Bridget Donahue

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Bridget Donahue
Born
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAmerican art dealer
Known forBridget Donahue Gallery
Website https://www.bridgetdonahue.nyc/

Bridget Donahue is an American gallerist and curator. [2]

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Education

Donahue's studies include a B.A. anthropology and M.A in textiles. [3] Her work with textiles led her to the art of Rosemarie Trockel, and in turn led Ms. Donahue to a position at the Gladstone Gallery, which represents Trockel. [4]

Career

After Gladstone gallery, Donahue worked at D’Amelio Terras Gallery before becoming a gallery director at Gavin Brown's Enterprise. [5] In 2008, she co-founded the Brooklyn gallery space Cleopatra’s with three friends. [6]

Bridget Donahue

In 2015, Donahue opened her eponymous gallery in Manhattan's Lower East Side, which made a number of “Best of 2015” lists from publications such as The New York Times and Art in America magazine. [2] Bridget Donahue represents and shows contemporary artists including, as of 2019; Lisa Alvarado, [7] Susan Cianciolo, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Satoshi Kojima, Monique Mouton, Sondra Perry, Jessi Reaves, John Russell, Olga Balema Martine Syms, and Mark Van Yetter. [4] Two gallery artists were included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial: Jessi Reaves and Susan Cianciolo. [4] Martine Syms and Olga Balema were included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta. [8]

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References

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  4. 1 2 3 Pogrebin, Robin (27 April 2017). "My Little Exploding Stars". The New York Times.
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