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Exhibitions Record
Solo Exhibits
2018 Donna Namnoum @The Underground Gallery The Underground Gallery Collinsville, CT
2018 Forms and Flora Gallery on the Green Canton, CT
2016 Jar Series Gallery on the Green Canton, CT
2010 Forms and Fowl Gallery on the Green Canton, CT
2006 New Sculpture: Altered Forms The Schumacher Gallery Middlebury, CT
2001 Embodiments Artworks Gallery Hartford, CT
1998 Arachnoids and Other Sculpture Best Featured Artists Series, Connecticut Women Artists Miriam Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women, Hartford, CT
1996 Species: A Garden of Mixed Media Sculpture Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
1994 Donna Namnoum Connecticut Commission on the Arts Visual Artist Grant Recipients
Bradley International Airport Windsor Locks, Connecticut
1992 New Work Artworks Gallery at the Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Two – Eight Person Exhibits
2018 Eight ’18 (eight person show) Guilford Art Center Guilford, CT
2014 Evolving: A WAWA event (eight person show) ArtSpace Gallery Hartford, CT
2009 Eight: A WAWA event (eight person show) ArtSpace Gallery Hartford, CT
1999 Connecticut Contemporary (Five person show) Discovery Museum Bridgeport, Connecticut
1998 Disorder and Bliss (an exhibit of five invited artists) Samuel Chen Fine Arts Center CCSU New Britain, CT
1998 Garden of Delights (four person show) Exposure LTD. Art Gallery Manchester, Connecticut
1995 Investing in Dreams (five person show) Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, Connecticut College New London, CT
1992 New Work (two person show) Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
1988 Shapes of Time (two person show) Pump House Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
Plateaus (two person show) Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
1987 Rituals (three person show) Farmington Art Guild Gallery Farmington, Connecticut
1985 Altered Forms (two person show) Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
1982 A Selection of Works in Clay (two person show) Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
Invitational and Selected Invitational and Juried Exhibits
2018 Still Life Untethered (invitational) Five Points Gallery Torrington, Connecticut
2008 Annual Member’s Exhibit (also 1983-2007)Artworks Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
2001 Summer Exhibiton Grounds for Sculpture Hamilton, New Jersey
2000 Prevailing Winds; Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics 2000
Young and Constantin Gallery Wilmington, Vermont
1998 Connecticut Women Artists Annual Juried Exhibit (also-1997, 96, 92, 88, 85)
1997 The Connecticut Vision Mattatuck Museum Waterbury, Connecticut
1997 “Global Warning,” Galeria Mesa Mesa, Arizona
1992 The Annual Juried Exhibition of the Society of Connecticut Craftsmen (also- 1983-90)
1986 The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 76th Annual Exhibition New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT
1985 The Figure M.S. Gallery Hartford, Connecticut
1982 Connecticut Clay Guilford Handcrafts Center Guilford, Connecticut
Honors and Awards
2018 Cash Award, Gallery on the Green 51st Annual Juried Exhibition, Canton, CT
2000 Cleo Hartwig Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibit, Atelier 14, New York, NY
1998 Best Sculpture, 40th Annual Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibition, Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1998 Cleo Hartwig Memorial Award National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibit, New World Art Center, New York, NY
1997 Juror’s Award (for a body of work), “Global Warning,” (a national juried exhibit), Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
1997 Best Featured Artist Award Connecticut Women Artists Juried Exhibit, Hartford, Connecticut
1996 Individual Artist’s Grant Greater Hartford Arts Council
1995 Third Prize, Connecticut Women Artist’s Annual Juried Exhibit, Manchester Community College Gallery, Manchester, CT
1994 Outstanding Secondary Art Educator Connecticut Art Education Association
1995 Merit Award National Art Education Association Electronic Gallery, NAEA Convention, Houston, Texas
1994 Individual Artist Grant Connecticut Commission on the Arts
1993 First Prize Charter Oak Cultural Center Competitive Art Show, Hartford, Connecticut
1987, 86 Arts Exclusive Sculpture Award, Six and Fifth Annual Wintonbury Art League Juried Show, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
1986 Second Prize Summertime Juried Exhibit, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
1985 Farmington Valley Arts Center Award, 50th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, Museum of Art, Science, and Industry, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bibliography (selected reviews and listings)
2018 “Donna Namnoum’s Perennial (Red),” Exposure, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p.12, June/July, 2018.
2008 “Donna Namnoum: Connecticut Sculptor’s Weird and Wonderful Ceramic Works Make Your Head Turn,” Taryn Plumb, Artscope Magazine, January/February, 2008.
2001 “Mother Nature’s Private Parts,” (review) Patrica Rosoff, Hartford Advocate, July 5, 2001
“On Record,” (photo and exhibit listing), Sculpture Magazine, , 2001 June: 20
1998 “Disorder and Bliss,” (review) Hartford Advocate, November 5, 1998
“The Gallery,” Clay Times Magazine (works photos), 1998 May/Jun
“Sculpture by Donna Namnoum…”, (article), West Hartford News, February 12, 1998
“Bristol Sculptor Exhibits Spidery Creatures,” (article), Bristol Press, February 1998
1995 “A Hothouse of Ideas: Lyman Allyn Museum Showcases works by arts grant recipients,” (review), The New London Day, July 30, 1995
“Investing in Dreams,” (article) Shore Line Times, August 9, 1995
1994 “The Shapes of Nature,” (review) The Hartford Courant, May 12, 1994
“City show hits range of feelings,”(review by Jude Schwendenwein),The Hartford Courant, March 13,1994.
1992 “Critic’s Choice,” The Hartford Advocate, February 1992
“Artworks gallery/Donna Namnoum/Janet Passehl,”(review)Art New England, Aug/Sept 1992.
1988 “New approaches to Art at a Hartford Gallery,” (review by Bernard Hanson), The Middletown Press, March 24, 1988.
“Artists shape time from common materials” (review by Jude Schwendenwein), The Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1988
“Time is Art” (calendar photo and listing), The Hartford Courant, October 13, 1988.
1985 “Sum of the Pots” (review by Joe Cohen), The Hartford Advocate, February 1985.
1984 “A Few Stars Burn Bright in a Dull Sky” (review by Bernard Hanson),The Hartford Courant, April 1982.
1982 “Regional Reviews – Donna Sullivan: Pottery” (review by Linda Blaker Hirsh), Art New England, November, 1982.
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