Debra Scacco

Debra Scacco is a research-based artist whose work spans studio, public, pedagogical, and curatorial practices. Her installations, sculptures, drawings, and interventions live within the entanglement of ecology, infrastructure, and culturalmemory; and are grounded in the knowledge that everything is connected. Scacco was the inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Department (2023-26) and at Ellis Island Museum and Statue of Liberty National Monument (2012). Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Durfee Foundation, and the City of Los Angeles; and has been exhibited at sites including Royal Academy of Arts (London), Los Angeles Public Library (Los Angeles), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles). Scacco is co-founder of the Getty PST ART Climate Impact Program, a multi-year initiative dedicated to lessening the climate impact of exhibition-making. Scacco is co-director of Getty PST ART project Brackish Water Los Angeles.