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EDUCATION

Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1964. (B.A.)
College Art Studies Abroad, Paris, France, 1964-65.
Art Students League, New York, NY, 1965-66.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 "Tourist Cabins on Park Avenue" Outdoor exhibition on Park Avenue, New York, NY
"Two Cabins and a Dish" Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2005 "Houses, Rocks and Constellations" five myles, Brooklyn, NY
2003 "Tourist Cabin with Folded Bed", BUILDINGS: Art That Surrounds Us series Experiencenter, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH.
1998 "Night Houses" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1995 "Donna Dennis: Public and Private Works" Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
1993 "BLUE BRIDGE/ red shift" Sculpture Center, New York, NY (catalog)
1991 "Tunnel Tower" Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY
"Deep Station" Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Extended loan to 1998
1990 "Subway with Silver Girders" Florida International University, Miami, FL Extended loan.
1989 "26 Bars" Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA "Deep Station" Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1988 "Deep Station" The Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
"Deep Station" Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (catalog)
1987 "Donna Dennis" Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"26 Bars" Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
"26 Bars" Kleinert Arts Center, Woodstock, NY
"Deep Station" The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Donna Dennis" Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1985 "Night Stops" Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY
"Deep Stations" University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1983 "Subway with Silver Girders and Skowhegan Stairway" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY "Maquettes and Drawings" Abe Adler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 "Maquettes and Drawings" Locus Solus Gallery, Genoa, Italy
1980 "Donna Dennis" Sullivant Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
"Drawings and Maquettes" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
"New York and New Jersey" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1979 "Three Sculptures: Donna Dennis" Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1978 "Maquettes and Drawings" Abe Adler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Donna Dennis" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1977 "Country Stations and City Stop" Musical Theater Lab, Kennedy Center, Washington
1976 "Subway Stations and Tourist Cabins" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1974 "Hotels" Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1973 "Hotels" West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984" Grey Art Gallery, New York.
Travelled to the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and the Austin Museum of Art, Austin,TX.
"Contemporary Icons: Prints of the '80s & '90s", Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
"Disaster! One Year After" Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
"Vermillion Editions Limited, 1977-1992", Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
2005 "City Art" The Center for Art & Architecture, New York, NY
2004 The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida. Permanent installation.
"Arti & Architettura, 1900 - 2000" Genova Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy.
2003 "Outside/In" Curated by Joyce Kozloff, Wooster Arts Space, New York, NY
2002 "Urban Facades" Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, WA. "Unforgettable" Curated by Judy Collischan. Chelsea Studio Gallery, New York. (Traveled to Berlin.)
2001 "Taking Stock at Gallery Joe" Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
1999 "Selections from the Collection" Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
"Past Forward" Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
"Xmas" Kent Gallery, NY
1998 "A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing 1960-1980" The New York Public Library, New York, NY
"Off the Wall: 8 Contemporary Sculptors," Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. (Traveled.)
1997 "Drawing Transfigured: Works on Paper from the Ludwig Collections 1960s-1970s," Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, VT.
"Women Artists of the Seventies," Curator, Michael Klein, Jan Abrams Fine Arts, NY.
"Biennial Exhibition of Public Art," Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY (catalog)
1995 "In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors in the 90s" Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1994 "42nd Street Art Project: 25 Artists, Architects & Designers Transform Times Square"
(Donna Dennis: "Strike Up the Band," Installation in the Times Square Theater), Creative Time.
"Shelter and Dreams: Seven Structures Explore Space and Place" Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (catalog)
"New York Realism: Past and Present" The Japan Project, curated and organized by Douglas Dreishpoon, under the auspices of Brain Trust, Inc., Touring Japan: Odakyu Museum, Tokyo; Kagoshima City Museum of Art; The Museum of Art, Kintetsu, Osaka; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (catalog)
1993 "10 x 10 x 10" TZ'Art and Co. New York, NY
"Studio to Site: Public Art in New York City, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, NY
"DASNY Collects" Klapper Hall, Queens College, City University, Queens, NY
1992 "Encounters and Enclosures: Architectural Aspects of Recent Sculpture" Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (catalog)
"Poets/ Painters Collaborations" Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY
"Presswork: the Art of Women Printmakers" National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. (Traveled to University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN;Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Atlanta College of Art, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH;and other venues.) Catalog.
