About the Artist - Hugh O'donnell painting and prints

HUGH O’DONNELL

BIOGRAPHY

The artist presently lives and works in

Brookline, Massachusetts

http://www.hughodonnell.com/

http://www.bodyecho.com

1950 Born in London, England

1968-69 Foundation, University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts, England

1969-72 B.A., University College Falmouth, Cornwall, England

1972-73 Post Graduate, University of Central England, Birmingham, England

1973-74 Fellowship, University of Gloucestershire, England

1974-76 Fellowship, Japanese Monbusho Scholarship, Kyoto-Shiritsu Geijutsu Daigaku (Kyoto City University of Arts), Japan

1977-79 Thesis: "Monumental Screen Painting of the Japanese Momoyama Period," Royal College of Art, London

1978-87 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Brighton, School of Arts and Communication, England

1982 Lives and works in New York (7 months)

1985- Visiting critic and master class leader to art institutions and universities in England and America

1987 Moves to the United States of America. Lives and works in New York

1988 Origination of The Body Echo™ Project

1988-93 Faculty Member, New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture

1991 Moves to Connecticut. Lives and works in New Preston

1993- Establishes Hugh O'Donnell Workshops master class and residency program, Bantam (1993) and Washington Studio’s (1995), Connecticut

1994- Establishes home and studio in Washington, Connecticut

1994-98 Created Imago Workshops studio arts program in drawing and painting for students age 8-18, Bantam Studio, Connecticut

1995-97 Adjunct Professor, Graduate School, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

1996-98 Director, School of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, Boston University

1996- Professor of Painting, School of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, Boston University

1998- Professor of Photonics, Photonics Center, Boston University. Formed site-specific art program at Boston University

2001 Collaborations Chief. Directed "Digicornucopia," a 40’ collaborative digital print and an animation incorporating 2D, 3D, and animations created by participants, The Studio, Siggraph Digital Conference 2001, Los Angeles

2000-03 Research Fellowship, University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art & Design, England

2003-05 Chair of Undergraduate Painting, School of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, Boston University

2011- President/founder, Body Echo LLC. http://bodyecho.com/

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

1973 1st Prize, Sir Whitworth Wallace Trust,

Birmingham, England

1978 Arts Council Award, Arts Council of Great Britain

1979 Works for Public Places Commission, Regis Nova, Arts Council & Arun District Council, England

1980 Purchase Award, Arts Council of Great Britain

1987 Red Steps, set and costume designs for the London

Contemporary Dance Theater. Choreography by Siobhan Davies. London Premiere at Sadlers Wells, England (see page 6)

1989 Drawn Breath, set and costume designs for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company. Choreography by Siobhan Davies. London Premiere at Riverside

Studio's, England

The 1989 Digital Dance Award, the premier British dance award for the production of Drawn Breath, November

1996 Genesis: A Living Conversation, a book on conversation excerpts between Bill Moyers and panelists appearing on the TV series Genesis. An original oil painting was commissioned for the book jacket design (see page 4). It was also used on the video set sleeve, audiocassette sleeve and web page. The artwork was the basis of the visual theme for the TV series titles. O'Donnell is also transcribed in the book as a panelist in conversation with Bill Moyers

Digital Commissions

1998 First Light, an illuminated digital print installation 142 x 168 x 14 inches. Commissioned by Boston University for the Photonics Center, Massachusetts

2000-02 Data Command and Farsight,

two large-scale,

site-specific mural digital artworks. Commissioned

by the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland

2002-03 Circle Of Life, ten site-specific, front-lit, mural digital artworks. Commissioned by NYU Medical Center for the Jean and David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center, New York

2003-04 Speaking To The Earth, a site-specific, front-lit, mural digital artwork for the main entrance lobby, Deloitte & Touche, New York

2005-06 Sophia’s Garden, nine large-scale, back-lit, site-specific digital artworks. Commissioned by Wisdom House for their chapel windows, Connecticut

2005 Seeds Of Life, three front-lit, mural digital artworks. Commissioned by Boston University for the main entrance lobby of the Life Science and Engineering building, Massachusetts

2007-08 Bridging The Distance, two multi-media 9-10 minute video special effects programs, one video for eight LCD screens and one for four screens. The eight screen artwork is surrounded by eight back-lit large scale digital prints. Commissioned by Verizon for their central cafeteria area, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

