Donald Lipski

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Born 1947 in Chicago, Illinois

Lives and works in Sag Harbor, New York



SOLO EXHIBITIONS




2007

“Spilt Milk,” Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas



2005

Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri



2003

“Non-fiction,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York



2002

“New Works,” Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

“Marvels from the Exquisite Copse,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York



2001

“Ah-Roma,” American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy; Traveled to Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



2000

“Exquisite Copse,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Passing Time and Building Steam 1980-85,” John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York

“A Brief History of Twine,” Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Traveled through 2001 to Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston Texas; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

“Exquisite Copse,” Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri

“Exquisite Copse,” Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas



1999

Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria



1998

“Book Works, 1982 1997,” John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York; Traveled to Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan; Barbara Davis, Houston, Texas



1997

“Pond Life,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida

“The LaGuardia Suite,” LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and Performance Art, New York, New York

“The Yearling,” Southeast Entrance, Central Park, Public Art Fund, New York, New York

Cohen Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri



1996

“The Cauldron: An Installation by Donald Lipski,” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York



1995

Galerie Lelong, Paris, France

Galleria Il Ponte, Rome, Italy

Piero Cavellini, Brescia, Italy

“The Humidors,” Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California



1994

“Oral History,” South Eastern Contemporary Arts Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Tim Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

“Wall Works,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York



1993

“The Texas Works,” Davis/ McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

“Wave,” Allen Center Gallery, Houston, Texas

“Pieces of String Too Short to Save,” Grand Lobby installation, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

“The Texas Works,” Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Los Angeles, California

“Starrv Night,” Capp Street Project, San Francisco, California



1992

Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden

“Americas,” Monasterio de Santa Clara, Moguer, Huelva, Spain

“The Bells,” P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York



1991

Robert Lehman Gallery, New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Brooklyn, New York

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

“The Bells,” The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Anselino Alvarez Galerie de Arte, Madrid, Spain

Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

“Alchemy, Works by Three Sculptors: Suzanne Bocanegra, Ellen Driscoll, Donald Lipski,”

Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia



1990

Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois

“Poetic Sculpture,” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania; Traveled to

University Galleries, Normal, Illinois; Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio

“Waterlilies,” Lennon/ Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, New York

“Glass,” New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Brooklyn, New York.

“Who’s Afraid of Red, White, & Blue?” The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Traveled to University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Beaver College Art Gallery, Beaver College (now Arcadia University), Glenside, Pennsylvania; and Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, New York



1989

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts



1988

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Germans van Eck Gallery, New York, New York



1987

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland

Center on Contemporary Art, in cooperation with Boeing International, Seattle, Washington

Anders Tomberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden

Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post College, Long Island University, Brookville, New York

Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York



1986

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Edward Totah Gallery, London, England



1985

University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

New Orleans Museum of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

Germans van Eck Gallery, New York, New York

Carpenter & Hochman Gallery, Dallas, Texas



1984

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California

P.B. van Voorst van Beest Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands



1983

Germans van Eck Gallery, New York, New York

Anders Tomberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden



1982

Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon



1981

Braathen Gallozzi Gallery, New York, New York

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California



1980

Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



1979

Museum of Modem Art, New York, New York

Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York



1978

Artists Space, New York, New York

Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York



1977

Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas



1976

Macalaster Galleries, St. Paul, Minnesota



1975

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York



1974

Contemporary Arts Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma







GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2011

“Anatomy/Academy,” Fisher Brooks Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



2010

“The Art of the Artist’s Book,” Oakland University Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan



2009

“INTERPLAY:Art*Audience*Architecture,” Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“Walls, Floors & Ceilings,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Favorites from the Contemporary Glass Collection,” Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

“Civic Duty: Building Art, Building Houston,” Space 123 Gallery at the Houston Center for the Arts, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas



2008

“Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

“Dialog:City,” Denver, Colorado; In conjunction with the Democratic National Convention

“Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor,” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

“Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Arts,” The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

“Landmarks,” University of Texas, Austin, Texas



2007

“New Media/New Materials: Highlights in Contemporary Art from The Fabric Workshop and Museum,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Simply Red,” the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York



2006

“Furniture as Metaphor: Contemporary Sculpture and the Poetics of Domesticity,” University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

