Bio — Rita MacDonald

MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2001
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1991

Selected One & Two Person Exhibitions

2017	Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY, Rita MacDonald.
2015	Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY, Amy Finkbeiner and Rita MacDonald.
2010	Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, Sunroom Project Space - Duplex.
2009	Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY, Wrinkles in Time: Rachel Bone and Rita MacDonald.
2008	Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, Rita MacDonald - tic.
2005	The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, Project Room - Steel Tread.
1995	Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, Rita MacDonald.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025	FOYER-LA, Los Angeles, CA. MUDROOM.
2023	808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA, The Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial. Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery at Purchase College State University of NY, Purchase, NY, pull, cut, thread, mold, collage. Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, Mohawk-Hudson Regional Invitational. WAAM, Woodstock, NY, Pressure and Presence: Contemporary Printmaking.
2022	LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, Holiday. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, Split and Becloud, 2022 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Exhibition.
2021	White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY, Summer Invitational III: Textile.
2018	New York Studio School, New York, NY, Known: Unknown. Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, Three Squared. LABspace, Hillsdale NY, True North.
2017	Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, Call & Response.
2015	IPCNY, New York, NY, Published By The Artist. LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, Exquisite. The Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY, Bite. Spit. Repeat.
2014	Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art, New York, NY, view.point. The End is Near, Brooklyn, NY, Dime Bag. Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY, Inhabiting Ten Eyck. Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY, TEN.
2013	Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, Space Invaders.
2012	John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, The Line Unleashed.
2011	Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY, Interior.
2010	Homestead Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Three Rooms.
2009	Gallery Satori, New York, NY, Two Degrees of Separation. Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY at Old Westbury, NY, The Grand. Luxe Gallery, New York, NY, Quietly.
2008	Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY, Serial Meditations. Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, Text Messages.
2007	Dieu Donné, New York, NY, Per Square Foot. Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles,CA, Pillowtalk. 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, Public Halls Program.
2006	Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, White Box’s Toy Box. Mushroom Arts, New York, NY, Starting at the Edge. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn,NY, Site 92.
2005	SPACES, Cleveland, OH, Multipicity. Dieu Donné, New York, NY, Shangri-La. The Carriage House at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Projects ‘05. Tastes Like Chicken, Brooklyn, NY, Under the Rainbow. Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Ladylike. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, Fifteen Paces. Baltimore Office of the Arts, Baltimore, MD, Picture Window. projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKLMOBILE project, Bookmobile Tour throughout US and Canada.
2004	dumbo arts center, Brooklyn, NY, There is a Light that Never Goes Out. Dieu Donné, New York, NY, Good Fortune. asterisk, Brooklyn, NY, Manifesto? Art Without Consensus. A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, generations 04.
2003	HOME, Queens, NY, Contemporary Perspectives. dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Stairwell. Dieu Donné, New York, NY, Take Out. Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, New York / New England / New Talent.
2001	Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Synthetic Dystopia. Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, MFA Special Projects.
2000	Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, On the Surface.
1999	Printed Matter, New York, NY, The Next World.
1996	Printed Matter, New York, NY, WSW 20th Anniversary. Academy Art Center Gallery, University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, Turning the Page.

