DON PORCELLA
 

BORN 

            Born in Modesto, California
            Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

2006    MFA, Painting, Hunter Colege, NY
            BFA, Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
            BA, Psychology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA

AWARDS, HONORS & APPOINTMENTS

            Dedalus Fellowship Nominee
            Awarded Hunter College AEB Grant to help found The Drawing Club Art Collective
            Panelist. ArtNews, “What are They Teaching in Art School These Days?” New York, NY
            Teaching Assistant Hunter College Undergraduate Sculpture Class
            Chair New York Foundation for the Arts/Hunter College Visiting Artist Program
            Co-Chair Hunter College Visiting Artist Program

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005    Don Porcella, Planaria Gallery, New York, NY
2002    Shift, Big Pagoda Company, San Francisco, CA
            Mis-Direction, Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA
2001    Mis-Direction, AE Gallery, East Hampton, NY
            Mis-Direction, Gensler Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Recent Work, Zonal, San Francisco, CA
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007    Picture Ping Pong, Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
            ArcheoFacts, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2006    Human Nature #2, New Trans-Species Fantasy, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris, France
            Auction, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
            Springs Invitational, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
            Group Show, California college of the Arts, Oakland, CA
            Summer Salon, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
            Scope Hamptons Art Fair, Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NY
            Japanese and American Artist Exhibition in NY, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
            Bonic Tonic Art Collective Spring Show, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
2005    GO FIGURE! A Group Exhbition of Contemporary Figurative Work, Jet Artworks, Washington             DC
            Bonic Tonic Art Collective Summer Extravaganza, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
            Michael Martin Foundation Annual Art Auction, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2004    Reality Check, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
            Group Show, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY
            Group Show, Pool Art Fair, New York, NY
            Group Show, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2003    Green Chimneys Benefit Art Auction, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
            Unframed, First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY, NY
            Dirty Old Toy Box, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
            Doug Dibble Memorial Art Auction, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY
            Love, Art, War Emerging Arts, New York, NY 
2002    27 Emerging Artists, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
            Box Art Show, East End Hospice, East Hampton, NY
            Small Works Group Show, Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

            The Southampton Press, “At the Galleries”, July 28, 2005
            Reuters, “New York Times Square Interview about Iraq War”, July 25, 2005
            NY Times Art Review, Ken Johnson,“Nick Payne and Don Porcella” July 15, 2005
            The New York Sun Art Review, Maureen Mullarkey, “Gallery Going, May” May 13, 2004
            Contra Costa Times Art Review, “Galleries” June 28, 2002
            Modesto Bee Art Review, “Paintings, Abstracts, Photos in Area Displays” February 10, 2002
            East Hampton Star Art Review, “Mis-Direction”, October 25, 2001
            The Pirates Log “Artists Explore Horizons”, September 13, 1998