2010-11 The Heart Of Miami, a ten-screen (thirty six feet) LCD video wall. The artwork is a 15 + minute 2D & 3D motion and digital graphics film based on life science research being conducted at the University of Miami. The work features a ten screen animated underwater scene and references to scientific visualization. Commissioned by Wexford Equities for the lobby of the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park, Florida. Installed June 2011

2011 Diatom I & Field of Gold, two digital prints, 60 x 60 inches. Commissioned by Wexford Equities for the lobby of the new University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park. Installed September (see above)

2012 Ember Days, Completed a 100-foot wide 56 LCD screen installation At the Mohegan Sun Casino Four Seasons Restaurant. A 1080 x 26,880 pixel resolution animated film commissioned by COCA COLA.

2012 Capital Campaign Boston University, Designed and directed a series of 3D video animations projected onto the ice of the Agganis Arena September 2012

2013 Natural Insight, 18 mural sized digital prints designed for the CANON Melville USA headquarters

2013 Art on the Marquee

80-foot-tall LED marquee video for the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

2014 Transforming Society. Commissioned by Boston University College of Engineering. This is an animated motion graphic, 1600 x 2562 pixels in resolution, it plays on a 75 x 120 inch Prysm Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) technology, interactive video wall in two parts for two sites.

2017 Honeywell Experience A series of large format digital collages based on three main areas of Honeywell production Industries. 1. Home and Building Technologies. (Connected thermostats and home controls, fire and security systems, air and water purification) 2. Aerospace. (Orion Mars Mission and International Space Station command and control systems) 3. Performance Materials Technologies. (Industrial Internet of Things, advanced software services for smart and connected plants, new refining conversion technologies to make better use of our energy resources)

2021 Blue wave The Nora building lobby on the Tampa waterfront A site specific installation

PUBLISHING

2005 Hugh O’Donnell (Auth), Tina Eden (Ed), “Body Echo,” Book, Washington, Connecticut: Body Echo Publications, December

2012 100 Boston Artists Schiffer Publishing publication

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Connecticut

Arts Council of Great Britain

British Council, United Kingdom

Denver Museum of Art, Colorado

London Contemporary Arts Society

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Polk Museum of Art, Florida

Hull University England

Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Tate Gallery, London

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis

Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

CU Art Museum at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

University of Hull UK

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota Florida

Tsinghua University Academy of Art and Design Beijing China

ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS

1976 Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Works on paper.

Sponsored by the British Council and Nishimura Gallery

1977 Air Gallery, London. Paintings and Drawings

1979 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England. Paintings and Drawings

1982 Marlborough Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings

1983 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Paintings and Drawings

1984 Marlborough Gallery, New York. Works on paper and Monoprints

Marlborough Graphics, London. Works on paper

1985 Marlborough Fine Art, London. Paintings and Drawings

1987 Marlborough Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings

1988 Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago. Paintings

1989 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. Paintings

1990 Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago. Paintings and Works on paper

1991 Marlborough Gallery, New York. Paintings and Drawings

1992 Denise Cadé Gallery, New York. Drawings and Pastels: The Lake Series

1994 Jan Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles. Paintings and Drawings: The Lake Series

1995 Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Pennsylvania. Drawings: The Lake Series and The Body Echo™ Project

Art Museum at The University of Memphis. Drawings: The Lake Series and The Body Echo™ Project

1997 Humanities Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York. Paintings on a theme in Dylan Thomas

2002-03 Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston University, Massachusetts. Paintings and Drawings 1992-2002 Selections from The Green Age Series and The Body Echo™ Project

2005 The von Liebig Arts Center, Naples, Florida. The Body Echo™ Project, January 8-29

2006 Marie Louise Trichet Gallery, Wisdom House, Litchfield, Connecticut. In The Garden Of Sophia. Digital Inkjet prints, May 21, 2006 – January 20, 2007

2007 Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut. Paintings, June 23 – August 12, 2007

2012 Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut. Paintings

2018 Judy Black Memorial Center Washington Ct

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1972 Newlyn Society, Penzance, Cornwall, England

1973 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England

Platform, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England

DM Gallery, London

1975 Documentation, Iteza Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto University Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

