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Donna Ruff
Biography
Education
MFA Rutgers University
MA Florida State University, Art History
BA University of Miami, Studio Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
BravinLee programs, Artist Book Program: "Es-tu comme moi?"
2007
PVCC Gallery, Charlottesville, VA: “On the Seventh Day”
2005
ArtSPACE New Haven Project Room: “Tempo”
NEXT Gallery, Metropolitan College, New York, NY; “Garden Journal”
2004
Westchester Art Center, White Plains, NY: “Read”
2003
Eldridge Street Project, New York, NY: “Nephesh”
2002
NJ Printmaking Council
2001
PS 122, New York, NY: Hallway Project
2000
Rutgers University: MFA Thesis Exhibition
1997
Barry University, Miami, FL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
"Resistance!" 14th Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium (presenter)
Bookverks2008: “Information is not Knowledge”
Gallery 230 Brooklyn, NY: “Locus”
Philadelphia Art Alliance: “PAPER[space]”
Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY: “Small Wonders”
2007
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT: “Process”
Druckwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des bbk berlin: “Handgeschopft”
2006
Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University: “Disaster! One Year After”
NJ Print Council: “New Directions”
ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT: “TEXTure”
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT: 2006 Invitational
BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: “Making Your Mark: On Paper”
2005
PS 122 Project Room: “Project Room Artists 2005”
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton NJ: “folio 2x12”
Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT: “(re)creation”
Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: “Project Diversity”
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY: “A Baker’s Dozen”
Mills Pond House, St. James, NY: “Women, Words and Images”
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT: “Translucence”
2004
Flux Factory, LIC, NY: “Qville”
Newartcenter, Newton, MA: “Off the Wall
Gallery 402, New York, NY: The Print Show
Galerie Klenova, Prague, Czech Republic: 4th International Graphic Triennale (cat.)
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition
Indiana State University: “Against Tradition: Trends in Contemporary Printmaking”
2003
Salon Internacional de Gabado y Ediciones de Arte Contemporaneo, Estampa, Spain (cat.)
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota; “Flying Carpet”
Robert Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College: "Printed and Bound"
2002
Korn Gallery, Drew University: “Kaboom!”
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition
ExitArt, New York, NY; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA: “Reactions”
California State University, Fresno, CA : “From Stone and Plate”
2001
Bhopal, India: Bharat Bhavan Fifth International Biennial of Print Art (cat.)
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin: “Feedback: artists by artists”
Zimmerli Art Museum: “Installed Collections/Collections Installed”
Katonah Art Museum: “breaking the rules, art 2001”
New Jersey Printmaking Council, Center for Visual Arts: “Humanity”
2000
Mattituck Museum: Connecticut Biennial
Mason Gross Art Gallery, Rutgers University: “Paper Trail”
Connecticut Graphic Arts Center: Paper Works”
College Art Association New York Area MFA Exhibition
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts: Int’l Juried Show (Award)
1999-2000
Traveling Exhibitions: Mason Gross Art Gallery, Rutgers University;
Massachusetts College of Art; Rhode Island School of Design; Maryland Institute,
College of Art: "Y2K: Creative Moves into the 21st Century.”
1999-2000
Traveling Exhibitions: Columbia College, Chicago, IL; SUNY College, Buffalo, NY;
Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA; Corcoran Gallery,
Washington, D.C.: "National Collegiate Handmade Paper Show."
1999
Artworks, Trenton, NJ: “Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking” (Award)
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ: National Print Exhibition
1998
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT: "Art and Language"
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University: “Corners of the Earth”
1997
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT "No England No Amsterdam" Kenny Schachter, curator
New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Juried Exhibit, New Haven, CT
Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
Curated Registries
Pierogi Flatfiles
ArtSPACE New Haven Flatfiles
Grants and Awards
PS 122 Project Space
Curatorial Opportunity Grant, Newartcenter, Newton, MA
Eldridge Street Project, New York, NY
Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship Grant
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
Rutgers University Research Grant
Purchase Award, Artworks
Johnson & Johnson Purchase Award
Residencies
Tamarind Institute
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Vermont Studio Center
Santa Fe Art Institute
Public Collections
Library of Congress
Johnson & Johnson
Norwalk Community College
Zimmerli Art Museum New Brunswick, NJ
American Embassy, Berlin, Germany
German Consulate General, New York
Bibliography
Newhall, Edith, “Exhibit is works of, not on, paper,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 4, 2008
Latter, Ruth, "Spring Looms Large," The Daily Progress, April 19, 2007
Parson, Laura, "Torch Songs," The Hook, Aprl 26, 2007
Flanders, April, “Experiprints and Printstallations,” Contemporary Impressions, Spring, 2006
Schermler, Sara, “Making your Mark on Paper,” Time Out New York, March 23-29, 2006
Shelton, Jim, “Donna Ruff Creates Tempo,” New Haven Register, May 15, 2005
Harrison, Helen, The Rewards of a Story Well Told: “Women,
Words, and Images,” New York Times, April 3, 2005
Hopkins, Randi “Editor’s Picks” Boston Phoenix, October 8-14, 2004
Streitfeld, L.P. “Balancing Act,” Advocate & Greenwich Times, February 22, 2004
O‘Connell, A.J., “Words are as much artist’s medium as the message,”
Norwalk Hour, January 15, 2004
Gold, Julia, “Ruff Cuts,” The Jewish Week, December 19, 2003
Lombardi, D. Dominick, “Exploring the Gamut of Contemporary Art,”
New York Times, June 17, 2001
Zimmer, William,“The Unusual (And the Usual) in Paper Works,"
New York Times, July 10, 2000
Pasacreta, Karen, "Natural Beauty,"
Teaching K-8, October 1998
Wallace, Sue, "Art Pops off Page,"
Connecticut Post, January 16, 1998
Streitfeld, L.P., "Making the Journey"
Fairfield County Weekly, November 13, 1997
Tyler, Betty, "Child's Play,"
Norwalk Times, November 15, 1997
Ryan, Lisa, "Communicating from the Heart"
Norwalk Hour, March 28, 1997