JOHNODONNELLprojects
John O’Donnell
Instagram: johnodonnellprojects.com
Solo Exhibitions & Installations
2022
Wack Arthur’s, Flowerbox, Miami, FL
Red Eye to Rome, Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
P. Savant, EDU Gallery, Dayton, OH
Psychedelic Pantry & Front Yard, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Ruin in Process, Starr Library Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2021
Coliseum in the Attic, virtual exhibition at North Willows, Montclair, NJ
2020
Ruin in Process, The Living Room, New Haven, CT
2019
Yard Dreams, Flower Box Projects, Miami, FL
Turtles All the Way Up, New Bedford Museum of Art, New Bedford, MA
2018
DIY-VR, Wassaic Project, Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY
Inflatable Cities, Park Fest, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2017
Hollow Earth: Stories from the Underground, NHFPL Ives Gallery, New Haven, CT
Pineapple Portal, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
2016
Winners are Losers, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Hollow Earth: Documents, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hollow Earth: Drawings, Glass Wall Gallery, The School of the MFA, Boston, MA
2015
Pizza Temple, No Pop Gallery, New Haven, CT
Kitchen Island, City Wide Open Studios, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Cereal Cave, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA
Prints and Drawings, EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT
2014
STILLLIFE, Schumacher Gallery, Middlebury, CT
Cerreality, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Psychedelic Pantry, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2013
Ponzi Structures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2012
Navel Gazing, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2010
Monkey Shines, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
PG-13, Art Space, New Haven, CT
F*CKY*AH, Takeout Gallery, New London, CT
2009
Salad Days, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
Performances
2022
Envy Envy, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
PG Allin, Flowerbox, Miami, FL
P. Savant, EDU Gallery, Dayton, OH
Skull Tower 4E: Nosferatu, Chashama, Anita’s Way, New York, NY
Skull Tower 4E: Tree Altar, Cha North, Pine Plains, NY
P. Savant, Cha North, Pine Plains, NY
2021
Dave & Busters, Flower Box Projects, Miami, FL
Please Touch the Hamburgers, Zoom hosted by Sandwich Club Summit, Fayetteville, AR
Oily Metal, Twitch hosted by EmoFest, Chicago, IL
2020
Unboxing Performance, Zoom hosted by UCONN Art & Art History Club, Storrs, CT
Black Metal Pac-Man, Instagram Live hosted by The Living Room, New Haven, CT
2019
Winner Winner Chicken Sinner, Flower Box Projects, Miami, FL
Swamp of Love, New Bedford Museum of Art, New Bedford, MA
2018
Rad Dudes, Neon Heater at River House Arts, Toledo, OH
Post Brunch, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA
Rad Dudes, Dusk Lit Festival, Sugar Loaf, NY
Rad Dudes, The Webster Court Project, Newton Center, MA
Arriving Monday, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA
Language is Magic, Wassaic Project, Wassaic , NY
Rad Dudes, Flower Box Projects, Miami, FL
Strongest Dude, Flower Box Projects, Miami, FL
2017
Ghost of a Wall, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT
Ghost of a Wall, UConn Winter Puppet Slam, Studio Theater, Storrs, CT
Neo-American Pre-Teen Day-Dream, commissioned by Artspace, New Haven, CT
Blue Blooded American, commissioned by Artspace, New Haven, CT
Red Blooded American, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2016
A Dude Descending Staircase, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Temple of Pizza, Art Space Windham Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Rising Crust, No Pop Gallery, New Haven, CT
Candle in My Carrot, UConn Winter Puppet Slam, Studio Theater, Storrs, CT
2015
Pizza Hulk, City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Kitchen Island: Celeste Pizza, City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Cereal Cave: The Performance, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Balanced Breakfast, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Kitchen After Dark, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Surreal Picnic, Park(ing) Day, Greater Hartford Art Council, Hartford, CT
2013
#goplayintheyard, Park(ing) Day, Greater Hartford Art Council, Hartford, CT
2012
Slime, Broad Street Gallery Hartford, CT
Iron John 2.0, NOW ON, ATOM Space, Hartford, CT
2011
Playing on the Stairs, City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
Doppelganger Banger, Artspace Alternative Spaces, New Haven, CT
The Works of Jeremy Milk Toast, Artspace Alternative Spaces, New Haven, CT
2010
Blueberry, New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
The Making of John O’Donnell’s Front Yard Monster Movie Magic Show, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
Receptionist, SERA (Social Experiments Relational Acts), Artspace Alternative Spaces, New Haven, CT
Radical Dinosaur Maniac Time Machine Gun Shark Explosion, Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts, Storrs, CT
2009
Domestic Ignorance/Domestic Bliss, Savoir Faire Performance Series, Soho20 Gallery,
New York, NY
TNPDPSSF (The North Philadelphia Puberty Survivors Support Forum), Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2023
In Light of Color, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
2022
One Hour Only: Philip Guston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Hello Neighbor, Lotta, New Haven, CT
Osten Biennial of Drawing, Osten Art, Skopje, The Republic of North Macedonia
Re-Imagining Rural: ChaNorth Alumni Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Humor, AIR Gallery, Manchester, England
Contemporary Printmaking, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV
Artist-Run Spaces, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Microwave Coven Presents: Animation Screening, AV Expression Warehouse,
San Antonio, TX
Tie That Binds, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland institute of Art, OH
