uprooted, 2023, Graphite, 90lb Paper, 9″x12″
Vanes, 2025, Acrylic Ink, Rice Paper, 8″x6″
Neural Branching, 2017, Graphite, Rice Paper, 8″x6″
Uplifting, 2015, Graphite, 110lb Paper, 8.5″x11″
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2025, The Inspired Art Show & Sale
Participated as one of 13 local artists in the inaugural exhibition and sale associated with the Stairwell Gallery initiative at The Spire, Kingston, Ontario.
2024, Kingston School of Art
A juried and curated group exhibition of local artists featuring 60 artworks which included these two drawings in Kingston, Ontario.
Flowing Fissure, 2023, Graphite, Rice Paper, 8″x6″
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Impactful, 2023, Graphite, Rice Paper, 8″x6″
Edward Day Gallery (EDG)
Since 2015, Wolff-Forcelledo has focused intensively on graphite-based drawing processes on paper, encouraged in part by curator and owner, Mary Sue Rankin, EDG.
Frazzling (Roller Girl), 2016, Graphite, 110lb Paper, 11″x8.5″
Silver Linings I, 2016, Graphite, 98lb Paper, 5.25″x8.25″
Drawing introduced in EDG gallery newsletter, 2016
Drawings with the lightest graphite grays, pressed hard into paper, later resists deep black grades and holds its position with unexpected tenacity and clarity. Combined with reflective properties of graphite, these qualities illuminate a variety of viewpoints before their cause is fully understood. The drawings operate as surprising dynamic and fluid perceptual fields that defy photography.
City of Toronto, Employee Art Show
An early large-scale work (5’×7′), created prior to a long pause in practice and exhibited in an employee art show with the City of Toronto.
It marks an earlier stage of exploration that precedes the current body of work.
Recent work increasingly incorporates colour media and explores surfaces beyond paper, reconnecting with earlier interests in spatial and three-dimensional practice.