"Urban Icons" Klarfield Perry Gallery, New York, NY
1990 "Subterranean Subjects" Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
"Mixed-Use District" Clocktower Gallery, The Institute of Contemporary Art, NY, NY
"Contemporary Vision" Benefit Auction, The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
"A Little Night Music: New York in the Dark" Curated by Gerrit Henry, Lintas World-Wide,New York, NY
"American Art Today: The City" Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL "New York at Night" Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1989 "Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women" Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island
University, Brookville, NY (Traveled to Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan; The University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman OK (catalog), and other venues.
"Two Boliou Alumni: The Art of Donna Dennis and Martha Diamond" Carleton College, Northfield, MN
"Works on Paper by Sculptors" Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
"Competition Diomede" The Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY (Traveled)
"Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs" The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Three Contemporary Presses" Associated American Artists, New York, NY
1988 "Dwellings" 56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, NY
"Recent Acquisitions to the Chase Art Program" Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
"New York Inspired: Past and Present" John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY
"Selected Prints from Shark's, Inc." Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
"Projects and Proposals: New York City's Per Cent for Art Program" City Gallery, NewYork City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY (catalog)
"6 Artists/ 6 Idioms," Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
"Private Works for Public Spaces: Drawings, Maquettes, and Documentation for Unrealized Public Artworks" R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York. Traveled.
"Modern Masters" Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Billboards" Little-John Smith Gallery, New York, NY
1987 "Xylem/ Wood: 4 Sculptors" Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (catalog)
"Standing Ground: Works by Women" Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (catalog)
"Schema" Baskerville + Watson Gallery, New York, NY
"The Printed Image" Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1986 "Artists' Furniture" Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York, NY
"8 Rooms, 8 Artists" Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"Intersections: Artists View the City" Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
"Inaugural Exhibition" Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "Subway Show" Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
"Seven Artists from New York" Edward Totah Gallery, London, England
"Anniottanta: Decorazione, Pittura Veloce, Spirito Ludico" Gallerie Salamon Agustoni Algranti, Bologna, Italy (catalog)
1984 "Content" Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
"Landscape into Architecture" Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
"Arte, Ambiente, Scena" Venice Bienale, International Pavilion, The Giardini, Venice, Italy (catalog)
1983 "Artists' Architecture: Scenes and Conventions" Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England (catalog)
"The House that Art Built" The Main Gallery, Visual Arts Center, California State University Fullerton, CA (catalog)
"The Inaugural Exhibition: Part I: An Historical Overview" Holly Solomon Gallery, NY, NY
"The Inaugural Exhibition: Part II: New Works" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
"Inside Spaces" Organized by the Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY for General Electric Company
"Connections--Bridges/Ladders/Ramps/Staircases/Tunnels" Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
"Painting and Sculpture Candidates for the Art Awards" American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Ornamentalism: The New Decorativeness in Architecture and Design" Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (catalog)
"The New Art at the Tate" The Tate Gallery, London, England (catalog)
"New Sculpture from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection" Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
"The American Artist as Printmaker" Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Urban Pulses" Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, PA
"The Image of the House in Contemporary Art" University of Houston, Houston, TX "Aperto" The Venice Bienale, Venice, Italy (catalog)
"Drawings by Contemporary Sculptors" Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia; Traveled.
"Skowhegan Faculty Show" Colby College, Waterville, ME
"New York Now" Kester-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany; Kunstverein, Munich, Germany; Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland; Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany (catalog)
"Houses," The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1981 "Alternatives in Retrospect: An Overview, 1969-1975" The New Museum, New York, NY
"The Soft Land--Il Soffice Paese" Palazzo Farnese, Ortona, Italy (catalog)
"Art on Paper 1981" Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
"Aspects of Post-Modernism: Decorative and Narrative Art" The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ (catalog)
"Homework: The Domestic Environment Reflected in the Work of Contemporary Women Artists"
Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, New York; Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; The Henry Street Settlement House, New York, NY (catalog)
"Inner/ Urban" First Street Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Developments in Recent Sculpture" The Whitney Museum, New York, NY (catalog)
1980 "Des Nouveau Fauves--Die Neuen Wilden" Neue Galerie-Sammlung, Ludwig, Aachen, Germany (catalog)
"Group Show" Audrey Strohl Gallery, Memphis, TN
"Architectural Sculpture" Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
"Tableau: An American Selection" Middendorf/ Lane Gallery, Washington D.C.