“The Emergent Garde: Engulfed,” Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida



2005

“City Art,” Center for Architecture, New York, New York



2004

“Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut

“Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place,” Laumeier Sculpture Park

and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; traveling through 2008 to Museum of Art and History, McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, California; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee; Herron School of Art, Purdue, Illinois; Cheekwood Museum and Botanical Garden, Nashville, Tennessee; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas

“North Fork /South Fork: East End Art Now,” The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York



2002

“Five by Five: Contemporary Artists on Contemporary Art,” Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, New York

“The 177th Annual National Academy of Design,” National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York



2001

“Transcultural Visions: Polish American Contemporary Art,” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois



2000

“Particular Vision,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

“Pleasure Treasure: Recent Acquisitions from the Collections of Eileen and Peter Norton,” Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, California

“Silver and Gold,” Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California

“Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia



1999

“Avoiding Objects,” APEX ART Curatorial Program, New York, New York

“Drip, Blow, Burn: Forces of Nature in Contemporary Art,” The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York

“On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Culture,” DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts

“Souvenirs: Collecting, Memory, and Material Culture,” Guild Hall Fine Art Museum and Theater, East Hampton, New York

“Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

“Twenty-six Sculptors and Their Environments,” Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York



1997

“20/20: CAF Looks Forward and Back,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California

“Legible Forms,” the International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey; Traveled through 1998 to Hand Workshop, Richmond, Virginia; Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois; Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, California; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

“Neuberger Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition of Public Art,” State University of New York,

Purchase College, Purchase, New York

“No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in Contemporary Art,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

“Recent Glass Sculpture: A Union of Ideas,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin



1996

“Bang! The Gun as Image,” Florida State University Art Museum, Tallahasee, Florida

“Chimériques Polymeres,” Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France

“Food for Thought,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Traveled to Virginia Center for Contemporary Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

“The Gun: Icon of Twentieth Century Art,” Ubu Gallery, New York, New York

“The Northeast,” The White House Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.



1995

“Sculpture as Objects: 1915 1995,” Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, New York



1994

“Joe's Garage,” TZ’ART & Co., New York, New York

“Low Tech,” Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

“Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio

“Points of Interest/Points of Departure,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California



1993

“25 Years,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio

“Annual Invitational Exhibition,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York

“Collage and Assemblage,” Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York

“Simply Made in America,” The Aldrich Museum, Connecticut; Traveled to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Palm Beach Community College of Art, Palm Beach, Florida; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

“The 16th Year Gala Benefit & Art Auction,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York,

New York



1992

“A New American Flag,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York

“Assemblage,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina

“Breakdown,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

“Cross Section,” Battery Park and the World Financial Center, New York, New York

“Eva & Adele, Christian Boltanski, Barbara Kruger, Donald Lipski, Allan McCollum, Bruce

Nauman,” Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark

“The Object is Bound,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California

“Transparence and Shape,” Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, New York

“The Nature of Science,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York

“Volumination: The Book as Art Object,” Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art Wichita, Kansas



1991

“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

“Le Verre: International Exhibition of Contemporary Glass,” Espace Duchamp Villon, Rouen, France

“Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

“With Nature,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York



1990

National Garden Festival, Gateshead, England



1989

“American Rainbow,” La Galerie de Ponche, Paris, France

“Clockworks,” List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

“Democracy 4 China,” Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, New York

“Dross to Art,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

Galeria 57, New York, New York

“Lost and Found: The Object Transformed,” Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, New York

“Microsculpture,” Main gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

“Object of Thought,” Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden

“Real Inventions. Invented Functions,” Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, New York

“Scatter,” Shea & Becker Gallery, New York, New York

Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York

“Subverting the Grid,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey

“Works on Paper,” Lennon/Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York



1988

“Almost White,” Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, New York

“Alter Alter,” Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, New York

“Collecting on the Cutting Edge,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas

“Forecasts,” Nerlino Gallery, Inc., New York, New York

“L'ete'Americain,” Gallery Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland

“Redefining the Object,” University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

“Seeing Glass,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York

“Sculpture/Aspen 88,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado

“Sculpture Inside/Outside,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Traveled to The Museum

of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

“The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art,” Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey

