Madeline Donahue (b. Houston, TX 1983) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
madelinedonahuestudio@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
2006 BFA Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2023 Fidelity Investments Art Collection, United States
2022 The High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
OZ Art NWA, Bentonville, Arkansas
2021 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Soho House, Austin, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Forthcoming) Solo with Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 ART HOUSE, Various Small Fires, Dallas, TX
Dallas Art Fair with Hesse Flatow, Dallas, TX
2022 Strange Magic, October 6th- November 5th, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
Live Wire, July 20th- August 27th, Nina Johnson, Miami, FL
2021 FUN HOUSE, April 22- May 23rd, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Warm Up, March 11-May 1st, Art Shack Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Attachments, Sept 4-Oct 6th, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 (Forthcoming) TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Auction, Dallas, TX
New York, New York, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tender Loving Care: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
FRIEZE LA OVR IRL, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
Milk Tongue, Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Center, Oneonta, NY
Drawings by Sculptors curated by Carl D’Alvia, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Untitled Art Fair with Johansson Projects, Miami, FL
Mise en Place, FRIENDS Artspace, Arlington, VA
Sacred Pause, Nevelson Chapel, New York, NY
Community Garden, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Punchline, Jane Lombard Gallery (curated by Praise Shadows Gallery), New York, NY
2021 House Party, Deana Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Untiled Art Fair, Praise Shadows Gallery, Boston, MA
Nice to See You Again, curated by Keisha Prioleau-Martin & Leonora Loeb, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Unconquerable Women, curated by Katarina Janekova Walsh, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
Hope Floats, curated by Lauren Powell, Domingos en la Playa, Provincetown, MA
Moved Still Lives, curated by Lauren Powell, 961 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA
A Stiller Life, curated by Lisha Bai, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Glyphadelphia, curated by Carl D’Alvia, Hesse Flatow, NY, NY
Paradise Island, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
See and Be Seen, curated by Yng-Ru Chen, Praise Shadows Gallery, Boston, MA
2020 NADA FAIR with Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
The Mom Show, DORF, Austin, TX
Wassaic Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY
Touch, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Kayrock Editions, Spring Break, NY, NY
Elements of Existence curated by Madeleine Mermall, Public Swim, NY, NY
2019 Pegs Pegs Applesauce, Lobo Gallery, NY, NY
Kayrock Editions, NADA Miami, Miami, FL
RomCom, Good Naked, Brooklyn, NY
Shadows, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
Birth curated by Charlotte Jansen, TJ Boulting Gallery, London, UK
Tangere, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
Smoke Show, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN
SPF 32, William Ulmer Brewery, Curated by Madeleine Mermall, Brooklyn, NY
Secret Garden, Upstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Yard, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Every Woman Biennial, New York, NY
Relief, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
GIFC Seattle, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
GIFCNYC, The Hole, New York, NY
Making (It) Work, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2018 SHAME, 550 Nostrand, Brooklyn, NY
SKINS, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Catch as Catch Can, Spaceworks, Brooklyn, NY
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash curated by Sara Shaoul, 601Artspace, New York, NY
A World of People curated by Danielle Orchard, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Respond BC!, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2017 MFA 2nd Year Exhibition, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Entre Nous, 5410 Gallery, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Soft Animal, BE FLUENT NYC, Field Projects, New York, NY
Respond BC!, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2021 Interlude Artist Residency, Livingston, NY
2020 Artshack Brooklyn, Ceramic Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Wassaic Project, Summer Artist in Residence, Wassaic, NY
2018 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Summer Artist in Residence, Woodstock, NY
2017‐2018 Brooklyn College Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2018 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
Brooklyn College Art Department Professional Development Fund Award
2017-2018 Brooklyn College Graduate Art Student Union President
2017 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture Nominee
Brooklyn College Professional Development Fund Award
2005 SMFA Returning Student Grant
2004 SMFA Annual Print + Paper Show Award
2001‐2005 SMFA Shelly Merit Award
2001‐2005 SMFA Crawford Merit Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Hintz-Zambrano, Katie. “Mother Stories: Madeline Donahue,” Mother Mag, March 22, 2023.
Olszanowski, Magdalena. “The Mother as Anchor for Play,” Esse, January 2023.
2022 Sporn, Stephanie. “Like Her Instagram Feed, Collector Carla Shen’s Brooklyn Heights Home Is Filled With Contemporary Art,” Art Net, October 31, 2022.
Niazi, Amil. “The Art of Motherhood: Madeline Donahue Captures the Ecstasy and Agony of Being a Mom,” The Cut, October 5, 2022.
Robin, Alysa. “Arachnid,” The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, Fall 2022.
Esposito, Veronica. “Punchline: Celebrating Artists Who Use Humor in Their Work,” The Guardian, July 6, 2022.
Zylberberg, Nadine. “Painting Motherhood,” All’s Well, June 29, 2022.
Palmor, Lauren. Interview. “A Conversation on Alice Neel, Art, and Motherhood,” de Young Museum, May 4, 2022.
Santiago, Sean. “Chef Mina Stone Shares the 8 Things She Can’t Live Without,” Elle Decor, March 14, 2022.