"Painting and Sculpture Today: 1980" Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1979 "Small is Beautiful" Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA; Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
"1979 Biennial Exhibition" Whitney Museum, New York, NY (catalog)
"Directions" Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
1978 "Architectural Analogues" Whitney Museum, Downtown Branch, New York, NY
"Dwellings" Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA;
Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY (catalog)
"Micro-Sculpture" Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
"New York" San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Gold/ Silver" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1977 "Scale and Environment" The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
"Sculptors' Drawings" Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
"A Question of Scale" Visual Arts Museum, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
"Ten Years of Ten Downtown Documentation Show" 112 Greene Street Gallery, NY, NY
"Small Objects" Whitney Museum, Downtown Branch, New York, NY
1976 "Purchase Show" Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Cristi, TX
1975 "CAPS Award-Winning Painters" Michael Rockefeller Gallery, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
1974 "Eccentrics and Fantastics" SUNY Albany and Potsdam, NY
"Contemporary Reflections 1973-1974" Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
"New Talent" Forum Gallery, New York, NY
"Nineteen Women Artists" Portland Museum, Portland, ME
1973 "Open A.I.R." A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
"Nine New York Artists" Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
"A.I.R. Invitational" A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1972 "Ten Downtown" Artists' studios, New York, NY
"Inaugural Show" West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
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TEMPORARY COMMISSIONS

1983 "Moccasin Creek Cabins" Outdoor Installation, Aberdeen, SD
1981 "Mad River Tunnel: Entrance and Exit" Outdoor Installation, Dayton City Beautiful, Dayton, OH
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PERMANENT COMMISSIONS

2003 "Traveling by Air" Terminal One, JFK International Airport, NY
1997 "Traveling by Air," American Airlines Terminal, JFK International Airport, NY
"Daedalus Bedazzled," Decorative Fence for P.S. 5, Queens, NY
1995 "Wonderland: Mystic City by the Sea," Decorative Fence for Wonderland Station MBTA Boston, MA
1994 "North Plaza: Four Winds" Klapper Hall, Queens College, CUNY, Queens, NY
1988 "Dreaming of Faraway Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market" Steel Fence and Ceramic Medallions, P.S. 234, 300 Greenwich St., New York, NY
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CURATED EXHIBITIONS

1991 "Focus on the Collection: Donna Dennis Selects" Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY
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GRANTS

2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1994 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1993 "Dancing in the Streets: Onsite Commission" with Dan Hurlin and Lawrence Seigel
1992 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1985 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1984 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Art Award
1981 New York Creative Artists Public Service Grant, Sculpture
1980 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1979 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, Sculpture
1977 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1975 New York Creative Artists Public Service Grant, Painting
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AWARDS

2001 Doris and Karl Kempner Distinguished Professorship Award for 2001-2003, Purchase College, SUNY.
1992 Bessie Award for Set Design for "Quintland: The Musical" (Dan Hurlin)
1989 Bard Award of Merit in Architecture and Urban Design, The City Club of New York (For PS 234 Fence and Medallions)
Community Service Award for Excellence in Urban Design, The Parks Council of New York
Carleton College Distinguished Achievement Award, Carleton College and the Carleton Alumni Association
1987 Award for Excellence in Design, The Art Commission of The City of New York (For PS 234 Fence and Medallions)
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FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

2002 - Present New York Foundation for the Arts for completion of "Coney Island Underbelly" installation

