1. DON PORCELLA
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
donporcella@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting/Drawing, CUNY Hunter College
BFA, Painting/Drawing, California College of Arts and Crafts
BA, Psychology, University of California San Diego
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Shapeshifter at Low Gallery, San Diego, CA
Don Porcella @ The Parsonage Museum, Lemon Grove, CA
2014
Don Porcella: Top Flight Projects, Shanghai, China
2013
Don Porcella with Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ozaneaux Artspace, NYC
Don Porcella: Seeing is Believing, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Don Porcella: Two Heads are Better than One, All Roads Gallery, NYC
2011
Don Porcella: Everything and Nothing at All, Spattered Columns Exhibition Space, NYC
2010
“Natural Selection” at Cain Schulte Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Don Porcella at Alphonse Berber Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Cave Dwellers” at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
2009
Don Porcella at ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Don Porcella at Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Don Porcella Project Space, New York Container Terminal, Staten Island, NY
Don Porcella Project Space, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008
Don Porcella: Are We There Yet?, Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC
“Evolutionary Baggage” Project Space, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, Stefan Stux Gallery
“Swimming Hole” Project Space, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2007
“Strip Mall”, Werkstatte Gallery, NYC
2005
Don Porcella at Planaria Gallery, NYC
2002
Don Porcella at Big Pagoda, San Francisco, CA
Don Porcella at Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA
2001
Don Porcella at AE Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Don Porcella at Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Don Porcella at Zonal, San Francisco, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2. 2015
Deconstruction Now, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris, France
Women’s Work: Masculinity and Gender in Contemporary Fiber Arts, San Diego Art Institute,
San Diego, CA
Unloaded, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
Unloaded, Northern Illinois University Museum, Dekalb, IL
Cognitive Camouflage, A Ship in the Woods, Del Mar, CA
Studio System, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
San Diego Art Institute Auction, Paddle 8, San Diego, CA
A Ship in the Woods Art Auction, Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA
Art Nagoya, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
MAS Attack 8, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2014
Into the Unknown, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Stir, Visual and Sound Group Show, Planet Rooth, San Diego, CA
Beyond Limits: 2014 Mediations Biennale, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
Art Nagoya, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Annual Textile Art Exhibition, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris, France
Annual Textile Art Exhibition, Villa Como, Como, Italy
Future/Past, Reverse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
California Dreamin’, Cindy Rucker Gallery, NYC
10x10, Cindy Rucker Gallery, NYC
MAS Attack 6, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Slick Art Fair, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris, France
2013
Weird World, ISE Cultural Foundation, NYC
Museum of Art and Design Annual Auction, NYC
A-Side/ B-Side, Rhombus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Typhoon Haiyan Philippines Relief Benefit, The Lodge Gallery, NYC
2012
Sunshine & Demented Minds, Mulherin+Pollard, NYC
Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Recent Acquisitions at The West Collection, Oaks, PA
The Sixth Sense and Other Myths, New York Industries for the Blind, Brooklyn, NY
Spoiler Alert, Coyle Cavern, Staten Island, NY
Go Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Fountain Art Fair, Big Deal Arts, New York, NY
Studio Residency Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2011
NY Fiber Art in the 21st Century, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Bitches Brew, Galerie Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, NYC
Emerging Artist Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Brian Leo & Don Porcella, Christina Ray Gallery, NYC
2010
Museum of Art and Design Annual Auction
In-flec-tion, Hudson Valley Contemporary Museum, Peekskill, NY
Gracias Por Pensar En Mi, Parque Cultural del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia
Make Believe, New Jersey City University Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Escape from New York, Paterson Arts Council, Paterson, NJ
Director’s Choice, Cain Schulte Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Lumen: International Video and Performance Festival, Staten Island, NY
2009

3. Performance by Don Porcella at Robert Miller Gallery, NYC
Fountain Art Fair, Miami, FL
Art Miami at Art Basel Fair, Stefan Stux Gallery, Miami, FL
“Happy Hour” at ISE Cultural Foundation, NYC
“Playing Around”, Brattleboro Museum, Vermont
Low Blow, Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC
10-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Mixed Greens, NYC
NEXT Art Fair Special Project, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008
Art Miami at Art Basel Fair, Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC
Bridge Art Fair, Cain Schulte Gallery, Berlin, NY
West Collection, “Evolutionary Baggage”, Oaks, PA
Hudson Valley Contemporary Museum Auction. Yvon Lambert Gallery, NYC
2007
London Art Fair, Yukiko Kawase Gallery, London, England
Mixed Greens Gallery, Road Trip, NYC
Florida State University Gallery, All Systems Go, Tallahassee, FL
2006
Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Human Nature #2, New Trans-Species Fantasy, Paris, France
California College of the Arts Exhibition, Oakland, CA
Jack the Pelican Presents, Scope Hamptons Art Fair, East Hampton, NY
2005
JetArtworks, GO FIGURE: A group exhibition of contemporary figurative work, Washington,
D.C.
Michael Martin Gallery Group Show, San Francisco, CA
2004
Spike Gallery, Reality Check, NYC
Michael Martin Gallery, Group Show, San Francisco, CA
2003
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Unframed: First Look, NYC
Spike Gallery, 27 Emerging Artists, NYC
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Aug. 2015 Jack Shalom Blog, The Outsider Artist and his Art Outside
Aug. 2015 WBAI Public Radio (+ 40 Affiliates), Arts Express with Prairie Miller
Aug. 2015 LA Weekly, Studio System Experimental Residency
Aug. 2015 Dekalb County Online, “Unloaded” Art Exhibition Examines Politics of Firearms
July 2015 Web of Modern Art, A Talk with Don Porcella
July 2015 Vanguard Culture, Don Porcella's 'Shapeshifter' Exhibition at Low Gallery
July 2015 Con Art Magazine, The Futures Comin Round with Don Porcella
June 2015 San Diego CityBeat, Don Porcella’s Collaborations with a Dead Oil Painter
April 2015 TribLive, Art Review: Unloaded at Space
April 2015 Pittsburgh City Paper, A Group Takes Aim at Gun Culture
March 2015 La Jolla Light, It was Art for Artists’ Sake at Balboa Park Meet Up
March 2015 La Montagne, La Foret, Source Revee de L’imaginaire
March 2015 Pittsburgh Gazette, Unloaded Exhibit Aims to Point Out Tragedies of Gun Violence
March 2015 Pittsburgh Articulate, Unloaded at Space Reviewed by Todd Keyser
Feb. 2015 Nak You Out, Unloaded, An Exhibition Exploring Guns in Our Culture

