Resumé
Education
| 1968 | Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, B.F.A. |
| 1968 | Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York City |
Selected Grants and Awards
| 2000 | Tesuque Foundation Grant. Peer nominated. |
| 1994 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship |
| 1987 | NEA Painting Grant |
| 1979 | NEA Painting Grant |
| 1971 | Theodoran Purchase Award, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | VOLTA NY—Solo Booth, March 4–7, 2010. |
| 2008 | in situ: paintings 1973–present Thomas Erben Gallery, April 24–May 31, 2008 |
| 2006 | Brain Stain Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City |
| 2003 | Tactile Image Cheim and Read, New York City |
| 2001 | Stations of the Subway Cheim and Read, New York City |
| 2000 | Dona Nelson: The Stations of the Subway, Octopuses and Arrangements. Weatherspoon Art Gallery. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. Curator, Ron Platt. Catalogue Essay by Klaus Kertess |
| 1999 | Parks and Portraits: Dona Nelson, 1983–88 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Essay by Sanford Schwartz. |
| 1996 | Michael Klein Gallery, New York City |
| 1993 | Michael Klein Gallery, New York City |
| 1990, 1989 | Scott Hanson Gallery, New York City |
| 1985 | A room of painting at P.S.1, Long Island City, New York |
| 1983 | Hamilton Gallery, New York City |
| 1982 | Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York City |
| 1975 | Rosa Esman Gallery, New York City |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | 40, Texas Gallery, June 15–July 31, 2010. |
| 2010 | Animate Matter, Pia Maria Martin, Dona Nelson, Richard Staub, Rose Wylie, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City |
| 2009 | Pushing Paint, Museum of Nebraska Art, Fall, 2009. Spaced Out/On Time, September 11–October 11, Canada Gallery, New York City. |
| 2008 | Thomas Erben Gallery at Chatterjee & Lai, Mumbai, India. August 2008. Affinities Redux, Ramapo College, November 2008, curated by Kate McNamara. Charismatic Abstraction, Chris Martin, Moira Dryer, Mike Cloud, John L. Moore Richmond Center for Visual Arts, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI. |
| 2007 | CCS Bard Spring Exhibitions, March, Bard College |
| 2006 | Scope Art Fair/Miami, Thomas Erben Gallery Still Life, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York City |
| 2005 | Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. |
| 2004 | Art/Basil/Miami, Cheim and Read Gallery |
| 2002 | WTC, Living in the Shadows, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY Wall Street Rising—Art Downtown, New York City Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York City Jump,The Painting Center, New York City |
| 2001 | Vivid, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, England. Traveled to Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, Conventry (4/27–6/28/02) and to Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sutherland (7/12–8/23/02) |
| 2000 | Beyond the Mountains: The Contemporary American Landscape, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA |
| 1998 | Group Exhibition at Marlborough Gallery/Chelsea, New York City Small Paintings, Cheim and Read Gallery, New York City View II, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City. Curated by Klaus Kertess |
| 1997 | Essential Gestures, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS. Curated by Bruce Hartman |
| 1996 | Face to Face: Recent Abstract Painting, M.I.T. List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA Painting All-Over Again, Palacia de Montemuzok, Zaragoza, Spain. Curated by Saul Ostrow Method and Multiclicity, Apex Art, New York City. Curated by Richmond Burton |
| 1995 | 25 Americans: Painting in the 90's, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, MI |
| 1991 | American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980's, from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
| 1985 | Four Artists, Artists Space, New York City. Curated by Elizabeth Murray Ripe Fruit, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York City. Curated by Lisa Liebmann |
| 1984 | The Figure in Paint, Cable Gallery, New York City. Curated by Klaus Kertess |
| 1983 | The Painterly Figure, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York. Curated by Klaus Kertess |
| 1982 | Body Language: Recent Figuration, Hayden Gallery, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA Contemporary Painting: Figuration, USCB, Santa Barbara, California |
| 1971 | 26 Contemporary Women Artists, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conencticut. Curated by Lucy Lippard. 10 Young Artists: Theodoran Awards, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York City |
| 1968 | Whitney Independent Study Program, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City |
