Deborah Mesa-Pelly is a Cuban born, New York City based artist. She received her BFA in Photography and Printmaking from Purchase College, State University of New York and her MFA in photography from Yale University, New Haven Connecticut.  Solo shows have been organized at Honey Ramka Gallery, New York, Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, Centro de Fotografia, Salamanca, Spain and Forefront Gallery at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, New York, Galerie Anne Villepoix, Paris, France, and Lombard Fried Fine Arts, New York.