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De (Debra Elizabeth) Gillett (b. 1960) is a Brisbane based Australian artist who has been exhibiting since 1994.

De has been awarded prizes in the John Villiers Waltzing Matilda Outback Art Show (Celebrity prize, 2013), the Woolam Waltzing Matilda Outback Art Show (Painting, 2011), the Maleny Art Awards (Portraiture, 2005), and the Hinchinbrook Acquisitive Art Competition (Overall winner, Decorative Pottery, and Drawing; 2000), among others. She has 10 times been awarded the People’s Choice Award in competitions across Queensland, including the Waltzing Matilda Outback Art Show, The Hinchinbrook Acquisitive Art Competition, and the Townsville Art Society Awards.

Her works can be found in the collections of Griffith Artworks, The State Library of Queensland, Hinchinbrook Shire Council, Thuringowa City Council, Magnani Papers, and The Sisters of Mercy (Cairns).

De graduated in 2012 from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University with her Bachelor of Fine Art, having attained the award of Academic Excellence in each of her 3 years of full-time study, along with membership of Griffith Honours College.

The television program ‘Put some Colour in your life’ profiled De Gillett in September 2013 (Series 5, episode CIYL 0509).

De has been featured in ‘Australian Artist’ magazine (2009 and 2011) and Moustache Magazine (2012).

De is represented by The Manly Gallery, Brisbane, and CWM Galleries, Sydney. She teaches painting and drawing with Arts Tree, a studio classroom located in Wynnum, Brisbane.