CV/Bio
www.mcdonaldfineart.com • [email protected] • MariannaMcDonaldArt on ETSY
• Studio •
Artists Attic at 401 W Main St. Lexington, KY - 4th floor of "The Square" -
elevator access is on the Main St. side of the Square next to Tony's restaurant.
• Medium •
Pastel drawings on sanded pastel paper
Oil paintings
• Represented by •
Main Cross Gallery, The Square, 401 W Main St., Lexington, KY 40507 • Artisan Center, Berea. KY • Ralice Gallery, Ft Mitchell, KY, & The District Art Gallery, Knoxville, TN
• Solo Shows •
City Gallery, Lexington, KY "Transformations" Oct. 6 - Dec. 2, 2023
Campbellsville University Cambellsville, KY August 30-September 15, 2016
Jessamine County Library Gallery Nicholasville, KY January 19- February 29, 2016
Artists Attic Gallery Lexington, KY February 4- March 30, 2013
Brown Hotel Gallery Louisville, KY December 1-January 27, 2013
Danville Community Arts Center Danville, KY March 2009
MainCross Gallery Lexington, KY November 16 – January 1, 2008
MainCross Gallery Lexington, KY April 15 – May 29, 2005
LionHeart Gallery Louisville, KY April 1 – May 9, 2005
Enchanted Garden Lexington, KY April 18, 2001
Artist Attic Lexington, KY June 1, 2000
• Group Shows •
• Members Exhibit • Artists Attic • 401 W Main St. Lexington, KY Jan-Feb. 2023, & 2024
• “The Art of Pastel: Two Visions/Two Artists”, City Gallery, Lexington, KY, April 6- June 2, 2018
• “The Way of the Land”, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY July 29 - October 22, 2017
• “The Gridworks Revisited”, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY, March 1- May 1, 2017
• “225: Artists Celebrate Kentucky's History”, KY Artisan Center, Berea, KY March ,25- September 23, 2017
• ”Horizons” Community Arts Center, Danville, KY Oct-Nov, 2015
• “The Grid Show”, New Editions Gallery, March 1-30, 2015
• ”PSA’s Enduring Brillance” 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY, September 2-27, 2014
• ”Viewpoint” Cincinnati Arts Club, Cincinnati, OH, September 10-25, 2014
• ”Woods and Water” Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY, May 1-31, 2014
• ”New Works” Community Arts Center, Danville, KY January 1-31, 2014 & 2013
• "Shaker Village Exhibit” 3 person exhibit, Pleasant Hill, KY May-August, 2012
• "Gallery Collection” University of Kentucky Medical Center permanent collection, Lexington, KY May, 2011
• "New Artists Show” Artists’ Attic, Lexington, KY Jan. 2011, 2012
• "Contemporary Landscapes” Community Arts Center, Danville, KY Oct.-Nov., 2010
• "1st Lady’s Office-KY State Capitol" Kentucky Arts Council Frankfort, KY September 2009-April, 2010
• "The Painters: Fall show" Liz-Beth & Co. Art Gallery Knoxville, TN Oct.-Dec. , 2009 & 2010
• "2 Person at Elkcreek" Elkcreek Vineyards Owenton, KY June, 2009-August, 2009
• "3 Person at Artemesia" KY Museum of Art and Craft Louisville, KY February, 2009-April, 2009
• "Anniversary Fall Show" Liz-Beth & Co. Art Gallery Knoxville, TN October – December, 2008
• "5 Painters: Fall show" Liz-Beth & Co. Art Gallery Knoxville, TN October – December, 2007
• Art Depository “Brilliant Pastels: Marianna McDonald & Students”, Nicholasville, KY August, 2007
• Berea Arts Council’s “13 Landscape Artists”, Berea, KY March, 2007
•"Pastel Only" Juried Exhibit - Pastel Society of America- New York, NY- Sept. 2006
• Morehead State University “Bluegrass Biennial”, Morehead, KY June-July, 2006
• Berea Arts Council’s “In Women’s Hands: A Response”, Berea, KY Feb, 2005
• Kentucky Visions 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004 & 2003, Governor’s Mansion, Frankfort KY.
• Kentucky Women 1970-2000, Owensboro Fine Art Museum, Owensboro, KY Oct. ‘01
•“Language of the Land: Contemporary Landscape Paintings of Kentucky and Ecuador" traveling exhibit through Lexington Art League, August 2000-Sept. 2001
• Pastels USA - Juried 11th Annual Exhibition - Pastel Society of the West Coast - Roseville, CA - May ‘97
• Pastels - Juried 9th Annual Exhibition - Pastel Society of the West Coast - Sacramento, CA - May ‘95
• "Pastel Only" Juried Exhibit - Pastel Society of America- New York, NY- Sept. ’87 and ’86 (Landscape Award)
• Awards •
5th Place in Pastel 100 – Pastel Journal Magazine, Best of Show – 3rd Street, St. James Art Fair 2015, Best of Drawing 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015-AFB Woodland Art Fair • Drawing Summerfair, Cincinnati 2nd Place 2010, 3rd Place, 2013, 1st Place 2015 * Kentucky Crafted Emeritus Award – Feb. 2009 • Nominated to SouthernArtistry.org – Southern Arts Federation • Art in Embassies – painting selected for Riga, Latvia-Catherine Todd Bailey, Ambassador • 1St Place Third Street Artists, St. James Art Fair, Louisville, KY Oct. 2004 • Best of Show, Kentucky Crafted: The Market. Feb. 2004
• Permanent Collections •
Owensboro Regional Hospital, Owensboro, KY; Intrepid Center for Excellence, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia and Ft. Campbell, KY; University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY; St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, Jessamine County Library, Nicholasville, KY; YUM Foods/KFC, Louisville, KY; Lucille Little Fine Arts Library, University of Kentucky
• Affiliations •
Pastel Society of America, Associate Member • Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen • Lexington Art League • Living Arts and Science Center • Plein Aire Painters of the Bluegrass
• Education •
BS degree in fine art • Murray State University • 1971
Studied with Susan Ogilvie, Port Townsend, Washington
Studied with Karen Margulis, Atlanta, GA