Bill (William) Donovan

donovan.bill@gmail.com

New York, NY

Educational Summary

M.F.A. 2006 Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
M.A. 2003 Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
B.F.A. 2001 Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA

Professional Experience

Fall 2007 to Present, Adjunct Art Professor, Adelphi University, Garden City and
Manhattan, NY

Fall 2003 and Spring 2006, Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistantship, Basic Drawing,
University of Iowa

Writing

Beautiful/Decay Magazine's Website, studio visits with the best artists in NYC

Assistant

2008 to 2009 Assistant to Diana Cooper, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowships

2003 Mildred Pelzer Lynch Fellowship
2001 to 2003 University of Iowa Arts Fellowship
2001 Berkshire Art Association Fellowship

Exhibition Record

2010
Mustang Saaaalllllly, TCBarts, Melbourne Australia
100 Records Project, Gallery 16, San Francisco CA
Bowl-O-Nuts, Artillery and Ammo Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Small Works, Transmission Gallery, Richmond VA
Friends of Ours, Artillery and Ammo Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2009
Paintallica, Country Club Projects, Los Angeles CA
Human Side of War, United Theological Seminary, Minneapolis MN
Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-op Gallery, Atlanta GA, Brooklyn NY
One plus One’s a crowd (Uno más uno, multitud), Domestico, Madrid Spain
BIN Paintallica, Seed Collective, AVA Center, Chattanooga TN

2008
Jamie Boling and Bill Donovan, Transmission Gallery, Richmond VA
Paintallica, T:BA 08, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland OR
Portraits, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco CA

2007
The Word Made Fresh, Transmission Gallery, Richmond VA

2006
Paintallica, Western Exhibitions Gallery, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Show, University of Iowa Art Museum, I.C., IA

2005
Deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan with the Iowa National Guard

Bibliography

Drawing Center Viewing Program Artist Registry:
http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/share_portfolio.cfm?pf=2774
Gannon, Victoria; "Hallway Bathroom Gallery," KQED ARTS
http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=23719
Silverman, Jessica; “Jessica Silverman visits Brion Rosch’s Studio,” White Hot
Magazine, November 2008
http://whitehotmagazine.com/index.php?action=articles&wh_article_id=1657

Publications

“How to Draw Pictures in Kandahar, Pretext No. 1,” Self Published, June 2007

Memberships

Volunteer editor for the Open Directory Project in the Arts/Weblogs section, the only
human edited source used by Google

Visiting Artist/Lecturer

2010
Utilizing Unity for Success: The Artist Collective, Panelist, CUE Foundation, NY NY

2009
Emily Noelle Lambert's drawing class from Parsons, CUE Foundation, NY NY
Florida State College at Jacksonville

2007
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Wesbites

http://www.billdonovan.net
http://www.inkstainedhands.com
http://www.paintallica.com

Technical Abilities

Digital Image Editing
Digital Photography


Military Awards

Combat Infantryman's Badge