Education:

2018 3 year Herbalism Apprenticeship

Sacred Vibes Apothecary, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Master of Fine Arts in Fine Art

School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY

2011 Undergraduate Courses in Art History

Columbia University

2011-12 Undergraduate courses

School of Visual Arts

2004-9 Painting and Drawing Classes

Art Student’s League

1982 Bachelor of Science in Nursing

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Select Group and Solo Exhibitions:

2023 Beyond The Veil, Brooklyn Art Haus, Brooklyn, NY

Curated by Audra Lambert of Antecedent Projects

2022 Bergdorf Goodman Windows

Journal and Pattern, Art and Design Gallery, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

Curated by Austin Thomas

Home Room, Radiator Arts, NY, NY

Curated by Audra Lambert

Spring Break, Witches Get Stitches NY, NY

Curated by Katrina Majkut

2021 Plus/Minus Artilade Magazine, 2020 Online exhibition. NY, NY

Curated by Marilyn Narota

2020 Home Room, Live Performance on Instagram, Radiator Arts, NY, NY,

2019 (Im)perfection, Nurture Art, NY, NY

Curated by Simone Couto

Womaning 2.0, First Person Plural, NY, NY

Curated by Halston Bruce and Anneke Hansen

Soft Riots, The Hive, NY, NY

Wellness and the Future of Oppression, 301B, NY, NY

Curated by Kara Rooney and Eva Davidova

2018 Body: Art In Odd Places: New York, NY, NY

Curated by Katya Grokhovsky

Unseen/Reclaimed, Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY

Curated by Katya Grokhovsky

Color, BWAC Gallery, NY, NY

Curated by Marcela Guerrero, Assistant Curator, The Whitney Museum

2017 The Secret Life of Plants, Freight and Volume, NY, NY

Curated by Nick Lawrence of Freight and Volume and Jennifer Coates

Plant Cure, Central Booking, NY, NY

Curated by Maddy Rosenberg

Not A Rehearsal, El Museo de Los Sures, NY, NY

We Need To Talk, Petzel Gallery, NY, NY

Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, NY, NY

Introductions 2017, Trestle Gallery, NY, NY

Curated by Julie Torres

The New Mimesis, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA

Curated by SciArt Center, NY

Drums on Paper, Ground Floor Gallery, NY, NY

Nasty Women, Knockdown Center, NY, NY

Curated by Roxanne Jackson and Jessamyn Fiore

2016 Play, Art In Odd Places, Orlando, FL

Curated by Ed Woodham

Light of Interiors, El Museo de los Sueros, NY, NY

[Contained], Chashama, 266 W 37th Street, New York, NY

Two Person: Polyvalent Spaces, exPress Place - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA

Curated by Michelle Daly

Thinking With Our Hands, Rabbithole, Dumbo, New York, NY

Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY

No Toxic Factor, Offline at Central Booking, New York, NY

Curated by Keren Moscovitch

2015 Dwelling, 107 Projects, Sydney, Australia

Who's Afraid of Feminism, AIR Gallery, Online Exhibition and Print Catalogue

Curated by Catherine Morris, Elizabeth Sackler Center, Brooklyn Museum

Battle of the Masters, Open Space Gallery, New York, NY

National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

Curated by David Ross

Plus One, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY

Curated by Melanie Kress

Last Dance, Art@Renaissance, Williamsburg, NY

Attachment Theory, 184 Project Space, New York, NY

Making History, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, New York, NY

2014 Helix: Corner Politics, Solo Exhibition, AyzArt, New York, NY

Schism Juncture, Select Fair, Miami, FL during Basel week.