2021
Meditation on Place, Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center, Spokane, WA
Subtropical Affair III, goodtoknow.fyi & Exile Books, Illuminate Coral Gables, Coral
Gables, FL
55th Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2020
NSnail 24, curated music and performance series, Zoom
Miniprint Kazanlak, Art Gallery Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Five Dollar Video, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Sound, Spectacle, and Situation, UMF Gallery, University of Maine, Farmington, MA
CICA Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Wassaic Project Winter Benefit, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
Do the Hustle, Artspace Gala, New Haven, CT
53rd Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
RE: Claimed, Sulfur Studios, Savanah, GA
Sympoiesis: Printmaking in the Expanded Field, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2019
Money Palace, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Class Work, Exile Books, Miami, FL
Prints from Campus: Selections from Faculty Teaching in New England, Danforth Art Museum. Framingham, MA
2018
John the Revelator, Neon Heater at River House Arts, Toledo, OH
International Mini Print Biennial, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Ireland
2018 Summer Exhibition: Change of State, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Lunch Money Print Exhibition, Golden Street Gallery, New London, CT
51st Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Summer Benefit Auction, Maxon Mills, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2017
Further On, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
PLUSH, Arts and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Monster Drawing Rally, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
1000 Prints, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Vagabond Time Killers, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
APEX, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
Laughing Skulls Motorcycle Club, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Gala Exhibition: Paris, Texas, Art Space, New Haven, CT
PRINTS THAT WORK: printmaking in the service of a bigger picture, Housatonic Art
Museum, Bridgeport, CT
50th Faculty Exhibition, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2016
To Be the Void: Sublimity and Contemporaneity, International Cultural Center,
Krakow, Poland
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Everything Nice, The Ives Gallery, New Haven, CT
1000 Prints, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Psychedelic Pantry Party, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Dank Memes: Stories of Cultural Viruses, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Control Center, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Indie Music Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Putting it All Together, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Concept: the International Exhibition on Conceptual Art, CICA Museum,
Gimpo, South Korea
Back to the Future, Gala Silent Auction, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Conversation II, NoPop Gallery, New Haven, CT
Embodied Narratives, Art Space Windham Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Edditional Tools, Project Space Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
Print Sale, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2015
Dwell, City Wide Open Studios, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Everyday Icon, The Gallery at Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Visualized, Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT
Heads Will Roll: Political Satire in Portraiture and Landscape, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2014
New Prints Autumn Benefit Exhibition and Auction, IPCNY, International Print Center in New York, NY
Park(ing) Day, Greater Hartford Art Council, Hartford, CT
The Quickening: Tales of Transformation, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
Animal Heart, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2013
New Prints 2013/Autumn, IPCNY, International Print Center in New York, NY
Habitat, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT
Hartford DADA, Pumphouse Gallery, Hartford, CT
Park(ing) Day, Greater Hartford Art Council, Hartford, CT
2nd Annual Connecticut Printmakers Invitational, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Mix tape, Gala Silent Auction, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Pounds Of Pressure: Contemporary Prints In Large Format, Baton Rouge Arts Council, Baton Rouge, LA
2012
Rendered Extraordinary, Broad Street Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Lined Up: Drawings & Texts, Library Institute, New Haven, CT
NOW ON, ATOM Space, Hartford, CT
Screen Test, Gala Auction, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Ripple Effect, Project Storefronts, New Haven, CT
2011
Double Time: Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Horsing Around, transitory/SPACES, Boulder Avenue Arts Center, Helena, MT
INSIDE OUT: an investigation of gender identities, Visual Arts Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Weird+Wonderful, Artifact Gallery, Wilton, CT
SCRAWL-TV, a part of SCRAWL, Art Space New Haven, CT Curated by Martha Lewis
2010
7/11 Interpreting Space, Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts, Storrs, CT
New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
KAT CULCHUR, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA,
Collage: Putting it all Together, Climate/Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2009
Making Funny, Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Serial Fictions, Golden Street Gallery, New London, CT
(Nu)erotic, Visions Art Gallery, Medway, MA
Altered Egos, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
83rd Annual International Competition: Printmaking, The Print Center, Philadelphia; PA
Lizzie Borden: A Tale of Two Cities, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