Selected Bibliography
| 2010 | Susie Kalil, “Woman power:Texas Gallery's 40 sends a welcome jolt through the Houston art scene,” Culturemap Houston. Wendy Vogel, “40, Texas Gallery Houston,” Art Lies, Issue 66 |
| 2008 | Roberta Smith, “Art in Review, Dona Nelson,” The New York Times, May 23, p. E26. Unsigned. The New Yorker, May 19th, p.16. |
| 2007 | Edith Newhall, “Get Thee to Elkins Park,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/12 |
| 2006 | jameswagner.com. “Dona Nelson at ThomasErben,” 9/14. Carrie Moyer. “Brain Stain,” The Brooklyn Rail, October. Holland Cotter. “Art in Review; Dona Nelson,” The New York Times, 9/22. Stephen Maine. “Dona Nelson at Thomas Erben,” Art in America, December, p. 149. |
| 2003 | Stephen Westfall. “Dona Nelson at Cheim & Read,” Art in America, June, pp/ 117–118. Jerry Saltz. “Rays of Light,” www.artnet.com/magazine/features, January 27. Unsigned. www.villagevoice.com/nightguide, January 29. Unsigned. “Previews,” Contemporary, #47/48, p. 38. Unsigned. “Art,” The New Yorker, February 3, pp. 19–20. Ken Johnson. “Dona Nelson, Art Reviews,” The New York Times, January 31. |
| 2001 | Paul Mattick. “Dona Nelson at Cheim & Read,” Art in America, June, pp. 124–125. Edith Newhall. “Subway Series,” New York Magazine, January 15, p.68. Unsigned. “Art,” The New Yorker, January 29, p. 18. Robert Mahoney. “Dona Nelson; 'Stations of the Subway',” Time Out, New York, January 25 February 1, p.64. Ann Landi. “Dona Nelson,” ARTnews, April, p. 141. Roberta Smith. “Dona Nelson,” Art Reviews, The New York Times, February 16. Roberta Smith. “Last Chance,” The New York Times, February 23. |
| 1999 | Brown, Gerard. “Review/Art,” Philadephia Weekly, January 27, p. 34. |
| 1998 | Johnson, Ken. “Review/Art,” The New York Times, May 1, p. E43. |
| 1997 | Hirsh, Faye. “Abstracting the Familiar [The Work of Dona Nelson],” Art in America, February. Ostrow, Saul. “Essential Gestures,” Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, Kansas, exhibition catalogue. |
| 1996 | Smith, Roberta. “Dona Nelson: Paradox Lake,” The New York Times, March 29, p. 25. MacAdam, Alfred. “Dona Nelson, ARTnews, June, p. 149. Ostrow, Saul. “Painting All-Over Again,” Palacio de Montemuzo, Zaragoza, Spain, exhibition catalogue. Posner, Helene. “Face to Face: Recent Abstract Painting,” M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, exhibition catalogue. |
| 1994 | Yablonsky, Linda. “Dona Nelson at Michael Klein Inc.,” Artforum, January. Hirsh, Faye. “Dona Nelson at Michael Klein,” Art in America, May. Saltz, Jerry. “A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting, Art in America, October. Whelan, Richard. “ Interview with Dona Nelson,” Bomb Magazine, |
| 1991 | Lieberman, William. “American Narrative painting and Sculpture: the 1980's,” Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, exhibition catalogue. Smith, Roberta. “Review/Art,” The New York Times, August, p. C22. 1990 Unsigned. “Art,” The New Yorker, June 11, p. 20. Pardee, Hearne. “In the Galleries,” Art and Antiques, November. |
| 1989 | Liebmann, Lisa. “Dona Nelson's Time Pieces,” Artforum, March, pp. 90-93. Smith, Roberta. “Tales of Ordinary People Told in Bits and Pieces,” The New York Times, March 31, 1989. Reid, Calvin. “Dona Nelson and Archie Rand at Scott Hanson,” Art in America, November. |
| 1983 | Jacobs, Joseph. “Faces Since the Fifties,” Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, exhibition catalogue. Kertess, Klaus. “The Painterly Figure,” The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, exhibition catalogue. |
| 1975 | Kramer, Hilton. “Dona Nelson,” The New York Times, January 25. Unsigned. “Dona Nelson,” Arts Magazine, March. Nelson, Dona. [Letter to the Editor.] Artforum, September. |
| 1971 | Lucy Lippard. “26 Contemporary Women Artists,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, exhibition catalogue. Shearer, Linda. “Ten Young Artists: Theodoron Awards,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, exhibition catalogue. |
Curatorial Activity
The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference, October, 2007, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Public and Corporate Collections
- Committee for the Visual Arts/M.I.T. Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
- Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida,Tampa, Florida
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- State University of New York, Albany, New York
- William & Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Nordstern, Cologne, Germany
- Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York City
- General Electric Corporation, Connecticut
- Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Shearson Leaman/Paine Webber, New York City
- General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
- The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina