Debbie Lawson was born in Scotland and graduated from the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins and UEA. She lives and works in London and rural Kent. Her work is held in national and international collections including The Saatchi Gallery, The UK Parliamentary Collection and the University of the Arts London. Recent exhibitions include the 250th Summer Exhibition curated by Grayson Perry at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (UK), Seeing With Your Feet: The Carpet in Contemporary Art, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden (Germany), The Ruskin Prize at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield (UK), Eccentric Spaces at Riccardo Costantini Gallery, Turin (Italy), and Turner Contemporary Open, Margate (UK).