1976 Artists Market, London

1977 Artists Market, London

1978 London Group Exhibition, Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London

Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle, England

1978 Air Gallery, London

Artists Market, London

1978-79 John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery,

Liverpool, England

1980 British Art Now: An American Perspective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. This exhibition traveled to the San Diego Museum of Art, California; Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; University Art Museum, University of Austin, Texas; Royal Academy of Art, London

Nuova Imagine, Monza-Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy

1981 IV Medellin Biennale, Colombia

1983 Britain Salutes New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Twentieth Century Painting, Marlborough Gallery, New York

5 Collaborators in Paper, Chicago Art Fair (with Tyler Graphics), Chicago

1984 Designs for Jewels–Collaboration with Ros Conway, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (see opposite)

Drawings since 1974, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.

Home and Abroad, Serpentine Gallery, London

1985 Ten Years: A Retrospective, Air Gallery, London

Paperworks: Paperworks from Tyler Graphics, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

A Painterly Approach: Artists in Print, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, England

1985-86 Abstract Painting Redefined, Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1986 Arte e Alchimia, XLII Venice Biennale, Italy

Japonisme, Reflections in Western Art, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, England

International Paper Works, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany

1986-87 Foundation Veranneman, Belgium, Holland

1987 Emerging Artists 1978-1986 from the Exxon Series, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Selected Paintings, Helander Gallery, Miami

The Philips Industries Collection, Dayton, Ohio

1988 Fables and Fantasy, The Collection of Robert Summer and Susan Kasen Summer, Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, North Carolina

Decorative Arts Award 1988, designs for Jewels -collaboration with Ros Conway, Sotheby's, London, and Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan

1989 The Question of Drawing, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami

1990 Works on Paper: Amenoff, Barth, O'Donnell, Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York

Marlborough en Pelaires, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

1992 Drawings Only, Denise Cadé Gallery, New York

1992-93 Innovations in Collaborative Printmaking: Kenneth Tyler 1963-1992, Yokohama Museum of Art. This exhibition traveled to the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma, Wakayama; Tokushima and Hokkaido Museums of Modern Art, Japan

1993 Drawing in Black and White: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York

First Thoughts: Working Drawings by Seven Artists, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey

Selection of Prints from Graphics Studio, Greenfield Gallery, Los Angeles

1994 Works on Paper, Margret Biederman Gallery, Munich, Germany

The Computer in the Studio, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts

1995 Works Selected by Dore Ashton, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York

1994-95 An American Passion: The Kasen Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland. This exhibition traveled to the Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London

1996 A 30 Mile Circle, Bachelier–Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut

Art for Today, Diana Aceti Fine Art, New York

1997 Founders and Heirs of the New York School, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. This exhibition traveled to The Miyaki Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan

1998 Our Tenth Anniversary, Bachelier–Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut

2000 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, (Invited Artist), Royal Academy of Art, London

2001 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London

Siggraph Digital Conference 2001. Exhibited Digicornucopia, a 40’ collaborative digital print and an animation incorporating 2D and 3D digital art work, Los Angeles Convention Center

Interrogating the Surface, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset, England

2002 Interrogating the Surface, The London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London

Twenty @ 20, Art Museum at The University of Memphis, Tennessee

2003 2003 Faculty Show, Washington Art Association, Washington, Connecticut, November 1- 20

2004 Print Matters - The Kenneth E. Tyler Gift, Tate Modern, London

2006 Scenes of Country Life: The Woods, Silo Gallery, New Milford, Connecticut, February 11 – March 19

Forty Artists of Litchfield County, Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut, April 22 – May 21

Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two. Drawing Galleries, Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10 - October 2

2007 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery New York, New York, November 29 - December 24

2008-09 DIGITAL'08: Imagination on Behalf of Our Planet 10th International Digital Print Open Competition & Exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI), Walter LeCroy Gallery, New York Hall of Science, New York, October 4 - January 25

2009 Gallery Artists, Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut, April 18 - June 14

2011 2011 International Paper Art Exhibition and Symposium, National Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan. Sponsored by The National Council for Culture Affairs, Taiwan & The Culture Foundation of Paris, France, May

Faculty Exhibition, Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Massachusetts. Recent paintings

2012 Guggenheim Museum NY group show From the Archives: Artist Awards and Acquisitions, 1956-1987 December 3, 2011–July 16, 2012

2012 Tsinghua University Beijing, China November 2012Three 72 x 72 digital prints for the 3rd Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposiums at

2014 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England. “As Exciting As We Can Make It”. 2 July – 31 August.

