DONNA COLEMAN
Website: www.dcolemanpaintings.com
EDUCATION: MFA, Painting, 1982
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
BFA, Honors, Painting, 1977
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy, 1976-77
Education Courses, 1996
University of the District of Columbia, WDC
Public School Art Teacher Certificate for MD, 1996
Education Courses, 1987-89
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Public School Art Teacher Certificate for NY, 1989
English Literature Courses, 1972-73
Universitat Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
GRANTS AND Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship Award, 2002, 2007, 2015, 2019
AWARDS:
The George Sugarman Foundation, Inc., 2004
Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, 2002
Listed in Marquis Who’s Who of American Women
Grants-in-Aid Award, 1992-‘93, 1995-‘96, 1998
Technical Assistance Grant, 1994
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Funded through the National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship Award, 1992 & 1995
Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY
SOLO The Three Graces and Other Beauties
EXHIBITIONS: Studio M Gallery of the Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH,
curated by Alex Coon & Emily Vigil, 2019
Donna Coleman, Paintings
The Little Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Firelands
Huron, OH, curated by David Sapp, 2017
On, Over and Under the Surface, Friends Gallery
Kendal at Oberlin, OH, curated by Arlene Dunn, 2015
John Mercer Langston Historic House, Oberlin, OH, 2014
Women and Children First, Gallery K, WDC, 2000
New Horizons Gallery, Children’s Hospital, WDC, 1996
And a Love Story, Gallery K, WDC, 1996
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
curated by Angela Adams, 1992
Brooklyn College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
SELECTED Mask, Carringtion Arts, Sandusky, OH
EXHIBITIONS: curated by Marsha Carrington, 2019
The Persistence of Surrealism, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
curated by Charles Mayer, 2019
Draft, The Little Gallery, BGSU Firelands, Huron, OH
curated by David Sapp, 2018
Defining Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, WDC
curated by Charles Krause and Robin Strongin, 2018
Fabulous Fauna, Carrington Arts, Sandusky, OH
curated by Marsha Carrington, 2018
Visitors, Baron Art Gallery of Oberlin College
curated by the Art Department and Richard Wood, 2017
Color, Shape, Form, Beachwood Community Center, OH, 2017
Firefish Festival, Lorain, OH
curated by Emily Hoag, 2017
Members Show, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Curated by Mindy Tousley, 2017, 2018, 2019
Picture Social Justice and Human Rights, gallery1581
Brookline, MA, curated by Wendy Forrester, 2017
X is for Xenophobia-I am America, Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center, Tucson, AZ
curated by Ozlem Ayse Ozgur, 2017
Unapologetic/What’s Next?, Touchstone Gallery, WDC
curated by Janathel Shaw, 2009/2017
The New Now, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cuyahoga Community College Gallery,
Highland Hills, OH
curated by Michael J. Beam, 2016
curated by Jan Driesbach, 2014
10th Annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show,
Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Main Library, OH
curated by Migiwa Orimo, Dhanu Sant and Dane Khy, 2016
6th Annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show, 2012
Good Things to Life, Cuyahoga Community College,
Highland Hills, OH, curated by Kim Schoel, 2015
All Play, No Work, Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
curated by Alex Coon , 2015
LCCC Faculty Show, FAVA, Oberlin, OH, 2014
Byways, Baron Art Gallery of Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 2014
Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron & Cleveland, OH, 2011 - present
Five Artists, River Gallery, Rocky River, OH, 2011
Three Artists, The Intown Club, Cleveland, OH
curated by Mindy Tousley & Lee Heinen, 2010
New Narratives: Paintings by Ohio Artists
Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
curated by Dominique H. Vasseur, 2009
Two Person Show, Kendal at Oberlin, OH
curated by Robert Taylor, 2007
Vanishing Borders: Contemporary Environmental Art
Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
curated by Colette Palamar, 2006
Go Figure, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
curated by Kim Schoel, 2004
Featured Artists, Dead Horse Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2003
Mediated Nature, HereHere Gallery, Cleveland, OH
curated by Sarah Schuster, 2003