SET DESIGN

1992 "Quintland: The Musical" Created and performed by Dan Hurlin, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (Performed throughout US and Canada)
1973 "Midsummer Night's Dream" Directed by Edward Berkeley, The Shade Company, New York, NY
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1972 Helgeson, Sally. "Scenes," Village Voice, April 20
Henry, Gerrit. "Reviews and Previews - Ten Downtown," Art News, April Schwartz, Barbara. "New York Letter," Craft Horizons, July/ August
1973 Derfner, Phyllis. "New York Letter," Art International, September
Henry, Gerrit. "Reviews and Previews," Art News, June
Mayer, Rosemary. "Reviews," Arts Magazine, May
Perrault, John. "Review," Village Voice, May 10
"Review," Village Voice, June 21
Ratcliff, Carter. "New York Letter," Art International, June
1974 Alloway, Lawrence. "New Talent Show," The Nation, June
"New Talent" Arts Magazine, June
1975 DaVinci, Mona. "Holly Solomon Opening Show," Soho Weekly News, Sept. 15
1976 Anderson, Alexandra. "Voice Choices," Village Voice, December 13
Ratcliff, Carter. "Notes on Small Sculpture," Artforum, April
1977 Barracks, Barbara. "Reviews," Artforum, February
Frank, Peter. "Review," Art News, February
Friedman, Martin and Lyons, Lisa, Scale and Environment, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center
Morrison, Don. "Scale and Environment," Minneapolis Star, October 4
Russell, John. "Ten Downtown," The New York Times, September 16
"The Younger Generation," Art in America, September
1978 Alinovi, Francesca. "L'Arte di Gulliver," Bolaffiarte, September/October
Ashbery, John. "Anxious Architecture," New York Magazine, October 16, p. 161
Frankenstein, Alfred. "Inventiveness is the Thread," San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, p. 43
Glueck, Grace. "Art: Sculptural Trips into Built Fantasies" The New York Times, March 16, p. C24
Guheen, Elizabeth. "Review," The San Diego Reader, November 9
Louie, Regan. "New York: A Period of Exploration," Artweek, February 25
Miller, Elise. "Artists' View on the World in Miniature," Los Angeles Times, November 30, p. 8
"Prints and Photographs Published," Print Collector's Newsletter, March/April
Rigby, Ida. "Intensification through Diminution," Artweek, December 2
Senie, Harriet. "To Sculpt What Can't Be Built," New York Post, October 21
Siverthorne, Jeanne. "Ubiquitous Miniatures," Arts Exchange, Nov./Dec., p. 14
1979 Ashbery, John. "Decoration Days," New York Magazine, July 2
"The Perennial Biennial," New York Magazine, March 19, p. 70
Celant, Germano. "L'America? e Un Numeron del 'Male'," L'Europeo, August 2
Forgey, Benjamin. "Directions," Washington Star, June 24
Fox, Howard, Directions, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington. pp. 32-3
Frank, Peter. "Museums on the Metroliner," Village Voice, July 16
Hughes, Robert. "Round-Up at the Whitney Corral," Time, February 26, p. 72
Kingsley, April. "60 into 70 Won't Go" Village Voice, August 27, p. 87
Kramer, Hilton. "Variety of Styles at the Whitney Bienniale," The New York Times, February 16, p. C17
Larsen, Susan. "Review," Art News, February, p. 143
Munro, Eleanor. Originals: American Women Artists, New York. Simon & Schuster.
Perrault, John. "Directions," The Soho Weekly News, July 21
Richard, John. "The Right 'Directions'," The Washington Post, June 14, p. C1
Senie, Harriet. "Range from Geometry to Architecture," The New York Post, February 24, p. 33
Tannous, David. "Report from Washington: 'Directions' and 'First Western Biennial'" Art in America, December
Wooster, Ann-Sargent. "Dunque: Gli Architti Dipingono Allora Gli Artisti...," Modo, No. 19, Maggio, pp. 68-70
1980 Alinovi, Francesca. "Artists' Architecture," Domus, #604, p. 34
Zimmer, William. "Donna Dennis," Soho Weekly News, March 26, p. 78
1981 Alinovi, Francesca. "Donna Dennis, Locus Solus, Genoa," Flash Art, (Italian Edition) March/April, pp. 53-54
Alinovi, Francesca. "Quel che piace a me, Dedicato al Postmodern" Flash Art, (Italian Edition) Summer
Art Express, September/October
Duffy, Robert W. "Sharpening Perception of the Cities," St. Louis Dispatch, May 17
Elle Japon, January, p. 82
Johnson, Patricia C., "The Image of the House through Artists' Eyes," Houston Chronicle, November 15
Kramer, Hilton. "Art: Postminimalists Show Recent Sculptures," The New York Times, July 24
Larson, Kay. "Live Five," New York Magazine, September 14. pp. 55-58
Marshall, Richard. Developments in Recent Sculpture, New York: The Whitney Museum of Art
McGroaty, Jane and Nevins, Deborah."Environment as Memory:An Interview with Donna Dennis and Maureen Conner," Heresies, #11, Vol.3, No. 3.