2016 Flowers Gallery London and New York December.

2016 Royal Academy London Summer show

2017 Washington Arts Association, Washington CT

2017 Flowers Gallery London, December.

2018 In the Language of the Birds Site specific installation. The Judy Black Memorial Center Washington Connecticut.

2018 Invited to install In The Language of The Birds at the Royal Academy London

2019 The National Museum of China. Two large scale digital print designs for The Fifth Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposium. Tsinghua University Academy OF Art and Design Beijing China.

2021 The Nora Building, Tampa Florida. Monumental Nine Part Digital Print Installation Sept 2021

TELEVISION, RADIO AND SPECIAL APPEARANCES

1984 CBS, New York. Series Title: "Good Morning America." Program Title: Collaborations Tyler Graphics. Program Type: News. Participation: interviewed and shown at work making prints. First Broadcast: April

1991 PBS, WNET Ch. 13, New York. Series Title: American Masters. Program Title: Robert Motherwell and The New York School: Storming the Citadel. Program Type: Documentary. Participation: interviewed. Executive

Producer: Susan Lacy. First Broadcast: Fall

1996 PBS, WNET Ch. 13, New York. Series Title: "Genesis". Program Type: panel discussions, a ten part program series with Bill Moyers. Participation: panelist on two programs. Director & Producer: Catherine Tatge. First Broadcast: October 16

PBS, WGBH Ch. 2, Boston (not for broadcast). Panel discussion hosted by Bill Moyers which included panelist participants from the "Genesis" series and Boston religious community leaders before an audience of distinguished guests, October 24

2007 WZBG FM 97.3, Litchfield Radio, Connecticut. Morning Show Interview, August 23

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1973 Richard Walker "Young Painters," Arts Review, Vol. XXV, September 22, p. 630

1975 Piero de Monzi, "Interior Painting in Installation," Harpers & Queen, July, p. 74

1976 Amaury St. Giles, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo, February

Marina Vaizey, "Artists Market," Arts Review, vol. XXVII, September 17, p. 378

1978 William Packer, "Summer Mixtures," Financial Times, August 8, p. 11

John McEwen, "John Moore’s Exhibition Review," The Spectator, December 8

1979 Moira Kelly, "Hugh O'Donnell," Artscribe, pp. 38-41

1980 "Petroart", Saturday Review, January 5, p. 38

Hilton Kramer, "Art: British News at the Guggenheim," New York Times, Friday, January 25

John Ashbury, "Puttin' On The Brits," New York Magazine, vol. 13, February 4, p. 50

Robert Hughes, "From Sticks To Cenotaphs," Time Magazine, vol. 15, no. 6, February 11, p.65

Diane Waldman, "Hugh O'Donnell," British Art Now Catalogue, pp. 101-102

Theodore Wolf, "British Art Now," Christian Science Monitor, February

Flavio Caroli, "Nuova Immagine," catalogue, Monza-Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, April

Dale Harris, "The Art That Caught The Lady's Eye," The Guardian

Dore Ashton, "British Art Now," Arts Canada, May, p. 44

1983 Lisa Dennison, "Hugh O'Donnell," Arts Magazine, February

Petra Paine, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough," Art World, February, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 5

Dale Harris, "The Nations Arts and Crafts," The Guardian, June 1, p. 11

1984 Lisa M. Messenger, "Notable Acquisitions 1982-83," Metropolitan Museum, New York

Mary Rose Beaumont, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough Graphics," Arts Review, March, p. 100

Leonard Lee, "Hugh O'Donnell," Artscribe, vol. 47, pp. 32-35

Hugh O'Donnell, Statement for the Victoria & Albert Museum catalogue "Ros Conway," May, p. 4

Frank Gettings, "Drawings since 1974," catalogue, Hirshorn Museum, Washington D.C.

