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1950 |
Born in London, England
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| 1968-69 |
Foundation,
Camberwell College of Arts, London
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| 1969-72
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B.A.,
Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, England
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| 1972-73
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H.Dip,AD,
University of Central England, Birmingham, England
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| 1973-74
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Fellowship,
University of Gloucestershire, England
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| 1974-76
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Fellowship,
Japanese Mombusho Scholarship, Kyoto-Shiritsu Geijutsu Daigaku
(Kyoto City University of Arts), Japan
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| 1977-79
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Thesis:
"Monumental Screen Painting of the Japanese Momoyama Period,"
Royal College of Art, London
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| 1978-87
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Senior
Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Brighton, England
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| 1982
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Lived
and worked in New York
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| 1985-
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Visiting
critic and master class leader to art institutions and universities
in England and America
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| 1987
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Moves
to the United States of America. Lives and works in New York
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| 1988-93
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Faculty
Member, New York Studio School of Painting and Drawing
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| 1991 |
Moves
to New Preston, Connecticut
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| 1993-
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Established
Hugh O'Donnell Workshops master class and residency program, Bantam
and Washington Studio's, Connecticut
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| 1994 |
Moves
to Washington, Connecticut
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| 1994-98 |
Created
Imago Workshops studio arts program in drawing and painting for students
age 8-18, Bantam Studio, Connecticut
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| 1995-97
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Adjunct
Professor, Graduate School, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia
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| 1996-98
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Director,
School of Visual Arts, Boston University
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| 1996-
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Professor
of Painting, School of Visual Arts, Boston University
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| 1998-
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Professor
of Photonics, Photonics Center, Boston University
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| 2001
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Collaborations
Chief. Directed "Digicornucopia," a 40' collaborative
digital print and an animation incorporating 2D, 3D, and animations
created by participants, The Studio, Siggraph Digital Conference 2001,
Los Angeles
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| 2000-02
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Research
Fellow Chelsea College of Art, The London Institute, England
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1973 |
1st Prize, Sir Whitworth Wallace Trust, Birmingham, England
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| 1978
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Arts
Council Award, Arts Council of Great Britain
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1979
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Works
for Public Places Commission, Arts Council & Arun District
Council, England
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| 1980
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Purchase
Award, Arts Council of Great Britain
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| 1987
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Red
Steps, set and costume designs for the London Contemporary Dance
Theater. Choreography by Siobhan Davies. London Premiere at Sadlers
Wells, England
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| 1989
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Drawn
Breath, set and costume designs for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company.
Choreography by Siobhan Davies. London Premiere at Riverside Studio's,
England
The 1989 Digital Dance Award, the premier British dance award
for the production of Drawn Breath
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1996
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Genesis:
a living conversation, a book on conversation excerpts between
Bill Moyers and panelists appearing on the TV series Genesis.
An original oil painting was commissioned for the book jacket design.
It was also used on the video set sleeve, audiocassette sleeve and
web page. The artwork was the basis of the visual theme for the TV
series titles. O'Donnell is also transcribed in the book as a panelist
in conversation with Bill Moyers
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| 1998 |
First
Light, an illuminated digital print installation 142" x 168"
x 14". Commissioned by Boston University for the Photonics Center
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| 2000-02
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Data
Command and Farsight, two large-scale, site-specific mural digital
artworks. Commissioned by the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland
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| 2002
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Circle
of Life, ten site-specific mural digital artworks. Commissioned
by the New York University Medical Center Cardiovascular Unit
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| 2003-04 |
Voice
of the Earth, site-specific digital print mural commissioned by
Deloitte & Touche, New York
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| SELECTED
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS |
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
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Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Connecticut
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Arts Council of Great Britain
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British Council, U.K.
