Born 1975 in Morristown, NJ Currently Resides in Chicago, IL EDUCATION: 2005 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Studio Arts Chicago, IL 1998 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Drawing Cleveland, OH 1997 New York Studio Program New York, NY 1993-94 Memphis College of Art Memphis, TN SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2005 Delinquent Systems University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2004 Christa Donner: New Works on Paper (solo exhibition), Kravets-Wehby Gallery, New York, NY The Armory Show (with Kravets-Wehby Gallery) New York, NY Under the Influence, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Formfit University of llinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Dreamland Artists Club public sign commission, Creative Time/Coney Island, New York, NY Art/Action/AIDS public billboard commission, Cleveland, OH Emerging Artists, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH Summer Show, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 AIR: Artists in Residence Exhibition, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH Open(ed) Spaces (permanent wall installation) Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, (traveling exhibition), originating Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; traveling to New Orleans, LA; Denton, TX; Bellingham, WA. Body Politic, Fotofiesta, Centro Columbo Americano, Medellin, Colombia Media Mix, Emerging Arts, New York, NY Man, I Feel Like a Woman, SPACE 1026, Philadelphia, PA Isms, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA Girlie Fun Show, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA 2002 Relative Objects, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Dirty Girls: The Ladyfest East Visual Art Exhibition, East Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Body Politic, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE Bitch School: Artists Explore Our Attitudes Toward Powerful Women Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY Cut and Paste: Christa Donner and Dexter Davis (two person show), Progressive Insurance Corporate Headquarters, Cleveland, OH 2001 Photographs by Artists for a Variety of Purposes, Artists Image Resource, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Nervous Systems (solo exhibition), William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH Christa Donner (solo exhibition), ACME Art Company, Main Gallery, Columbus, OH 2000 > or = (Greater Than or Equal To), Cotton Crotch Productions, Lakewood, OH 48 Hours of Making Art (wall drawing), Lake Erie College, BK Smith Gallery, Painesville, OH 8- Hour Drawings, Part III (wall drawing), Allegheny College, Bowman & Penelec Galleries, Meadville, PA Trail of Narratives (wall drawing), Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH Gut Reactions (wall collage and other work), Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan Campus, Metro Galleries, Cleveland, OH Reading Visual/Text: Regional Volumes, (artists books), Brew House SPACE 101, Pittsburgh, PA 1999 Christa Donner: Pretty on the Insides (solo exhibition), Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Mach Schau, 1*2*F*U Gallery, Akron, OH Faster than a Speeding Bullet: Superheroes in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1998 New and Improved (four-person show), McCullough Center, Cleveland, OH 1997 Team Adventure, New York Studio Program, New York, NY 1996 Girl Potion (four woman show), McCullough Center, Cleveland, OH Summer Design Show, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH Creative Drawings, The Idea Garage, Cleveland, OH RELATED EXPERIENCE: 2004 Visiting Lecturer and Panelist, A Case for Comics, College Art Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA Visiting Lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Visiting Artist and Workshop Instructor, Allen County Public Libraries, Fort Wayne, IN Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Co-Founder, Shiner Comics, Cleveland, OH 1999-PRESENT Editor, Publisher, Ladyfriend Zine, Chicago, IL 1999-2003 Exhibition and PR Coordinator, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH Freelance Writer, Friction, Dialogue magazines 2003 Visiting Lecturer, Artists on Art: Christa Donner talks about Comics, Punk and DIY Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Workshop Instructor, Body Image and Art Workshop, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA Curator, Page Me: the art of zines, comix and other artist-made books, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland,OH Visiting Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, Zines, Art and Literacy Workshop, Margaret Ireland Elementary, Cleveland, OH Visiting Lecturer, The Cons and Prose of Comics, presented by the Foundation Lecture Series, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Visiting Lecturer, Radical Ink: Comics and Zines as Contemporary Art, sponsored by the Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Artist in Residence, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH Panelist, Supporting Yourself in the Arts While Working for a Nonprofit Organization, Action Without Borders, The Foundation Center, Cleveland, OH 2002 Adjunct Professor, Creative Drawing, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Panelist, Workshop Instructor and Program Illustrator, Ladyfest East, New York, NY Juror, Brewhouse/Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Panelist, AIDA Arts and Activism Conference, Greater Cleveland Roundtable, Cleveland,OH Workshop Instructor, "Your Body as Art" Workshop, Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Visiting Artist, The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH 2001 Instructor, "Pushing the Boundaries of Drawing" course, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Visiting Artist, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH 2000 Juror, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award jury for 2000-2001 Instructor, "If it Glitters, It's Good" and "Body Language" workshops, Insides Out Conference, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Panelist, "Beauty Bites: Creating and Critiquing the Image of Girl Power," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Visiting Artist, Hawken School, Gates-Mills, OH, artists' lecture and workshop 1999 Instructor,Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, taught summer drawing class of 5th - 8th graders 1997 Residency Participant, New York Studio Program, New York, NY Assistant to Sculptor Jeanne Siverthorne, Artist's Studio, New York NY AWARDS & HONORS: 2004 Uiversity Fellowship, UIC, Chicago, IL 2003 Navona Award, UIC, Chicago, IL Artist Printmaking Residency, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH 2002 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowshp Grant, Cleveland, OH 1999 Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1998 Keller Award in Drawing, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH 1997 Sue Wall Award, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH PRESS: See Reviews Page UIC |
Christa Donner |
