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Don Voisine

(American , b. 1952 )

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006        Abaton Garage, Jersey City, NJ
               Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY

2005        Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME

1998        Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
               June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME

1990        Deson Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987        Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL

1985        Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
               22 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY

1982        Moming Arts Center, Chicago, IL

1980        80 Papers, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007        Mark Dagley, Don Voisine, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
               Brooklyn Abstract, Eyewash @ Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
               Unwrapped II: New Gifts to the Permanent Collection, Missoula Art Museum, MT
               Continuum: In Celebration of 70 Years of the American Abstract Artists,
   St. Peter’s College Art Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
               Corpse of Time, Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
               In a Series, 'temporary Museum of Painting (& drawing), Brooklyn, NY
               The Orpheus Selection: In Search of Darkness, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
   Long Island City, NY
               Escape from New York, Sydney Non Objective (SNO), Sydney, Australia
               Material Matters, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006         The Square, 'temporary Museum of Painting (& drawing), Brooklyn, NY
                Abstractions, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY
                Inaugural Exhibition, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT   
                Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
                Presentational Painting III, Hunter College/Times Square Galleries, New York, NY
                17th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME

2006         War Is Over, SideShow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
   
2005         Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY
                Art Makes a Difference, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
                Paint it with Black, Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York, NY
                Ideal: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary Art,
                Brooklyn, NY
                Sublime Geometries, CMCA in Portland at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME

2004         Merry/Peace, SideShow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
                Naked, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
                Sublime Geometries, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
                Pierogi a Go-Go, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
                Group Exhibition, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
                Eccentric Spaces: The Fiction of Place, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2003         Merry/Peace, SideShow, Brooklyn, NY
                Incredible Lightness of Being, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002         Breathing Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
                Abstract Dilemmas: American Abstract Artists, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg            
     College, Allentown, PA
                Brooklyn Rail Presents: Made In Brooklyn, Whyte Studios, Brooklyn, NY
                round/rounded, S. Cono, Brooklyn, NY

2001         Sharon Brant, Robert Sagerman, Don Voisine, Margaret Thatcher Projects,
   New York, NY
                Merry/Peace, SideShow, Brooklyn, NY
                Tondo Rondo, C. W. White Gallery, Portland, ME
                Repetition in Discourse, The Painting Center, New York, NY
                Group Exhibition, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
                Abstraction: 22 Visions, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
                Inaugural Invitational Exhibition, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
                BibliLOtech, Kerry Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
                In House, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2000         The Toy Show, 41/2 Projects, Brooklyn, NY
                Punk & Bloat, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
                Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
                Toward The New: American Abstract Artists, Hillwood Art Museum,     Long
                Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY
                Summer Indulgence, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
                Separated At Birth: Selections from the Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Fidelity         
   Investments, Boston, MA
                An Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder, The State of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1999         Inaugural Salon - Winter 1999, Splendid, Brooklyn, NY
                The Passion/Passions of Art, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY
                Morir Sonando, 76 Varick, New York, NY
                Big Little Drawing Show, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

1998         After Dark, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME

1996         Defining Spaces, Sigma Gallery, New York, NY

1995         Reconstructivism, Space 504, New York, NY
                Works on Paper, S. Cono, Brooklyn, NY

1994         Drop Dead Painting, 103 Reade Street, NY

1992         Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test Site, Brooklyn, NY

1991         Aroostook: Art in Isolation, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME

1990         Downtown/Downeast, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
                Memory and Evidence, Painting Space 122, New York, NY
                January 1990, Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York, NY

1989         Elements of Style: A History of the Dividing Line, Deson Saunders Gallery,
   Chicago, IL
                Poetry and Process; 9 Abstract Artists, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY and    
   Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
                Acts Gallery, Fort Kent, ME

1988         Don Voisine, Katherine Bradford, Art Gallery, Kingsborough Community College,
                Brooklyn, NY
                Abstraction, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL

1986         Eight Artists, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
                New Visions in Contemporary Art: The RSM Company Collection, Cincinnati Art
   Museum, OH
                Paintings and Objects, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY

1985         American Abstraction: 4 Currents, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
                New Artists/New Work, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
                Objects of Comfort, City without Walls, Newark, NJ

1984         Small Works: New Abstract Painting, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

1982         Works on Paper, 80 Papers, New York, NY

1981         Annual Small Works Exhibit, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
                Works on Paper, 80 Papers, New York, NY