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Denver Museum of Art, Colorado
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London Contemporary Arts Society
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Polk Museum of Art, Florida
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Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Tate Gallery, London
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis
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Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
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| SELECTED
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS |
1977 |
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Works on paper. Sponsored by
the British Council and Nishimura Gallery
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| 1976 |
Air
Gallery, London. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1979 |
Ikon
Gallery, Birmingham, England. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1982
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Marlborough
Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1983 |
Rahr-West
Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1984 |
Marlborough
Gallery, New York. Works on paper and Monoprints
Marlborough Graphics, London. Works on paper
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| 1985 |
Marlborough
Fine Art, London. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1987 |
Marlborough
Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1988
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Eva
Cohon Gallery, Chicago. Paintings
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| 1989 |
Hokin
Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. Paintings
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| 1990 |
Eva
Cohon Gallery, Chicago. Paintings and Works on paper
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| 1991 |
Marlborough
Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings
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| 1992 |
Denise
Cadé Gallery, New York. Drawings and Pastels: The Lake
Series
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| 1994 |
Jan
Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles. Paintings and Drawings: The Lake
Series
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| 1995 |
Freedman
Gallery, Albright College, Pennsylvania. Drawings: The Lake Series
and The Body Echo™ Project
Art Museum at The University of Memphis. Drawings: The Lake
Series and The Body Echo™ Project
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| 1997 |
Humanities
Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York. Paintings on a theme in Dylan
Thomas.
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| 2003 |
Boston
University's 808 Gallery, Boston University, Massachusetts, Paintings
and Drawings 1992-2002
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| SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
1972 |
Newlyn Society, Penzance, Cornwall, England
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| 1973 |
Ikon Gallery,
Birmingham, England
Platform, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
DM Gallery, London
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| 1975 |
Documentation,
Iteza Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto University Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
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| 1976 |
Artists Market,
London
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| 1977 |
Artists Market,
London
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| 1978 |
London Group
Exhibition, Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle, England
Air Gallery, London
Artists Market, London
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| 1978-79 |
John Moores
Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
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| 1980 |
British Art
Now: An American Perspective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New
York. This exhibition traveled to the San Diego Museum of Art, California;
Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; University
Art Museum, University of Austin, Texas; Royal Academy of Art, London
Nuova Immagine, Monza-Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
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| 1981 |
IV Medellin
Biennal, Colombia
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| 1983 |
Britain Salutes
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Twentieth Century Painting, Marlborough Gallery, New York
5 Collaborators in Paper, Chicago Art Fair (with Tyler Graphics),
Chicago
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| 1984 |
Designs for
Jewels-Collaboration with Ros Conway, Victoria and Albert Museum,
London
Drawings since 1974, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
Home and Abroad, Serpentine Gallery, London
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| 1985 |
Ten Years:
A Retrospective, Air Gallery, London
Paperworks: Paperworks from Tyler Graphics, Walker Arts Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Painterly Approach: Artists in Print, Northern Centre for Contemporary
Art, Newcastle, England
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| 1985-86 |
Abstract
Painting Redefined, Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, State University
of New York at Stony Brook
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| 1986 |
Arte e Alchimia,
XLII Venice Biennale, Italy
Japonisme, Reflections in Western Art, Northern Centre for Contemporary
Art, Newcastle, England
International Paper Works, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
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| 1986-87 |
Foundation
Veranneman, Belgium, Holland
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| 1987 |
Emerging
Artists 1978-1986 from the Exxon Series, Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York
Selected Paintings, Helander Gallery, Miami
The Philips Industries Collection, Dayton, Ohio
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| 1988 |
Fables and
Fantasy, The Collection of Robert Summer and Susan Kasen Summer,
Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, North Carolina
Decorative Arts Award 1988, designs for Jewels -collaboration
with Ros Conway, Sotheby's, London, and Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto,
Japan
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| 1989 |
The Question
of Drawing, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College,
Miami
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| 1990 |
Works on
Paper: Amenoff, Barth, O'Donnell, Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New
York
Marlborough en Pelaires, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires,
Palma de Mallorca
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| 1992 |
Drawings
Only, Denise Cadé Gallery, New York
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| 1992-93 |
Innovations
in Collaborative Printmaking: Kenneth Tyler 1963-1992, Yokohama
Museum of Art. This exhibition traveled to Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma,
Wakayama, Tokushima and Hokkaido Museums of Modern Art, Japan
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| 1993 |
Drawing in
Black and White: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum
of Modern Art, New York
First Thoughts: Working Drawings by Seven Artists, Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey
Selection of Prints from Graphics Studio, Greenfield Gallery.
