Deborah Koff-Chapin

Deborah Koff-Chapin, BFA Cooper Union, is an artist, vocalist, author, and teacher. She has been developing the process of Touch Drawing since she came upon it in revelatory play in 1974. Through her years of Touch Drawing, Deborah has tapped into a universal level of the human soul. Deborah is creator of the best selling decks, SoulCards 1&2 and the newly released Portals of Presence: Faces Drawn From the Subtle Realms. She creator of series of five Soul Touch Coloring Journals, and author of Drawing Out Your Soul and The Touch Drawing Facilitator Workbook. Deborah encourages the dissemination of Touch Drawing worldwide through workshops, media and online community. She now offers live online events such as Touch Drawing workshops, Song Bath Sanctuary and Portals of Presence Attunements. Find everything at touchdrawing.com


Deborah has presented at many programs and conferences including Esalen, Naropa Institute, Omega Institute, California Institute of Integral Studies, JFK School of Arts and Consciousness, Hong Kong University, The Findhorn Foundation, School of Visual Arts, The American Art Therapy Association, and The Association for Humanistic Psychology. She has served on the board of directors of The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.



Deborah's workshops and Interpretive Touch Drawing have been integrated into executive and management retreats for hospitals and health systems. She has been Interpretive Artist at numerous conferences including The Parliament of World Religions, The New Story Summit, Engaging the Other, Sacred Activism, and Seeds of Compassion with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Deborah's artwork and essays have been published in numerous magazines, journals and books. Deborah is founding director of The Center for Touch Drawing. She has convened the Annual Touch Drawing Gathering since 1997.

"Deborah Koff-Chapin is one of the world's leaders in Transformative Arts."


Michael Grady Dean, Graduate School Arts and Consciousness
, JFK University



"The drawings have captured a deep and mysterious element of both pain and uplift..."


Jon Kabat-Zinn Author, Wherever You Go, There You Are



"Deborah Koff-Chapin's artwork is extraordinary, unique, and a particularly special manifestation of that deep pool of talent that dwells within each of us."


Tony Buzan Author, Use Both Sides of Your Brain