Andrew Ross and Dona Nelson, a two-person project, The Premiere Sector Of Art Basel Basel, Thomas Erben Gallery, NYC

The Individualism of Dona Nelson, Canada Gallery, NYC, in conjunction with Thomas Erben Gallery, NYC

Dona Nelson & Andrew Ross, New Works, May 8th to June 14, 2025

Dona Nelson: Selected Paintings, 2019 to 2023, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

Moby Dick, Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles

Recent Paintings, A Journey Through Materiality, Dona Nelson

Fahrenheit, Madrid

Refiguring, One Painting at a Time (1977–2022), Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City

Stretchers Strung Out on Space, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City

Days, textures and patterns, Tajan, The Gallery, Paris, (catalogue)

Painting the Magic Mountain, Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles

Dona Nelson : Stand Alone Paintings, curated by Ian Berry, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (catalogue)

The Armory Show, (solo booth), Thomas Erben Gallery, NYC

Dona Nelson: Models Stand Close to the Paintings, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City

Art Basel Miami, Jackie Gendel and Dona Nelson, Thomas Erben Gallery

Painting Deconstructed, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, curated by Lisa Meksin, (catalogue)

Saturation, curated by Oona Doyle, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, (catalogue)

Judith Linhares: The Artist as Curator, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota

Off Road, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp

Gestures of Affection: In Memory of Louise Fishman, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City

Never Done, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, New York

Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale, curated by Brittany Webb and Jody Throckmorton, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

A Focus on Painting, curated by Julia Peyton-Jones, Galeria Thaddeus Ropac, London

Good Pictures, curated by Austin Lee, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York City

Or Both, curated by Mia Locks, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia

Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and Now, curated by Alex Glauber and Alex Logsdail, Lisson Gallery, New York City

Please recall to me everything you have thought of, curated by Eve Fowler, Moran Moran, Los Angeles

Unpainting, curated by Nicholas Chambers, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler, curated by Katy Seigel, The Rose Museum at Brandeis University, Massachusetts

Making Sense: Rochelle Feinstein, Deborah Grant, Iva Gueorguieva, Dona Nelson, curated by Margaret Miller, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida

The 2014 Whitney Biennial, section curated by Michelle Grabner

Untitled (Hybrid), curated by Kate McNamara, Robert Miller Gallery, New York City

Sadie Benning, Thomas Kovachevich, Dona Nelson, Callicoon Fine Arts, New York City

Simpatico, curated by Kate McNamara, Director and Chief Curator, Boston University Gallery

Group Show, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City

Affinities: Painting in Abstraction, curated by Kate McNamara, D’Amelio Terra Gallery, New York City

Texture,txt, Regina Rex, Queens, New York

A Painting Show, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York City

Charismatic Abstraction, Chris Martin, Moira Dryer, Mike Cloud, John L. Moore Richmond Center for Visual Arts, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo

Four Artists, curated by Elizabeth Murray, Artists Space, New York City

Ripe Fruit, curated by Lisa Liebmann, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York City

Body Language: Recent Figuration, Hayden Gallery, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Contemporary Painting: Figuration, USCB, Santa Barbara, California

26 Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy Lippard, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conencticut

10 Young Artists: Theodoran Awards, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Edward Waisnis, The Sincere Passion of Dona Nelson, Whitehot Magazine, January 25, 2026

David Rhodes, The Individualism of Dona Nelson, Art Seen, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2026

Lisa Taliano, Tussel Magazine, February 2026

Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, January 28-February 11 2026

Anna Gregor, Subvert: The Individualism of Dona Nelson at CANADA, Casura Magazine, March 4 2026

Edward Waisnis, Dona Nelson: Selected Pain>ngs, 2019-2023 at Locks Gallery, White Hot Magazine, May 21, 2024

Alex Grimley, Dona Nelson: Selected Pain>ngs, 2029-2023 at Locks Gallery, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2024

Lane Timothy Speidel, Spring is Coming, in Dona Nelson’s ‘Selected Pain>ngs,’ at Locks Gallery, the artblog, Philadelphia, April 22, 2024

John Yau, Dona Nelson Stands Alone, Hyperallergic, March 13th, 2021

Hearne Pardee, Dona Nelson: Stretchers Strung Out in Space, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2021

Milree Hughes, Expression of More Struggles and Freedoms, Culture Catch, March 31, 2021

David Pagel, In Dona Nelson’s magically messy pain>ngs, the back is as revelatory as the front, Los Angeles Times, October 10th, 2019

Andy Campbell, Critic’s Picks Los Angeles: Dona Nelson, Artforum

Dan Cameron, Expert Eye: Dan Cameron, The Art Newspaper, December 9, 2017

Hearne Pardee, Shared Spaces: Dona Nelson Brings Back the Figure, Art Critical, May 20, 2017

Roberta Smith, What to See in New York Galleries This Week, May 10, 2017

Seph Rodney, Collaged Pain>ngs with Presence, Hyperallergic, April 14, 2017

Polly Apfelbaum, Dona Nelson at Michael Benevento, Contemporary Art Daily, May 3, 2016.

David Pagel, Critic's Choice: Renegade abstractions of Polly Apfelbaum and Dona Nelson make for a stellar art show, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2016.

Annabel Osberg, Polly Apfelbaum/Dona Nelson, Artillary, April 13, 2016.

Martha Buskirk, Subversive Color at the Rose Museum of Art, May 30th, 2015

Julian Kreimer, Dona Nelson, Thomas Erben Gallery, Art in America, June–July 2014

Barry Schwabsky, Dona Nelson, Thomas Erben Gallery, Artforum, Summer, 2014

Goings on About Town: Art, The New Yorker, May 2014

Fabian Lopez, Dona Nelson: ‘Phigor,’ Title Magazine, April 2014

Galleries-Chelsea, The New Yorker, May 2008

Roberta Smith, Dona Nelson: In Situ, The New York Times, May 23, 2008

Stephen Weskall, Dona Nelson at Cheim & Read, Art in America,June, 2003

Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, February 3, 2003

Ken Johnson, Dona Nelson—Tactile Image, The New York Times, January 2003

Faye Hirsch, Abstracting the Familiar, Art in America, February, 1997

Roberta Smith, Dona Nelson: Paradox Lake, The New York Times, March 29, 1996

Alfred MacAdam, Dona Nelson, Art News, June, 1996

Lisa Liebmann, Dona Nelson’s Time Pieces, Artforum, March

Roberta Smith, Tales of Ordinary People Told in Bits and Pieces, The New York Times, March 31, 1989

Calvin Reid, Dona Nelson and Archie Rand at Scott Hanson, Art in America, November