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Debra Yepa-Pappan

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About Me

I am Jemez Pueblo and Korean.Here are photos from our show opening at Beacon Street Gallery on Friday, November 9th. Many of the photos were taken by Ji Hae.Here are some pics from our show Transfusion at Trickster Gallery.Chris' solo show!Free MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

My Interests

My family (my daughter, Ji Hae, my husband, Chris, my mom, and 3 cats Andy, Spirit, and Geo), good art (Chris Pappan, Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Liz McGrath, Andy Warhol, Scott Musgrove, Sas Christian, Michael Ray Charles, Cindy Sherman, Shag, Donald Roller Wilson, Tim Biskup, Dali, Goya, to name a few), making art, anime, Inu Yasha, Qee bears and Dunnies and other designer toys, Uglydolls, Juxtapoz and Giant Robot Magazine, Roman Dirge's Lenore, Cirque Du Soleil, perfume(DKNY Be Delicious), apple pie baked in a paper bag (trust me, you have never had apple pie if you haven't had one baked in a paper bag!), Docs and Grinders(steel toes!),working in the darkroom and the smell of the darkroom...

I'd like to meet:

At the moment, I'm looking for more Asian/Native Americans like myself that are proud of both of their heritages and are making art about it. So if anyone out there knows of anyone send them my way! I particularly want to meet other Natives that are also Korean, not many of us out there!

Music:

Currently playing (in the car!): Lily Allen, Bjork, The Creatures, The Smiths, Bob Marley-Exodus

Movies:

Ratatouille, Pan's Labyrinth (emotionally exhausting, creepy and beautifully done, I loved it!), Lord of the Rings, horror movies, Ghost World, anime, Miyazaki movies, kung fu, Quentin Tarantino, Amelie, Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors, Dead Man, Ghostdog, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Pixar, Boogie Nights, Fantastic Planet, School of Rock, Big Fish, Delicatessan, the Prestige...

Television:

Heroes, PBS, Invader Zim, Futurama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, early X-Files, Sopranos...

Books:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Wicked, books by Native American authors (Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich, Vine Deloria...), Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Hideshi Hino-Hellbaby, The War of the Worlds, Island of Dr. Moreau, The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy, The Chronicles of Narnia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Comic Book series...

Heroes:

My dad, Francis Yepa. He died about 3 years ago of colon cancer. He was diabetic and not in the best of shape, but he was the strongest man alive. He never complained about being sick. He was the best dad and he was the best grandfather to my daughter, Ji Hae. I miss you so much, Daddy!...And my mom, Yong Suk Yepa, the strongest woman alive!

My Blog

"Transfusion" Manifesto (rough draft)

Through our respective creative processes, we have redefined the term "Transfusion." These images we create are living entities. They are born of an idea, then nurtured into maturity. We feed them the...
Posted by Debra Yepa-Pappan on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:01:00 PST

Work in progress...

You know, for a long time now I was really upset with myself for not being so creative. I haven't made anything new in a while. I don't make art everyday. In fact, I've been in a creative slump for so...
Posted by Debra Yepa-Pappan on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:42:00 PST

Red Ink Magazine Pop Art Issue

I'm so excited and honored about being one of the featured artists in the upcoming pop art issue. Read the write up about my work  below and if you're in Tucson on the 9th go check out all the am...
Posted by Debra Yepa-Pappan on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:02:00 PST