Rosalie O’Donnell
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, CA Graduate studies in arts education 1974
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA 94720
B. A. Practice of Art 1971
AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95841
A. A. General Education 1969
EMPLOYMENT
Development Assistant
The Art League, Alexandria, VA 2015-2018
Gallery Director
THE ART LEAGUE, Alexandria, VA 2006-2015
Behind-the-Scenes Volunteer
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits 2005-2006
Adjunct Faculty-Gallery Operations
SIERRA COLLEGE, Rocklin, CA 2002-2003
Gallery Director, Sierra College Ridley Gallery
SIERRA COLLEGE, Rocklin, CA 1999-2003
Owner
THE ABBEY GALLERY, Folsom, CA 1999-2001
Gallery Assistant
MICHAEL HIMOVITZ GALLERY, Sacramento, CA 1997-1999
EXHIBITIONS
July - September, 2021-On a High Note, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, Florida
April, 2021-WTF? exhibit at Ruby Projects, Fairfax, Virginia
March - April, 2021-Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Plano, Texas
March 2021-”Renewal” online exhibit Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Phoenix, Arizona
February 2021-53rd Annual Patrons’ Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VAJanuary 2021- Auction and fundraiser for the Democrats of the Red Rocks, Sedona, Arizona
December 2020-Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ, Little by Little exhibit
November 2020-Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Wild Things online exhibit
November 2020-Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA, Leaves & Petals online exhibit
September 2020-Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, The Second Half online exhibit
July 2020-The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Membership Exhibit
June 2020-Ruby Projects, Washington, DC, Special Delivery exhibit
June 2019-Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ, Magic & Dreams exhibit
March 2019-Sedona Art Center, Member exhibit
2017 ArtWatch Travelling group exhibit, “The One House Project”
October 2017 “We the Immigrants”, Washington Printmakers, Washington, DC
September 2017-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, featured artist
January 2017-“What Next…”, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
August 2016 The One House Project, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
July 2014 – The Art League, Juror, Ginger Hammer, Assistant Curator, National Gallery of Art
April 2014 – The Art League, Pop Art, Juror, Robin Nicholson, Deputy Director, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
December 2013 – ArtSpace Herndon – Group exhibit with Discover Graphics Atelier
November 2013 – Frame Factory, Vienna, VA – Group exhibit with Discover Graphics Atelier
September 2013 – All-Media, The Art League, Juror – JoAnn Moser, curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
November 2012 – Small Works, The Art League, Juror – Lindsay Harris, curator, National Gallery of Art
June 2012 – The Art League All-Media Exhibit, Juror-Mark Cameron Boyd, Corcoran School of Art
May 2012 – Honorable Mention-Bedtime Stories, The Art League, Juror – Judith Greenberg, Kreeger Museum
May 2012 – National Institute of Health – Group Exhibition
March, 2010 – Herstory, The Art League, Juror – Barbara Rachko, Artist
April, 2009 – Reused/Recycled, The Art League, Juror – Joe Hicks, George Washington University
May, 2008 – The Art League All-Media Membership Show – Honorable Mention, Juror, Brandon Fortune, Curator, National Portrait Gallery
April, 2008 – Art in City Hall, Alexandria, VA, Juror – Barbara Wolanin, Curator, U.S. Capitol
March, 2008 – Women’s Health Virginia, James Center, Richmond, VA, Jurors - Andrea Douglas, Curator of Collections & Exhibits, University of Virginia Art Museum, Laura Jones, owner of Migration: A Gallery, and Beryl Solla, chair of the Art Department at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
November, 2007 – The Art League - Food for Thought, Juror - Dena Muller, Executive Director of ArtTable
Spring, 2007 – Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, VA – “Hand-pulled: Juried Mid-Atlantic Print Show, Juror - Joan Boudreau, Curator, Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Mixed media work accepted for display by World Bank for exhibit in Jan. 2006
HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Interview WUSA9, DC 2011
Honorable Mention, Found, Juror-Jan Baum, Towson University 2010
Honorable Mention, The Art League, Juror-Brandon Fortune, Curator,
National Portrait Gallery 2008
Washington Post, mention in article at Ellipse Gallery, Hand-Pulled 2007
Review Falls Church News Press, Eclipse Gallery-”Hand-Pulled”
Mid-Atlantic Juried Show exhibit 2007
Volunteer of the Year, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits Service 2006
Feature article, Perspectives Magazine 2004
Art Department Adjunct Faculty of the year, Sierra College 2003
Star Award, Sierra College for exhibit, “Standing Guard”-honoring
Japanese-American Internees from Placer County during WW II 2002
Auburn Journal, “Sierra Names Ridley Gallery Director” 1999
Feature article, Sacramento Bee, People in the News 1999
Review Auburn Journal, “Send Her Up A Creek With A Fishing Pole” 1998
PUBLICATIONS
“Tommie Moller: A Harmonious Spirit”, Perspectives Magazine, July/Aug 2005
“ The Art of Survival“, Perspectives Magazine, Nov/Dec 2004