Donald Lipski
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
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