Debra Bustin

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Debra Kaye Bustin (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/bustin.htm |first=Barbara |last=Strathdee| title=Debra Bustin |journal=Art New Zealand|number=27|year=1983|access-date=21 May 2018}} Her work is in the permanent collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Sarjeant Gallery and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/949/debra-bustin|title=Debra Bustin|publisher=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=21 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/344|title=Debra Bustin |publisher=Museum of New Zealand te Papa Tongarewa|access-date=21 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/persons/9352|title=Debra Bustin|website=Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui|access-date=21 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.govettbrewster.com/collection/?people=186|title=Works by Debra Bustin|publisher=Govett-Brewster Art Gallery|access-date=21 May 2018}}

Bustin was born in Wellington in 1957. Her art is characterised by bright colours and plastic materials, often covering whole walls and floors of a space.

In 2010, Bustin worked with children living in Wellington City Council's Te Ara Hou housing estate to redesign the area's playground as part of a major redevelopment of the neighbourhood.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4310423/Council-tenants-proud-to-call-their-modernised-flats-home|title=Council tenants proud to call their modernised flats home |date=5 November 2010 |first=Dave |last=Burgess |work=Dominion Post|access-date=21 May 2018}} She has also designed public outdoor sculptural art for the Paraparaumu Library.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/libraries/arts/art-at-the-libraries/#tuna|title=Art in the libraries|publisher=Kapiti Coast District Council|access-date=21 May 2018}}