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<body> <h1> | donnacleary.net</h1> <h2>donnacleary.net</h2> <div>Donna Cleary: The idolatry and taboo surrounding the female body drives the creation of these installations and portraits.</div> <span class="links"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">home page</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><strong><a href="portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff">artwork</font></a></strong></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=2" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">statement</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">artist bio</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=5" target="_top"><font color="#cccccc">news release</font></a></span> <div> <p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; "><b>Select Exhibitions:</b></span>Select Exhibitions:</b></b></span></p> <div style="background-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; "> <p> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333300" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Upcoming Exhibitions</b></span></font></p> <ul> <li> <span style="font-size:16px;">2010 December       Fountain Miami, Miami, Florida, Art Basel Week</span></li> </ul> <p>  </p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color:#333300;"> Select Exhibitions</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li> <span style="font-size:16px;">2010 July/August  </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">"Seven Year Itch", Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY</span></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">2010 January          "Donna Cleary/The X Spot", Solo Show, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY</span><b><br /> </b></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">2010 March              Fountain NY, New York, NY, Armory Week</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">December 2009      Fountain Miami, Miami, Florida, Art Basel Week</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">December 2009      Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Canada</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">April 2009               Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">May 2009                The Guild, Chelsea, NY, assistant director, Sarah Hardesty for </span><span style="font-size: medium; ">barebrush.com</span></span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: medium; ">March 2009             Fountain NY Art Fair,</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size: medium; "> Leo Kesting Gallery</span></font></span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">February 2009        Leo Kesting Gallery, "True Love is Fleeting", Meatpacking District,</span><span style="font-size: medium; ">New York, NY</span></span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">January 2009          First Street Gallery, Chelsea, NY, D.S. Wade for barebrush.com</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">December 2008      Fountain Miami with the Leo Kesting Gallery, Miami, Florida</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">September 2008     Leo Kesting Gallery, "Guaranteed Good", Meatpacking District, New York, NY</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">December 2008      Serrano Contemporary, Chelsea, NY,  David Thompson for barebrush.com</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">November 2008     ACA Galleries, Chelsea, NY,  director Mikaela Sardo Larmarche for barebrush</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">June 2008               Christopher Henry Gallery, Nolita, NYC,  director Bart de Koning Gans </span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">April 2008              Allen Gallery, Chelsea District, New York, NY,  Michel Allen for barebrush.com</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">February 2008       Headbones Gallery, "www.women”,  Toronto, Can.  with Louis Bourgeois and Judy Chicago</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">July 2007                AG Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">June 2007               Magnan Projects, Chelsea, New York, NY,  director Alberto Magnan for barebrush.com</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">April 2007              ACA Galleries, Chelsea, New York, NY, director Mikaela Sardo Lamarche</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font size="3">March 2007            </font><font size="3">Monkdogz Urban Art, Chelsea, New York, NY,  director Bob Hogge for barebrush.com</font></span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">January 2007          M.Y. Art Prospects, Chelsea, New York, NY, director Miyako Yoshinaga for barebrush.com</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">November 2006     Artists Space, Soho, New York, NY</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">July 2006                Monkdogz Urban Art, “Xray, Yankee, Zulo”, Chelsea District, New York, NY</span></li> <li> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">June 2006               AG Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY</span></li> </ul> <p>  </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><span style="font-size: medium; ">Awards:</span></strong></span></span></font></font></font></font></font></p> <ul> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">2009 Fall, Pouch Cove Foundation, Artist Residency, Newfoundland, Canada</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> </ul> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"> </font></font></font></font></font></p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Publications:</span></font></span></span></font></font></font></font></font></p> <ul> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Spread Art Culture, "Leo Kesting and Donna Cleary: The X Spot", January, 21, 2010</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">"Blurring Boundaries", Monkdogz Artblog, January 14, 2010</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Tincaart,  January, 2010</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">SanArt, January 2010</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Artslant, December 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li>  <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; "><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">MoreIntelligentLife.com, The Economist, February 2009</font></span><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br /> </span></font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Artcomments.com, Armory week 2009: Fountain Art Review, February 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Irreversible Magazine, March 2009</span></span></font> </font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">ArtMoco, February 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">ArtLog, February 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">ArtslanT New York, January 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">News Blaze, January 5, 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">NY Art Beat, Sept 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Eworldwire, December 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Eworldwire, "Curators Choice June candidates", June 4, 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">MMD Newswire, " Art news, May nude calendar announced", May 1, 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Torontovisualartists, The Collective,  February 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Now Magazine: Art Listings, Headbones Gallery, www.women group show, February 2008</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Akimbo:Exhibitions and Festivals, www.women, February 2008</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">MMD Newswire, "Mikaela selected Donna Cleary for the honor of launching the month", April 2007</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">PRBuzz "Startup website celebrates the art of the nude", press release newswire, April 2007</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Mass Media Distribution Newswire, "Art News: World Wide Naked Art Frenzie", February 2007</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Mass Media Distribution Newswire, ArtNews, “Startup...celebrates the art of the nude", January 2007</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Art Moco, Modern Contemporary Art, Mocoloco.com, "Painting: Donna Cleary", August 23 2006</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Art Moco, Modern contemporary Art, Mocoloco.com, "This week at Art Moco", Art Moco, Modern contemporary Art, Mocoloco.com, Aug 25 2006</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">The New Yorkers, MetroStudios Inc., New York, NY, Live TV interview with Donna Cleary, July 19 2006</font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">World Art Views, Access Art, Artdeadline.com, "Donna Cleary: Deconstructed Portraits", July 2006 </font><font size="3"><br /> </font></font></font></font></font></font></li> </ul> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3"><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Education:</span></span></span><br /> </font></font></font></font></font></font></p> <ul> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth</span>   </font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Art Student's League, New York, NY </font></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="3">Boston College </font><font size="3">  </font></font></font></font></font></font></li> </ul> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"> </font></font></font></font></font></p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0); "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><span style="font-size: medium; ">Honors:</span></strong></span></span></font></font></font></font></font></p> <ul> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Curator's Choice,  Sarah Hardesty, Assistant Director of The Guild Gallery, Chelsea, NY, Barebrush, May 2009</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Curator's Choice, Ann Aptaker, Exhibition Curator, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Barebrush, August 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Curator's Choice, Bart de Koning Gans, Christopher Henry Gallery, Nolita, NYC, for Barebrush.com, June 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Curator's Choice, Zoran Crnkovic, instructor Salmagundi Club, NYC, for Barebrush.com, March 2008</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Lead image, Mikaela Sardo Lamarch, ACA Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, for Barebrush.com, April 2007</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> <li> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: medium; ">Lead image, Miyako Yoshinaga,  M. Y. Art Prospects, Chelsea District, NYC, for Barebrush.com, January 2007</span></font></font></font></font></font></li> </ul> <p> <font size="2"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="2"><font size="1"> </font></font></font></font></font></p> </div> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <div> </body>