DONA SIMONS

Selected Painting Exhibitions

March 6 - March 31, 2010 Academy Gallery, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA - "Below the Sea, Beside the Sea"
more about this exhibition at Academy Gallery

March 14 - April 4, 2009 Jazz and Heritage Gallery, 1205 North Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA- "Femme Fest"

November 1 and 2, 2008 6151 Milne Boulevard, New Orleans, LA - "Art as Artifact"
more about this event at Art as Artifact

August 4 - September 23, 2007 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA - "Gulf Coast Artists at La Napoule"
more about this exhibition at La Napoule

April 1 - April 30, 2007 Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France - "Gulf Coast Artists at La Napoule"

May 6 - July 9, 2006 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA - "Surviving the Hurricane: Katrina's Impact on New Orleans Art"

February 8 - March 4, 2006 Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA - "Sea Level - A World Apart"
solo exhibition

January 14 - March 18, 2006 Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA - "Sustained Winds"

November 19, 2005 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
solo exhibition paintings of Sonny Landreth concurrent with his performance there

October 6 -30, 2005 Galerie Eclaireuse, Lafayette,LA - "New Orleans Revisited"

October 8, 2005 Acadiana Arts Council, Lafayette, LA

August 25, 2005 Lt. Governor Landrieu's Conference on the Cultural Economy - New Orleans, LA

1992 - 2005 Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA - solo and group exhibitions

2004 George Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA "NOT Another Show by George Schmidt" group exhibition

2004 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA -"Louisiana Music Below Sea Level" solo exhibition in the grandstand Building

2003 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA-"Riverfest"

2001 Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA -"Julia Street North"

2001 Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA - N.O.A.A. National Exhibition
inclusion juried by John Bullard, Director, New Orleans Museum of Art

1999 - 2001 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Chester Springs, PA
Fellowship exhibition - juried inclusion

1998 Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA - "Mayfair Festival of the Arts"
curated by Dan Rosenfeld, Director of Museum of American Art at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Mobil Oil Building Lobbies, New Orleans, LA "Art at Koll" - solo exhibition

1994 & 1993 The Rittenhouse Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

1991 The Curaçao Museum, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles - two person exhibition with John Vigo

1991 Curaçao Seaquarium, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
solo exhibition in conjunction with United Nations ECLAC conference

Selected Painting Exhibitions before 1990

Prix International d'Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Monaco
Only U.S. artist represented in international juried exhibition

American-Italian Renaissance Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Sixth Extemporaneous Art Competition - placed in Painting and in Graphics

Palm Beach Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA - placed in juried exhibition

Academy Gallery, New Orleans Academy of the Fine Arts - "Summer w/25"

Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans, LA
"Art in the Workspace" sponsored by the Arts Council of New Orleans

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA - "Females"

Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA - "Extempo"

Frank Tanzer Gallery, Boston, MA - solo exhibition

United Artisans Gallery, Chalfont, PA