The FEAST, Pittsburg State University Gallery, Pittsburg, KS, Juror Liz Hickok of Blue Studios, San Francisco, CA
Coast-to-Coast, Dakashina Chitra Gallery, Chennai, India
2008
New Prints 2007/08: A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, International Print Center, New York, NY
Coast-to-Coast, Ruchika’s Art Gallery, Panjim, Goa, India
Paperworks 2008, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, Juror Samantha Rippner of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot II: A Celebration of “Pure” Printmaking, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO, Juror Tony Crowley
Perfect with Pixel, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
OUTDATED: Polaroids, Country Club Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Prints 2008, New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY
New Prints 2008, IPCNY, International Print Center, New York, NY, juror Jane Hammond
Fifty-Fifty, Artspace Windham, Willimantic, CT
2007
Art in the Age of the Internet, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Yummy: A show About Food, NEXUS/foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Fifty-Fifty, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT
2007 Sofia Print Triennial, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgarian-American Cultural Identity Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria
Collection of Similar Houses, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
When a Verb Becomes a Noun, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
Bulgarian and American Cultural Identity Exhibition, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Avery Point, CT
Collection of Similar Houses, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
64th Annual Connecticut Artist Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Regional MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
The Fifth Arches Student Print Show, Gallery 808, Boston, MA
Looped Life, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2006
14th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
5th Lessedra World Art Print Annual: Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Human Pixel Project, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Human Pixel Project, Brickbottom Galleries, Somerville, MA
63rd Annual Connecticut Artist Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Small Works, Soho20, New York, NY
Film Festivals
2022
Microwave Coven Presents: Animation Screening, AV Expression Warehouse, San Antonio, TX
2009
30 Second Film Festival, organized by Art House Co-Op, Atlanta, GA
2008
Movica 2008: New Vision, Hot Light and Fluid Pictures, Saint Louis, MO
LE:60 Lumen Eclipse, One Minute Film Festival, Boston, MA
2007
Vertical Hold Film Festival, Ellensburg, WA
1,2,3 Seconds, curated by strikingmechanism.com, online
Laugh, Cry, Be Poetic, Get Crazy, Venturous Vanguard Video Festival 2007, curated by Shoshanna Brand
Mission College, Cal State Northridge University, Northridge, CA
Echo Park Film Center, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2006
OUTVIDEO 2006, Film Festival, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Riazan’, Samara, Sochi, Ufa, Yaroslavl’, Yekaterinburg and Surgut, Russia
Traveling Group Exhibitions
2022
Tie That Binds, Print Portfolio Exchange
Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland institute of Art, OH
One Hour Only: Philip Guston
OHO Dixwell, New Haven, CT
Vermont Studio Center,Johnson, VT
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
The College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV
Mid-American Print Conference, Kent, OH
Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburrg, OH
2021
Tie That Binds, Print Portfolio Exchange
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Cut it Out, Print Portfolio Exchange
Balsamo Warehouse, Columbia, MO
Columbia Art League Gallery, Columbia, MO
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
Stockton University (New Jersey
2020
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
Misericordia University (Pennsylvania), October 22, 2020 - January 5, 2021
Western Illinois University (Illinois), September 29 - October 30, 2020
Fort Meigs (Ohio), February 22nd- May 24th, 2020
2019
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island County, IL
Fort Meigs, Perryburg, OH
Flatiron Building, New York, NY
Emporia Arts Center, Emporia, KS
Artist Archives of Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
Manhattan College, New York, NY
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2018
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
Wolfe Gallery, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Toledo, OH
Rutherford B. Hayes Library and Museum, Fremont, OH
American Frame, Maumee, OH
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Washington Center, VET Initiative Networking Reception, Washington DC
Ronald Reagan National Airport, Chantilly, VA
Army Transportation Museum, Fort Eustis, VA
2018
38th Mini Print International of Cadaques
Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
Wingfield Barns Gallery, Wingfield, United Kingdom
Fundació Tharrats d’Art Gràfic, Pineda De Mar, Spain
2017
EVAC Project: Experiencing Veterans and Artist Collaborations
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gallery, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Cleveland, OH
Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
2016
Dialogos y Interpretaciones IV, International Portfolio Exchange
Ann Peppers Hall, Redlands University, Redlands CA
Mission Grafica, San Francisco, CA,
University Libraries Gallery University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2015
Dialogos y Interpretaciones IV, International Portfolio Exchange
CAS Gallery, Miami University, Miami, FL
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Universidad de Caldas, Palacio de Belles Artes, Manizales, Colombia
Locklear Hall, UNC- Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
2009
83rd Annual International Competition: Printmaking.
