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Michele Oka Doner

(American, born 1945)

Michele Oka Doner

Bedrock, 2019

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Biography

Timeline

1945: Born in Miami Beach, FL
1966: Bachelor of Science & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1967: The Malbin Prize, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1968: Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Teaching Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Standard Ceramic Company Award, Invitational Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1969: Post Graduate Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Michigan Potter’s Association Prize, 21st Exhibition for Michigan Artists, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1985: The Samuel Rubin Foundation, Grant for Research, Celestial Plaza, Hayden Planetarium, New York, NY
1987: New York State Council for the Arts, Mid-Career Grant, for Celestial Plaza, New York, NY
1989: The L.J. Skaggs and Mary Skaggs Foundation Grant, Venice Accretion Project
Kress Foundation Grant, Venice Accretion Project
Certificate of Excellence, AIA “Art in Architecture” National Convention, New York for Celestial Plaza, New York, NY
1990: Alumna-In-Residence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1991: The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation Grant, Celestial Plaza, New York, NY
1994: Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1996: Honor Award, National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association for Miami International Airport, Concourse A, Miami, FL
2003: Award of Excellence for 2004, Board of the United Nations Society of Writers & Artists, New York, NY
2006: Legends Award, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
2007: Stars of Design Award, New York, NY

Exhibitions

2018: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Dust Thou Art, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey (solo exhibition)
Mysterium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Ann Arbor, Michigan (solo exhibition)
2017: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Into the Mysterium, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida, United States (solo exhibition)
2016: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
How I Caught A Swallow in Mid-Air, Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida, United States (solo exhibition)
Large Sculptures, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2015: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Feasting on Bark, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
2014: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
The Shaman's Hut, Christies, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
2012 - 2013: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2012-2013:
Making Ideas: Experiments in Design at GlassLab, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
2012: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Michele Oka Doner: Earth Fire Air Water, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States (solo exhibition)
New York, New York, Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2011: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Michele Oka Doner: Neuration of the Genus, Dieu Donne, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Michele Oka Doner: Exhaling Gnosis, Miami Biennale, Miami, Florida (solo exhibition)
Night Scented Stock, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2010: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Spirit and Form: Michele Oka Doner and the Natural World, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States (solo exhibition)
Down to Earth, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
A Walk on the Beach: From Seashore to Tropical Garden, Miami International Airport, Concourses B, C and D, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, Florida (solo exhibition)
2009: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States
Love Cures, Art Center/South Florida, A Band of Parents Bound by Hope, a non-profit, which raises money to help children who have neuroblastoma, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
The Missing Peace, The Frost Museum, Miami, Florida, United States
2008: Michele Oka Doner Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Human Nature, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Beneath the Leafy Crown, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo exhibition)
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States
2007: Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
What We Keep: An Exhibition on Books and Memory, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, CA
2006: Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Feeding Desire, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Hot Pics, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005: Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2004: Four Decades, Four Media, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Art and Transit, NYIT School of Architecture and Design, New York, NY
Mining the Archives – Cultivating Public Space, Center for Jewish History, New York, NY
The Flag Project, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
2003: National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Immortal Clay, Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Fleeting Moments, MIA Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
The Palm Collection, Christofle, Paris, France (solo)
New Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2002: Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2001: ELP Studio, Rome, Italy (solo)
2000: Paper/Papers, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
A Fuoco, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy (solo)
Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference, Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
1999: Biblical Species, Center For Jewish History, New York, New York (solo)
Heroines and Heroes, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
New Editions Outdoors, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Dysfunctional Sculpture, Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
1998: Collaboration: Celebrating 25 Years of Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Acts of Faith, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, NY
Primavera Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1997: Illuminations, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1996: Bare Witness: Clothing and Nudity, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1995: Body Language, National Design Museum, New York, NY
1994: Debut, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
1993: Palle, Galleria Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy
1992: Architecture and Art, International Contemporary Art Fair, Yokohama, Japan
1991: New Acquisitions, 20th Century American, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Feigenson/Preston Gallery, Detroit, MI (solo)
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
1990: Radiant Site, Herald Square Subway Complex, commissioned by MTA New York Arts for Transit, New York, New York (solo)
Art et Industrie, New York, NY (solo)
The Pewabic Society, Detroit, MI (solo)
Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI (solo)
Michele Oka Doner: Mid-Career Retrospective, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI (solo)
Project Rembrandt, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1989: Radiant Sidewalk, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, New York (solo)
Ceramic Traditions: The Figure, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Art et Industrie, New York, New York, NY (solo)
Furniture of the Twentieth Century, New York, NY (solo)
1988: Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
Counterparts: Tables and Still Lifes, Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1987: The Eloquent Object, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Forecast Gallery, Peekskill, New York, NY (solo)
Celestial Plaza, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York (solo)
1986: Proposals for Ocean Park, Sculpture Finalists, Santa Monica, CA
1985: Artist’s Furniture, Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, MD
1984: Artist’s Toys, Vanderwoude-Tananbaum, New York, NY
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1983: Artist’s Call, Judson Church, New York, NY
1982: Detroit Collects Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1981: The Mask as Metaphor, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1980: Image and Object in Contemporary Sculpture, P.S.1: Institute of Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
1979: The Unpainted Portrait, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1978: Works in Progress: Michele Oka Doner, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI (solo)
1977: Michigan Collects Art, Pontiac Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI
1976: Objects: USA, The Johnson Collection, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1975: Dolls and Other Effigies, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Gallery Seven, Detroit, MI (solo)
1974: Michigan Focus, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1973: The Plastic Earth, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1972: Form, Space, Energy, Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
1971: All Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI (solo)
1970: 58th Exhibition for Michigan Artists, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1968: Forsythe Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI (solo)
Objects: USA, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Public Collections

: American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
: Perez Art Museum, Miami, Florida
: Port Everglades Terminal, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
: Rockefeller University Hospital, New York, New York
: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York
: Simone Handbag Museum, Seoul, South Korea
: Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
: The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
: The Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Cancer Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactury, Munich Germany under the patronage of HRH Duke Franz of Bavaria
: The John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida
: The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
: The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
: The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach, Florida
: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
: Wayne State University Art Collection, Detroit, Michigan
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
: Wolfsonian, Genova, Italy
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
: The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach, Florida
: New York Public Library Rare Book Room, New York, New York
: Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
: Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
: Bouverie Audubon Preserve, Glen Ellen, California
: Centre Pompidou Library, Paris, France
: Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, New York
: City of Santa Monica, California
: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York
: Franklin Historic Cemetery, Franklin, Michigan
: Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, New York
: Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
: InterAmericas/Society of Arts and Letters of the Americas, New York, New York
: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
: Les Arts Décoratifs, The Louvre, Paris, France
: Meadow Brook Gallery, Rochester, Michigan
: Metropolitan Transit Authority, Herald Square Station, New York, New York
: Michigan Botanical Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan
: Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
: Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
: Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Literature

2008: Human Nature: The Figures of Michele Oka Doner. Milan, New York: Charta, 2008
2003: Michele Oka Doner: Natural Seduction. Burlington, VT: Hudson Hills, Press, 2003

Michele Oka Doner

(American, born 1945)

Michele Oka Doner

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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