1985 Susan Bridson, "Abstract Painting Redefined," Village Times, December

Rhonda Cooper, "S.U.S.B. Fine Arts Center holds exhibition," Suffolk Life, December 4

Helen A. Harrison, "21 Approaches to Abstract Art," The New York Times, December 22

Karin Lipson, "Big Abstracts From a Varied Lot," Newsday, December 27

1987 Carter Ratclif, "The Phillips Industries Collection," catalogue

John Russell, "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough," The New York Times, February 20, c. 26

Diane Waldman, "Emerging Artists 1978-1986 from

the Exxon Series," catalogue, Guggenheim Museum, September

1988 Donald Kuspit, "Fables and Fantasy," catalogue, Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, April

Michael Bonesteel, "Painting 'dem bones," Highland Paper, November 17

1989 Dore Ashton, "Question of Drawing," catalogue, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami

Edward Lucie-Smith, "Stateside Patrons of the Brit Pack," The Independent, April 8, p. 44

Dore Ashton, "Studio Visit: A Painter's Odyssey," Contemporanea, vol. II, no. 8, November, pp. 72-75

1990 Judith Higgins, "A Very British View," The Sunday Times Magazine, London, February 11, pp. 44-50

Roy Oxlade, "British Artists in New York," Modern Painters, vol. 3, no. 3, September, pp. 72-75

1990-91 REVIEW: Hugh O'Donnell: Marlborough, NEXT magazine, Italy, Winter Issue 20, Vol. VII, p. 80

1991 Dore Ashton, "Back to Sentience," catalogue, Marlborough Gallery, New York, January

Eleanor Heartney, Reviews New York: "Hugh O'Donnell, Marlborough," ARTnews, vol. 90, no. 4, April, p. 145

Hugh O'Donnell, "Art and the Green Mission - A Personal View," The Green Contemporary Art Sale Catalogue, Phillips Fine Art, April 25, pp. 5-6

Richard Kalina, Reviews New York: "Hugh O'Donnell at Marlborough," Art in America, May, pp. 168-169

Patrick Pacheco, The New Faith in Painting: "Hugh O'Donnell," Art & Antiques: The New Faith in Painting - A Special Issue, May, pp. 66-69

1992 Pat Gilmour, "Hugh O'Donnell," Innovation in Collaborative Printmaking: Ken Tyler 1963-1992, July, p.124

Nancy Grimes, "Hugh O'Donnell: Denise Cadé," ARTnews, October, Vol. 91, no.8, pp.126, 128

David Masello, "The British Invasion," Avenue, November, Vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 43-46

1993 Jill Snyder, "Introduction," First Thoughts Catalogue, March, pp. 4-5

Kathi Norklun, "Drawing Marathon Bard College," Woodstock Times, October 21, p.15.

1994 Francis Chamberlain, "Artists Revive a Landmark Factory Building in Bantam," The New York Times, January 30, CT section, p.17

Pamela Hammond, "Hugh O'Donnell: Jan Abrams," , October

Cate McQuaid, "The Computer in the Studio," The Boston Phoenix, November 18

Tracey O'Shaughnessy, "Artist Paints With Passion, Power," The Sunday Republican, December 18, section G 'Accent,' pp. 1G & 6G

1995 Adrienne Redd, "Forms From Nature Echo in British Artist's Work," The Morning Call, February 11, A57-58

Marilyn Fox, "The Energy of Movement," The Reading Eagle, February 26, p. F3

Nathan Bard, "Freedman Gallery Hosts O'Donnell Exhibition," The Albrightian, February 17

Barbara A. MacAdam, "Works Selected by Dore Ashton," ARTnews, March, p. 132

"Transitions," National News, ARTnews, Summer Issue, p. 54

Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, "Reflections on Hugh O’Donnell’s Body Echo Project,” Art Museum of The University of Memphis, September

Vanessa E. Jones, "Exhibit Room Swimming with Body Echo," Commercial Appeal, September 10, Section G, p. 2

Fred Burton, "Monumental Body Echo Engulfs the Viewer," Commercial Appeal, September 18, Section C,

p. 3

1996 Eileen Fritsch, "Virtual Printmaking," The Big Picture: The Art & Science of Large Format Digital Imaging, July,

p. 34

David Van Biema, "Genesis Reconsidered," Time Magazine, October 28, p. 72

Tracey O'Shaughnessy, "In the beginning...," The Sunday Republican, November 10, section H 'Panorama,’ pp. 1H & 6H