Jurors: Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett, co-publishers of Art on Paper magazine
The Print Center, Philadelphia; PA
LBI Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2009
The Sketchbook Project 3, curated by Art House Coop, Atlanta, GA
Art House Coop, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art DC, Washington, DC
Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Soulard Art Market, St Louis, MO
Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2008
IPCNY New Prints 2008
Juror: Jane Hammond
New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY
IPCNY, International Print Center, New York, NY
Teaching Artist Invitations
2018
Instructor, Printmaking: Etching
Oxbow School of Art & Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Accredited through the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017
Instructor, Exquisite Machine: Print through Accumulation
Oxbow School of Art & Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Accredited through the School of the Art Institute Chicago
2017
Instructor of various unaccredited summer art classes.
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2016
Instructor of various unaccredited summer art classes.
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Visiting Artist Invitations
2023
Artist Talk, Staples High School, Westport, CT
2021
Artist Talk, Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY
Artist Talk, UCONN Art & Art History Club, Storrs, CT
2020
Artist Talk, The Living Room, New Haven, CT
2019
Lecturer, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Critic, UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts, New Bedford, MA
Exhibition Juror, Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Art Exhibition, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
2018
Lecturer and Critic, Department of Art & Design University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Exhibition Juror, Foster Gallery, 61st Annual Juried Student Art Show, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Lecturer, School of Art, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Lecturer, Connecticut Arts Day, Department of Economic and Community Development, Hartford, CT
Critic, Experimental Animation Course, Department of Art, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2017
Lecturer and Critic, Visual Arts Graduate Program, School of Art and Design at SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Panelist, PRINTS THAT WORK Exhibition Panel Discussion. Housatonic Art Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Speed Networking Participant, Linking Artists Opportunities, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Participant, Monster Drawing Rally, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2016
Lecturer and Critic, Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Lecturer, Printmaking Department, School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Tufts, Boston, MA
Lecturer, Artist talk via Skype to advanced printmaking students, Kent State, Kent, OH
2015
Lecturer, Sculpture Department, Wright State, Dayton, OH
2011
Lecturer, Studio Arts Program, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Exhibition Juror, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
Lecturer, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2010
Lecturer, Columbia University, New York, NY
Panelist, The Ivory Tower, panel organized by Sharon Butler, Winkleman Gallery, New
York, NY
2009
Juror, I-Park Visual Arts Residency, East Haddam, CT
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Osten Museum of Drawing, Skopje, North Macedonia
Starr Library, Reinbeck, NY
Mid America Print Council, Kansas City, MO
Department of Special Collections and Archive, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Polish Fulbright Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Krakow, Poland
London College of Communications, London, England
Info Graphics Lab, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Southern Graphics Council, SCG Collection, Athens, GA
Gonzaga University Print Collection, Spokane, WA
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Kohler Library Collection, Madison, WI
Jundt Art Museum Print Collection, Spokane, WA
Articles and Reviews
Wilkinson, Don. “'Turtles All The Way Up' Comes Out Of Its Shell” South Coast Today (14 Feb. 2019) https://www.southcoasttoday.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/turtles-all-way-up-comes-out-of-its-shell
Taylor, Alexis. “Winter Puppet Slam: One Of the Most Underrated Performances Of the Year.” Daily Campus. (29 Jan. 2018) http://dailycampus.com/stories/2018/1/29/winter-puppet-slam-one-of-the-most-underrated-performances-of-the-year
Jenne, Ginger. “Not Your Average Professor: an Interview with John O'Donnell.” UConn Today. (13 Feb. 2017) http://today.uconn.edu/school-stories/not-average-professor-interview-john-odonnell/.
