DONNA ZARBIN-BYRNE, MFA
847.962.9986 | donnazarbinbyrne@gmail.com 8623 Diceman Drive, Dallas TX. 75218
2885 A. Kapakalua Road, Haiku, HI. 96708
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Ceramic Sculpture. University of Texas at San Antonio, TX. Magna Cum Laude B.F.A., Ceramic Sculpture, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX. Magna Cum Laude Alfred State School of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Like Water From A Rock, solo exhibition, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2022 A Place is a Story Happening Many Times, solo exhibition, Hawaii Pacific University Art
Gallery, Kaneohe, HI. Curated by Carol and Sanit Khewhok
2011 Matters of the Heart, The Pig and Weasel Performance and Gallery Space, Evanston, IL.
Curated by Todd and Monica Kass Rogers.
1994 An exhibition of Mixed-Media Sculpture, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, IL.
1992 Recent Works, Gallery Northwest, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN. 1990 Terra Reverie: A Cultivated Space, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, NY.
Terra Reverie: A Cultivated Space, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Interisland Action, Kahilu Gallery, Kamuela, HI, curated by Josh Tengan. 2023 Texas Vignette, Dallas, TX, curated by Emily Edwards.
The Nature of Nature, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, TX, curated by Bonny Leibowitz. Radiate & Repeat, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition, curated by Christina Massey.Light and Shadow, a B&W photography exhibit, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI. Jurors Steve Garon & Wayne Levin.
2022 El Corazon, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX curated by Jose Vargas.
Kipaipai group exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, curated by Andi Campognone, Palm Desert, CA.
One on One, Jeanette Kennedy Gallery, curated by Bonny Lebowitz, Dallas, TX.
El Corazón, Bath House Cultural Center, curated by Jose Vargas, Dallas, TX.
New Texas Talent XXIX, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Jurors, Terri Provencal and Chris Stewart.
2021 State of Sculpture, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. Curated by Johannah Hutchison, director International Sculpture Center.
Celebration, An Invitational Exhibition, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX. Curated by Patricia B. Meadows.
On the Bayou, Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX. Process and Material, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror Yoonshin Park.Kipaipai Artists Invitational. Kahilu Theatre Gallery, Kamuela, HI. Curated by Andi Campognone.
2019 Art Maui, Schaefer International Art Gallery, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI. Juror, Lisa Yoshihara.
1988 Art Around the Edges, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Art Under History Equals the End of Summer Under Glass, New Works, Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, PA.
1987 FOUND, a selection: works by Texas artists who work with found materials, Diverse Works, Houston, TX.
Blue Star II. Contemporary Art for San Antonio, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX (catalogue).
Aqua Vitae, an installation, Texas Sculpture Symposium, Blue Star 113, San Antonio, TX. 1986 Jewish Themes/Contemporary American Artists II. The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
Traveled to the Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, IL, 1987; The National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA, 1988 (catalogue).
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019 Tree of Life, steel and bronze sculpture installation, outdoor worship area. St. Phillips
Lutheran Church, Glenview, IL.
2015-16 Al Paso del Tiempo/A Cyclical Journey Towards Home. Three installations in
collaboration with artist Diana Rodriguez Gil. San Antonio Housing Authority and the NRP
group, San Antonio, TX.
2004 The Fields Project: A 15-acre installation sculpted in the agricultural fields of the Rock River
Valley. A residency that integrated art and agriculture culminating in a work and was viewed
from the air.
1998 Aqua Vita: a public sculpture at Fire Station #1, Evanston, IL.
Bronze Sculpture for Automated Liquid Packaging, Inc., commissioned in honor of the company’s 25th Anniversary, Woodstock, IL.
16' bronze and steel sculpture for Moriah Congregation, Deerfield, IL.
1996 Bronze garden installation. Sculptural signage and installation for Fairmont Kea Lani, Wailea, HI.
1995 Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) bronze and steel sculpture, Moriah Congregation, Northbrook, IL.
SELECTED REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
2023 Donna Zarbin-Byrne’s Like Water from a Rock Reimagines Landscapes Against Grief,
November 14, 2023, by Emma Snow Ahmed, Southwest Contemporary.
https://southwestcontemporary.com/donna-zarbin-byrnes-like-water-from-a-rock- reimagines-landscapes-against-grief/
Donna Zarbin-Byrne’s Like Water from a Rock at Arts Fort Worth, November 10, 2023, Art Spiel. https://artspiel.org/donna-zarbin-byrne-like-water-from-a-rock-at-arts-fort- worth/
Texas Vignette Announces 2023 Vignette Art Fair Artists, by Jessica Fuentes September 26, 2023, my work was featured.
Artist Talks with Barry Kostrinsky, November 7, 2023, Interview about solo exhibition, Like Water from A Rock. Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth TX.
Radiate & Repeat, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition Catalogue, curated by Christina Massey.
2022 Fire Station No. 1 goes with the flow of Aqua Vita, a series of articles about public art by women (https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/04/19/evanston-art-by-women-aqua- vita/).
2021 Process and Material, A conversation with Yoonshin Park (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOg3icTj_P8&t=150s)
On the Bayou, Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Redbud Gallery, P.85.
2020 I Like Illinois: February Artist of the Month. (http://ilikeillinois.com/living/arts- culture/1184-artist-of-the-month-donna-zarbin-byrne).
2019 Art Heals: Public Art Installation, “Tree of Life” by artist Donna Zarbin-Byrne, Sara Opat, The Daily Herald, Chicago, IL.
’Tree of Life’ unveiled at St. Philips Lutheran Church, Sara Opat, The Glenview Lantern, Glenview, IL.
Radio interview with Bill Best of Off the Record, KAKU 88.5 FM, Maui, HI.
2017 Mixing Public Art and Public Housing, Katie Walsh, The Rivard Report, San Antonio, TX. 1990 Donna Zarbin-Byrne, Terra Reverie; A Cultivated Space, Ann Sargent Wooster, High
Performance Magazine, Winter, 1990, p.58, New York, NY.
The Galleries of Tribeca and What's in Them, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, April 27, 1990, p. C22, New York, NY.
Best of the Arts, Julie Reschop, Paper Magazine, May, p.10. New York, NY.
Bringing Fresh Approaches to Ages-Old Jewish Themes, Michael Brenson, The New York Times, New York, NY, August 3, 1986, p. 27.
Jewish Themes/Contemporary American Artists II. The Jewish Museum, New York, NY. Traveled to the Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, IL, 1987; The National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA, 1988 (catalogue).
SELECTED AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
Awards to Artists, Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
City of Houston, Civic Arts Collection
Individual Artists Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Art, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Artists in Education Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
Jurors Choice Award, Cutting Edge: A contemporary Glass and Metal Art Exhibition, Hui
No’eau Visual Arts Center Makawao, HI
Franklin Furnace Fund, New York, NY.
Purchase Award, John Peace Annual Print Competition, The University of Texas at San
Antonio, San Antonio, TX