Los Angeles
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| 1994 |
Works on
Paper, Margret Biederman Gallery. Munich, Germany
The Computer in the Studio, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture
Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
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| 1995 |
Works Selected
by Dore Ashton, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
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| 1994-95 |
An American
Passion: The Kasen Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting,
The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland. This exhibition traveled
to the Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
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| 1996 |
A 30 Mile
Circle, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
Art for Today, Diana Aceti Fine Art, New York
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| 1997 |
Founders
and Heirs of the New York School, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Tokyo. This exhibition traveled to The Miyaki Museum of Art and The
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
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| 1998 |
Our Tenth
Anniversary, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
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| 2000 |
Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition, (Invited Artist), Royal Academy of Art, London
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| 2001 |
Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Siggraph Digital Conference 2001. Exhibited Digicornucopia,
a 40' collaborative digital print and an animation incorporating 2D
and 3D digital art work, Los Angeles Convention Center
Interrogating the Surface, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset,
England
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| 2002 |
Interrogating
the Surface, The London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London
Twenty @ 20, Art Museum at The University of Memphis, Tennessee
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1984 |
CBS, New York. Series Title: "Good Morning America."
Program Title: Collaborations Tyler Graphics. Program
Type: News. Participation: interviewed and shown at work
making prints. First Broadcast: April
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| 1991 |
PBS, WNET
Ch. 13, New York. Series Title: American Masters. Program
Title: Robert Motherwell and The New York School: Storming
the Citadel. Program Type: Documentary. Participation:
interviewed. Executive Producer: Susan Lacy. First Broadcast:
Fall
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| 1996 |
PBS, WNET
Ch. 13, New York. Series Title: "Genesis". Program
Type: panel discussions, a ten part program series with Bill Moyers.
Participation: panelist on two programs. Director &
Producer: Catherine Tatge. First Broadcast: October 16
PBS, WGBH
Ch. 2, Boston (not for broadcast). Panel discussion hosted by
Bill Moyers which included panelist participants from the "Genesis"
series and Boston religious community leaders before an audience
of distinguished guests, October 24
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1973 |
Richard Walker "Young Painters," Arts Review,
Vol. XXV, September 22, p. 630
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| 1975 |
Piero de
Monzi, "Interior Painting in Installation," Harpers
& Queen, July, p. 74
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| 1976 |
Amaury St.
Giles, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo, February
Marina Vaizey, "Artists Market," Arts Review,
vol. XXVII, September 17, p. 378
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| 1978 |
William Packer,
"Summer Mixtures," Financial Times, August 8, p.
11
John McEwen, "John Moore's Exhibition Review," The
Spectator, December 8
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| 1979 |
Moira Kelly,
"Hugh O'Donnell," Artscribe, pp. 38-41
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| 1980 |
"Petroart",
Saturday Review, January 5, p. 38
Hilton Kramer, "Art: British News at the Guggenheim,"
New York Times, Friday, January 25
John Ashbury, "Puttin' On The Brits," New York
Magazine, vol. 13, February 4, p. 50
Robert Hughes, "From Sticks To Cenotaphs," Time
Magazine, vol. 15, no. 6, February 11, p.65
Diane Waldman, "Hugh O'Donnell," British Art Now
Catalogue, pp. 101-102
Theodore Wolf, "British Art Now," Christian Science
Monitor, February
Flavio Caroli, "Nuova Immagine," catalogue,
Monza-Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, April
Dale Harris, "The Art That Caught The Lady's Eye,"
The Guardian
Dore Ashton, "British Art Now," Arts Canada,
May, p. 44
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| 1983 |
Lisa Dennison,
"Hugh O'Donnell," Arts Magazine, February
Petra Paine, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough," Art
World, February, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 5
Dale Harris, "The Nations Arts and Crafts," The
Guardian, June 1, p. 11
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| 1984 |
Lisa M. Messenger,
"Notable Acquisitions 1982-83," Metropolitan Museum,
New York
Mary Rose Beaumont, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough Graphics,"
Arts Review, vol. 47, March, pp. 32-35 Marlborough Graphics,
Arts Review, March, p. 100
Leonard Lee, "Hugh O'Donnell," Artscribe,
vol. 47, pp. 32-35
Hugh O'Donnell, "Ros Conway," Statement, catalogue,
Victorian Albert Museum, London, May, p. 4
Frank Gettings, "Drawings since 1974," catalogue,
Hirshorn Museum, Washington D.C.
