Statement
The theme running through my work has to do with "fragments lost in time". Forms are gnarled and twisted; edges are frayed. They seem to confront or reflect various natural phenomenon. Although non-representational, the symbolism in these pieces refers to the decay as well as the rebirth taking place in our fast changing high-tech society. They also deal with survival. Instead of re-echoing the geometric forms of our urban architecture, they can provide a sometime reminder of our human history.

My main body of work includes large scale public installations at such places, as the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, in NY City; The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art in Florida, etc. as well as bronzes on a more intimate scale.

Biography
Born New York, USA. Educated at Pratt Institute, New York; Pratt Graphic Arts Center, New York; Art Students League, New York. Works in bronze.

Individual Exhibitions
Danville Museum of Art, Virginia; Galerie #836, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina, 1987; Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.

Group Exhibitions
NY Upper East Side Outdoor Sculpture exhibition, 78; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida; CAPS Travelling Exhibition; Ben Shahn Gallery, New Jersey; "The Collograph", NY State Council on the Arts/Pratt Inst.

Awards
Edward Macdowell Fellowships; Creative Arts Public Svc. Grant (NY State Council on the Arts); Tamarind Lithography Workshop, LA, Ford Foundation Grant; Clayworks, NY, (Visiting Artist).

Commissions
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY; Equitable Life Insurance Co., NY; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida; Jersey City State College.

Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York; USIA Art in embassies (Canada, Japan, Europe); Phillip Morris Int'l., New York; Citi-Bank, New York; Norfolk Museum of Art, VA.

Private Collections
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kaplan, California; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Oppenheim, New Mexico; Mr. and Mrs. William heller, Florida and Massachusetts.

Exibitions (selected)

• "Art Frenzy", Modern Art Foundry, Alternate Space, Long Island City, NY
• "Novices Collect", Gruber Collection, Currier Gallery, Machester, VT; Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FLA; Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ
• "Mixed Media 1983-1993" Works by Seena Donneson, Laren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
• "Relief Sculpture", Friedhoim Fine Arts, Asheville, NC
• "Seena Donneson", Berkshire Art Center, Pittsfield, MA
• "Seena Donneson / Relief Sculpture", Danville Meseum of Fine Arts, VA
• "Seena Donneson / Relief Sculpture", Greenville Mueseum of Art
• "Seena Donneson / Mixed Media", Galerie #836, Santa Fe, NM
• Caps Traveling Exhibition, NY
• "Sculpture in Color", Upper East River Sculppyure Exhibition, NY
• "Visiting Artists", Clayworks, NY
• "Refractions/Reflections" Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, FLA
• "The Unexpected", Elaine Benson, Bridgehampton, LI, NY
• "Sculpture, Constructions, Fabrications" Elaine Starkman Gallery, NY

Museum and Public Collections (selected)

• Brooklyn Museum, NY
• Lyman Ally Museum, CT
• University of S. Illinois
• Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, VA
• Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
• Long Island Univeristy, NY
• Cornell Medical, NY
• Museum of Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, FLA
• Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
• Radford University, VA
• Lehigh University, PA
• Norton Gallery of Art, W. Palm Beach, FLA
• USIA Art in Embassies
• Princeton University, NJ
• Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby & Wood, NY
• Gulf & Western Corp., NY
• Washington Museum of Fine Art
• C.W. Post College, NY
• New School for Social Research, NY
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY
• RCA Corporation, NY
• World Trade Center, NY
• Citibank, NY
• Phillip Morris International, NY
• Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged
• McGraw Hill Publications, NY
• Equitable Life Insurance Co., NY
• Xerox Corp.
• Freeport Mineral
• Dictaphone Corp.
• First National Bank, Chicago
• Clairol Collection
• A. Levitt & Sons, NY
• Tulsa Civic Center
• Virginia Museum of Fine Art

Large Scale Installations

• Boca Raton Museum of Art, FLA
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY
• Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, FLA
• Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, NY
• Jersey City State College, NJ
• Goldwater Hospital, NY
• Manhattan Psychiatric Hospital, NY

Grants, Awards, Fellowships

• Queens Council on the Arts, Artists Seminars, ch.mn
• CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service) New York State Council on the Arts
• Clay Works, NY; visitin artist
• Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
• Edward MacDowell Colony, resident fellowships (2), Peterboro, NH
• National Academy, NYC, NAWA; Sculpture
• Western Washington State College, purchase prize; Drawing
• National Black & White, Kansas State University; Graphics
• 27th Guild Hall, Long Island, NY; Graphics
• HTAL 10th Annual Hecksher Museum, Long Island, NY
• 24th National Painters & Sculptors of NJ; Graphics

Bibliography (selected)

• Ruling, Nancy. "Carving Their Niche." Newsday 2 May 2001; photo and article
• Thakery, Beata. Papermaking, Decorating, Design. London, England; Conran Octopus Ltd., 1997; photo and text
• Gluek, Grace. "Sculpture Under a City Sky." New York Tiems; photo and review
• Alloway, Lawrence. "Art." The Nation; review
• Perrault, John. "Up the River." Soho Weekly News; photo and review
• "Who's Who in American Art", RR Bowker, NY, England
• "Who's Who in America", Marquis Who's Who
• Ahlander, Leslie. "Contemporary Trends Reflected." Washington Post
• "Worth Seeing." Art News
• Arts magazine; NY Exhibitions; In the Galleries

Teaching, Lectures (selected)

• New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH; Painting, Drawing
• New School for Social Research, NY, "Making Women's Art More Visible"
• NY City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, curator circulating exhibitions
• Nassau County Office of Cultural Development, "In School Art"; Lectures, Demos
• WNYC, NY, panel discussions
• NY University, History of Modern Art

Education

• Pratt Institute, NYC
• Pratt Graphic Art Center, NYC, Michael Ponce de Leon
• Art Students League, Morris Kantor