D O N A L D F U R S T Date of Birth: November 21, 1953 Ann Arbor, Michigan Current Position Professor, Department of Art and Art History (Department chair from 2002-2009) University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-5911 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 910/962-7962 Education M.A. and M.F.A. in printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky, University of Iowa, 1977, 1978 B.A. in art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1974 Teaching Awards University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999 University Distinguished Professorship, UNCW, 1996-98 Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award, UNCW, 1996 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching, UNCW, 1992 Selected Group Exhibitions (* denotes purchase award) 26th National Drawing and Print Exhibition,* College of Notre Dame Maryland, Baltimore, 2015 2 Global Print 2015, Alijó, Portugal. 64 nations represented. 35th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, * Auer Art Center, Fort Wayne, IN, purchase for Fort Wayne Art Museum, 2015 18th Annual Washington (DC) Printmakers National Small Works Exhibition 2015, cash award. Washington Printmakers Gallery “Layers of Identity,” Jerusalem Print Workshop, Israel, 2014 2014 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, University of Richmond Museums (Virginia) Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2014 Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale For Miniature Graphics, Egypt, 2013 3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Thailand, 2012 “Multiple Encounters 2012: Indo-U.S. Print Exhibition,” National Academy of Art, New Delhi, India. 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition, London, 2012 and other venues until 2014. “International Print Exhibition IV,” Reseim ve Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey, cash award, 2012. 7th International Miniprint graphics triennial, Lahti Museum, Finland 2010. “Mezzotint: Out of Darkness:” International Mezzotint Festival, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2009. Wrexham, Print International 2009, Wrexham, North Wales, with travel to London. Prints U.S.A. 2007,* Springfield (MO) Art Museum. 5th International Triennial of Graphic Art 2007 Old Town Hall, Prague, Czech Republic. Three artists invited from U.S.A. XIII Biennale Internationale de Gravure de Sarcelles,” France, 2007 Stone Plate Grease Water: International Contemporary Lithography, Museum of Modern Art,Machynlleth, Wales, 2007. Tabula Rasa International Printmaking Exhibition, Resim ve Heykel Muzeleri Dernegi, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006. Acqui VIII International Biennial of Engraving, Acqui Terme, Italy, *Purchase Award of 75-print edition of mezzotint Down and Out, 2007. Los Angeles Printmaking Society National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA. 2007. Leonardo Sciascia Amateur d’Estampes, Milan, Italy, 2006 Three artists invited from the U.S. among the group. Washington Printmakers National Small Works Exhibition,* D.C., 2006 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, * 2005 VII International Biennial of Engraving, Acquie Terme-Ovada, Italy, 2005 3rd Biennial International Mini Print Exhibition, New Leaf Editions, Vancouver BC 2004 Juried Show for Small Engravings, Muzeal Florean, Maramures, Romania, 2004 Boston Printmakers North American Biennial,* 2003 77th Annual International Competition, * The Print Center of Philadelphia, 2003 “Prints U.S.A. 2003,” Springfield Art Museum (Missouri) 1 2nd Bienal Internacional Douro 2003, Alijo,Portugal 5th American Print Biennial, * University of Richmond Museums (Virginia) “New Prints 2002 Autumn,” International Print Center, New York Bradley National Print and Drawing Biennial,* 2001 "Interiors," North Carolina Museum of Art, 2000 International Print Triennial 2000, Cracow, Poland and travel to Nürnberg, Germany Norwegian International Print Triennial, Frederikstad, Norway, 1999 The Boston Printmakers 1999 North American Print Exhibition 15th Los Angeles Printmakers National Biennial Exhibition, 1999 Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1998 34th International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Finland, 1998 "Colorprint U.S.A.," 50 American artists at 50 exhibit sites, one in each state, 1998. "Common Ground," American Print Alliance touring exhibit, 1998 1st Northern Ireland International Small Print Exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Belfast, 1998 Davidson Galleries International Juried Mezzotint Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, 1998 International Print Triennial 97, Cracow, Poland and travel to Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Parkside National Mezzotint Invitational, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1997 "The Art of the Mezzotint," Chicago Center for the Print, three-person, 1996 "New Traditions: Contemporary Mezzotints," Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 1994 Macedonia International Print Triennial, Zavod, Muzej I Galerija Bitola, Macedonia, 1994 British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Leicester City Gallery, London, and Scotland, 1994-95 Sapporo International Print Biennial, Sapporo, Japan, 1993 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1993 Third Annual International Miniprint Exhibition,*** Juniper Gallery, Napa, California, 1993 Harper College National Print and Drawing Exhibition, ** Palatine, Illinois, 1993 Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition,* Clemson University, South Carolina; juried by Ned Rifkin, Chief Curator of Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., 1991 Stockton National V Print and Drawing Exhibition,* Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, 1990 “The Architectural Image,” Arkansas State University, three artists, 1989 American Miniature Printmaking Exhibit, Best of Show Award, San Diego State University, 1988 Traveling show of twenty American graphic artists selected by the Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, 1986-89 tour Rockford International '85,* Rockford College, Illinois; Andrew Stasik, Director of Pratt Graphics Center, New York Pennsylvania State University, University Park, two artists, 1985 Society of American Graphic Artists National Print Exhibition,* New York; Una Johnson, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985 Alabama Works on Paper Exhibition,* Auburn University; Richard Field, curator of prints and drawings, Yale University Museum of Art, 1985 “Interiors,” Duluth Art Institute traveling exhibit to Hibbing, Saint Paul, and Duluth, Minnesota, 1984-85 “American Printmakers,” American Cultural Affairs Center, Taipei, China, 1984 Prints U.S.A.,* Pratt Graphics Center, New York; Gabor Peterdi, head of printmaking at Yale University, 1982 Dallas National Print Invitational, University of Dallas, with 1982 tour of Scotland and England “Architectural Images,” World Print Council Gallery, San Francisco, 1982 Miami International Print Biennial,* Miami Metroplolitan Art Center, 1982 Hawaii National Print Exhibition,* Honolulu Academy of Arts; Nathan Oliveira, artist, 1982 All on Paper International Exhibit,* AAO Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Douglas Schulz, curator at Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, 1982 Washington and Jefferson College National Painting Exhibition,* Washington, PA, award for best oil painting in show; juried by Patterson Sims, associate curator, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 1981 “Two by Two,” Cudahy Gallery of the Milwaukee Art Museum, 1980 American Drawings III,* Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit (see “Institutional Collections”); juried by Harold Joachim, curator of prints and drawings, Art Institute of Chicago; James Melchert, director of Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts; Louise Svendsen, curator at the Guggenheim Museum, 1982 Print Club of Philadelphia National Exhibition,* 1979 2 Selected Institutional Collections Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri State of Hawaii Foundation on Culture and the Arts Governor’s Office, Heilongjang Province, China Pratt Graphics Center, New York Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, Minnesota State of Iowa, Wallace Building, Des Moines Portsmouth Community Art Center, Virginia Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota Oregon Art Institute, Portland, Oregon Selected Grants and Research North Carolina Arts Council Artist's Fellowship, 2006 North Carolina Arts Council Artist's Fellowship, 1996 North Carolina Arts Council Artist's Project Grant, 1994 for intaglio print suite "421 Nights" Electroetch Corporation, microtint research materials, 1993 Travel in France, Italy, Greece, and Germany in preparation for National Endowment for the Humanities pilot course "Our Classical Legacy," 1984 PPG Corporation materials grant for "Printmaking with Teslin, " (synthetic paper), 1989 3 .