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| 1985 |
Susan Bridson,
"Abstract Painting Redefined," Village Times, December
Rhonda Cooper, "S.U.S.B. Fine Arts Center holds exhibition,"
Suffolk Life, December 4
Helen A. Harrison, "21 Approaches to Abstract Art,"
The New York Times, December 22
Karin Lipson, "Big Abstracts From a Varied Lot,"
Newsday, December 27
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| 1987 |
Carter Ratclif,
"The Phillips Industries Collection," catalogue
John Russell, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough,"
The New York Times, February 20, c. 26
Diane Waldman, "Emerging Artists 1978-1986 from the Exxon
Series," catalogue, Guggenheim Museum, September
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| 1988 |
Donald Kuspit,
"Fables and Fantasy," catalogue, Duke Museum of Art,
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, April
Michael Bonesteel, "Painting 'dem bones," Highland
Paper, November 17
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| 1989 |
Dore Ashton,
"Question of Drawing," catalogue, South Campus Art
Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami
Edward Lucie-Smith, "Stateside Patrons of the Brit Pack,"
The Independent, April 8, p. 44
Dore Ashton, "Studio Visit: A Painter's Odyssey,"
Contemporanea, vol. II, no. 8, November, pp. 72-75 1990
Judith Higgins, "A Very British View," The Sunday
Times Magazine, London, February 11, pp. 44-50
Roy Oxlade, "British Artists in New York," Modern
Painters, vol. 3, no. 3, September, pp. 72-75 Genesis,
1996, Oil on paper, 34 1.2 x 60 inches
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| 1990-91 |
REVIEW:
Hugh O'Donnell: Marlborough, NEXT magazine, Italy, Winter
Issue 20, Vol. VII, p. 80
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| 1991 |
Eleanor Heartney,
Reviews New York: "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough," Art
News, vol. 90, no. 4, April, p. 145
Hugh O'Donnell, "Art and the Green Mission - A Personal
View," The Green Contemporary Art Sale Catalogue, Phillips
Fine Art, April 25, pp. 5-6
Richard Kalina, Reviews New York: "Hugh O'Donnell at Marlborough,"
Art in America, May, pp. 168-169
Patrick Pacheco, The New Faith in Painting: "Hugh O'Donnell,"
Art & Antiques: The New Faith in Painting - A Special Issue,
May, pp. 66-69
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1992
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Pat Gilmour,
"Hugh O'Donnell," Collaborations in Collaborative Printmaking,
July, p.124
Nancy Grimes, "Hugh O'Donnell: Denise Cade," Art
News, October, Vol. 91, no.8
David Masello, "The British Invasion," Avenue,
November, Vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 43-46
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| 1993 |
Jill Snyder,
"Introduction," First Thoughts Catalogue, March,
pp. 4-5
Kathi Norklun, "Drawing Marathon Bard College," Woodstock
Times, October 21, p.15.
