Bridget Donahue is an American gallerist and curator.

Education

Donahue's studies include a B.A.

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and M.A in

textile Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

s. 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.

Career

After Gladstone gallery, Donahue worked at D’Amelio Terras Gallery before becoming a gallery director at

Gavin Brown's Enterprise Gavin Brown's enterprise was an art gallery with venues in New York City and Rome owned by Gavin Brown between 1994 and 2020. In 2020, it merged with Gladstone Gallery. History Broome Street The gallery was established by Gavin Brown in 1994 on ...

. In 2008, she co-founded the Brooklyn gallery space ''Cleopatra’s'' with three friends.

''Bridget Donahue''

In 2015, Donahue opened her

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ous gallery in Manhattan's Lower East Side, which made a number of “Best of 2015” lists from publications such as

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and Art in America magazine. ''Bridget Donahue'' represents and shows contemporary artists including, as of 2019; Lisa Alvarado,

Susan Cianciolo Susan Cianciolo (born 1969) is a fashion designer and artist. Education and life Cianciolo grew up in Providence, Rhode Island where she was raised in an Italian-American household of four generations. In her late teens she moved to New York Cit ...

Lynn Hershman Leeson Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born 1941) is a multimedia American artist and filmmaker. Her work combines art with social commentary, particularly on the relationship between people and technology. Leeson is a pioneer in new med ...

, Satoshi Kojima, Monique Mouton,

Sondra Perry Sondra Perry is an interdisciplinary artist who works with video, computer-based media, installation, and performance. Perry's work investigates "blackness, black femininity, African American heritage" and the portrayal or representation of black ...

Jessi Reaves Jessi Reaves (born 1986) is an American artist based in New York City who uses the relationship between art and design as a material in her practice, often making work that operates as both furniture and sculpture. Biography Born and raised in P ...

, John Russell,

Olga Balema Olga Balema (born 1984) is a Ukrainian-born American artist and sculptor. One of the major concerns of her work is form, another material. Another is paying attention to where and how things go into a space. Sometimes the work can be called site ...

Martine Syms Martine Syms (born 1988) is an American artist based in Los Angeles who works in publishing, video, installation, and performance. Her work focuses on identity and the portrayal of the self in relation to themes such as feminism and Black cu ...

, and Mark Van Yetter. Two gallery artists were included in the 2017

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: Jessi Reaves and Susan Cianciolo.

and Olga Balema were included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial curated by

Rujeko Hockley Rujeko Hockley (born in Zimbabwe) is a New York-based US curator. Hockley is currently an Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Life and education Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Hockley relocated to Washington, D.C. with her famil ...

and

Jane Panetta Jane Panetta is a New York-based curator and art historian. Panetta is currently an Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Career Curating Before working at the Whitney, Panetta spent five years in the Painting and Sculpture Dep ...

References

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