Abby Donovan

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Born: US
Lives: US Oregon/Delaware

Education
MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art
BA Swarthmore College

Solo Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2010 “Situation,” STOFF Stockholm Fringe Festival, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 “Reverbatory Space Furnaces,” networked performance, Embassy Annuale, Edinburgh, Scotland (with Brandon Boan).
2010 “Lacunae (The Sea’s Gaze),” networked performance, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil.
2009 “De Umbris Idearum,” live webcast, Pispala Contemporary Art Centre, Tampere, Finland.
2009 “Attempting Necromancy with Wm. Blake,” European Ceramic Work Centre, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
2009 “These the Heavens of My Brain,” DUMBO 13th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “1+1: Paraphrasing Gogol,” Le Petit Versailles, New York, NY.


Group Exhibitions
SELECTED LECTURES, GROUP EXHIBITIONS, COLLABORATIONS, AND CONFERENCES

2010 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
2010 Session Chair, “A Time-Based Approach to Ceramics,” NCECA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 “Artist/Educator,” Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.
2010 “Artist Apparitions in the Age of Mobile Videocasting and Projection,” paper presentation, Intersection, Prague Quadrienniale, New Theater Institute, Riga, Latvia.
2009 “Language of Line,” New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE.
2009 “WORD,” Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR.
2009 “Truth,” Pispala Contemporary Art Centre, Tampere, Finland.
2009 “Low Lives,” labotanica, Houston, TX; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL; FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “Refutation 0Video,” public video screening, Pepper Saint Ontiod, London, England.
2009 “Incognito,” Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.
2009 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, UCDavis, Davis, CA.


Grants/Awards
GRANTS, PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2010 Global Partnership Award, Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
2010 Global Studies Faculty Fellowship, Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
2009 Collaborative Research Award, College of Arts and Science, University of Delaware, for “Live Cinema Live” with the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2009 Faculty Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
2009 Cultural Grant for “Attempting Necromancy with Wm. Blake,” The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, NY.
2009 The Cloud of Disquiet: Stanza Second, HEDCO Building, School of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Public commission for permanent public installation.
2009 International Travel Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.