“The Objects of Sculpture,” Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois



1987

“American Sculpture: Investigations,” Davis/ McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

“Esprit,” Salama Caro Gallery, London, England



1986

“Formes et Couleurs,” Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland

Galerie Montenay Delsol, Paris, France

“Joseph Cornell and His Legacy: Part II,” A.C.A. Galleries, New York, New York

“Perfo-4D,” Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

“Small Monuments,” Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

“Surrealismo,” Barbara Brathen Gallery, New York, New York

The Clocktower, New York, New York



1985

“Abstract Relationships,” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York

Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indiana University Perdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana

“Selections from the Collection of William J.Hokin,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,

Illinois

“State of the Art,” Twining Gallery, New York, New York

“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartt Neue Bilder,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

“Working in Brooklyn/Sculpture,” The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York



1984

“American Sculpture,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California

“Awards in the Visual Arts 3,” San Antonio Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas; Traveled to Loch

Haven, Florida; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

“Premio Internacional de Escultura,” Museo Orensanz y Artes del Serrable, Spain

“Site Sculptures,” Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indiana University Perdue University,

Indianapolis, Indiana

“Svart pa Vitt,” Galleriet, Lund, Sweden

“The End of the World,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York

“Twelve on 20 x 24,” School of the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts

“Varieties of Sculptural Ideas,” Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York



1983

“Awards Exhibition,” The American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, New York

“Black and Whit,e” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California

“Language, Drama, Source and Vision,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New

York

Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York



1982

“15 Artists,” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan



1981

“Art on the Beach,” Creative Time, Inc., New York, New York

Braathen/Gallozzi Gallery, New York, New York

“Gathering Dust,” Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

“Seven Artists,” Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New

York

“Stay Tuned,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York

“The Artists at Work in America,” Varna, Bulgaria, Organized by the International

Communications Agency, US State Department



1979

“Diamond, Lieberman, Lipski,” Root Art Center, Clinton, New York

“Notations,” Comish Institute, Seattle, Washington

“Videotapes and Drawings,” Hunter College Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, New York



1978

“Atlanta Film Festival,” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

“XI International Encounter on Video,” Tokyo, Japan



1977

“X International Encounter on Video,” Tokyo, Japan



1974

“Non Costal Flatlands Sculpture Show,” Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas





PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2009

“F.I.S.H.” San Antonio Museum River Reach, San Antonio, Texas

2008

“The Tent,” Celebration Plaza, White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN

2007

“The Doors,” Scottsdale Waterfront, Scottsdale, Arizona

2006

“The Lorelei Club,” Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis, MN

2005

“Nails Tales,” Camp Randall Stadium, University of Wisconsin, Madison

“Intimate Apparel & Pearl Earrings,” Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX

2004

“Got Any Jacks?” Miami International Airport – North Terminal, Miami, Florida; Sponsored by Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places

2003

“Five Easy Pieces,” Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

2001

“Tools,” Wellington Webb Municipal Building, Denver, Colorado

2000

“Sirshasana,” Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal, New York, New York

“Rodin Rodannadanna,” Avenue of the Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

1997

“The Yearling,” Doris Friedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, New York; Sponsored by the Public Art Fund

State University of New York, Purchase, New York

1996

“The LaGuardia Suite,” Concert Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and the Performing Arts, New York, New York





PUBLIC COMMISSIONS IN PROGRESS

50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project, 500 Festival, Indianapolis, Indiana

RTC Transit Center, Reno, Nevada

Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, California

San Antonio Airport, San Antonio, Texas

San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California

Town Lake Park, Austin, Texas







AWARDS

2000

The Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome

1993

Academy Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters

1990

National Endowment For the Arts

1988

Guggenheim Fellowship

1986

New York Foundation on the Arts Fellowship

1984

Awards in the Visual Arts, National Endowment For the Arts

1978

Awards in the Visual Arts, National Endowment For the Arts

1965

Scholastic Art Award







PUBLIC COLLECTIONS



The Art Museum of South West Texas, Midland, Texas

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

The City of Denver, Denver, Colorado

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan

Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Jewish Museum, New York, New York

Laguardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Art, New York, New York

Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri

Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Minneapolis Museum of Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona

Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Heights, Ohio

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York