Curated by Tim Goossens

A Personal Thing, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

Curated by David Willis

National Group Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

Curated by Asya Geisberg

Merging Properties, Open Gallery Space, New York, NY

2014 Coworker Project, Entwine, New York, NY

Thesis Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Home Front, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, NY

Curated by Jovana Stokic

Come Together Surviving Sandy, New York, NY

Curated by Phong Bui

2013 Antithesis, Present Company, New York, NY

Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud

Time Base, Nighthawk Cinema, New York, NY

Now, Fuse Infrastructure, Allentown, PA

Figment, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA

Universal, Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York, NY

Curated by David Gibson

Big Time, Fringe Festival, Site Specific Installation, Allentown, PA

Pig Pen Project, Mayfair Festival, Allentown, PA

2012 Select Fair, French Neon Collective, Miami, FL, Art Basel Week

2010 Donna Cleary: The X Spot, Solo Exhibition, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY

2011 You are here, Second Floor Gallery, New York, NY

Art Connects Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Flux Factory, Chelsea, NY

2010 Seven Year Itch, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY

Fountain NY Art Fair, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY, Armory Week

2009 Fountain Miami, Leo Kesting Gallery, Miami, Florida, Art Basel Week

Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Fountain NY Art Fair, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY, Armory Week

True Love is Fleeting, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY

2008 Fountain Miami, Leo Kesting Gallery, Miami, Florida, Art Basel Week

Guaranteed Good, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY

www.women, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, CA

Xray, Yankee, Zulo, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York, NY

Press:

2022 Scott Lynch The Riotous Spring/Break Art Show Takes Over Midtown Office Building, Gothamist, September

2022 Spring Break, Artists to follow on Instagram, Creatrix Magazine, September 14

2019 Hakim Bishara, An Elegant Swansong at Brooklyn’s NURTUREart, Hyperallergic, June

2018 Kimberly Ruth, Donna Troy Cleary, Art Uncovered/ BTR listen, Break Through Radio, January

Alexandra Hammond, Dispatch from the opening of Art In Odd Places, Performance is Alive, October

Donna Cleary, Attention, Artilade Magazine, February

2017 Stephanie Maida, "What's it like to turn your apartment into an Art Gallery?", Guest of a Guest, November

David Willis, '“MIS”: A Group Show Curated by Donna Cleary at 184 Project Space", Medium, October

Exhibition Explores Biomimicry through Art and Science, Lafayette Communications, February

Owen Duffy, The Alternative Pedagogy of Mildred’s Lane, Art and Education

2016 Karen Maserjian Shan, "Residency Program Grows Inspiration', Poughkeepsie Journal, November 3

Rebecca Parker, "Perverse Instantiations In A Project Space In Clinton Hill", Art Report, April 8

AM Debrincat, "Attachment and Transformation, Donna Cleary in conversation with ArtFile Magazine's AM DeBrincat", ArtfFle

Magazine, November 21

Brendon O'Connor, "Complete Art in Odd Places: Orlando, 2016 Artists", Bungalower, Oct 21

2015 "Off the Highline, Recap" Artbinder, July 24

"Meet Our Residents", MASS MoCA Studio Residency/Assets For Artists, October

"In Your Room, 184 Project Space", The Sun That Never Sets, October

2014 Alison Martin, "Donna Cleary's New Installation Featured at Ayzart", Arte Fuse, July

Naomi Lev, “The Merging Properties Exhibition”, Arte Fuse, July

"@Merging Properties", Artis Talking July 15

"School of Visual Arts Presents 'Homefront'", Hyperallerigic, January

2013 Roberta Smith, “Art, A Balm After The Storm, Come Together Surviving Sandy, Samples 300 Artists”, The New York Times,

December 6

Sara Christoph, "The Beauty of Friends Coming Together", Come together.com, December

"Antithesis Group Show at The Active Space", NYARTS, September

Elizabeth Johnson, “Themes of Absence in the show beside the Cemetery”, The Art Blog, May