1997 Diana Stuart Jones, "A County Painter's Journey," The Litchfield County Times, January 3, section 'LCT,' p.15

1998 Nicole Long, "Exhibition of Poetic Illumination: Photonics plays Medici to B.U. Artists," BU Bridge, November 30, back page

2002 David Hall, “It’s Academic,” The Memphis Flyer, July 18-24, p. 36

Peggy Burch, “Light in August,” The Commercial

Appeal, August 25, pp. F1, F2

Clare Henry, “Clare Henry in Coversation with Hugh O'Donnell,” Catalogue, Boston University’s 808 Gallery, November, pp. 12-14

Dore Ashton, “Hugh O’Donnell,” Catalogue, Boston University’s 808 Gallery, November, pp. 6-10

2003 Joanne Silver, “Feeling Natural; Hugh O’Donnell Dives into Nature’s Swirl of Activity,” Boston Herald,

January 3, section 'Visual Arts,' Page S.05

Brian Fitzgerald, “In Search of Essence: The art of Hugh O’Donnell,” B. U. Bridge, January 10, section 'Arts,' p.8

Cate McQuaid, “A Decade...Worthwhile Work,” The Boston Globe, January 16, section 'Living Arts,' p.D8

Meredith Fife Day, “Hugh O’Donnell: Paintings and Drawings 1992-2002 Selections from the Green Age Series and The Body Echo Project,” Art New England, April 2003, p.29

2004 Tate Publishing, “Print Matters: The Kenneth E. Tyler Gift, pp. 76-77

Al Hurwitz, “Hugh O'Donnell: Growing Things,” Body Echo Book, pp.80-84

2005 Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, "Reflections on Hugh O’Donnell’s Body Echo Project,” Body Echo Book, 2005, pp. 10-15

2006 “Artist to Talk About Book At the Gunn,” The Litchfield County Times, January 13, p. 16

2006 Jaime Ferris, “Body Echo,” Weekend Life, February 3, p. 2. This article also appeared in Housatonic Living, the arts and leisure section of five Housatonic papers, including The Litchfield Enquirer, The New Milford Times, The Kent Good Times Dispatch, The Brookfield Journal and The Bethel Beacon, February 3, pp. 1-2

2007 Ann Landi, “Hugh O’Donnell,“ Catalogue, Morrison Gallery, June, pp. 3-5

Nancy Barnes, “For the First Time, a Noted Artist Shows Locally,” The Litchfield County Times, June 22, Front Page

“Art in the Tri-State Region,” The Country and Abroad, June, pp. 50, 57-58

Tracey O’Shaughnessy, "Nature Unleashed, Sunday Republican (Arts & Entertainment), August 19, Front Page Section H & p. 3H

Johanna Ruth Epstein, "Hugh O'Donnell - Morrison," ArtNews, October, p.223

2011 Lauren Landry, “Students Start Up America,” TEXxBU, www.bostoninnovation.com, November 22, Front Page

2013 Celia McGee ArtNews, Oct 2012 p.119 Review "Hugh O’Donnell-Morrison Gallery."

2017 Daphne Anderson Deeds Happening In The Hills article and interview “Within Nature”

2017 Jessica Lane “Finding the passions of artist Hugh O’Donnell” Litchfield Magazine

DANCE: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

FOR SET & COSTUME DESIGN

1987 David Dougill, "Getting It In The Neck," Sunday Times, U.K., February 22

"Contemporary Celebration" (London Contemporary Dance), The Echo, Portsmouth, U.K., March

John Percival, The Times, U.K. March 7

Judith Mackrell, "How To Put Dance In The Picture," The Independent, U.K., March 10

(Dance), The Independent, U.K., November 26

Clement Crisp, Financial Times, U.K., November 6

John Percival, "Best of Three," The Times, U.K., November 26

1987 Mary Clarke, "Sadler's Wells," The Guardian, U.K., November 26

Jann Parry, "Pear-Shaped," The Observer, U.K., November 29

"Don't Hang Up On LCDT," The Stage and Television Today (Opera and Dance), U.K., December 3

1989 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, "British Theatre Design 1978-1988," Book

Clark & Crisp (text), Crickmay (photographs), "London Contemporary Dance, The First 21 Years," Published by Dance Books, U.K., pp. 188-189