Narrative Paintings, Two Person Show, Mather Gallery
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2002
Along for the Ride, Two Person Show, Firelands Association of the
Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH, 2001
Promising New Talent, Voted Among the Best Emerging Artists in Washington, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), WDC
curated by a poll of readers of KOAN Art Newsletter, 1996
First MOCA Biennial of Washington Art, MOCA, WDC, 1996
The Work of Art & The Art of Work, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD
& The Martin Luther King Library, WDC
The Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, VA & Juniata College, PA
curated by Richard Dana, Susan Goldman & Lewis Segall, 1995 & 1996
The Artist/Teacher, Fillmore Faculty Show, Sumner School, WDC, 1994
Woman, Offices of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, WDC
curated by Aisha Davis, DESHO Productions, 1994
Options ’93, Washington Project for the Arts, WDC
curated by Angela Adams, Don Russell & Qevin Weathersby,1993
Artery ’90, Strathmore Hall Foundation, N. Bethesda, MD
curated by Marilyn Zeitlin,1990
Third International Women’s Day Exhibition, Erector Square
Gallery, New Haven, CT, curated by Faith Ringgold,1989
Second International Women’s Day Exhibition, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, curated by Lucy Lippard,1988
Heaven and Hell, Public Image Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
Ten on Eight Artists’ Window Spaces, New York, NY, 1984
Introspectives, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
curated by Alice Neel, 1984
PUBLICATIONS: Spirituals: A Bibliography for Research and Performance
By Kathleen Abromeit, website art, 2014
Mother Tongue Ink: We’Moon Datebooks, contributing artist, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City By Janet Braun-Reinitz and Jane Weissman
Mentioned on pages 9 & 80 and in index for work on mural "Old Brooklyn"
American Counseling Association textbooks:
Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, front cover, 2001
Cross-Cultural Counseling, front cover, 1999
Kalliope, A Journal of Women’s Art, Vol. XIX, No. 2, 1997
Featured artist
Music to Our Mouths:
Recipes of the Washington Conservatory of Music, front and back covers, 1997
Poet Lore Magazine, front and back covers, spring 1995
RESIDENCIES: Lily Press, Rockville, MD, 2017
The Buckley School, Lower School, Sherman Oaks, CA
St. Mark’s School, Altadena, CA
St. James’ Episcopal School, Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence, 2015
Head-Royce School, Lower and Middle Schools, Oakland, CA
Artist in Residence, 2011
Eastwood Elementary School, 1st & 2nd Grade Open Room,Oberlin, OH
Artist in Residence, 2005, ’07, ‘09 & ‘11
Artist in Residence, Lake Ridge Academy, N. Ridgeville, OH, spring, 2005
WEB GALLERIES:
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http://dcarts.emuseum.com/people/327/donna-coleman/objects
http://www.ohiochannel.org/video/new-narratives-donna-coleman
http://favaeducation.weebly.com/donna-coleman.html
http://washingtonart.com/coleman.html
https://sites.google.com/site/outrageartistsrespondtotrump/
SELECTED Adjunct Professor of 2D Design, Drawing & Painting
TEACHING Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, 2010 – present
EXPERIENCE:
Firelands Association of the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH, 2001 – present
Art Teacher for Children aged 4 – 18
Art Teacher for Summer Art Camp for Children aged 5 – 14
Art Teacher for Painting and Drawing Classes, high school, college and adult, 2012 - present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Landscape Painting, fall semester 2014, spring semester 2017
Drawing 2002 – 2004
Sidwell Friends School, WDC
Director, Dreamcatcher Arts Summer Camp, 1997 – 2000
Middle School Art Teacher for Grades Five, Six & Seven, 1998 – 2000
Fillmore Arts Center, WDC, 1991 – 1999
Art Teacher for After School Program for Children and Adults
Art Teacher for Summer Art Camp for Children aged 5 – 14
Browne Academy, Alexandria, VA
Art Teacher for Preschool and Lower School, 1989 – 1998
Art Teacher for Summer Art Mini Camp, 1993, ’94, ’96 & 97
Teacher for Summer Zoo Mini Camp, 1994 & 1996
Montgomery County, MD Public Schools, 1994 – 1995
Long-term Substitute Art Teacher for Grades K – Two
Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY, 1986 – 1989
Art Teacher for Grades K – Five
Germantown Academy, Ft. Washington, PA, 1983 – 1986
Art Teacher for Grades K – Three
Art Club Advisor for Middle and Upper School Students
Brooklyn YWCA, Brooklyn, NY, 1981 – 1983
Art Teacher for Children’s Art Program