CV 2024
Artist Dorothy O'Connor graduated from Georgia State University with degrees in Literature and Studio Arts. She continued her education at The Creative Circus, a commercial art school in Atlanta. Her pieces feature thoughtfully composed, hand-crafted works which often combine elements of photography, installation, sculpture, public art and performance to produce unique and evocative works of art.
Exhibits:
2024 2024 Artist In Residence, Blue Heron Nature Preserve
Perception, Solo exhibition, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta GA
Tempest, site specific installation at Globe Arts Center, Avondale Estates, GA
Day of Pluralism, One Earth, Kendeda: Global Center for Pluralism
What Remains, Site Specific Installation at 7 Stages Theater,
Commissioned by Wild Cumberland, Atlanta GA
2023 Silent Migration, Site Specific Installation, Art Around Roswel Public Art Festival, Riverside Park, Roswell, GA
Extension of The Flood, Photo-mural in Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta GA
Venture, Site Specific Installation, Illumine, Historic Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Restorative Storm, Site Specific Installation, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta GA 30310
Breaking Ground: Art About the Earth, Juried Group Exhibition, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, Smithsonian Affiliate, Solomons, MD
2022 Conversion, Site Specific Installation, Atlanta Contemporary
The Flood, Photo-mural in Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta GA
A Radiance, Site specific outdoor public art installation for Elevate Open Spaces, Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, Atlanta GA
Overstory, Group Exhibition Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Imaginings, Solo photography and installation, Hambidge Art Lab, Atlanta GA
Spirits of the Preserve, Site specific outdoor public art installation, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta GA
“Urban Apiary,” extension of Collaborative public art Site Specific Installation, Art On The Beltline, Atlanta, GA
2021 27th Juried Exhibition, Group show Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
“The Invisible Flock,” Collaborative Public Art Installation for Arts at Oakland Cemeter y, Atlanta GA
“Urban Apiary,” extension of Collaborative public art Site Specific Installation, Art On The Beltline, Atlanta, GA
2020 “A Long Walk,” Photography and installation exhibition in Whitespec and Shedspace at Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Little Things,” Group show, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Women’s Herstory Month,” Peachtree Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Urban Apiary,” extension of Collaborative public art Site Specific Installation, Art On The Beltline, Atlanta, GA
2019 “Scenes,” Solo Photography show, Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, Atlanta GA
“Airport Show,” juried group exhibition, Atlanta Airport Atrium, Atlanta GA
“Art Fields;” juried exhibition, Lake City, SC
“Urban Apiary,” extension of Collaborative site specific public art piece Art On The Beltline, Atlanta, GA
2018 “Urban Apiary,” Collaborative public art piece commissioned by Art On The Beltline, Atlanta GA
“Scenes Selections,” Solo photography show at Google, Atlanta GA
2017 “Anthology Two,” Group show Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Passage” installation and photography show, Hambidge Hive Collective at Colony Square Atlanta GA
2016 “The Little Forest,” Public art piece commissioned by Art On The Beltline, Atlanta GA
"Edge To Edge", Group show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta GA
2015 “Swarm of Butterflies,” Public art piece commissioned by Art On The Beltline, Atlanta GA
“Scenes, ”Solo show, Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014 “Tornado of Birds,“ Public art piece commissioned by Art On The Beltline, Atlanta GA
“LaGrange National XXVIII Biennial Exhibition,” Lamar Dodd Museum,, LaGrange GA
2013 “Scenes,” Installation and collection of photographs, Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Nashville, TN
“Shelter,” Installation and collection of photographs, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
“Soar,” Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Slideshow,” 2013 Exposure Festival, Calgary, Canada
2012 Ceiling of Black Birds, Site Specific Installation and tableau vivant opening, FLUX Night, Atlanta, GA
“Portrait 2” Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
2011 “Portrait” Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
“Movers & Shakers” Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta GA
“Emerging Artist Award” Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Tornado,” Installation opening – an ACP Event, My studio, Atlanta GA
Grants:
- ArtAround, Roswell Arts Fund, 2023
- Elevate Grant, Office of Cultural Affairs, 2022
- The Fulton County Arts and Culture Grant, 2020
- The Fulton County Arts and Culture Fellowship - Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences 2017
- Crusade For Art Grant2016
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art - 2013
- FLUX Grant - 2012
- Possible Futures – 2011
- Possible Futures - 2010
- Forward Foundation for Emerging Artists Finalist – 2010
Artist in Residence:
- Year long Artist In Residence, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta GA 2024
- Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Clayton, GA August 2017
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN February – April 2013
Collections:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- Fulton County Arts and Culture, 2019 Art Acquisition, Atlanta, GA
- Frist Family Private collection, Nashville, TN
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
- Shepherd Spinal Center, Atlanta, GA
- Center For Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
- Alliance Residential Properties Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
Bibliography:
- Felicia Feaster, “ Photographer creates elaborate, magical worlds frozen in time,” Atlanta Journal & Constitution, September, 2019
- Missouri Review, July 2017
- Betsy Riley, “ Preview: Art on the Atlanta Beltline 2014,” Atlanta Magazine, September 2014
- The Tennessean, February, 2013
- Nashville Arts Magazine, December, 2013
- Joe Nolan, “Abstract Boundaries and Big Black Birds at Tinney Contemporary,” ArtsNash, December, 2013
- Beverly Keel, “Scenes From A Room,” Nashville Arts, December, 2013
- MiChelle Jones, “Beautiful and Haunting,” The Tennessean, March, 2013
- The Oxford American Literary Magazine, Summer 2010
- Jasmine Maharisi, “If These Walls Could Talk,” UNO Gateway, November, 2010
- Rebecca Dimling Cochran, “Review: Post-her,” ArtsCriticATL.com, October, 2010
- Susannah Darrow, “Dorothy O’Connor’s Tableau Vivant,” Burnaway.org, October, 2009
- Niko Koppel “Showcase: Getting Into Bed,” The New York Times, July ,2009
- Jerry Cullum “Windows into real – life dreams,” Atlanta Journal & Constitution, September, 2007
- International Color Awards Photography Masters Cup Yearbook, Basil Publishing, 2008
- Turning Silver, Women In Photography International 25th Anniversary Edition, 2007
Education:
- 2001-2003 Certificate of Photography
Creative Circus, Atlanta GA
- 1990-1996 Bachelor of Arts English Literature
Minor in Studio Arts, Georgia State University