STATEMENT
My artwork is an expression of my passion for paint, texture, color, composition and communication of a fleeting experience. Each piece is created in a very spontaneous and intuitive way as I react to each moment artistically. My work is a culmination of past experiences and explorations as a designer/illustrator/artist as I seek to find a composition and story that many times includes organic imagery in a loose, painterly style that will lead the viewer to their own interpretation.
Formulating a color palette to a point where it resonates for the piece is an important part of the process. While working with paint and color I become engaged in the focus of the moment and creating becomes a journey that brings out the consequences of my reactions, at times with a sense of humor. Scale, along with texture, and the juxtaposition of large brush strokes and fine detailed elements are also important aspects of the compositions. Finished pieces are a destination at the end of a visual journey where I encounter twists and turns and puzzles that are resolved when the final outcome reaches a harmonious balance-or perhaps, a satisfying imbalance.
Over time I have come to realize that there are certain types of imagery that keep finding their way back into my artwork and in some way resonates somewhere inside my subconscious. As an explorer of imagery my art pieces are constantly evolving and yet have a thread of familiarity throughout. My inspiration is derived from nature, color, texture, simplicity and line.
AFFILIATIONS
International Print Center New York
EXHIBITS
2023 Donna Ingemanson Recent Artworks SSAC Cohasset, MA
2023 Exchange of Views Donna Ingemanson + Judy Riola Englewood Art Center Englewood, FL
2021 Black Lives & White Fragility Juried by Rob 'ProBlak' Gibbs, Co-Founder, Arts for Humanity SSAC Cohasset, MA
2021 Coastal Printmakers UnPRESSedented James Library and Center for the Arts Norwell, MA
2021 Gallery Artist SpotLIGHT SSAC Cohasset, MA
2019 Pressing Matters: Coastal Printmakers Bancroft and Manning Galleries SSAC Cohasset, MA
2018 Gallery Artists React to Nature SSAC, Cohasset, MA
2018 Botanicals Reinterpreted-Exhibit by The Printmakers of Cape Cod & Coastal Printmakers SSAC, Cohasset, MA
2018 Recent Works-Donna Ingemanson SSAC Manning Lobby, Cohasset, MA
2017 National Juried Show-Sightlines, Juror Adam Adelson SSAC Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
2017 Gallery Artists Showcase SSAC Dillon Gallery, Cohasset, MA
2017 SSAC Arts Festival + Coastal Printmakers 'Pop-Up' Exhibit SSAC, Cohasset, MA, First Prize, Printmaking
2017 National Juried Show-Black|White|Monochrome, Juror Beth Urdang SSAC Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
2017 A Group Thing Thomas Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 Retrospect Solo Exhibit Thayer Art Gallery, Braintree, MA
2016 Art Room Solo Exhibit Cohasset Public Library, Cohasset, MA
2016 So. Shore Arts Festival Juried & Members' Exhibition Cohasset, MA (Members' Award of Excellence)
2016 Selected Works Solo Exhibit Bridgewater Public Library, Bridgewater, MA
2016 Make It Your Own Coastal Printmakers Exhibit James Library & Center for the Arts Norwell, MA
2015 Small Works South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA
2015 Impromptu Coastal Printmakers Exhibit Crossen Gallery Cohasset, MA
2015 Gallery Artists Group Exhibition Cohasset, MA
2015 60th So. Shore Arts Festival Juried Exhibition Cohasset, MA
2015 Recent Works James Library & Center for the Arts Norwell, MA
2014 Coastal Printmakers Invitational Exhibit South Shore Conservatory Hingham, MA
2014 So. Shore Arts Festival Juried Exhibition Cohasset, MA
2014 Footprints in the Garden Exhibit James Library & Art Center Norwell, MA
2014 Synergies: New Gallery Artists Expo South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA
2013 Coastal Printmakers Juried Exhibit Art Complex Museum Duxbury, MA (Curator: Craig Bloodgood)
2013 So. Shore Arts Festival Juried Exhibition Cohasset, MA (Curators: Barbara Grad and Jane S. Young)
2013 Blue Ribbon Members Show South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA (Roz Farbush Color Prize) (Curator: Kathleen Smith)
2013 Under Pressure Printmaking Exhibit Crossen Gallery Cohasset, MA
2013 Shadow & Light Exhibit Concord, MA
2012 Moonstruck Printmaking Exhibit James Library & Art Center Norwell, MA
2012 New Prints 2012/Summer International Print Center New York NY (Curator: Shahzia Sikander)
2012 Blue Ribbon Members Show South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA
2012 Summer Printmaking Exhibit Crossen Gallery Cohasset, MA
2011 Coastal Printmakers Exhibit James Library & Art Center Norwell, MA
2010 ‘In Print’ Printmakers Exhibit James Library & Art Center Norwell, MA
2009 Coastal Printmakers Group Exhibit James Library & Art Center Norwell, MA
2007 Coastal Printmakers Group Exhibit Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA
GALLERY EXHIBITS
Childshood End Gallery 4th Street Olympia, WA
Danco Gallery 269 Locust Street Northampton, MA
The Richard Nash Gallery 89 Yesler Way Seattle, WA
Wenninger Graphics 164 Newbury Street Boston, MA
The Red Apple Gallery 29 High Street Brattleboro, VT
RECOGNITION
South Shore Art Center Roz Farbush Color Prize 2013, Award of Excellence 2016
American Illustration-Selected 16 & 19, Chosen 21, 25, 26, 28, 30
Communication Arts
Print’s Regional Design Annual
Society of Publication Designers
3 x 3 Magazine
How Magazine for packaging and computer illustration
EDUCATION
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
B.A. The Evergreen State College
A.A. Franconia College