Donna Surprenant 

EDUCATION

• 1979 Queen’s University, New York

• 1971-75 BFA, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

• 2009 'Distilled Life', Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 2007 'Stilled Life', Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 2004 Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
  Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON

• 2001 Wilno Gallery, ON

• 1997 Mirror of Silence, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

• 2007 'American Women Artists 2007', National Juried Competition, LeKEAE Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
  'Flowers that Last', Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
  'Leading Masters of Contemporary Realism', International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition, Winstanley- Roark Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
  'Salon International 2007', International Museum for Contemporary Masters, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonia, Texas
  'Studies and Finals with the Masters, Still Life- Wild Life, Inside/Out', Coolidge Centre for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH

• 2006 Charlotte County Art Guild, Visual Arts Center Fifth Biennial National Art Exhibit, Punta Gorda, FLA
  Academic Artists Association 56th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, First Church Gallery, Springfield, MA
  Salon International 2006, International Museum of Contemporary Masters Hosted by Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
  Best of Realism, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
  Palette of White and Fields and Forests, Coolidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH

• 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
  ‘American Women Artists 2005 Annual Juried Competition’, Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
  ‘Contemplating the Sacred: Religious works by Contemporary Artists’ Traveling Exhibition Sponsored by The Foundation for Sacred Arts
  From the Garden, Coolidge Centre for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH
  ‘In the Style of the Florence Academy’, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
  ‘Invitation 2005’, Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Bancroft, ON

• 2004 Coolidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH

• 2003 Family Tree Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
  Coolidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH

• 2002 Columbine Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  The London Social Club, London, ON
  The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

• 2001 Francesca Anderson Gallery, Lexington, MA
  Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
  Tyndale College, Toronto, ON

• 2000 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibit, National Arts club, New York, NY
  West End Gallery, Corning, NY

• 1999 ISA Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

• 1998 CIVA Creates the Portrait, Travelling Exhibit, Jurors: Lennart Anderson and Douglas Giebel

• 1994 Art Alumni Invitational, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

• 1988 Invitational: Former Students of Sigmund Abeles, University of NH, Durham, NH

AWARDS

• 2006 Third prize, Portrait Society of Canada, International Portrait Arts Festival Competition, Toronto, ON

REVIEWS

• 1996 Art New England, October-November issue

PUBLICATIONS 

• 2006 'Reality Bites', American Art Collector, September, p. 206,
  Margaret McCann, "Gallery Looks at what Colour White Adds to the World", Portsmouth Herald, June 4, p.E1
  'Salon International', American Art Collector, May, p. 182

• 2005 Christian in the Visual Arts, “Faith and Vision”, Square Halo Books

• 2004 Domenic Nicassio, “An Artistic Response to God’s Beauty”, The Catholic Register, September 5, pg.11

• 2001 American Artist, “Interior Compositions”, January issue

• 1999 Catholic Educator’s Resource Center, “A Vision of Painting”

WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES

• 2007 Anthony Ryder, Portrait Drawing and Painting

• 2006 Anthony Ryder, Portrait Drawing and Painting

• 2004 Florence Academy of Art, Portrait and Figure

• 2003 John Morra, Still Life, Seattle Academy of Realist Art
  Nelson Shanks, Figure, Incamminati

• 2002 Anthony Ryder, Portrait Drawing

• 2001 Anthony Ryder, Portrait Drawing

• 1999 Lennart Anderson, workshop and residency, International School of Art, Umbria, Italy

• 1998 James Aponovich, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

GRANTS

• 2005 American Women Artists Award of Merit – Figure Painting

• 1998 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance program

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Women Artists

• Drawing Society of Canada

• International Guild of Artists

• Portrait Society of America

• The American Society of Classical Realism

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