Monthly Art Magazine, Bijustu Tedio, (Japan), January pp. 77-78
1982 Hunter, Sam. "Post Modernist Painting," Portfolio, January/February, pp. 46-53
Jensen, Robert and Conway, Patricia. Ornamentalism: The New Decorativeness in Architecture
and Design, NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982, pp. 240-41; 248-49
Linker, Kate and Panicelli, Ida. "Venice Biennale 1982," Artforum, Nov. pp. 84-7
1983 Armstrong, Richard. "Forum," Artforum, Vol. 22, no. 1, (September), p. 67
Armstrong, Richard. "Donna Dennis," Artforum, October, pp. 76-77
"Art and Architecture," Kensington News, (London), April 1
Blau, Douglas. "Donna Dennis at Holly Solomon," Art in America, Sept. p. 171
Compton, Michael. New Art at the Tate Gallery 1983, The Tate Gallery Publications Department, Millbank, London. pp. 23, 24, 26
Harper, Paula. "A Smashing Debut at the Met," The Miami News, Sept. 23
Halton, Brian. "Marginalia: Artists and Architecture at the ICA," Building, London, March 4, pp. 3-4
"Kunst en Architectuur zes maal in Londen," Wonen, March
"New Editions: Donna Dennis," Art News, April, pp. 87-88
"New Exhibitions," The Times, London, March 3
"Outside London," The Guardian, London, March 2
Petherbridge, Deanna, "Artists' Attempts at Architecture," Building Design, March 25, pp. 22-23
"Visual Arts," City Limits, London, March 25
1984 Butterfield, Jan. "On Place and Space," Arts and Architecture, Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 71
Hohauser, Sanford, Architectural and Interior Models, Second Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. pp. 82, 219
Panicelli, Ida. "The 41st Venice Biennale: Fritto Misto," Artforum, Vol.23, No. 1, p. 102
Walker, Richard. "The 1984 Venice Biennale: Fritto Misto," Art News, Summer, p. 68
1985 A Decade of Visual Arts at Princeton: Faculty 1975-1985, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. pp. 48-49
Daolio, Roberto. "Decorazione, Pittura Veloce, Spirito Ludico," Anniottanta, Nuove Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, Milano, Italia. pp. 277, 291
Focus on Image: Selections from the Rivendell Collection, Published on the occasion of the Exhibition and Circulated by the Art Museum Association of America, ITA Corporation, pp. 56-57Krantz, Les. American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of the Leading Contemporary Americans, Krantz Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago.
Levin, Kim. "Gimme Shelter: 'Night Stops'," Village Voice, December 17, p. 108
Lucie-Smith, Edward. American Art Now, William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, pp. 24-25
McNeish, Amy. "Journal: Dream Houses," House and Garden, October. pp. 254
Print Collectors' Newsletter, "'Hurrica' from 26 Bars," November/December, p. 254
Russell, Gloria. "Dramatic Exhibits at U. Mass," The Sunday Republican, Amherst, MA December 1, p. F8
1986 Brenson, Michael. "Artists' Furniture," The New York Times, July 18. p.C20
Dennis, Donna and Loosma, Bart, "Beeldende Kunstenaars Op Het terrein Van de Architect," Kunstschrift, Openbaar Kunstbesit, No. 3, pp. 90-3, 96
"Eight Rooms/Eight Artists," Walker Art Center Calendar, September, p.2
Gooch, Brad. "Poet's Corner: Kenward Elmslie's Vermont Retreat," House and Garden, November, p.80
Harper, Paula. Contemporary Sculpture from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Grove Isle, Coconut Grove, FL, pp. 11, 43
McCombie, Mel. "Sculptor Creates Fantasy Buildings," The American Statesman, Austin, TX
"Donna Dennis, 'Mad River Tunnel: Entrance and Exit'," Print Collectors Newsletter, Vol. XVII, No. 5, November/ December, p. 182
Raynor, Vivien. "Art: Shows that Celebrate Our Favorite Statue: The Liberty Collection," The New York Times, June 27, p. C18
Riley, Jan. "Standing Ground: Sculpture by American Women," (Gallery brochure), The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah. Standing Ground: Sculpture by American Women, The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, pp. 2, 23, 41
Sklar, Morty and Biggs, Mary. Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry and Art from the US Small Press, The Sprit That Moves Us Press, Iowa City, IA
