Donia Lilly
Kauai, Hawaii
born: New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Aquamarine; Art Hemingway Gallery; Kauai, Hawaii.
2007 Luna, Cielo, y Mar; Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte; Granada, Spain.
2006 Dolixi; Samos, Greece.
2005 Ellipsis; Sierra Arts Gallery; Reno, Nevada.
2004 Central Coast Art Association; Pebble Beach, California.
2003 Zimmerman Gallery; Reno, Nevada.
2003 Aesthetic Evocations; Gallery Lucian; Monterey, California.
2001 Hawk Creek Gallery; Neskowin, Oregon.
2000 Images from Memory; Holt Gallery; Elsah, Illinois.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
2015 Aloha Expressionism; Hawaii Food & Wine Festival; Honolulu, Hawaii.
2015 Kauai Art Tour; Kauai Society of Artists Gallery; Lihue, Hawaii.
2014 Art Kauai 2014; Kauai Society of Artists Gallery; Lihue, Hawaii. Juried.
2014 – 2015 Fish Eye Kauai Gallery – Princeville; Kauai, Hawaii.
2013 Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Show; Honolulu. Juror’s Merit
2013 Women Artists of Kauai; Kauai Museum; Lihue, Hawaii.
2013 Art Kauai 2013; Kauai Society of Artists Gallery; Lihue, Hawaii. Juried.
2012 – 2015 7 Artists Gallery; Kauai, Hawaii.
2012 Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Show; Honolulu. Honorable Mention
2012 Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Member Show; Honolulu, HI. Best in Show
2011 – 2012 Amy Lauren Gallery – Hanalei; Kauai, Hawaii.
2011 Art Kauai 2011; Kauai Society of Artists Gallery; Lihue, Hawaii. Juried.
2011 Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Show; Honolulu, Hawaii. Juried.
2010 – 2011 Tokerau Jim Gallery; Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
2009 – 2010 Kenwall Gallery; Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
2009 Oe Vaka; The Art Studio Gallery; Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
2008 – 2009 Yolanda Rojas Gallery; Granada, Spain.
2006 – 2015 Wildflower Gallery; Reno, Nevada.
2005 Nevada Museum of Art: ARTouring Exhibit; Reno, Nevada. Juried.
2005 Populous; Bleulion Gallery; Reno, Nevada. People’s Choice Award Juried.
2005 Chair-i-ty Art Auction; Benefit for new University of Nevada Reno Library;
McKinley Arts & Culture Center; Reno, Nevada.
2004 Nevada: the Energy Within; Sierra Arts Gallery; Reno, NV. Top10 Award Juried.
2004 ARTOWN Artist Studio Tours; Reno, Nevada. Juried.
2004 Zero: The Abstract Show; Bleulion Gallery; Reno, Nevada.
2003 Pacific Grove Art Center; Pacific Grove, California. Juried.
2003 Monterey County Open Studio Tour; Pacific Grove, California. Juried.
2002 Monterey Museum of Art; Monterey, California. Juried.
2002 Monterey County Open Studio Tour; Pacific Grove, California. Juried.
2002 Chateau Julien Art & Wine Festival; Carmel Valley, California. Juried.
2002 Ink & Clay 28, Kellogg Gallery; Pomona, California. Juried.
2002 Monterey Rock & Art Festival; Monterey, California.
2001 First Night Exhibit; Monterey, California. Juried.
2001 Pacific Prism; The Corridor Gallery; Redwood City, California. Invitational.
2001 71st Annual Statewide; Santa Cruz Art League; Santa Cruz, California. Juried.
2000 Rendezvous ’99; Gallery 10; Alton, Illinois.
1996 St. Louis Artists’ Guild; St. Louis, Missouri.
MUSEUM & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Principia Corporation; Elsah, Illinois.
Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte; Granada, Spain.
AWARDS & HONORS
2013 Juror’s Merit: Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Show, Honolulu, HI.
2012 Honorable Mention: Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Show, Honolulu, HI.
2012 Best in Show: Pastel Artists of Hawaii Annual Member’s Show, Honolulu, HI.
2005 Archived at the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Washington D.C.
2005 People’s Choice Award: Bleulion Gallery; Populous ARTown Exhibit; Reno, NV.
2004 Honorable Mention: The Pastel Journal: 6th Annual Pastel 100 Competition.
2004 Top Ten: Sierra Arts Foundation Show; Nevada: the Energy Within; Reno, NV.
2000 Kathryn Cogswell Maule Art Opportunity Award; The Principia; Elsah, IL.
1996 Rees-Ryder-Stevens Fine Arts Award; The Principia; St. Louis, MO.
1995 Nezzell Christie Dennis Art Award; The Principia; St. Louis, MO.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (**Reviews; *Authored by artist)
Lynda McDaniel & Tiffany DeEtte Shafto, Aloha Expressionism, Contemporary Publications, September 2015.
* “Art, Creativity, and Healing,” Hawaii’s Inspiration Magazine, Spring 2015.
Coco Zickos, “Kauai Newsmaker Donia Lilly: Creating Exposure for Women Artists,” Midweek Kauai, February 22, 2012.
** Ben Arnold, “Finger Dancer,” Perigee Publication for the Arts, Oct – Dec 2005.
Forrest Hartman, “Fleeting Artist,” The Reno Gazette-Journal, August 3, 2005.
“The Year’s Best Art – Abstract Category,” The Pastel Journal, April 2005.
* Featured Artist in “Vision Quest Gallery,” Planet Light Worker, March 2005.
** Casey Schumacher, “Finger Painting Refined,” Reno News & Review, Dec 11-17, 2003.
Illustration: “St Genies” in Art Calendar June 2003.
** Sue Fishkoff, “What Color Evokes,” Monterey County Coast Weekly, Mar 20-26, 2003.
** Lisa Crawford Watson, “Artist Donia Lilly is a Dancer Who Expresses Herself in Paint,”
Monterey County Herald GO! March 20-26, 2003.
TEACHING & LECTURING
2011 & 2012 Kauai Academy of Creative Arts; Puhi, Kauai, Hawaii.
2009 – 2011 Ministry of Education; Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
2006 – 2009 Island Art Adventure Workshops (formerly Greece Art Adventure): Samos, Greece.
2004 – 2005 Sierra Arts Foundation Teaching Artist; Reno, NV.
2003 – 2005 VSA Arts of Nevada, Washoe County, Nevada.
REPRESENTATION
Artistica Hawaii – Nieves Venckus-Martinez
RESIDENCIES & CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
current Pastel Artists of Hawaii; Kauai Society of Artists; Women Artists of Kauai
2012 Fundación Valparaíso Artist Residency; Mojácar, Spain.
2005 Sierra Arts Artist-in-Residence; Nevada.
2004 – 2005 ARTouring Artist, Exhibiting Member; Reno, Nevada.
SELECTED EDUCATION
Studio Art, Principia College; Elsah, Illinois; BA 2000 with highest honors.
Member Phi Alpha Eta – society for academic excellence.
Burren College of Art; County Clare, Ireland; summer 1999.