Debi uses her talent as an artist to express the positive connections she tries to make with others every day of her life.  Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Cox displays through her work the love and loss that drives her to be the best she can be.  

 

Cox has received an MFA in Ceramics at Fort Hays State University.  A graduate of Wichita North High School, she received her undergraduate degree at Friends University and her first Masters at Wichita State University.  She has been helping mold young artists as an award winning high school teacher for more than 35 years.  

 

She is active in the art community locally and nationally, and in the past year alone she has displayed her work in 10 galleries and exhibitions.  She has won numerous awards, including Best of Show at the Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition at Topeka's NOTO Art Center. and other awards of distinction at Smoky Hills Art Exhibit, Hays, Ks.