Weinstein, Jeff. "The Look," Village Voice, April 21, p. 71
Wines, James. "Project Portfolio: Donna Dennis," De-Architecture, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York, p. 172
Zimmer, William. "'Monumental to Miniature' at the Gallery in Hastings," The New York Times, Westchester Edition, Sunday, April 19, p. 16
1988 Blau, Douglas, "Donna Dennis: Deep Station," catalogue essay, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Cope, Penelope Bass. "Subway is Track Top Truth," Morning News, Wilmington, DE, pp. B. 1, 6
Dallas, Gus. "A-Plus for C-Worthiness," The Daily News, New York, December 28, Metro. p. 1
Gayle, Margot and Cohen, Michele. The Art Commission and the Municipal Art Society Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture, Prentice-Hall Press, New York, pp. 319
Horsley, Carter B. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Our Real Estate Editor's Year-end Review: Best New Modest Project," New York Post, December 29, Real Estate Section, p. 1
Horsley, Carter B. "P.S. 234 Playground is Really Shipshape," The New York Post, November 10 p. 81
Johnson, Patricia C. "Distaff Exhibits," Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, January 31, pp. 17-18
Linker, Kate. "Projects and Proposals: City Gallery," Artforum, April, pp. 146-7
Lovelace, Carey. "Donna Dennis: Intimate Immensity," Arts, June, pp. 71-73
McCombie, Mel. "6 Artists/ 6 Idioms," Art News, May, pp. 187-88
McGill, Douglas C. "How Public Art is Changing New York City," The New York Times, January 23, pp. 11
Westfall, Stephen. "Donna Dennis at the Brooklyn Museum," Art in America, January 23, pp. 131-33
1989 Artforum, Summer, p. 127
Ashbery, John, Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles 1957-1987, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, pp. 344, 346, 375
Brenson, Michael. "Donna Dennis: 'Dreaming of Faraway Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market'," The New York Times, July 23
Brown, Patricia Leigh. "Currents: A Winning School," The New York Times, June 29.
"Parade of Classes Marks Colorful Reunion: Ten Alumni Cited for Achievement, Service," The Carleton Voice, Fall, pp. 16, 22, back cover
Posner, Ellen, "Learning Curve," Architectural Record, March, pp. 107-9
"Public Art," Art in America Annual Guide to Museums and Galleries 1989-1990, p. 59
Rogers, Katherine. "Artist Hopes to Take Viewer on Inward Journey," Wisconsin State Journal, June 14, pp. 1C-2C
Van Wagner, Judy C., Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women, Hudson Hills Press, New York, pp. 45, 157
Waldman, Anne. "Architecture: for Donna Dennis," Tell Me About It, Bloody Twin Press, Stout, Ohio
1990 Chairmont, Paula, Women Artists in the United States: A Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide on the Fine and Decorative Arts 1750-1986, G.K. Hall and Company, Boston
Dunning, Jennifer. "Afoot Amid the Cultural Landmarks," The New York Times, April 27, p. C23
Friedman, Martin, The Walker Art Center: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection, The Walker Art Center and Rizzoli International Publications, p. 535
Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors, G.K. Hall and Company, Boston, pp. 534-536
"Public School 234," Design Quarterly 149, pp. 14-15
Faust, Gretchen. "New York in Review," Arts, October, p. 94
Garmel, Marion. "Welcome to the 20th Century," The Indianapolis News, March 21, p. F1
Heartney, Eleanor and Hanson, Victoria, Presswork: The Art of Women Printmakers, Land Communications Corporate Collection. Catalogue. pp. 16, pl. 91
Kimmelman, Michael. "In Westchester County. . . Mountainville," The New York Times, August 9, p. C22
Mergerian, Maureen.; Enclosures and Encounters Architectural Aspects of Recent Sculpture, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York. pp. 11-13, 23, 26
Melrod, George. "Enclosures and Encounters," Atelier, Magazine of International Art. August, pp. 53, 55, 57
Smith, Roberta. "In Westchester County, Items from Daily Life to Pre-1917 Russia," The New York Times, August 9, p. C2
Zimmer, William. "Six Sculptors at Storm King Explore the Theme of Enclosure," The New York Times, Sunday, September 22, Westchester Edition, p. 18
1992 Anderson, Jack. "Dance World Bestows Bessies," The New York Times, Sept. 11, p. C2
Kramer, Jane "In the South Bronx: Whose Art Is It?", The New Yorker, Dec. 21, p. 84
Marter, Joan. "New York: Enclosures and Encounters at Storm King Center," Sculpture, Jan./Feb. p. 58
Senie, Harriet, Contemporary Public Sculpture, Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, pp. 186-87, fig. 89
1993 Levin, Kim. "Village Choice," The Village Voice, June 2
Melrod, George. "Reviews; Donna Dennis at the Sculpture Center," Art in America, October, pp. 125-6
Melrod, George, "New York, NY," Sculpture, Sept./Oct., p. 52
Padgett, Ron, Ted: A Personal Memoir of Ted Berrigan, The Figures Great Barrington, MA, p. 84
1994 Dodds, Jane. "Shelter and Dreams," catalogue essay, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Gouveia, Georgia. "Little Houses, Not on the Prairie," Westchester Gannett, May 8, p. 6J
Grifo, Alisa. "Insites: Playing with Architecture," Metropolis, November, p. 36
Leimbach, Dulcie. "For Children: Playhouses of the Mind," The New York Times, July 29, p. C21
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice: The 42nd Street Art Project," The Village Voice, July 26, p. 69
Louie, Elaine. "Where the House is All Play," The New York Times, May 5, p. C5
Smith, Roberta, "42nd Street Puts on Heavy Makeup and Smiles a Summer Smile," The New York Times, July 29, p. 29, p. C25
Wurman, Richard Saul, NYC Access, Access Press, NY, p. 50, no. 3.
Zimmer, William, "Whimsical and Ingenious Spaces to Spark the Imagination," The New York Times, Westchester Edition, p. 14
1995 Cotter, Holland, "Sculpture Not Meant to Last Forever," The New York Times, August, 18, p. C1
Dattner, Richard, Civil Architecture : The New Public Infrastructure, "Case Study PS 234," pp. 98-113
Heller, Jules and Heller, Nancy G. (Editors), North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York & London, pp. 153-154
Jackson, Kenneth (Editor), The Encyclopedia of New York City, Yale University Press, New Haven and London and the New York Historical Society; NY, 1995, p. 1056
Nugent, Jeanne. "External and Internal Influences: The Works of Donna Dennis and Hanna Hannah Reflect Concerns with Outside and Inside Life," Philadelphia Weekly, October 11, p. 38
Sozanski, Edward J. "Art: Gallery Joe," The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, p. 40
1996 Reed, Christopher (Editor), Not at Home, Thames and Hudson, London, p. 357
Sandler, Irving, Art of the Postmodern Era, HarperCollins, New York, p. 178
1997 Alson, Sheila, and Cinader, Martha (Editors), A Gathering of the Tribes, issue seven, p. 47
Brooks, Michael W., Subway City, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, pp. 218-220
Collischan, Judy, "When Are You Going to Paint It?" catalogue essay, 1997 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, 1997, pp. 7, 24-25
Heartney, Eleanor. "A School for Sculpture," Art in America, September, pp. 63-64
Klein, Michael, "Women Artists of the 1970's," essay, Jan Abrams Fine Arts, New York, NY
Phillips, Patricia C., "Dispatches: Purchase, NY, 1997 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art," Sculpture, December, 1997, p. 79
1998 Corbett, William. New York Literary Lights, Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, MN, 1998, p. 93
McGee, Melanie, "Off the Wall at the Asheville Art Museum" Mountain Xpress Dec. 10-22.
1999 Garrard, Laura. Installation Art in Close-Up, Crescent Moon Publishing, London.
2002 Heller, Nancy G., Why Painting is Like a Pizza, Princeton University Press.
2003 Everett, Deborah, "The Next Chapter: Building the Sculpture Center", Sculpture, Mar. 2003, p. 46
Perrault, John, "Glen Seator, 1956-2002", NY Arts Magazine, Mar. 2003
2004 Wei, Lily, Reviews: "Outside/In", Art News, March 2004, p. 134.
2005 "Art and Architecture 1900 - 2000", curated by Germano Celant, text by Matteo Vercelloni, Skira Editore, Milano, Italy.