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Born 1975 in Morristown, NJ Currently Resides in Chicago, IL EDUCATION: 2005 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Studio Arts Chicago, IL 1998 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Drawing Cleveland, OH 1997 New York Studio Program New York, NY 1993-94 Memphis College of Art Memphis, TN SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2005 Delinquent Systems University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2004 Christa Donner: New Works on Paper (solo exhibition), Kravets-Wehby Gallery, New York, NY The Armory Show (with Kravets-Wehby Gallery) New York, NY Under the Influence, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Formfit University of llinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Dreamland Artists Club public sign commission, Creative Time/Coney Island, New York, NY Art/Action/AIDS public billboard commission, Cleveland, OH Emerging Artists, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH Summer Show, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 AIR: Artists in Residence Exhibition, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH Open(ed) Spaces (permanent wall installation) Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, (traveling exhibition), originating Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; traveling to New Orleans, LA; Denton, TX; Bellingham, WA. Body Politic, Fotofiesta, Centro Columbo Americano, Medellin, Colombia Media Mix, Emerging Arts, New York, NY Man, I Feel Like a Woman, SPACE 1026, Philadelphia, PA Isms, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA Girlie Fun Show, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA 2002 Relative Objects, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Dirty Girls: The Ladyfest East Visual Art Exhibition, East Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Body Politic, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE Bitch School: Artists Explore Our Attitudes Toward Powerful Women Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY Cut and Paste: Christa Donner and Dexter Davis (two person show), Progressive Insurance Corporate Headquarters, Cleveland, OH 2001 Photographs by Artists for a Variety of Purposes, Artists Image Resource, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Nervous Systems (solo exhibition), William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH Christa Donner (solo exhibition), ACME Art Company, Main Gallery, Columbus, OH 2000 > or = (Greater Than or Equal To), Cotton Crotch Productions, Lakewood, OH 48 Hours of Making Art (wall drawing), Lake Erie College, BK Smith Gallery, Painesville, OH 8- Hour Drawings, Part III (wall drawing), Allegheny College, Bowman & Penelec Galleries, Meadville, PA Trail of Narratives (wall drawing), Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH Gut Reactions (wall collage and other work), Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan Campus, Metro Galleries, Cleveland, OH Reading Visual/Text: Regional Volumes, (artists books), Brew House SPACE 101, Pittsburgh, PA 1999 Christa Donner: Pretty on the Insides (solo exhibition), Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Mach Schau, 1*2*F*U Gallery, Akron, OH Faster than a Speeding Bullet: Superheroes in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1998 New and Improved (four-person show), McCullough Center, Cleveland, OH 1997 Team Adventure, New York Studio Program, New York, NY 1996 Girl Potion (four woman show), McCullough Center, Cleveland, OH Summer Design Show, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH Creative Drawings, The Idea Garage, Cleveland, OH RELATED EXPERIENCE: 2004 Visiting Lecturer and Panelist, A Case for Comics, College Art Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA Visiting Lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Visiting Artist and Workshop Instructor, Allen County Public Libraries, Fort Wayne, IN Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Co-Founder, Shiner Comics, Cleveland, OH 1999-PRESENT Editor, Publisher, Ladyfriend Zine, Chicago, IL 1999-2003 Exhibition and PR Coordinator, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH Freelance Writer, Friction, Dialogue magazines 2003 Visiting Lecturer, Artists on Art: Christa Donner talks about Comics, Punk and DIY Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Workshop Instructor, Body Image and Art Workshop, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA Curator, Page Me: the art of zines, comix and other artist-made books, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland,OH Visiting Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, Zines, Art and Literacy Workshop, Margaret Ireland Elementary, Cleveland, OH Visiting Lecturer, The Cons and Prose of Comics, presented by the Foundation Lecture Series, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Visiting Lecturer, Radical Ink: Comics and Zines as Contemporary Art, sponsored by the Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Artist in Residence, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH Panelist, Supporting Yourself in the Arts While Working for a Nonprofit Organization, Action Without Borders, The Foundation Center, Cleveland, OH 2002 Adjunct Professor, Creative Drawing, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Panelist, Workshop Instructor and Program Illustrator, Ladyfest East, New York, NY Juror, Brewhouse/Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Panelist, AIDA Arts and Activism Conference, Greater Cleveland Roundtable, Cleveland,OH Workshop Instructor, "Your Body as Art" Workshop, Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Visiting Artist, The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH 2001 Instructor, "Pushing the Boundaries of Drawing" course, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Visiting Artist, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH 2000 Juror, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award jury for 2000-2001 Instructor, "If it Glitters, It's Good" and "Body Language" workshops, Insides Out Conference, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Panelist, "Beauty Bites: Creating and Critiquing the Image of Girl Power," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Visiting Artist, Hawken School, Gates-Mills, OH, artists' lecture and workshop 1999 Instructor,Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, taught summer drawing class of 5th - 8th graders 1997 Residency Participant, New York Studio Program, New York, NY Assistant to Sculptor Jeanne Siverthorne, Artist's Studio, New York NY AWARDS & HONORS: 2004 Uiversity Fellowship, UIC, Chicago, IL 2003 Navona Award, UIC, Chicago, IL Artist Printmaking Residency, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH 2002 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowshp Grant, Cleveland, OH 1999 Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1998 Keller Award in Drawing, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH 1997 Sue Wall Award, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH PRESS: See Reviews Page UIC |