Jann Parry, "Watch Their Steps," interview with Siobhan Davies, Observer Magazine, U.K., November 19, pp. 64-67

2018 Pilobolus Dance Company

Designing costumes and set

SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE

1996-97 Connecticut Commission for the Arts. Site Specific

Art Installation Panel to award a $200,000-$300,000 state commission, Panel Judge,

1998 Ridgefield Guild of Artists. National Portrait Exhibition, Judge - selected all works for exhibition and awarded prizes, February

1998-99 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education. Arts Curriculum Framework Review Panel. Committee Member. Public address March 30, 1999

Boston Cyberarts Festival. Steering Committee. Advised and coordinated Boston University, School for the Arts contributions

1999 Massachusetts Alliance for Art Education.

Art College Tuition prizes awarded to Boston Public

School students for excellence in art. Served as Juror

Gallery on the Green, Connecticut. 32^nd Annual

Open Regional Jury Show. Judge – selected all works for exhibition and awarded prizes, October

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. 88^th Annual Open Exhibition. One of two Jurors. Sselected all works for exhibition and awarded prizes, October

Art and Spirituality. Symposium, Wisdom House, Connecticut, May 2

1999-00 Western Connecticut State University. Served on Advisory Board to review MFA program content and viability

2000- Western Connecticut State University. Member of Advisory Board, MFA program

2001 Siggraph Digital Conference 2001, Los Angeles. Collaborations Chief for the Collaboration Workshop, The Studio. Directed “Digicornucopia,” a 40’ collaborative digital print and an animation incorporating 2D, 3D and animations created by participants, August 12-17

2003 Washington Art Association Public Benefit and Studio Event. Host and Speaker, Washington Studios, Connecticut, September 13

2003-6 Washington Art Association. Trustee at Large, Washington, Connecticut

2016 Washington Arts Association Trustee

SELECTED TEACHING & LECTURES

1978-87 University of Brighton, School of Arts and Communication, Sussex, U.K. Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

1985 University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art & Design. Visiting Artist, Graduate School of Painting

1985-86 University College London, The Slade School of Fine Art. Visiting Artist, Graduate School of Painting

1986-87 University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Visiting Artist, School of Painting

1987-97 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Visiting Critic, Graduate School of Painting, September 1987-May 1994; Visiting Critic & drawing master class workshop, October 1995, November 1996, February 1997

1988-93 New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, NY. Faculty Member and Visiting Artist

1990 Pratt Institute, NY. Visiting Professor, School of Fine Art, September-December

1991 Royal College of Art; University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art & Design; Kingston University, School of Fine Art; London; University of Brighton, School of Arts and Communication, Sussex. Visiting Critic & Lecturer, April

1992 Montserrat College of Art, MA. Visiting Professor, April

University College London, The Slade School of Fine Art. A Question of Drawing master class workshop, December

1992-96 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. A Question of Drawing (five-day master class workshop for graduate students), September 1992, September 1993, September 1994; Drawing in Color (two five-day master class workshops for first & second year graduate students), September 1995; five-day Master Class Drawing Workshop, October 1996

1992-08 Vermont Studio Center. Guest Critic, May 1992; A Question of Drawing (master class workshops), January 1993, 1994; Total Drawing (master class workshops), January 1995, March-April 1995; Drawing into Painting (master class workshops), January-February 1996; Total Drawing (master class workshop), February 1997; Guest Critic, December 13-20, 1997; March 6-13, 1998; Address to Trustees, October 1, 1999; Guest Critic, October 1-4, 1999; December 10-17, 1999; December 15-21, 2000; February 16-22, 2001; May 19-23, 2002; December 13-19, 2002; December 12-18, 2003; December 10-17, 2004; December 9-16, 2005; December 8-14, 2006; November 2-8, 2007; December 12-18, 2008, June 2010

1993 Pratt University, NY. Visiting Lecturer, February

Royal College of Art; University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. A Question of Drawing master class workshop, April

Randolf-Macon Woman's College, Virginia. A Question of Drawing master class workshop, September

Bard College, NY. A Question of Drawing master class workshop, October

1993-95 Cooper Union, NY. Public Lecture: Drawing in the

Language of the Body, April 1993. Lecture on painting

February 24, 1995

1993-96 Skidmore College, NY. Visiting Lecturer, March 1993, October 1995, March 1996. Master Class Workshop, July 1996