4. Jan. 2015 San Diego CityBeat, Cognitive Camouflage
Nov. 2014 Complex, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel is an Art Gallery You Can Live In
Oct. 2014 KMUD Public Radio, Face Urchins on Spiritual Perspectives
Sept. 2014 Brooklyn Daily, Wordscape by Don Porcella
Oct. 2013 The James Kalm Report, Don Porcella at Ozaneaux Art Space
Sept. 2013 San Diego CityBeat, Monster Drawing by Don Porcella
Jan. 2012 M Magazine, “Most Memorable of 2011, Don Porcella at Spattered Columns”
Dec. 2011 The New York Times, "Seeing the World on a Budget", featuring Don Porcella at the
Museum of Arts and Design
Nov. 2011 In Style Magazine, Artist Colony by Don Porcella
Oct. 2011 CRAFT Magazine, Review of Don Porcella’s Solo Exhibition
Oct. 2011 Fecal Face, Review of Don Porcella’s Solo Exhibition
Oct. 2011 Beautiful Decay, Review of Don Porcella’s Solo Exhibition
Sept. 2010 New York Times review of IN-FLEC-TION at HVCCA Museum, Peekskill, NY
Sept. 2010 Fecal Face, Don Porcella at Alphonse Berber Projects, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 2010 Fiber Arts Magazine, “Fanciful Figures”
Sept. 2010 Global Magazine review of “Natural Selection” at Cain Schulte, Berlin
Sept. 2010 Art Business, Don Porcella at Alphonse Berber Projects, San Francisco, CA
Jan. 2009 Beautiful Decay Magazine Review
Jan. 2009 NY Press, Supercraft: The New Insider Folk Art by Noah Sudarsky
April 2008 NY ARTS Magazine, “Don Porcella at Stefan Stux Gallery” by Michael DeNiro
April 2008 Village Voice, “Kunst Gruppe Adores Neon” by Noah Sudarsky
April 2008 Art Cal, “Armory 2008” Don Porcella is one of 3 best in show
Jan. 2008 Chelsea Now, “Are We There Yet?” Art Review
Aug. 2007 Village Voice, “Best in Show”, Recommendations by R.C. Baker
Dec. 2007 Auberge Floue Magazine, “Featured Artist - Don Porcella”
July 2005 The New York Times, “Nick Payne and Don Porcella”by Ken Johnson
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Studio System Artist Residency, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2015 Featured Artist at San Diego Museum of Art Collector’s Group
2014 SWATCH Art Residency, Shanghai
2014 Grier School, Artist-in-Residence
2013 Owl’s Head Contemporary Art Award Mural
2013 Ensworth School, Artist-in-Residence
2012 West Collects Prize
2012 Museum of Arts and Design, Artist-in-Residence
2011 Emerging Artists Fellowship from Socrates Sculpture Park
2011 DCA Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council
2010 DCA Premier Grant from COAHSI
2010 NYSCA Original Work Grant from COAHSI
2008 ISE Award, Japan
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Nishiji Collection of Japan
The West Collection
APT Global
NYC Industries for the Blind
Southern Queens Parks Association
Jean Pigozzi Collection
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Kevin Hearn, The Barenaked Ladies
Eli Broad
Mary Boone

5. Jeffrey Deitch
Morgan Spurlock
Marc Olivier-Wahler
Yukiko Kawase
David & Susan Marco
David Gernert
Gigi Kracht
Joel & Sherry Mallin
Marc & Livia Straus
Claire Oliver
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, CA
10th
Grade Art and Music Teacher
Grier School, Birmingham, PA
Artist-in-Resident
2013
Ensworth School, Nashville, TN
Artist-in-Resident
2011
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Course Taught: Intro to Art History
2007 – 2008
County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
Courses Taught: 2D Design and Drawing
2005 – 2006
CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
Teaching Assistant: Sculpture Department
1991 – 1994
Artists in Motion Art Collective, San Diego, CA
Lead Arts-in-Education Instructor
1991 - 1993
Springall Academy, San Diego, CA
Teaching Assistant, Special Education

6. Jeffrey Deitch
Morgan Spurlock
Marc Olivier-Wahler
Yukiko Kawase
David & Susan Marco
David Gernert
Gigi Kracht
Joel & Sherry Mallin
Marc & Livia Straus
Claire Oliver
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, CA
10th
Grade Art and Music Teacher
Grier School, Birmingham, PA
Artist-in-Resident
2013
Ensworth School, Nashville, TN
Artist-in-Resident
2011
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Course Taught: Intro to Art History
2007 – 2008
County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
Courses Taught: 2D Design and Drawing
2005 – 2006
CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
Teaching Assistant: Sculpture Department
1991 – 1994
Artists in Motion Art Collective, San Diego, CA
Lead Arts-in-Education Instructor
1991 - 1993
Springall Academy, San Diego, CA
Teaching Assistant, Special Education