Emily Donovan | Curriculum Vitae

Grants/Awards/Residencies

2023 Best in Show, Grand Marais Arts Festival | Grand Marais, MN

Best in Show, St Anthony Park Arts Festival | St Paul, MN

2022 Artist in Residency, City of Salzburg’s International Artist Residency Exchange Program. Salzburg, Austria. July 2022

Artist in Residency – Studio Here, Minnesota State Fair | St Paul, MN, August 2022

2021 Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Support Grant


2019 Ramsey County Historical Society – Council Chambers Commission, Selected Artist

Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant

Artist in Residency, Arquetopia Foundation and International Artist Residency, Cusco, Peru

2018 Art Reach St Croix Award, Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibition | St Paul, MN

Gallery 5004 Award, Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibit

2016 Merit Award, St Anthony Park Arts Festival | St Paul, MN

2015 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant

Best in Show, St Anthony Park Arts Festival | St Paul, MN


2014 Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibit | St Paul, MN

2011 Split Rock Art Program Merit Scholarship | Minneapolis, MN

Exhibitions

2024 Solo Exhibition - Tettegouche State Park, Tofte Minnesota

2023 Solo Exhibition - to Everything there is a Season - ArtStart Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Group Exhibition - Hanifl Nature Center Exhibit - Minnesota Zoo. Apple Valley | MN

2022 Four-Person Exhibition with Dyan Padgett, David Baer, and Ingrid Restemayer, Natural Selections The Mill Yard | Minneapolis, MN

Solo Exhibition, Spirits Live Here. Gallery 360 | Minneapolis, MN March 2022


2021 Group Exhibition Many Waters: A Minnesota Biennial. Minnesota Museum of American Art | St Paul, MN

Two-Person Exhibition with Kim Russell BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Contemporary Avian Artists. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Reedy Gallery | Chaska, MN

2020 Group Exhibition, The Beginning of Everything: An Exhibition of Drawings Katherine E. Nash Gallery | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN

Solo Exhibition, Migration and Motion National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center| Bloomington, MN

2019 Group Exhibition, Floral and Fauna, The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies | Redwing, MN

Group Exhibition, Dear Earth, Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL (Juror: Catherine Game)

Solo Exhibition, Practical Source, Edina Art Center | Edina, MN


Group Exhibition, Abstract, Minnetonka Center for the Arts | Orono, MN


Group Exhibition, Wintertide, Biennial Juried Show, Public Functionary | Minneapolis, MN

Installations

2015 Continuum, Intelligent Nutrients, Mall of America | Bloomington, MN


2014 Slow Light/ Sun-up, Sun-down, Brilliance, Made Here, Hennepin Theater Trust. Gaviidae Center | Minneapolis, MN

Commissions

2024 Corporate Art Commission, Two Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (34” x 48:” each), Waldorf Astoria | NY, NY

2023 Corporate Art Commission, Large-scale paintings- Series of 6 on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (30” x 60”), The Four Seasons | Minneapolis, MN

Corporate Art Commission, Series of 4 diptych on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (51” x 58” x 58” each ), Marriott Hotel | San Antonia, TX

2022 Corporate Art Commission, Large scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (30” x 40”), Steelman Building| Minneapolis, MN

Corporate Art Commission, 26 paintings on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (24” x 24”), Evereve | Minneapolis, MN

2021 Corporate Art Commission Four Seasons Hotel , Large-scale, 6 piece series on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (25” x 60” per panel), One Large Scale painitng 55” x 64” Four Seasons Hotel | Minneapolis, MN

Corporate Art Commission, 5 piece series on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (12” x 36” per panel), Target Plaza | Minneapolis, MN

Corporate Art Commission, 24 Paintings on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (24” x 24”), Evereve | Minneapolis, MN

Commission, Large-scale diptych painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (30” x 40” per panel), Private Residence | Minneapolis, MN

2020 Commission, Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (30” x 60”), Private Residence | St Paul, MN

Public Art Commission, Ramsey County Historical Society. Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (60” x 18”. Reproduced to 264” x 60”) Ramsey County Courthouse, Council Chambers | St. Paul, MN

Commission, Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (42” x 42”), Private Residence | Excelsior, MN

2018 Corporate Art Commission, Painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (17” x 42”), Catholic Eldercare | Minneapolis, MN

2017 Corporate Art Commission, Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (51” x 60”), Luxury High-rise | Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Corporate Art Commission, Large-scale painting on paper with natural dye and beeswax, (42” x 72”), Hilton Hotel | Minneapolis, MN

2014 Public Art Commission, Reproduction for Hennepin County Libraries Photographic Frieze project, NE Minneapolis Library Branch | Minneapolis, MN

Publications/Press

Kristina Youso, “Evolving Public Art at the Saint Paul City Hall - Ramsey County Courthouse” Ramsey County History. Winter 2021, V. 55, Number 4. https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RCHS_Winter-2021_Youso.pdf

Bridget Kranz, “Permanent Marker: Artist Emily Donovan Uses Plant Dyes to Commemorate the Natural World”, Mplsart. October 30, 2018. http://www.mplsart.com/written/2018/10/permanent-marker-artist- emily-donovan-uses-plant-dyes-to-commemorate-the-natural-world/

Camille LeFevre, “Ornaments: A Minnesota Growing Season” City Pages, June 7, 2017. http://www.citypages.com/calendar/ornaments-a-minnesota-growing-season/416452263

Judy Woodward, “Made by Hand”, Park Bugle, August 2015. http://www.parkbugle.org/handmade/

Mary Abbe, “Abstraction blooms anew in Minnetonka Center for the Arts show featuring Minnesota artists, Star Tribune. April 30, 2015. http://www.startribune.com/abstraction-blooms-anew-in-minnetonka-show-featuring-minn-artists/301855971/

Erik Ritter, “Wintertide walks the tightrope at Public Functionary”, The Examiner. January 17, 2015. http://www.examiner.com/review/wintertide-walks-the-tightrope-at-public-functionary.

Education and Workshops

Walking as Artistic Practice | Instructor: Ellen Mueller, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. July 2020

Painting with Natural Dye Print Pastes Instructor: Leentje van Hengel. Tinctoria. Amsterdam, Netherlands. November 2015


Intuitive Drawing, Instructor: Clive King, University of Miami, July 2011

BA of Studio Art/Art History, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, May 2010

Abstract Painting, Instructor: Derek Bisch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, July 2007