Haigney, Sophie. “Are Winners Losers?” New Haven Independent. (15 Nov. 2016) www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/are_winners_losers/.
Best, K. “'Accidental Architecture' Prints Featured in Faculty Art Show.” UConn Today. (2 Dec. 2015) http://today.uconn.edu/2015/12/accidental-architecture-prints-featured-faculty-art-show/
Hodara, Susan. "Domestic Discombobulation in an Odd Kitchen." The New York Times. (03 Jan. 2015) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/nyregion/new-media-john-odonnell-psychedelic-pantry-at-the-new-britain-museum-of-american-art.html
Jonas, Ashley. "Got Milk?" Dayton City Paper. (4 Nov. 2014) http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/got-milk/
Butler, Sharon. “IMAGES: John O'Donnell considers mimesis.” Two Coats of Paint. (10 April 2014) http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2014/04/images-john-odonnell-considers-mimesis.html
Nichole, Kelani. " Salad Days and TNPPSSF at FLUX." Theartblog. (12 June 2009) https://www.theartblog.org/2009/06/salad-days-and-tnppssf-at-flux/
Artist-in-Residencies
2022
ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY
2021
ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY
2019
Artist-in-Residence, No Pop Studios at Flowerbox Projects, Miami, FL
Two-week residency at Flowerbox Projects sponsored by No Pop Studios in preparation for a solo exhibition and performance.
2016
Artist-in-Residence, Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic NY
Four-week residency at Wassaic Projects.
2015
Artist-in-Residence, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
Three-week residency at Blue House studios in preparation for an exhibition at Glass Box Gallery in Seattle, WA
2014
Artist-in-Residence, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
One-week residency at Blue House Studios to develop work for a solo exhibition and performance at Blue House Gallery.
2009
Artist-in-Residence, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
Two-week residency at Art Making Machine Studios in preparation for a solo exhibition and performance at Flux Space.
Academic Appointments
2020 - present
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Associate Professor of Printmaking
2014 - 2020
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Assistant Professor of Printmaking
2012 - 2014
Gateway Community College, New Haven CT
Part-time Faculty
2011 - 2013
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Part-time Faculty
2007 - 2013
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Part-time Faculty
2008 - 2010
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
Part-time Faculty
Arts Administration & Gallery Management
2018
Project Manager, Conversation Versions at Blue House Arts, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition co-curated with Breanne Trammell. Exhibition paired a series of prints created at Counter Proof Press with alternative publications.
2016
Project Manager, Multiple Impression at Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Exhibition included the work of 25 Connecticut printmakers including professors, students and graduates from the University of Connecticut.
2014
Organizer, “Smart Painting,” Group Exhibition, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Exhibition included several painters addressing contemporary issues and aesthetics of painting.
2012
Project Manager L.A.M.P: Light Artists Making Places, New Haven, CT
Managed the communication and technical needs of 60 artists. Managed the installation and execution of The Crystal Ball, a drum-activated fully immersive light and laser installation by Brooklyn artist Peter Yanowitz and Chicago artist Keith Parham.
Site Manager/Organizer, Capital City Canvas, Hartford, CT.
Managed the installation of The Capital City Canvas public art projects created by artist Adam Niklewicz: The Charter Oak and Walking Around a Tree Water activated mural and large-scale video projection.
2011 - 2012
Visual Arts Manager, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Organized and curated exhibitions. Managed visual arts budget.
2008 - 2011
Art in Public Spaces Fellow, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT. Organize and curate exhibitions at the CCT Gallery
2004
Gallery Manager, Lavern Kraus Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Managed gallery budget, scheduling, exhibition installations, openings
2002 - 2003
Manager, Huneke Art Gallery, Spokane Art School, Spokane, WA
Installed exhibitions, assisted instructors with demonstrations.
Exhibitions Curated
2018
Conversation Versions, Co-Curated with Breanne Trammell, Group Exhibition, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH
2016
Multiple Impression, Group Exhibition, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2014
Smart Painting, Group Exhibition, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2013
Systematic Relation, Lourdes Correa-Carlo , Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Scalene Evidence, Group Exhibition, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT
Fierce!, William Villalongo, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2012
Diagram, Group Exhibition, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Making Tracks, Laurie Frick, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
VTurn James Holland & Alycia Bright Holland: Low Lives, 4, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Such is Your Luck, Steffani Jemison, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT