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
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1975
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1980
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1984
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Hugh
O'Donnell,
Statement for the Victoria & Albert Museum catalogue "Ros Conway," May, p. 4
Frank
Gettings,
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1985
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Hugh
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1994
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1998
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2003
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2005 Maxine
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"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,
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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
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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. 32nd
Annual
Open Regional Jury Show. Judge – selected all works
for exhibition and awarded prizes, October
Connecticut Academy of
Fine Arts.
88th 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