2021 Millar Fisher, Michelle. Interview. “Artist’s Talk: Madeline Donahue with Curator Michelle Millar Fisher,” Praise Shadows, May 2, 2021.
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Natalie Frank at Salon 94 to El Museo del Barrio’s ‘Trienial Talks,’’’ Art Net, April 27, 2021.
Jansen, Charlotte. “Artists to Watch: Elephant’s Pick of the Artists Making a Mark in April,” Elephant.art, April 12, 2021.
Jansen, Charlotte. “Art Crush: All the Things We Want This Month,” Elephant.art, April 1, 2021.
Jansen, Charlotte. “Celebrate Mother’s Day with these Little-Known Depictions of Mother and Child,” The Arts Society, London, March 21, 2021.
Cascone, Sarah. “‘My Practice Looks Very Different Today’: 15 Artist-Mothers on Balancing Work and Family After a Year Like No Other,” Art Net, January 4, 2021.
2020 Brommel, Joe. “Madeline Donahue: Featured Artist Talk,” Zoom Interview coinciding with Wassaic Summer Exhibition. YouTube. September 22, 2020.
Harvey, Steven. “In the Studio: Madeline Donahue, Daniel Herr, Beaux Mendes and Stipan Tadic,” Zoom Interview for NADA Fair. YouTube. June 18, 2020.
Buteyn, Kaylan. Interview. “Becoming A Better, More Versatile Artist Through Motherhood’s Lessons in Compromise and Reorientation with Madeline Donahue.” Artist / Mother Podcast. Episode 66. May 23rd, 2020.
Holmes, Helen. “The Founders of Chinatown’s Public Swim Gallery Want to Make Art Accessible Again.” Observer, January 10, 2020.
2019 Jones, Jonathan. “Culture Highlights of the Week: What to see this week in the UK.” Review of Birth at TJ Boulting Gallery. The Guardian, 2-8 November 2019, p 32.
Zervas, Irini. “Painting the Extreme Intimacy Between a Mother and Her Infant Child.” Hyperallergic, October 4, 2019.
Kerr, Merrily. “Madeline Donahue at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects.” New York Art Tours, September 23, 2019.
Jansen, Charlotte. “Me Time is of the Essence.” Elephant Magazine, Issue 40, September 2019, pp 53.
“Image of the Day: Madeline Donahue, Cyclops, 2019,” Elephant Magazine online, elephant.art, September 7, 2019
Demarco, Alexandra. “Elephant Gallery’s Smoke Show is Varied and Fiery.” Nashville Scene, July 17th, 2019.
Graham, Aidan. “Sun Show: Summer themed art show comes to Bushwick.” Brooklyn Paper, June 14, 2019.
Alfred, Brian. Interview. “Madeline Donahue.” Sound & Vision Podcast. Episode 163. June 6th, 2019.
Knaus, Ellie. Interview. “There’s a Toddler in My Art Studio: Finding Space with Madeline Donahue, Painter and Sculptor.” Atomic Moms Podcast. Episode 215. April 24th, 2019.
Ginger the Zine: #15, Ginger the Zine, 2019.
2018 Jansen, Charlotte. “Madeline Donahue Paints the Joy and Absurdity of Motherhood.” Elephant Magazine. December 2018.
Jansen, Charlotte. “Childbirth is the Ultimate Taboo in Contemporary Art.” Elephant Magazine. December 2018.
Small, Zachary. “Taking a Millennial Approach at Brooklyn College’s MFA Spring 2018 Thesis Show.” Hyperallergic, May 28, 2018.
2017 ArtMAZE Mag: Issue 5, Anniversary Edition. ArtMAZE Mag, 2017.
CATALOGS
2020 Now More Than Ever. Wassaic, NY: Small Editions, 2020.
2019 Relief: Byrdcliffe Artist-In-Residence 2018. Edited by James Adelman and Oscar Buitrago. Woodstock, NY: Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, 2019.
2018 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition: If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Brooklyn College Department of Art, 2018.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Visiting Artist, Hollins University Art Department, Roanoke, VA
Visiting Artist, Penn State Arts, Virtual Visit, State College, PA
2021 Visiting Artist, Brooklyn College MFA Program, Brooklyn, NY
Panelist, Alice Neel: People Come First, deYoung Museum, San Fransisco, CA
2020 Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist, Penn State Painting Club, State College, PA
NADA Fair, In the Studio: Madeline Donahue, Daniel Herr, Beaux Mendes and Stipan Tadić, New York, NY
Featured Artist Talk with Madeline Donahue, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Panelist, Born Into This, Doula Training International, Austin, TX
‘Handbuilding for Fun & Function’, Artshack Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, Ceramic Hand Building, Expressions Pottery Workshop, Granby, CT
2018 ‘Basic Design, Drawing and Color’, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
EDITIONS
2021 Elephant Magazine, Risograph Print, London, UK
2019 Kayrock Editions, Screen Print, Kayrock Screen Printing, Brooklyn, NY
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Curated Studio Visits, 2019-present
The College Art Association, 2018- 2020
That Time of the Month, 2018- 2022
The Lady Painters, 2017- 2020