Donna Quinn is a Philadelphia painter whose abstract work is inspired by themes central to relationships, space, and the passage of time. Exploring harmony and imbalance, her surfaces recall abandoned spaces with an impreciseness that often accompanies faded memories. She uses a materials-driven process to create layers of paint and mixed media on paper to evoke the passage of time, a sense of loss, and reverence for the past. The result is a highly textured and muted palette etched with organic lines, intuitive marks, and repetitive shapes.
Artist Biography
A graduate of Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, PA, Donna Quinn has exhibited her work extensively in her hometown and other U.S. cities such as Alexandria, VA, Washington DC, New York City and Miami. She has received several grants and was a recipient of the Fellowship Award in Painting from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. Her work is held in numerous private collections.
Education
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA BFA
Awards & Honors
2009 Stanley Becker Memorial Award & Dr. Faiga Rubinstein Memorial Award, MCGOPA Annual Spring Show
2008 Fellowship Recipient, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
2007 Honorable Mention, All Media Open Juried Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Best Abstract Award, 144th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Brett Taylor Memorial Award Recipient, Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1992 Board of Directors Award, Juried Exhibition, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wayne, PA
1990 Fine Art Achievement Award, Binney & Smith Corporation, Annual Painting Competition, Easton, PA
Collection
Windsor Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Binney & Smith Corporation, Easton, PA Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA Numerous Private Collections
Exhibition
Solo
2014 New Acrylic Paintings, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 New Acrylic Paintings, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Café Lift, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2017 Achromatic, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA Main Line Art Center Spring Gala Exhibition, Haverford, PA Art in the Age of Injustice, Women's Caucus for Art at DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA A Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 4th Biennial SnowFlake Invitational, Philadelphia PA
2016 Aqua Art Miami, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL Outside/In: Women's Caucus for Art, Scotts Mills Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA Home: Design Philadelphia 2016, Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Moore College of Art + Design Annual Alumni Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2016, Harrisburg, PA
2015 Square Foot Art Basel Miami 3, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL Old Enough to Know Better, Group Exhibition, Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Alumnae Exhibit, Moore College of Art & Design, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA 2014 Select Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Square Foot Art Basel Miami Redux, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Annual Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Dear Fleisher Art Memorial Biennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Juried Exhibition
InLiquid Benefit v.14, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
A Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2013, Harrisburg, PA
Artists Against Hunger Exhibit, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
A Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Small Works Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
A Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Annual Small Works Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Square Foot, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
The Artist Project New York, Pier 92, New York, NY
2010 Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
A Celebration of Life Exhibit, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Med Art Show, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid’s 10×10 at Urban Outfitters Headquarters, Gallery at 543, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Annual Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
A Square Deal, Past*Present*Future, Ardmore, PA
New Talent, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Spring Show, Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists (MCGOPA), SPP Gallery, Conshohocken, PA
A Square Deal, Café Estelle, Philadelphia, PA
Past & Present, Sam Quinn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Penn Med Art Show, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania
Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
A Square Deal, B2 Café, Philadelphia, PA
Gifted, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA
Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2007 All Media Open Juried Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
144th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Alumnae Exhibit, Moore College of Art & Design, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Journeys, Alumnae Show, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Meaning in the Mundane, Alumnae Show, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
