Tara Donovan

Tara Donovan

Tara Donovan (b. 1969, New York) is an American artist.

Donovan's work uses everyday manufactured materials such as Scotch tape, Styrofoam cups, and drinking straws to create large scale sculptures that often have a biomorphic quality. Her sculptures must be assembled and disassembled carefully, which sometimes involve an extremely tedious process.

Her studies began at the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1987-88. Donovan received her BFA at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C. in 1991, and earned her MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1999.

Her work was featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2000 and the All Soviet Exhibition. She was the recipient of the Alexander Calder Foundation's first annual Calder Prize in 2005. In 2006 her work was featured in two solo exhibitions at PaceWildenstein in New York, [cite web | title = Tara Donovan: New Work | url = http://www.pacewildenstein.com/Exhibitions/ViewExhibition.aspx?guid=d047796a-b6bb-4b44-93f5-aad021f7b959 | published = Pace Wildenstein] the gallery that has represented her since 2005. Donovan installed "Untitled (Mylar)" in November 2007 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, made of silver Mylar tape. [cite web | title = Tara Donovan at the Met | url = http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={1A3B8142-0707-40E2-A787-38EFA06E14AF] She was the fourth artist selected by the museum for an ongoing series featuring contemporary artists, preceded by Tony Oursler, Kara Walker, and Neo Rauch. Donovan was a 2008 MacArthur Fellow.

Donovan says of her work, "It is not like I'm trying to simulate nature. It's more of a mimicking of the way of nature, the way things actually grow." [cite web | title = Hammer Projects: Tara Donovan | url = http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/46/]

Tara Donovan lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

References

External links

* [http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=8 Tara Donovan exhibition] Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
* [http://www.pacewildenstein.com/Artists/ViewArtistExhibitions.aspx?guid=dadceded-7d86-4875-b865-14ff3ac4f5cf Tara Donovan Exhibitions] PaceWildenstein, New York
* [http://www.paceprints.com/artistportfolio/artistportfolio.asp?aID=164 Tara Donovan: Prints] PacePrints, New York
* [http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/permanent-collection/artists/donovan/ Tara Donovan] The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
* [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/artist_tara_donovan_does.html Video: Installation of "Untitled (Mylar)" at the Metropolitan Museum] New York Magazine
* [http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4537253/ MacArthur announcement] MacArthur Foundation


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