Elizabeth Cook, "Open Studios 2013, Version 2.0", The Least Untrue, Dec

2010 "Donna Cleary, The X Spot", Rhizome, January 12

Jonathan Stein, “The X Spot”, Spread Art Culture, January 21

Catinca Tabacaru, “Donna Cleary The X Spot at Leo Kesting”, Tincaart, Jan

"Weekend Appraisal, 3/8/10", Feel The Art, March 8

Marina Hedley, “Blurring Boundaries”, Monkdogz Art blog, January 14

"The Drawings of Donna Cleary", This is ART, February

"Untitled by Donna Cleary", Curiator, May 16

2009 Jessica Gallucci, “The Way An Art Fair Should Be”, The Economist, MoreIntelligentLife.com, February

"Armory week 2009: Fountain Art Review”, Artcomments.com, February

“Keeping the Distance”, Sylelust, February

"Distanced by Donna Cleary", MOCO LOCO, February

Blazakovic Norelsky, Irreversible Magazine, March

Live TV interview, MetroStudios Inc., The New Yorkers, New York, NY, July 1

2008 Julie Oakes, "Donna Cleary Commentary", Headbones, The Drawers, February

“The Collective”, Torontovisualartists, February

"Painting: Donna Cleary", Art Moco, Modern Contemporary Art, Mocoloco.com, August 23 2006

"This week at Art Moco", Art Moco, Modern Contemporary Art, Mocoloco.com ,Aug 25 2006

Awards/Residencies:

2023 Cill Rialaig Artist Residency, Kerry, Ireland.

2020 Textile Arts Center, Work In Progress Residency, NY, NY

2017 MASS MoCA Artist in Residence, North Adams, MA

Artist in Residence, Ciil Rialaig, Kerry, Ireland

2016 Visiting Artist, chaNorth Artist Residency, Pine Plains, NY

Artist in Residence, chaNorth Artist Residency, Pine Plains, NY

Artist in Residence, Studios at MASS MoCA/Assets for Artists Residency, North Adams, MA

Scholarship, Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA

2015 Artist in Residence, Studios at MASS MoCA/Assets for Artists Residency, North Adams, MA

Scholarship, Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA

2014 Fellow, Mildred's Lane Residency, Narrowsburg, NY

Scholarship, Mildred's Lane, Mildred's Lane Residency, Narrowsburg, NY

Ad Hoc Committee on the MFA Fine Arts Curriculum, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Selection Committee, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2011 School of Visual Arts, Summer Residency, New York, NY

Visiting Artist/Teaching experience:

2019 Contributing Guest Artist, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA

2018 Visiting Guest Artist, MFA in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

Contributing Guest Artist, Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, PA

Visiting Artist Talk: The Sheela Na Gig, Irish Feminine Deity, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY

2017 Visiting Guest Artist, MFA in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

Contributing Guest Artist, Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, PA

Workshop, Introduction to Herbalism, Not a Rehearsal, El Museo de los Sures

2016 Contributing Guest Artist, Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, PA

Visiting Guest Artist, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY

2015 Guest Teacher, MFA in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Private art lessons, 184 Project Space.

2013 Teaching Assistant: Kari Lorenson, Foundation Sculpture, The School of Visual Arts

Teaching Assistant: Daniel Wapner, Foundation Sculpture, The School of Visual Arts

Curating Experience:

2018 Traces, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2017 MIS, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

Up-Root, Periphery Space, Providence, RI

2016 6°, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Attachment Theory, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Environs, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2013 On Mark, Critique Space, 133 West 21st St, New York, NY

Permission, Critique Space, 133 West 21st St, New York, NY

Other:

2017 Founder/Owner Spiral Herbal Remedies, An Herbal Medicine practice. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - social practice.

2016 Visiting Visual Artist, The International Women Artist's Salon, Dixon Place, NY, NY

2015 "Women and Art", Televised roundtable discussion between Magda Sawon, Diana Cooper, Paulina Babecka, Nadia Haji Omar

Donna Cleary, Transborder Art, September

Publications/Catalogues:

2017 The Secret Life of Plants, Freight and Volume Gallery

Plant Cure, Central Booking in Collaboration with The New York Academy of Medicine

2015 Who's Afraid of Feminism, Women's Caucus For Art, A.I.R. Gallery

2015 Catalogue Making History

2013 Come Together, Surviving Sandy. Brooklyn Rail/Dedalus Foundation

Gallery Work:

2014 - Present Founder/Owner 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2014 - 2016 Postmaster's Gallery, Gallery Assistant, Tribeca, NY

2014 Visual Arts Gallery, Art Handler, New York, NY