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Sean Donovan
American, b. 1987, Lives, works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2016
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2010
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009
International School of Art, Montecastello, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Cargo Cult and other certainties
Micol Assaël, Charly Bechaimont, Sean Donovan, Elise Duryee Browner, Chiara Enzo,
Irene Fenara, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Lydia Ourahmane, Cally Spooner, Damon Zucconi
ZERO…, Milan, Italy
Praxis of Matter (solo)
M 2 3, New York, NY
2021
100 Sculptures, organized by anonymous gallery and Von Ammon
anonymous gallery, New York, NY
4
Amina Ross, Chadwick Rantanen, Sean Donovan
M 2 3, New York, NY
2020
Sean Donovan: Recent Work (solo)
M 2 3, New York, NY
Beautiful Bastards, curated by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento
Mike Kelley, Christoph Büchel, Karle Gwen, Stanley Kubrick, Cady Noland, KNAC.COM,
Mark Leckey, Douglas Melini, Melinda Shades, Wu Ming, Alfred Steiner, Ladies Love Lemons,
Chris Watts, Jehu Santamaria, Brian Filosa, Sean Donovan, Diamante Cruz, Steven Parrino,
Gnarly Magazine, Richard Prince, Andrew Jilka, House of Chingasos, Pier Paolo Pasolini,
Ashley Bickerton, Aunt Clara, Current Resident
1209 Garage, Austin, Texas
O Que Não Temos Podemos Criar
Diogo da Cruz, Emma Hornsby, Erris Huigens, Jéssica Burrinha, João Ferro Martins,
Luísa Jacinto, Paulo Arraiano, Sean Donovan, Timothy Yannick Hunter, IN LIMEN
PADA, Lisbon, Portugal
Seven Artists/Seven Works
Sean Donovan, Vladislav Markov, Connor McNicholas,
Jonathan Mildenberg, Bat-Ami Rivlin, R. Blair Sullivan, August Vollbrecht
M 2 3, New York, NY
Paulo
Suzy Babington, Sean Donovan, John Reno Jackson, Amalia Mourad,
Lennart de Neef, Sebastian Reis, Ida Sonder Thorhauge, Jack Towndrow
PADA, Lisbon, Portugal
2018
Donovan, Markov, Mildenberg
Sean Donovan, Vladislav Markov, Jonathan Mildenberg
Tjaden Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
FISH
Tasha Aulls, Dr. Mark Aulls, Shahryar Hessabi, Maya Sk, Manuel Matthieu, Patrick Cruz,
Sean Donovan, Kubiat Nnamdie, Trevor Kiernander, Mégane Voghell, Olga Abeleva, Benjamin Klein,
Kate Verdict, Liza Lacroix, Beaver Shepherd, Moch Hahn, Marina Corsillo, Allie Melanson, Marlon Kroll,
Claire Ponka, Marianna Tinoko, Nick Howe, Jonathan Schouela, Jordan Weitzman
Family Exhibitions, Montreal, Canada
2017
Gateway (solo)
M 2 3/Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
1-800
Sean Donovan, Richard Vivenzio (two person)
164 Orchard Street, New York, NY
Tuesday, the 17th (solo)
AC Institute, New York, NY
Through the Honeycomb
EcoAge, Blue Planet Consulting, Laurencia Strauss, Sean Donovan,
Janae Contag, Katie Torn, Janne Höltermann
Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Public, Private, Secret (collaboration with David Reinfurt)
International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY
Not a good choice
Mikkel Carl, Sean Donovan (two person)
M 2 3 Projects NY, Miami, FL
OPEN. WIDE. SPARAGMÒS
Yevgeniya Baras, Dru Donovan, Sean Donovan, Merritt Johnson, Kristy Luck, Troy Michie,
Jakub Milčák, Hannah Plotke, Megan Plunkett, Donald Varnell, William Villalongo, Brian Wondergem
Hercules Art/Studio Program, New York, NY
Popular Culture Is Where the Pedagogy Is: Explorations of Provocation and Praxis,
SVA MFA Thesis Exhibition
The Hole, New York, NY
2015
So Hot Right Now, curated by Amalia Mourad and Ali Spechler
Eli Barak, Sean Donovan, Delano Dunn, Ron Erlih, HHU, Scarlett Lingwood,
Susan Luss, Amalia Mourad, Jonathan Schouela and Ali Shrago-Spechler
SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS + PRESS
2023
Sean Donovan’s Praxis of Matter at M 2 3: Beyond Material and into the Meta, by Raina Mehler
Whitehot Magazine, 14 February 2023
Praxis of Matter (must see) - Artforum, 02 February 2023
The Top 6 Art Shows To See in New York City in January, by Anni Irish
Observer, 11 January 2023
2022
Artist in Residence
Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
Abandoned Utility: A Conversation with Sean Donovan, by Raina Mehler
Sculpture Magazine, January/February 2022, pages 10 – 14 (print)
2021
ELLE Art - From New York - ELLE Japan (print), August 2021
Amina Ross, Chadwick Rantanen, Sean Donovan at M 2 3 Gallery, NYC (Photo Story) - Arte Fuse, 31 May 2021
Amina Ross, Chadwick Rantanen, Sean Donovan at M 2 3 - Art Viewer, 29 May 2021
2020
Sean Donovan “Recent Work” at M 2 3, New York - Mousse Magazine, 03 December 2020
Artforum (must see), 04 December 2020
Seven Artists/Seven Works - Tique - publication on contemporary art, 01 June 2020
2017
Large Scale Expression at M23/Project Room - What Should We Do, 25 September 2017
2012
Art Schooled: A Year Among Prodigies, Rebels, and Visionaries at a World Class Art College,
by Larry Witham, published by UPNE
2010
Lofty Status, by Blake Gopnik, Washington Post, July 2010
2007
President’s Award, Ringling College of Art and Design, juror, Tony Matelli