1993- Hugh O'Donnell Workshops, Connecticut, Drawing in Color & Intensive Drawing master class, two & five-day workshops: June, August, and October 1993; June, October, December 1994; April, June, October, 1995; April, June, December 1996. Perception of Color master class five-day workshops: April, June, July, October 1996, April 1997, June 2004; Intensive Project master class five-day workshops: June 1998; June 1999; June 2000; June 2001; August 2002; February 2003, June–July 2003; March 2004; June 2005; June 2006, June 2007, June 2008, June 2009, October 2009, June 2010, November 2010. Perception of Color master class two-day workshop: Part 1– October 2003, Part 2 – March 2004. Critique Group: five session annual program, ongoing from July 2004–

1994 Berlin Shafir Gallery, New York. Symposia on Nationalism and Art. Panel moderated by Dore Ashton, May

Passadena Art Center, Los Angeles. Visiting Critic, July

The University of Memphis, Memphis. Visiting Critic, September

Brooklyn College, NY. Visiting Critic, December

1994-96 Chester Springs Studio's, Pennsylvania. Drawing Master Class Workshop, June 1994; October 1995; June 1996

1994-98 Imago Workshops, Connecticut. Annual program of two and five day studio art workshops in drawing and painting for young people age 8-18

1995 Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania. Growing Things™ drawing master class workshop for artists & dancers. Student exhibition and lecture on drawing, February

1995 Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Growing Things™ drawing master class workshop for artists and dancers. Student exhibition and lecture on drawing, September 7-16

1995-97 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Adjunct Professor. Visiting Critic to Graduate School

1995-99 Kent School, Connecticut. Drawing Master Class Workshop, 1995; Public Lecture, February 1999

1996 Interlochen, Michigan. Drawing Master Class Workshop, July

1996- Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. Professor of Painting

1997 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Connecticut. Public Lecture, January 19

1998 Western Connecticut State University. Public Lecture, March 17

Connecticut Graphic Arts Center. Monotype Printmaking Workshop, June 29-July 1

1998-99 Suffield Academy, Connecticut. Growing Things™ master class workshop, October 1998; January 1999 (see above)

1998-00 Royal Academy of Art, London. Member of Faculty. Master Class Workshop, March 1999

1998- Boston University, Photonics Center. Professor of Photonics

2000-09 Western Connecticut State University. Adjunct Faculty

2001 Hendrix College, Arkansas. Body Echo™ Workshop (three-day workshop for undergraduate BFA students), February 9-February 11 (see below)

2002 Vermont Studio Center. Growing Things™ Master Class Workshop, Young Presidents Association Grp, May 3-5

2002-03 Boston University 808 Gallery. Growing Things™ Workshop. Four one-day Growing Things™ workshops for Boston city high schools. Selections from the artwork generated was exhibited in the 808 Gallery in conjunction with Hugh O’Donnell Paintings and Drawings 1992-2002 exhibition, November 23, 2002-February 2, 2003

2003 Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. Conference: Drawing in the Schools. Conducted Growing Things™ Workshop, a one-day special event workshop for K-12 students from the Boston metro area art studio classrooms, October 4

2003-05 Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. Chair of Undergraduate Painting

2005 The von Liebig Arts Center, Naples, Florida. Growing Things™ Workshop. Two-day workshop, January 21-22

The Hynes Convention Center, National Art Education Association Convention, Boston. Guest Speaker: Growing Things™ Project, March 4-8

Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut. Auerbach lecture, April 5

Tabor Academy, Massachusetts. Growing Things™ Workshop. One-day workshop and lecture, April 18

Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. Summer Institute Program. Growing Things™ Workshop. One-day workshop, July 22

2009 Lecture to Boston University Alumni at the office of international programs at 43, Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London. This talk resulted in a major gift of $75,000, from the Kleh Foundation with special recognition of my lecture presented by Bill Kleh, a member of the BU International Advisory Committee.

2010 Western Connecticut State University. Lecture and Visiting Critic, January 26

The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Growing Things™ Workshop. Two-day workshop,

2014 Roxbury Prep School Boston Growing Things Workshop

2021 William and Mary college Williamsburg VA Special master class in color

2021 The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Mayo Ireland. Invite for a Printmaking two month Residency