Michele BonDurant
b. 1953 Youngstown, Ohio. Currently resides and works in Dayton, Ohio.
EDUCATION
1976 Wright State University, Bachelor Fine Arts, Dayton, Ohio
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2023 Ebb & Flow, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2023 Sarah Gormley Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2024 Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Prince Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
2016 Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2014 Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, Ohio
2013 Glen House Art, Yellow Springs, Ohio
TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2020 The Contemporary Dayton | Dayton, Ohio
2019 Dutoit Gallery | Dayton, Ohio
2019 The Gallery at Brent Warner Fest Hall | Columbus, Ohio
2016 Community Art Center | Yellow Springs, Ohio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Art on Paper
Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
2022 The View, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
76th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio
Three Women/Three Views, High Street Gallery,Dayton, Ohio
2021 Blue Mountain Gallery | Manhattan, NYC
Brand 49 Works on Paper,Brand Library/Art Center, Glendale, California
85th Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
In On Of Paper, Zeuxis/There Space, New York, NYC
Five Women, Works On Paper, Sarah Gormley Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Affiliate Members Exhibition, First Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
75th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
2020 Affiliate Members Exhibition, First Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
Brand 48 Works on Paper, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California
Small Works/Big Impact, First Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
74th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
Reflection of Covid-19, The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
2019 First Street Gallery | Manhattan, NYC
Prince Street Gallery | Manhattan, NYCOhio Arts Council Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Works on Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio2018 Prince Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
72nd Annual Members’ Exhibition Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
2017 Ohio Arts Council Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Summer Exhibition Shortlist, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
27th Annual Works On Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OhioAlumni Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2016 First Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYC
Summer Exhibition Shortlist, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
Inaugural Members Exhibition, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Community Art Gallery, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Spring Juried Exhibition, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Light Years Ahead, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
Lady Painters of Dayton, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2015 American Landscapes Scenes from The Americas
Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
The View, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
Small Works,RoyG Biv Gallery, Columbus, OhioThumb Box, Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
25/25, The Wind’s Café, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Spring Exhibition, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2014 Prince Street Gallery, Manhattan, NYCAlumni Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
24th Annual Works On Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
68th Members’ Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
Spring Exhibition, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
New Member Invitational, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Plein, Plain, Plane, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
2013 The View, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, Ohio
67th Annual Members' Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
46th Annual Art Exhibition, Fitton Center For Creative Art, Hamilton, Ohio
If A Tree Falls, Invitational Exhibit, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
Water, Water, Everywhere, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
2012 66th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Ohio
En Plein Air, Fairborn Art Association, Fairborn, OhioNo Borders, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton, Ohio
2011 The View, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
Light, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
2022 Painter's Tubes Magazine, April 2022 edition
2021 Studio Break Podcast, episode #267
Blue Mountain Gallery National Juried Exhibition catalog
2020 Brand 48 Annual National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper
Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California, Exhibition catalog
2018 Studio Visit Magazine | Volumes 41/42
2017 Made In Ohio, Peter Tonguette, The Columbus Dispatch
Sunday, December 17, 2017, page E5
2017 Local artists’ prize-winning creation on exhibit, Pamela Dillon
Dayton Daily News, Sunday, January 29, 2017, Life Section
page E6 color reproduction
2016 Michele BonDurant Viewed and Constructed, Daytonarts, October 23, 2016
"BonDurant opens Viewed and Constructed at Dutoit Gallery"
Dayton Daily News, Sunday, January 31, 2016, Life Section
page E6 color reproduction
RESIDENCY
2020 Arc of Appalachia, Artist in Sanctuary, Bainbridge, Ohio
2018 Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio
2017 Vermont Studio Center Residency
AWARDS
2019 Honorable Mention, 29th Annual Works On Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
2018 2nd Place, 28th Annual Works On Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OhioSinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
2014 Spring Exhibition, Honorable Mention, High Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2013 67th Annual Members' Exhibition, 3rd place, Springfield Art Museum, OhioPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Collage workshop, Wright Library, Oakwood , Ohio
2018 Juror, Art on the Commons, Kettering, Ohio
Juror, Regional Scholastic Arts Awards
ArtSource Fellow, Dayton Visual Arts Center
2017-2018 Substitute Instructor, Stivers School for the Arts
GALLERY
Sarah Gormley Gallery
988 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201