1979         Inaugural Exhibition, Black Brook Gallery, Lake Placid, NY

1976         Metro Show, Metro Gallery, Rochester, NY
                J. N. Niepce Memorial Exhibit, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA

1975         Rochester-Finger Lakes, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY


1974         Three Painters, Canal National Bank, Portland, ME
                Haystack, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

1973         Concept-Exhibition of Paintings, Concept, Portland, ME
                Skowhegan Award Competition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2007        Goodrich, John. "Mark Dagley & Don Voisine," The New York Sun, January 25

2006        Long, Jim. “R-Value," brochure essay for exhibition at Abaton Garage, Jersey City, NJ
               Brennan, Michael. "Art Seen," The Brooklyn Rail, May
               Glueck, Grace. "Presentational Painting III," The New York Times, April 7
               Maine, Stephen. "Painting Presentation," Artnet.com, April 7
               Evertz, Gabriele; Cox, John; and Ryan, Abbey.  Catalogue for Presentational Painting III,
   Times Square Galleries, Hunter College, New York
               Carroll, James. F. L. "Interview on New Arts Alive," New Arts Program/Berks Community
   Television, February 28

2005        Keane, Dan. "Living History," NY Arts Magazine, November/December
               Saltz, Jerry. "Odd Artist Out, Chris Martin," The Village Voice, October 12
               Wilson, Beth E.  "Abstract Thought," Chronogram, October
               Naves, Mario. "I See a Canvas and I Want It Painted Black," New York Observer,
               August 1
               Thompson, Chris. "Fishlike Fish 'Sublime Geometries: CMCA at Portland' at June
               Fitzpatrick, Portland Phoenix, February 23

2004        Isaacson, Phillip. "Eye on Collection, Insight into Collector's Eye," Maine Sunday Telegram,
   December 4

2002        Verderamme, Dr. Lori. Catalogue for Abstract Dilemmas: American Abstract Artists, Martin Art Gallery,
   Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

2001        Baird, Daniel. "The Painting Center Repetition in Discourse," The Brooklyn Rail, October/November
               Beem, Edgar Allen. "Unusually Abstract in Wiscasset," Maine Times, August 16
               Lombardi, D. Dominick. "Inaugural Exhibition for Gallery in Beacon," The New YorkTimes, April 22
               Frost, Adrian. "Collaborative Concepts," Chronogram, March

2000        Braff, Phyllis. "Punk & Bloat," The New York Times, December 10
               Arning, Bill. Catalogue for Punk & Bloat, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
               Price, Joan Webster. Catalogue for Toward the New: American Abstract Artists,
               Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY

1998        Nahas, Dominique. "Don Voisine at Margaret Thatcher," Review, May 15

1991        Beem, Edgar Allen. "The Ontological Status of Art and Aroostook, Maine Times, September 20

1990        Frank, Peter. "Reconstructivist Painting," Art Space, March/April
               Artner, Alan. "Voisine Paintings Add Up as Assured Works," Chicago Tribune, February 9
               Frank, Peter. "Rekonstruktivismus-Neomoderne Abstraktion in den Verenigten  Staaten,"
   Kunstforum, January/February

1988        McCrackin, David. "New York Artists Have the Abstract Edge," Chicago Tribune, July 8

1987        Holg, Garrett. "Don Voisine," New Art Examiner, May
               Artner, Alan. "Don Voisine's Simple Geometry is Masterful," Chicago Tribune, March 20

1986        Indiana, Gary. "Art Picks," The Village Voice, March 19

1985        Frank, Peter. Catalogue for American Abstraction: 4 Currents, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
               Zimmer, William. "City Without Walls - Objects of Comfort," The New York Times,  April 14

1984        Zabel, Barbara and Zimmer, William. Catalogue for Small Works: New Abstract Painting,
   Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

1980        Bradford, Katherine. "Don Voisine," Downtown Review, Fall
               Poroner, Palmer. "Don Voisine," Art Speak, September 11

1978        Bradford, Katherine; Lippard, Lucy; and Voisine, Don. "Grassroots-Concrete Roots,"
   Vision, December

1974        "Three Painters Exhibit," Portland Evening Express, April 22


EDUCATION:

1976           Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
1974           Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
1973 - 74    Concept Center for Visual Studies, Portland, Maine
1970 – 73    Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA

ASSOCIATIONS:

American Abstract Artists
  Member, 1997
  President, 2004-present

AWARDS:

2006        Artist’s Fellowship New York Foundation for the Arts

2004        Edward Albee Fellowship

2000        Honorary BFA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

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