Abby Donovan
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Education
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1996
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1992
Biography
Frequently appearing as one of artist collective the 181, Abigail Donovan has had exhibitions and performances at a variety of national and international venues, including the National Centre for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia; Slingshot Festival for Experimental Music, Art, and Electronics, Athens, GA; High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA; SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; Stockholm Fringe Festival, Stockholm, Sweden; the ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; the European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; the Arthur Cravan Foundation Milan, Italy; Derrick Cave, Lake County, Oregon; Mission Street Arts, Jemez Springs, NM; and Art Weekend Belgrade 2021, Belgrade, Serbia.
Awards, Exhibitions, and Publications
2025 Artist in Residence, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME.
2023-2025 Arts and Humanities Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
2024 Artists in Fire Residency Award, Confluence Lab, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
2024 WE WHO LOOK AFTER, Prospect Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
2023 THE COLORS ARE LIKE WORDS THAT ARE NOT WORDS BUT COLORS, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY.
2023 Therefore the Falling Hazard, Volcanic Attitude Contemporary Art Festival, Sicily, Italy.
2022 THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF INFINITY ON ITS SIDE (O DISSIPATION), Locust Projects, Miami, FL.
