ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement -



My work comprises both abstracted and figurative imagery executed in a variety of mixed materials, with stone being the predominate medium. Other materials used (usually in conjunction with stone) include foundry cast metals, carved and joined wood, cast and fabricated plastics, cold-worked and kiln-formed glass, cast and carved hydraulic cements, cast/formed paper, welded/fabricated metals, gilding, and found/assembled objects.

The more abstracted imagery is worked in pedestal pieces, large freestanding sculptures, and in wall-mounted relief sculptures. The figurative lip series is usually presented in wall-mounted reliefs, deep shadowbox framing, and occasionally as either a pedestal piece or a large freestanding work. The most recently begun series of work comprises pedestal-sized pieces using the imagery of the ship or the boat hull.

Each series or each type of work allows me to express aspects of the human condition - the more abstracted works tend to reveal a more universal emotional/rational characterization of subject matter, the lip series tends to allow sensuality, humor, and more visceral expressions, while the ship series delves into personal/cultural memories and emotional journeys.

For more images and information on myself, my work, and my working methods please visit my website at: www.dondougan.com There you may comment on my work, ask technical questions via e-mail, and view links to other specific sites you might find of interest. For a more varied and irregular approach please visit my blog http://fromthedust.tumblr.com/

Artist Exhibitions



selected solo & two person exhibitions
2014 – PROBLEMATIC OBJECTS & INNATE DESIRES: MATERIAL DIALOGS – solo exhibit of fifty sculptures, GPC Fine Arts, Clarkston, Georgia
2014 – SAISONS EN PIERRE – two-person exhibit of twelve collaborative sculptures, L'Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau, Canada
2013 – SEASONS IN STONE – two-person exhibit of twelve collaborative sculptures, AvenueArt Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2013 – STORIES TOLD IN THE GARDEN – solo exhibit of twenty-three sculptures Walker School Gallery, Marietta, Georgia
2013 – SEASONS IN STONE – two-person exhibit of twelve collaborative sculptures, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottowa, Canada
2012 – SEASONS IN STONE – two-person exhibit of eight collaborative sculptures, Sweetwater Cooperative Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2012 – SEASONS IN STONE – two-person exhibit of twelve collaborative sculptures GPC Central Campus, Clarkston, Georgia
2011 – ROCKS IN THE LIBRARY III – solo exhibit of eight sculptures GPC North Campus Library, Dunwoody, Georgia
2009 – XY SHOW – solo exhibit of eighteen sculptures in the lobby of the Defoor Centre Gallery, Atlanta
2008 – ROCKS/PAPER: REALITY AND METAPHOR – a two person exhibit, with 25 works by Don Dougan, GPC LRC gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 – ART SPACE: DOUGAN -– a solo exhibit of thirty-six works of sculpture, Art Space International gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 – TURNING MEMORY – a solo exhibit of twenty-seven works of sculpture, Walker Gallery, Walker School, Marietta, Georgia
2002 – UNBOUND RESEARCH: STONE METAPHORS – a solo exhibit of 14 sculptures in Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, Georgia
1999 – RESONANCES II– a solo exhibit of twenty-four sculptures in Gainesville College, Gainesville, Georgia
1998 – RESONANCES – a solo exhibit of twenty-six sculptures in Locklear hall, University of North Carolina Pembroke, North Carolina
1996 – LANDSCAPES OF ILLUSION:SCULPTURE – a solo exhibit of thirteen sculptures in Gallery One, McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta
1996 – MYTHWORKS – a solo exhibit of four large sculptures in the atrium of Midtown Plaza, Atlanta
1995 – MYTHOLOGICAL SEDIMENTS – a solo exhibit of five large installation sculptures at the Block Candy Factory Gallery, Atlanta
1992 – LANDSCAPES, LIPS, & FINGERTIPS – a solo exhibit of 35 sculptures at the University of Georgia Art Gallery, Athens
1990 – IN A STONE LANDSCAPE – a solo exhibit of eighteen sculptures at the Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta
1989 – PROBLEMATIC FORMS – a two person exhibit of sculpture & paintings at the NW Unitarian Gallery, 12 works by Don Dougan, Atlanta
1987 – WORKS – a solo exhibit of nineteen sculptures and thirteen works on paper at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta
1987 – PLEASE TOUCH – a solo exhibit of fifteen sculptures in the 1st Annual Exhibit of the Walker Gallery, Marietta, Georgia
1982 – MCINTOSH INAUGURAL – a two person exhibit of sculpture and paintings The McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta
1979 – REFLECTIONS – a two person exhibit of sculpture and paintings at the Marietta Fine Art Center, Marietta, Georgia


