BIOGRAPHY
Joseph McDonnell received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame, working under renowned sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, and at the Harvard School of Design. He has produced more than 150 major commissions for institutions, corporations, and individuals including CBS, IBM, General Electric, Readers Digest, Dulles Airport, the Milwaukee Public Museum and the New Jersey State Government. In addition, he has been commissioned to design sculptures for awards given to honorees of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Westchester Open Golf Classic, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. He has been a resident of Seattle for the past fifteen years.
McDonnell has been an associate editor and sculpture critic for the monthly newspaper Art World. He is also a longtime member of the Century Association where he served on the exhibition committee for many years.
RESUME
Born
Detroit
Education
Harvard University School of Design 1987
Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence 1959-1961
MFA, University of Notre Dame 1959
BFA, University of Notre Dame 1958
University of Detroit, MI 1954-1956
One Man Exhibitions
Weber Fine Art Gallery, Greenwich, CT, 2008
Modern Masters Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, 2008
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2007
Modern Masters Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, 2006
Weber Fine Arts, Greenwich, CT, 2005
Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2005
Foster/White, Seattle, WA, 2002
Weber Fine Art Gallery, Scarsdale, NY, 2002
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2001
Nardin Galleries, New York, NY, 1997
Nardin Gallery, Somers, NY, 1995
Century Association, NY, 1995
Paige Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1982
Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1980
Westlake Gallery, White Plains, NY, 1978
John Wanamaker Fine Arts Gallery, PA, 1970
Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI, 1964
Galleria Goldoni, Florence, Italy, 1963
McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1964
Florence Art Gallery, Florence, Italy, 1962
Galleria Pater, Milan, Italy,1962
Galleria Goldoni, Florence, Italy, 1961
Galleria L’88, Rome, Italy, 1961
Awards Received
Mural Competition, Bethesda, MD, 1988
Fountain Competition, Silver Spring, MD, 1985
New England Silvermine Exhibition, New Canaan, CT, 1976 and 1977
Award Designs
Bill and Melinda Gates Awards for Global Health, Seattle, WA, 2001
Jazz at Lincoln Center Awards, NYC, 1989-2001
Chicago Tribune Golf Classic, IL, 1999
The Nordoff –Robbins Silver Cleft Award, NYC, 1996
The Hammond Award, NYC, 1995
Wanamaker Mile Award, NYC, 1971
Westchester Golf Classic Award, NY, 1985-1995
Collections
Bruce Museum, Stamford, CT
University of Michigan Museum, Dearborn, MI
Snite Museum, Notre Dame, IN
Museum of the Permian Basin, Midland, TX
Selected Exhibitions
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2010
Denis Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2006
Weber Fine Arts, Greenwich, CT, 2005
Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2005
Anne Reid Gallery, Sun Valley, ID, 2000
Weber Fine Arts, Scarsdale, NY, 1999
Maxwell Davidson, New York, NY, 1994
Andre Emmerich, New York, NY, 1993-1995
National Academy of Design, NY, 1992
DeGraff Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1989-1990
Images Gallery, Norwalk, CT, 1988-1990
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1988-1990
Kouros Gallery, NY, 1985, 1986
Reece Gallery, NY, 1984, 1985, 1986
Campanile Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1985
Sculptors Guild, Lever House, NY, 1984
Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, 1980
Gallery at Hasting-on-Hudson, New York, NY, 1980
Audobon Artists Annual Show, NY, 1978
Katonah Gallery Member Show, NY, 1976
New England Silvermine Exhibitions, New Canaan, CT, 1976, 1977 (awards)
Yonkers Art Association Member Show, NY, 1976
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Barney Weinger Gallery, New York, NY
Arwin Galleries, Detroit, MI
Gillman Galleries, Chicago, IL
Detroit Artist Market, MI
The Contemporaries Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, 1963
Mosta Mercato Nationale d’Arte, Italy
USIS American Artists in Florence, 1963
Houston Galleries, Houston, TX
Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
Florence Art Gallery, Florence, Italy
Galleria D’Arte “Lo Sprone”, Florence, Italy
IX, X, and XII Piazza Donatello Exhibition, Florence, Italy
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Galleria Schneider, Rome, Italy
Galleria L ’88, Rome and Spoleto, Italy
Galleria XXII Marzo, Venice, Italy
Little Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Sited Projects
Houston International Airport, Houston, TX
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Bertschi School, Seattle, WA
City of Williamsburg, PA
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Parkfield Fire Station, Denver, CO
Life Sciences Building, Seattle, WA
Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
Washington Mutual Conference Center, Seatac, WA
1700 7th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Inn at the Market, Seattle, WA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Court House Square, White Plains, NY
733 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Station Plaza, Trenton, NJ
General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, CT
Community Center, Bethesda, MD
Office Center at Montebello, Suffern, NY
IBM, East Fishkill, NY
1050 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT
Dulles Office Park, Fairfax, VA
9W Office Building, Fort Lee, NJ
Fenwick Street Fountain for Montgomery County, Silver Spring, MD
Tower 1 Office Building, New Brunswick, NJ
Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ
Flint Ink, Ann Arbor, MI
IBM, Gaithersberg, MD
Sheraton Meadowlands, Newark, NJ
Westchester Center, Houston, TX
1800 Westloop South, Houston, TX
Abilene State Bank, Abilene, TX
One Country Side Place, San Antonio, TX
Caltex – Las Colinas, Irving, TX
Bryan Tower, Dallas, TX
1212 Corporate Drive, Irving, TX
3 Barker Street, White Plains, NY
Tallyrand Building, Tarrytown, NY
Waterway Tower, Las Colinas, Irving, TX
Plaza Carolina, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Chicago Bank of Commerce, Chicago, IL
Westchester County Courthouse, White Plains, NY
Strouse/Greenburg Building, Philadelphia, PA
University of Michigan at Oakland, Oakland, MI
New Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
Midland National Bank, Milwaukee, WI
Northland Shopping Center, Southfield, MI
First Federal Savings Building, Detroit, MI
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Selected Corporate Clients
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Inn at the Market, Seattle, WA
IBM, Armok, NY
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT
Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Consolidated Foods, Chicago, IL
The Taubman Company Inc., Troy, MI
Jacobs, Visconsi, Jacobs Company, Cleveland, OH
Homart Development Company, Chicago, IL
Arthur Rubloff Company, Chicago, IL
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, PA
Melvin Simon and Associates, Indianapolis, IN
First Federal Savings and Loan, Detroit, MI
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Midland National Bank, Milwaukee, WI
First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee, WI
Strouse/Greenberg Company, Philadelphia, PA
General Growth Properties, Des Moines, IA
Chicago Bank of Commerce, Chicago, IL
Standard Oil of Indiana, Chicago, IL
Robert Martin Corporation, White Plains, NY
Trammel Crow Company, Dallas, TX
Durst Organization, New York, NY
Clise Properties, Seattle, WA
Martin Selig, Seattle, WA
Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
Washington Mutual, Seatac, WA
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