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about donia
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Donia is a creativity maven with a strong interest & growing experience in contemporary art, creative marketing, hospitality & event planning, geek culture, & art in the post-Facebook age. She is also an active member of the new contemporary art scene & surrealist communities, an independent curator, creative influencer, & practicing artist.

She has spent the past decade working in the contemporary art world in positions ranging from art journalism & visual-media correspondence to consulting artists on business marketing to facilitating fine art sales. The fourteen years prior, she worked in the hospitality industry in team lead positions with both corporate companies & small businesses.

I believe that the art world should be about community & collaboration. I also believe that it shouldn't be an exclusive club. Creativity is a natural human need & skill so we are all artists in our own right. I always want to bring others in on the conversation, whether they be visual art fanatics like myself or those claiming to know nothing about fine art & "can barely draw a stick figure". I try & achieve this by sharing the creativity of others through different media & social outlets, by supporting projects that do good, & attempting to make sure art education stays relevant in our society. 

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Portraits courtesy of JJ Darling 

Creative EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL

Curator  |  Gristle Tattoo + Art  |  2020 - 2022

Admin  |  The Teaching Studios of Art Online |  2020 - 2023

Assistant Director  |   Last Rites & Paul Booth Galleries NYC  |   2016 - 2020

Online Curator & Correspondent   |  ArtAttacks! Online   |   2012 - 2017
 

CURATION

Sugar, Spice, & Not Playing Nice |  Gristle Art Gallery  |  2021  |  Online Exclusive

Ultraviolet |   Last Rites Gallery NYC  |   2018  |   Guest Curation

Forbidden Thinking |  Last Rites Gallery NYC   |   2017  |   Guest Curation

Snap Attacks!  |   Snap! Orlando   |   2014  | Co-curation in association w/ ArtAttacks!

 

Among Us  |   F8 San Francisco   |   2013  |   Pop-Up Exhibition
 

MEDIA & PUBLICATION

Painter Max Kauffman Goes With The Flow |  Beautiful Bizarre  |   2016  |  Article

Border Creatures: The Paintings of Adrian Cox |  Beautiful Bizarre  |   2016  |  Artist Spotlight

Pop Dreams: The Art of Johannah O'Donnell |  Beautiful Bizarre  |   2016  |  Artist Spotlight

Through the Carbon Clouds of Zofia Bogusz  |  Beautiful Bizarre  |   2015  |  Artist Spotlight

Derek Gores at Aqua Miami  |   ArtAttacks! Online  |   2015  |   Gallerist Spotlight

 

Zofia Bogusz: Studio Visit  |   ArtAttacks! Online   |   2014  |   Video Interview

Collection & Ritual: Lucien Shapiro  |  ArtAttacks! Online   |   2014  |   Interview

service & hospitality

Server/Team Lead  |   BRGuest Hospitality   |   2013 - 2017

FOH Supervisor   |   The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen   |  2012 - 2013

Regional Trainer   |   BJ's Restaurants & Brewhouse   |  2006 - 2012

PROFICIENCies

Procreate v5.2. Adobe Photoshop; learning Illustrator, InDesign.
Google Workspace. Microsoft Word, Excel.
B2C Social Media PlatformsGalleryManager art sales & inventory software. Artsy CMS.

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