selected group exhibitions
2014 29TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE CELEBRATION – Broyhill Park, Lenoir, North Carolina
LAYERS –WCAGA curated exhibit, Georgia Perimeter College Gallery, Atlanta, GA
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS – dk Gallery, Marietta, GA
OPEN Juried Exhibition – Kudzu Gallery Norcross, GA (2nd Award)
GEORGIA ARTISTS – Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER – Spruill Gallery Atlanta, GA
ROMANCE OF THE FIGURE AND NUDE – dk Gallery, Marietta, GA
2011 GEORGIA ARTISTS – Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta
INTERNATIONAL KOREAN DRAWING EXHIBITION – invitational group artist exhibit in Seoul, South Korea
2010 GENDER – Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
IMAGILLABORATION – collaborative sculpture exhibit, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christie, Texas
2009 IMAGILLABORATION – collaborative sculpture exhibit, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2008 reNEW, reUSE, reVIEW – Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta
BITTER FRUITS – Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
CRANES ALOFT – Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
BODY OF ART – jFerrari Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 PERIMETER ELEVEN – University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS – Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006 13th ANNUAL MARITIME EXHIBIT – Coos Bay Art Museum, Oregon
THE ART OF HORROR – Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
GOING UNDERGROUND – Art @ Large Gallery, New York, New York
2005 MOSTRA AUTUNNO 2005 – Palazzo Casali, Cortona Italy
FORCES OF NATURE – invitational outdoor group sculpture exhibit, campus of Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta
KALEIDOSCOPE – invitational group exhibit, gallery 100 Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta
2003 GREEN SPACES – invitational outdoor group sculpture exhibit, campus of Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta
MOSTRA AUTUNNO 2003 – group exhibit Palazzo Casali, Cortona Italy
ATLANTA/CHICAGO 2003 – group exhibit, Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois
2002 SOUTHERN EXPOSURES - invitational exhibit at Imatra Taidemuseo and Kouvolan Taidemuseo, Imatra and Kouvola, Finland
2001 MOSTRA AUTUNNO 2001 – group exhibit Palazzo Casali, Cortona Italy
1999 CONTEMPORARY RELICS – invitational exhibit, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia
1998 MOSTRA: ESTATE 1998 – group exhibit by participants of the UGA Studies Abroad Program, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
1997 HECHO EN ATLANTA – invitational exhibit by 16 Atlanta artists, El Instituto Technològico Autònomo de Mèxico, Mexico City, Mexico
MOSTRA DI LAVORI IN CORSO – group exhibit by participants of the UGA Studies Abroad Program, Palazzo Casali, Cortona, Italy
1996 RED CLAY SURVEY – 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern works, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
1994 LOCAL LOVE, SEX, & DEATH – a juried group exhibit at Nexus Center for Contemporary Art, Atlanta
1993 MOSTRA: ESTATE 1993 – group exhibit by participants of the UGA Studies Abroad Program, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
STATE OF THE ART '93 – invitational group exhibit at New England Fine Arts Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
1992 RED CLAY SURVEY – Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern works at the Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
1991 MOSTRA: ESTATE 1991 – group exhibit by participants of the UGA Studies Abroad Program, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
1980 SOUTHEASTERN SCULPTURE EXHIBIT group exhibit at Lyndon house gallery, Athens, Georgia
1977 14 SCULPTORS AT THE HIGH - group exhibit at the high Museum of Art, Atlanta
1975 13 MINUS ONE SCULPTURE EXHIBIT - group exhibit at Peachtree Center, Atlanta Georgia

Don has participated in over 280 exhibits during the past forty years, and his work is represented in over 156 corporate, public, and private collections throughout the United States, as well as overseas in Australia, Finland, Italy, Korea, and Singapore.
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corporate collections:

BellSouth, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Central Metals Company, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Congregation Beth Tefillah, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Delco Remy, Anderson, Indiana, USA
Gulfstream Aerospace, Savannah, Georgia, USA
National Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, Georgia, USA
Sutherland,Asbill,& Brennan, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Telegenics Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Walker School, Marietta, Georgia, USA

and over eighty private collections in the USA, Italy, Singapore, and Korea.
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