Donna Green in her studio, 2019
Donna Green (Australian, b. 1960) wrestles with coils of stoneware, manipulating and prodding to create anthropomorphic gestural shapes that burst and stretch into space. Her physical experimentation challenges the properties of the clay, resulting in works that seem to be in a constant state of growth and transfiguration; heroically scaled urns undulate and drip with layer upon layer of glaze. Green draws inspiration from the ancient Jomon ceramics of Japan and Chinese Han Dynasty storage jars, as well as Gonshi, the naturally occurring scholars’ rocks, and Baroque garden grottos.
Green was born in Sydney, Australia, and earned a BA in Industrial Design in 1984 from Sydney College of the Arts. In 1985, Green moved to New York and joined Industrial Design Magazine as one of its editors. She began working in clay in 1988, studying at Greenwich House Pottery and the New School in New York, and in 1997 at the National Art School, Sydney. Green has exhibited at Hostler Burrows in New York and Los Angeles; McClain Gallery, Houston; Greenwich House Pottery, New York; Utopia Art Sydney, Australia; SIZED Studio, Los Angeles; and the Leiber Collection, East Hampton. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney. Green lives and works in New York.
DONNA GREEN
b.1960, Sydney, Australia
EDUCATION
2018
New York Studio School, New York, NY
Tony Marsh, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2000
John Gill, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1997
The National Art School, Sydney, Australia
1995
“Fire Up” with Janet Mansfield, Gulgong, Australia
1990
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1988
The New School, New York, NY
1984
BA, Industrial Design, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
At Last, No More, HB381, New York, NY
2022
Vessels, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2021
Donna Green, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY
2018
Clay, Sculpture Space, Long Island City, NY
2015
Vessels, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
Vessels, Storefront Gallery at Greenwich House, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Friends of the Garden, Leiber Collection, East Hampton, New York
Sydney Contemporary 2023, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
2022
Industrialism, Sized Studio, New York, NY
Kari Dyrdal and Donna Green, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
Vessels, Sized Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Clay Dynasty, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Stone, Green, Watson: Contemporary Ceramics, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2020
Ceramics Now, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
Forest Primeval, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
Form, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
It’s not Fair, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2019
Australian Landscapes, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Clay 5, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Sydney Contemporary 2019, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Dobrinka Salzman Gallery, New York, NY
Kimcherova Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Space, Long Island City, NY
2018
Clay 4, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Re:construction, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Sydney Contemporary 2018, Sydney, Australia
The Small Works, Malia Mills and Folioeast, East Hampton, NY
Hamptons Good Design, Wainscott, NY
Sculpture Space, Long Island City, NY
2017
Alternative Museum, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Museum III, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Sydney Contemporary 2017, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
Winter Salon, Malia Mills, East Hampton, NY
2016
Clay 3, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Weird Ceramic, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Australia
The Last Hurrah, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2015
Clay 2, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Collectible, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2012
Home, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2011
Made in Clay, Greenwich House, New York, NY
2009
Please Handle the Pots, Legge Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997
Ceramics, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
RESIDENCIES
2019
Artist Fellowship, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Resident Artist, Center for Contemporary Ceramics, California State University, Long Beach, CA