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| 1994 |
Francis Chamberlain,
"Artists Revive a Landmark Factory Building in Bantam,"
The New York Times, January 30, CT section, p.17
Pamela Hammond, "Hugh O'Donnell: Jan Abrams," Art
News, October
Cate McQuaid, "The Computer in the Studio," The
Boston Phoenix, November 18
Tracey O'Shaughnessy, "Artist Paints With Passion, Power,"
The Sunday Republican, December 18, section G 'Accent,' pp.
1G & 6G
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| 1995 |
Adrienne
Redd, "Forms From Nature Echo in British Artist's Work,"
The Morning Call, February 11, A57-58
Marilyn Fox, "The Energy of Movement," The Reading
Eagle, February 26, p. F3
Nathan Bard, "Freedman Gallery Hosts O'Donnell Exhibition,"
The Albrightian, February 17
Barbara A. MacAdam, "Works Selected by Dore Ashton,"
Art News, March, p. 132
"Transitions," National News, Art News, Summer
Issue, p. 54
Vanessa E. Jones, "Exhibit Room Swimming with Body Echo,"
Commercial Appeal, September 10, Section G, p. 2
Fred Burton, "Monumental Body Echo Engulfs the Viewer,"
Commercial Appeal, September 18, Section C, p. 3
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| 1996 |
Eileen Fritsch,
"Virtual Printmaking," The Big Picture: The Art &
Science of Large Format Digital Imaging, July, p. 34
David Van Biema, "Genesis Reconsidered," Time
Magazine, October 28, p. 72
Tracey O'Shaughnessy, "In the beginning...," The
Sunday Republican, November 10, section H 'Panorama,' pp. 1H &
6H
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| 1997 |
Diana Stuart
Jones, "A County Painter's Journey," The Litchfield
County Times, January 3, section 'LCT,' p.15
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| 1998 |
Nicole Long,
"Exhibition of Poetic Illumination: Photonics plays Medici to
B.U. Artists," BU Bridge, November 30, back page
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| 2002 |
David Hall,
"It's Academic," The Memphis Flyer, July 18-24, p.
36
Peggy Burch, "Light in August," The Commercial
Appeal, August 25, pp. F1, F2
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| 2003 |
Joanne Silver,
"Feeling Natural; Hugh O'Donnell Dives into Nature's Swirl of
Activity," Boston Herald, January 3, section 'Visual Arts,'
Page S.05
Brian Fitzgerald, "In Search of Essence: The art of Hugh
O'Donnell," B. U. Bridge, January 10, section 'Arts,'
p.8
Meredith Fyfe Day, 808 Gallery Boston University, " Hugh
O'Donnell, The Green Age Series and Body Echo, " Art New England,
April, ,p.29.
Cate McQuaid, "A Decade...,Worthwhile Work," The
Boston Globe, January 16, section 'Living Arts,' Page D8
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| DANCE: SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SET & COSTUME DESIGN |
1987 |
David Dougill, "Getting It In The Neck," Sunday Times,
U.K., February 22
"Contemporary Celebration" (London Contemporary Dance),
The Echo, Portsmouth, U.K., March
John Percival, The Times, U.K. March 7
Judith Mackrell, "How To Put Dance In The Picture,"
The Independent, U.K., March 10
(Dance), The Independent, U.K., November 26
Clement Crisp, Financial Times, U.K., November 6
John Percival, "Best of Three," The Times,
U.K., November 26
Mary Clarke, "Sadler's Wells," The Guardian,
U.K., November 26
Jann Parry, "Pear-Shaped," The Observer, U.K.,
November 29
"Don't Hang Up On LCDT," The Stage and Television
Today (Opera and Dance), U.K., December 3
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1989 |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, "British Theatre Design 1978-1988,"
Book
Clark & Crisp (text), Crickmay (photographs), "London
Contemporary Dance, The First 21 Years," Published by Dance
Books, U.K., pp. 188-189
Jann Parry, "Watch Their Steps," interview with Siobhan
Davies, Observer Magazine, U.K., November 19, pp. 64-67
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