Selected Bibliography

Books, Exhibition Catalogs & Periodicals

Artcal. New York, NY. "Picks, Rita MacDonald Tic." March 2008.
Bloodworth, Sandra and William Ayres. New York's Underground Art Museum. The Monacelli Press, New York, NY. 2014, p. 246.
Brooklyn Street Art. "BSA Images of the Week: 11.23.14." brooklynstreetart.com, November 23, 2014.
Brownstoner. "Closing Bell: Domino and Dumbo Get New Public Art" www.brownstoner.com, November 12, 2014.
Budin, Jeremiah. "New Mural at Domino Site; New York City Pop-Up Book." Curbed. www.ny.curbed.com, November 11, 2014.
Chow, Elaine. "Virtually Real." Visual Arts Journal, New York, NY, Spring 2004, cover and pp. 3-15.
Design Annual 1998. Print Magazine, September 1998, p.306.
Design Annual 2004. Print Magazine, November/December 2004, pp. 299, 303.
Downtown Express, New York, NY. "Drift Comes to Town." August 31, 2011.
The Drawing Season. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2012.
Dunigan, Peggy Sue. "The Line Unleashed at Kohler Arts Center." Shepherd-Express, Milwaukee, WI. February 16, 2012, p. 26.
Fox6Now.com. Milwaukee, WI. "Check out The Line Unleashed at the Kohler Arts Center." February 2012.
French-Sorgini, Brianne. "Space Invaders." NY Arts Magazine, New York, NY. 2013.
Gueyikian, Veken. "The Guggenheim and Hyperallergic Present: Stillspotting Bronx Art Adventure." Hyperallergic.com October 4, 2012.
Haber, John. "5.7.05 Fifteen Paces." Haberarts.com, May 2005.
Haber, John. "Modernism's Lost Genration." Haberarts.com, April 2008.
Heimbach, Alex. "Adventures in Styrofoam, Maximalism, and Photography." Hyperallergic.com June 1, 2014.
Jaeger, William. "Crisp, Cohesive Invitational at Albany Center Gallery." Albany Times Union, May 15, 2023.
"June in Pictures. Inhabiting Ten Eyck at Storefront Ten Eyck." ArtHaps.com. June 2014.
Kropper, Jean G., Handmade Books. Davis Publications, Worcester, MA, 1997.
Lakin, Jan. "Next Stop: The Subway System's Visual Journey Continues." Interior Design, September 2011
McCorkle, Mery Lynn. "Travelogue 42 Plaid." www.zerodegreesart.com, 2006.
Newsgrist. New York, NY. "Smack Mellon: Site 92." January 21, 2006.
Parnass, Larry. "New Talent at Hampden Gallery." The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Amherst, MA. February 10, 2003.
Powhida, William. "Under the Rainbow." The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY. June 2005, p. 19.
Projects '05. The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2005.
Re:Construction. The Alliance for Downtown New York, New York, NY, 2013.
The Riverdale Press. Bronx, NY. "Meet the Artist in Residence." April 29, 2010.
Salas, Rafael Francisco. "The Drawing Season at the Kohler Arts Center." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI, 2012.
Turning the Page. Academy Art Center Gallery, University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, 1996.
Warerkar, Tanay. "Domino Mural Gives Punny Take on Sugar Production." Greenpoint Gazette, Brooklyn, NY, Nov 19, 2014.
Wells, Bonnie. "Layer Cakes, Catalog Shreds and Emerging Artists." Amherst Bulletin, Amherst, MA. January 31, 2003: vol 36, p. 2.
Vartanian, Hrag. "Your Concise Guide to the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios." Hyperallergic.com May 28, 2014.
The Village Voice. New York, NY "Shortlist, Fifteen Paces." May 4, 2005.
Villalonga, Yuneikys. "Space Invaders." Art Experience: New York. New York, NY. Fall 2012 pp. 108-121.

Artist Books

Family, Edition of 100, Published by Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 1994.

Grants & Awards

2024	Experimental Projects Residency, IEA Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
2023	Artist in Residence Commission, Google Artist in Residency Program, New York, NY.
2022	The Hyde Collection Purchase Award, 2022 AMHR Exhibition, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY.
2021	Experimental Projects Residency, IEA Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
2014	Printshop Residency Fellowship, The Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2010	Winter Workspace Residency, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY.
2005	Fellowship Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,VT.
2004	Regional Design Award (New York City), Print Magazine, New York, NY.
2001	The Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, NY.
1998	Regional Design Award (New York City), Print Magazine, New York, NY.
1994	Artist Book Fellowship Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
1990	Assistant Printer Fellowship, Vinylhaven Press, Vinylhaven, ME.

Public Art Commissions

2014	Two Trees, Mural Commission for Domino Sugar Factory Site Temporary Construction Wall, Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2011	Alliance for Downtown New York, Re:Construction Project Commission Temporary Construction Scaffolding, 24 John Street, New York, NY
2011	Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Arts for Transit Commission Permanent Mosaics for Ave J and Ave M Stations, Brighton (Q) Line, Brooklyn, NY

Public Collections

Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Beverly Hills Public Library, Beverly Hills, CA
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY
Denison University, Granville, OH
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Duke University Library, Durham, NC
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Harvard University Library, Cambridge, MA
Hollins University, Hollins, VA
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Purchase College, Purchase, NY
Queens College, Flushing, NY
Reed College Library, Portland, OR
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA
University of Texas, Austin, TX
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Yale University Library, New Haven, CT