Education

2010
MFA in Fibers, Virginia Commonwealth University

2006
BAD (Art and Design), BA (Psychology), North Carolina State University, Summa Cum Laude

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023
Geologic, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2018
To the Various Futures (Not to All), Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

2017
We’ve Met Before, The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Theorems and Poems, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Sound Structure, Work Program Architects, Norfolk, VA

2015
The Garden, the Library, and the Labyrinth, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014
Cross Pollinations, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA

2012
Where We Meet, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Binary, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2011
Mindbody, Artspace Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2007
The Lady Series, The Ravenscroft Fine Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

Selected Group and Two-person Exhibitions

2023
Uncommon Threads, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC

2022
Diedrick Brackens: ark of bullrushes, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Homeward Bound, Taubman Muesum, Roanoke, VA

2021
Summer Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Surroundings, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

2020
New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Made: Mediation Across Media, Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, VA and Branch Museum of Art and Design, Richmond, VA

2019
Soft Borders, SDA international exhibition in print

2018
Declaration, VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA
Ekphrasis, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC
Scale Up: 10 Years, 10 Fellows, 10 Projects, Center for Craft, Creativity + Design, Asheville, NC

2017
Current Art Fair, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Volume III, Eckert Gallery at Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Volume II, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

2016
Volume, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Contemporary Southern Textiles, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Fiber National, The Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
The Invisible One, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

2015
Contemporary Craft, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington,
Fredericksburg, VA
Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan
Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Small Expressions, The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Artfields, The R.O.B., Lake City, SC
Velocity of Textiles: 1955-2015, Georgia State University Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2014
Materiality, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Taking Shape, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2013
Out of Tradition, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Ambiguity and Interface, Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA
Building Upon the Past, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Two Artists One Space, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
Lasting Impressions, Lorrie Saunders ArtGallery, Norfolk, VA

2012
FIBERS, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
Forecast, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

2011
Interwoven: Contemporary Textile Art by Alejandrina Cue, Andrea Donnelly, and Jennifer Glass, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, FL
Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Tacit, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Multiple Personalities, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

2010
Cutting Edge, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
5th International Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Fiberart International 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, and Rochester, NY

Selected Grants and Awards

2022
Center for Craft Career Advancement Fellowship
CultureWorks Artist Grant

2019
Fiber Reinterpreted Award, Soft Borders exhibition in print

2017
CultureWorks Artist Grant

2016
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant
Merit Award, Craft Forms

2015
Windgate Fellowship Project Grant
CultureWorks Artist Grant
Honorable Mention, Velocity of Textiles exhibition
Third Place Award, Small Expressions exhibition

2014
Brandford Elliot Award for Excellence in Fiber Arts

2013
Award for Contemporary Design, Visual Arts Center Craft + Design Show, Richmond, VA

2012
Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, Richmond, VA
Fiber Award, Visual Arts Center Craft + Design Show, Richmond, VA
Publication Grant, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation

2011
Artist Residency, Xu Bing: Tobacco Project, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Personal Development Grant, Surface Design Association

2010
Fall Symposium Scholarship, The Textile Museum
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University

2009
School of the Arts Graduate Travel Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University

2007
Windgate Fellowship, Center for Craft Creativity and Design

Collections

North Carolina Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Federal Reserve Bank
Capital One
Dominion Energy
Markel Corporation
Dollar Tree Corporation
TIAA

Professional Activities

2024
Instructor, Weaving Alchemy, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2023
Artist talk, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Panelist, Uncommon Threads, Momentum Gallery (virtual)
Speaker, Human Library, Two Monkeys corporate projects, Richmond, VA (since 2015)

2022
Instructor, Woven Cloth, Raw Material, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2021
Artist talk, Textile Study Group of New York (virtual)

2020
Speaker, Artist Series, Juniper Brand Team (virtual)

2018
Artist talk, VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA

2017
Panelist, Current Art Fair, Richmond, VA
Artist talk, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Artist talk, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2016
Artist talk, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
Panelist, Contemporary Southern Textiles, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Juror, Windgate Fellows selection panel, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC

2015
Instructor, Painting with Thread, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Panelist, The Common Thread Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2014
Visiting artist, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Artist talk, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
Visiting artist, Painted Warp and Weaving Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2013
Artist talk, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Selected Press and Publications

“Still Life,” Mix Magazine, Issue 73, 2023

“River City Roundup: Weft World,” Richmond Magazine, 2023

Andrea Donnelly: Various Futures, monograph, 2020

“Soft Borders,” Surface Design Journal, Fall 2019

Issue No. 27, North Carolina Literary Review, 2018

“Andrea Donnelly showing ‘Theorems and Poems’ at Reynolds Gallery,” Richmond Times Dispatch, Nov. 21,    2017

“Look Closer,” R Home Magazine, Nov/Dec 2017

“A Conversation with Andrea Donnelly,” Circa: the NCMA Blog, Oct. 11, 2017

“LookHERE: Andrea Donnelly,” LookSEE, October 2017

“One Artist and Five Sinks,” CultureWorks, Mar. 15, 2017

“Sound Structure,” Selvedge, Mar. 5, 2017

“Seventh Annual Made in the South Awards,” Garden & Gun Magazine, Dec/Jan 2017

 “Fifth Annual Made in Virginia Awards,” Virginia Living Magazine, Dec 2016

So to Speak Journal, Spring 2016

Into: Richmond, 2016

“Fueling the Fires of Craft and Creativity,” Surface Design Journal, Spring 2016

The Jealous Curator, May 10, 2016

“Downtown Pittsburgh exhibit showcases artists’ works of healing, empathy,” Pittsburgh Tribune, Feb. 13,        2016

The Creative Habit with Paige Goodpasture, WRIR93.7, Feb. 5, 2015

“Dual Aspect: The Two Strands of Weaver Andrea Donnelly,” Selvedge Magazine, May/June 2014

“Noticed,” Handful of Salt, Apr. 5, 2014

Andrea Donnelly: Where We Meet, exhibition catalog, 2012

“Lifting the Veil,” Style Weekly, Sep. 4, 2012

“FiberFaves from FiberPhiladelphia,” Surface Design Association, Aug. 21, 2012

“Mindbody - Andrea Donnelly,” New Raleigh, February 2011

“Artspace Highlights N.C. State Alumna’s Works,” The Technician, Feb. 23, 2011

“Style & Substance,” Belle Magazine, November 2011