Background
Dennis, Donna Frances was born on October 16, 1942 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Donald Phillips and Helen Frances (Hogue) Dennis.
Dennis, Donna Frances was born on October 16, 1942 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Donald Phillips and Helen Frances (Hogue) Dennis.
Bachelor in Art, Carleton College, 1964. Student, College Art Studies Abroad, Paris, 1965. Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1966.
West Broadway Gallery, New York 1973, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York 1976, 1980, 1983, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati 1979, Locus Solus Gallery, Genoa 1981, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase College 1985, University Gallery, University of Mass, at Amherst 1985, Brooklyn Museum, New York 1987, Richard Green Gallery, New York 1987, 112 Greene St., New York 1987, Delegate Art Museum, Wilmington 1988, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1988, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin 1989, Indianapolis Museum of Art; group exhibitions include Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis 1977, Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum 1979, Hirshhom Museum, Washington. D C. 1979, 1984, Developments in Recent Sculpture, Whitney Museum 1981. Venice Biennale 1982, 1984, New Art at the Tate, Tate Gallery, London 1983; perm, comm.: Dreaming of Faraway Places; The Ships come to Washington Market, New York; recipient of several Instructor Skowhegan School Painting and Sculpture, Maine, 1982, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1983-1990, State University of New York, Purchase, 1984-1985, 87, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1984. Associate professor State University of New York Purchase College, 1990-1996. Professor State University of New York, since 1996, Doris and Karl Kempner distinguished professor, 2001—2003.
One-woman shows include Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City, 1976, 80, 83, 98, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1979, Neuberger Museum of State University of New York-Purchase, 1985, University Gallery, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985, Brooklyn Museum, 1987, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 1988, Indianapolis Museum Art, 1991-1998, Sculpture Center, New York City, 1993, Dayton Art Institute, 2003, Five Myles, Brooklyn, 2005, Park Avenue Malls, New York City, 2007. Exhibited in group shows Venice Biennale, Italy, 1982, 84, Whitney Museum, New York City, 1979, 81, Tate Gallery, London, 1983, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, 1979, 84, Biennial of Public Art, Neuberger Museum, 1997, Asheville Museum Art, North Carolina, 1998, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, 2004, Center for Architect, New York, 2005, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Cue Gallery New York City, 2010. Commissioned decorative fence P.S. 234, New York City, I.S. 5, Queens, New York, Grey Gallery, New York University, 2006, Hessel Museum Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, 2008, Neuberger Museum Purchase College State University of New York, 2008.Represented in permanent collections at Wonderland Station, MBTA, Boston, North Plaza, Klapper Hall, Queens College, Queens, New York, American Airlines Terminal, Terminal One, Kennedy Airport, New York City. Coauthor. (with Anne Waldman) Nine Nights Meditation, 2009.
Member of National Academy New York.