Donna Ruff
43-01 22nd Street #423
Long Island City, NY 11101

EDUCATION
BA University of Miami
MA Florida State University
MFA Rutgers University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 PVCC Gallery, Charlottesville, VA: ‚"On the Seventh Day"
2005 ArtSPACE New Haven Project Room: "Tempo"
2005 NEXT Gallery, New York, NY: "Garden Journal"
2004 Eldridge Street Project: "Nephesh"
2002 NJ Printmaking Council: "White Pages"
2001 PS 122, New York, NY: Hallway Project
2000 Rutgers University: MFA Thesis Exhibition
1997 Barry University, Miami, FL: "Santa Fe Diaries"

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Upcoming: Bravin Lee Projects
"Information is Not Knowledge" project, Newark, NJ
111 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY: "LOCUS"
Philadelphia Art Alliance: "PAPER[space]"
Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY: "Small Wonders"

2007
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT: "Process"
Druckwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des bbk berlin: “Handgeschopft”

2006
Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University: "Disaster! One Year After"
German Consulate, New York: ‚"Feedback: Artist to Artist"
NJ Print Council: ‚"New Directions"
ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT: "TEXTure"
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT: 2006 Invitational
Brooklyn Arts Council: "Making Your Mark"

2005
Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA: "Word of Mouth"
Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT: "(re)creation"
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY: "Baker's Dozen"
Mill Pond Gallery, St. James, NY: "Women, Words, and Images"
Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: "Project Diversity"
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: "Babes"
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT: "Translucence"

2004
Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY: "Qville"
Newartcenter, Newton, MA: "Off the Wall <Rethinking the Print>"
Gallery 402, New York, NY: "The Print Show"
Galerie Klenova, Prague, Czech Republic: 4th International Graphic Triennale (cat.)
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY: "Generations.04"
Musee des beaux-arts de la Ville du Locle, Switzerland: "Flying Carpet"
Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ, Berlin, Germany: "feedback"

2003
M. Zilinkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
Salon Internacional de Gabado y Ediciones de Arte Contemporaneo,
Estampa, Spain (cat.)
Papellon de Cristal del Recinto Ferial de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain
Robert Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College: "Printed and Bound"

2002
Korn Gallery, Drew University: "Kaboom!"
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition
ExitArt, New York, NY; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA: "Reactions"
California State University, Fresno, CA : "From Stone and Plate"

2001
Bhopal, India: Bharat Bhavan Fifth International Biennial of Print Art (cat.)
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin: "Feedback: artists by artists"
Zimmerli Art Museum: "Installed Collections/Collections Installed"
Katonah Art Museum: "breaking the rules, art 2001"
New Jersey Printmaking Council, Center for Visual Arts,
Brookdale Community College: "Humanity" (Johnson & Johnson Purchase Award)
Mattituck Museum: Connecticut Biennial
Mason Gross Art Gallery, Rutgers University: "Paper Trail"
Connecticut Graphic Arts Center: "Paper Works"
College Art Association New York Area Invitational MFA Exhibition
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts: International Juried Show (Award)

1999
Artworks, Trenton, NJ: "Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking" (Award)
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition

1998
Augusta State University, Augusta, GA: "Contemporary Goddesses"
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT: "Art and Language"
Pound Ridge, New York: "Small Pleasures"
"Corners of the Earth," Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University

1997
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT "No England No Amsterdam,"
New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Juried Exhibit, New Haven, CT
Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

CURATED REGISTRIES
Pierogi Flatfiles
ArtSPACE New Haven Flatfiles

GRANTS AND AWARDS
PS 122 Studio Recipient
Curatorial Opportunity Grant, Newartcenter, Newton, MA
Eldridge Street Project, New York, NY
Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship Grant
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
Rutgers University Research Grant
Purchase Award, Artworks
Johnson & Johnson Purchase Award

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

1999-2000
Mason Gross Art Gallery, Rutgers University;
Massachusetts College of Art;
Rhode Island School of Design;
Maryland Institute, College of Art:
"Y2K: Creative Moves into the 21st Century"
1999-2000
Columbia College, Chicago, IL;
SUNY College, Buffalo, NY;
Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA;
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.:
"National Collegiate Handmade Paper Show."

RESIDENCIES
Tamarind Institute
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Vermont Studio Center
Santa Fe Art Institute

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Flanders, April, "Experiprints and Printstallations," Contemporary Impressions, Spring, 2006
Schermler, Sara, "Making your Mark on Paper," Time Out New York, March 23-29, 2006
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New Haven Register, May 15, 2005
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Hopkins, Randi "Editor's Pick" Boston Phoenix, October 8-14, 2004
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