Kimmelman, Michael, "Risks and Rewards of Art in the Open", New York Times, August 19.
Heiferman, Marvin; Gopnik, Adam; Heartney, Eleanor, City Art, Merrell, London-New York
Smith, Roberta, "A Carnival of Art, Money, Surf and Sand", New York Times, Dec. 3, p. B7
2006 Stewart, Mary, "Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design", Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006. p.203 (illustrated).
Everett, Deborah, "Donna Dennis: Home Away from Home" Sculpture, June, pp 44 - 49 (illustrated).
Fox, Howard, "An Elegiac Vision". essay in William Christenberry, Aperture Foundation, New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, p. 196 (illustrated)
2007 Collins, Judy. Sculpture Today, Phaidon Press, London.
"Fantasy Island" Public Art/Around Town, Time Out New York, July 19-25, p. 59 (illus.)
O'Donnell, Noreen. "Sculptures a reminder: Time for a little vacation", The Journal News, Gannett Newspapers, White Plains, NY, July 14.
"Cabin Living on Park Avenue", The New York Sun, July 10, p. 2, (illus.)
Chan, Sewell. "Little House on the Avenue. Park Avenue", The New York Times, nytimes.com, July 9, (illus.)
"Cabins on the Median", Calendar, The New York Times, nytimes.com, July 19
Pasternak, Anne; Peltason, Ruth A.; Lippard, Lucy, Creative Time: The Book, Princeton University Press, p. 241, Back matter
Cassuto, Christofer, "Society Sculpture: Artists Make their Mark on the City's Grid",The New York Post August 5, p. 37. (illus.)
"Itinerary: Donna Dennis/Tourist Cabins" Sculpture, October, p.16 (illus.)
"...1950s Tourist Whimsy Lands in New York", The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 5, pA10 (illus.)


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PUBLISHED WRITINGS AND PORTFOLIOS

2007 Dennis, Donna & Waldman, Anne, "Nine Nights" Your New Face: Poet/Artist Collaborations, selected by Vincent Katz, Big Bridge (on-line publication).
1998 Dennis, Donna. "Night Houses", Bildco Books, Brooklyn, NY. Illustrated.
1994 Dennis, Donna. "Cataract Cabin: Excerpts from Journal Entries," Shelter and Dreams, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, pp. 12-15. Illustrated.
1993 Cynthia Carlson, (Editor) "Three Artists," Art Journal, Summer, pp. 10-12. Illustrated.
1991 Waldman, Anne, (Editor) "Donna Dennis: Excerpts from Journals," Nice to See You: Homage to Ted Berrigan, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, pp. 45-49
Alice Notley and Oliver, Douglas, (Editors) "Donna Dennis: Excerpts from Tunnel Tower Journal," Scarlet, New York, Spring, pp. 6-12
1987 Elmslie, Kenward and Dennis, Donna, 26 Bars, Z Press, Calais, Vermont
1985 "Donna Dennis: Statement," NYB, Volume 1, Number 1, p. 21
1983 Michael Newman, Editor, "Excerpts from Tunnel Tower Journals," Artists Architecture Institute of Contemporary Art, London, pp. 63-64, 72-75
Mayer, Bernadette and Warsh, Lewis, (Editors) "Donna Dennis: Excerpts from Journals: 1969- 1976," United Artists Eighteen, New York, NY1982 Milazzo, Richard, (Editor) "Vernacular Architecture, Feminism and the Personal," Beauty and Critique, Time and Space Limited, New York
1980 "The Presence of the Past: Donna Dennis," Domus #610, October
1979 "Donna Dennis: False Front with Basement," The Paris Review, Fall
1974 "Donna Dennis: Portfolio of 'Hotel' Drawings," Kenward Elmslie, Editor, ZZZ, Calais, Vermont
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES APPEAR IN:

The International Who's Who, Europa Publications, London, England
Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Illinois
Who's Who in America: Golden Anniversary Edition, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, New Jersey
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in the East
Who's Who of American Women
Who's Who of Professional and Executive Women

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies
Brooklyn Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Delaware Art Museum
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Martin Z. Margulies Collection
Microsoft Collection
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Neuberger Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Walker Art Center
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

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