JOHN J. DONNELLY 107 Morris Street Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 Studio: 740/501-2172 Website: johnjdonnelly.com email: [email protected] Instagram: johnjdonnellyart
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH • Professor of Art, 1999 to present • Art Department Chair, 2002 to 2005, 2010-2015 • MVNU Art Gallery Director, 1989 to 2005 • Associate Professor of Art, 1995 to 1999 • Honors Program Seminar Coordinator, 1995 to 1998 • Assistant Professor of Art, 1991 to 1995 • Instructor of Art, 1989 to 1991 Franklin County Board of MR/DD, Columbus, OH, Art Teacher, 1988 to 1989 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Associate Instructor, 1984 to 1985
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES 2015: The Vermont Studio Center for Artists and Writers Residency, Merit Grant, Johnson, VT The Clipperton Project Residency, Faroe Isles, Denmark Territory, Artic Circle 1986: Indiana University, M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Bloomington, IN 1984: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency, Skowhegan, ME, Fellowship 1981: Tyler School of Art, B.F.A., Painting, Philadelphia, PA 1980: Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy
RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2021: Cuba Exhibition, “Letters from Cuba-Letters from Ohio”, Havana, Cuba, Michael Reese, curator 2020: Sandusky Center Gallery,"Authentic Surface", Sandusky , Ohio 2019: Denison Art Space, "Between Worlds", two-person exhibition, Newark, Ohio 2018: FAVA Gallery, solo show, Knockn’ on Heaven’s Door, Oberlin OH Columbus Museum of Art, “Art for Life”, Aids fundraiser Columbus, OH Dairy Barn Gallery, OH-5 juried exhibition, Athens, OH,USA Columbus Museum of Art, “Art of Recovery”, Columbus, OH,USA Shremshock Gallery, "Large Faroe" New Albany, OH Cory Bonnet New Studio Gallery, "Italy & Faroe" Pittsburgh, PA 2017: Schnormeier Gallery, MVNU Faculty Show, Mount Vernon, Ohio Masonic Mural, Knox County Landmark Foundation, OH Cory Bonnet New Studio Gallery, Pittsburgh ,PA 2016: Columbus Museum of Art, “Art for Life”, Columbus, OH MTVarts Mural, Knox County Landmark Foundation, OH Center Art Gallery, Donnelly- “Chasing Faroe” and James McNeil Whistler “An American in Venice” Grand Rapids, MI Schnormeier Gallery, “Chasing Faroe” solo show of 1000 paintings, MVNU, OH Shremshock Architects, New Albany, OH 2015: Center Art Gallery, “Between Two Worlds” Calvin College, Grand Rapids Michigan House Show, Nolsoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark 2014: Little Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Firelands, OH Harris Building Gallery, ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI 304 Café Gallery, Solo exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA Schnormeier Gardens, “Art in the Garden” Gambier, OH Ohio Historical Gallery, “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH Fresh Air Gallery/Hilton Corp, “Art of Recovery” Columbus Ohio Marcia Evans Gallery, “Abstracts” Columbus, Ohio JOHN J. DONNELLY Page 2 2013: Harris Building Gallery, ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, Michigan Fresh Air Gallery/Hilton Corp, “Art of Recovery” Columbus Ohio Marcia Evans Gallery, “Parallel Abstractions” Columbus, Ohio 2012: Columbus Museum of Art “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH Loft Gallery, “Art for the Environment” Ohio Environmental Council, Columbus, OH Columbus Museum of Art, “Art in Bloom” group show, Columbus, OH Marcia Evans Gallery, “After the Storm” Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH Concourse Gallery, Group Exhibition, Upper Arlington, OH 2011: Crane Ice Box Gallery, works on paper, Victory at Tyler Juried Show, Philadelphia, PA Marcia Evans Gallery, Group Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2010: Sullivant Hall Gallery, OSU, "Art for Life" Aids Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio Marcia Evans Gallery, Group Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2009: Schnormeier Gallery, “Heavenly Day” Group Show, Mount Vernon, OH 2009: Mansfield Art Center, 64th May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH Crane Ice Box Gallery, Victory at Tyler Juried Exhibition, Temple University, PA MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH 2008: Mansfield Art Center, 63rd May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH City Center Gallery, “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH Root Art Center Gallery, group show, Mount Vernon, OH 2007: Schremshock Gallery, 3-person show, Westerville, OH Mansfield Art Center, 62nd May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH 2006: Marcia Evans Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH The College of Wooster Art Museum. “Convergence 2006”, Wooster, OH CCAD, Canzani Center “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH North Main Gallery, featured artist, Mount Vernon, OH Mansfield Art Center, 61st May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH Artworks on Main, “In the Spirit of Fluxus,” performance art, Mansfield, OH. Pine Tree Barn Gallery, Wooster, OH 2005: Coburn Gallery, Ashland Regional Exhibition, group show, Ashland, OH Mansfield Art Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH Soho Worthington Gallery, Group Exhibition, Worthington, OH North Main Gallery, Group Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH 2004: CCAD, Canzani Center “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH 2003: Connelly Center Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Villanova University, PA Alexander and Rhodes, Group Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
2002: Pearl Conrad Gallery, All Ohio Juried Show, Columbus, OH Columbus Museum of Art, “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH The Woodmere Art Museum, Group Show, Philadelphia, PA MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH Krasdale Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY 2001: Mansfield Art Center, 57th Annual May Show, Mansfield, OH 2000: Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
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JOHN J. DONNELLY Page 3 2000: Mansfield Art Center, Spring Show, Mansfield, OH YMCA, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH 1999: Mansfield Art Center, Fall Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH Hillside Veterinary Clinic, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH Mansfield Art Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH 1998: Dublin Arts Council Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Dublin, OH Blue Cosmos Design Corporation, Grandview, OH Ohio State Fair Professional Division, Columbus, OH Mansfield Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH 1997: Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus Art League Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH 1996: Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH Ceramic Tile Design, Commissioned residential installation, OH Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH 1996: MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH 1995: Spangler Cummings Gallery, Columbus, OH 1994: Six for Two Exhibition #3, Curator and Exhibitor, Columbus, OH Fluxus Event, Performance Art Participant, created by Don Boyd, Columbus, OH MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH Fall Exhibit, Columbus Art League, Upper Arlington, OH 1993 1993: Licking County Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Newark, OH Fort Hayes Gallery, by invitation, Columbus, OH 1992: Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA Semple-Upham Cultural and Arts Center, Mount Vernon, OH Wilmington College, Solo Exhibition, Wilmington, OH Katz & Dawgs Gallery, National Juried Show "Heroes/Victims" Columbus, OH 1991: Six for Two Series, Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH 1990: MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus, OH 1989: Artreach Gallery, Columbus, OH 1988: LA/Chicago Artist Liaison Exhibition Catalog, publication 1988: Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus, OH First Impressions Gallery, Solo Exhibition, "Small Works," Columbus, OH Pontifical College Josephinum Gallery, "Marian Art: 1988," Worthington, OH 1987: Columbus Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition, Harmony Hammond, Juror Spangler Cummings Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Columbus, OH Rothschild Berry Farm Festival, Solo Exhibition, Urbana, OH Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH 1987 Spangler Cummings Gallery, "Gifts from the Gifted," Columbus, OH Spangler Cummings Gallery, Group Show, Columbus, OH 1985: Fine Arts Gallery, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University 1985: Artlink, Contemporary Art Space, Bill Struve, Juror, Fort Wayne, IN 1984: Arbutus Gallery, Group Show, Indiana University 1981: Elkins Gallery, B.F.A. Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA HONORS 2016: Faith/Learning Conference: “Sea Stacks, Sheep, Whales and God” Grand Rapids, MI Cory Bonnet Gallery, Chasing Faroe gallery talk, Pittsburgh, PA 2015: Gallery Talk: “Sea Stacks, Sheep, Whales and God”, Schnormeier Gallery, OH Vermont Studio Center, Merit Grant residency The Clipperton Project residency, Faroe Isle, Denmark MVNU Sabbatical granted for spring semester
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(HONORS continued) 2015: Gallery talk ”Hegal-Motherwell” Café 304 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Presenter: The Art of Chagall, faculty panel, Schnormeier Gallery 2012: Presenter and Panelist- “Expression, Decency and Censorship”, Mansfield Art Center, May 2009: Co-Curator with Marcella Hackbardt, “Heavenly Day”, Schnormeier Gallery, Mt.Vernon, OH 2003: Faculty Mini Grant, Art History Blackboard Presentation, MVNU, 2002: Sabbatical from Mount Vernon Nazarene University 2000: Faculty Mini Grant, Art History PowerPoint Presentation, MVNU, 1999: Lecturer, “Icon Imaging,” Muskingum College, New Concord, OH 1999: Faculty Research Grant, “Figurative Abstraction,” MVNU 1997: Faculty Research Grant, “Icon Imaging,” MVNU 1996: Presenter, National Collegiate Honors Council, San Francisco, CA 1991: Lilly Grant, Painting and Drawing, MVNU, Mount Vernon, OH,
AWARDS 2015: Merit Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency The Clipperton Project, Faroe island Residency 2005: Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition 2001: Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship, 2001 2001: Lucille Lemley Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center May Show 2000: Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition 1999: Juror Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center Fall Exhibition Lucille Lemley Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition 1998: Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Fall Exhibition Painting Award, 12th Biennial Liturgical Art Exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH 1987: Jean Lamb Hall Award for Painting, 79th Annual Art League Exhibition, Columbus Museum Award for Painting, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1984: Full Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Graduate Summer Fellowship to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS The Hilton Downtown Collection, catalogue, Columbus, Ohio 2012 The Columbus Dispatch, April 2012 http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/04/22/clever-use-of-color- texture-stirs-emotions.html The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 2006 The Mansfield News Journal, May 2005 The Columbus Dispatch, Jeanne Fryer-Kohles, 2004 Dialogue Magazine, March-April, 2004 The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2003 The Mainline News, January 2003 The Mansfield News Journal, October 1999 The Mansfield News Journal, March 1999 The Mansfield News Journal, October 1998 The Columbus Dispatch, November 1993 Newark Advocate, Gale Williams, April 1993 The Columbus Dispatch, Lesley Constable, July 1991 The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, May 1988 The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, March 1987 Business First, Gaye Spetka, March 1987 The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, July 1986 and December 1985