CV

Gail O’Donnell
Curriculum Vitae

Education
2026 (Expected) MFA State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Major: Printmaking
2003 BFA Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR 

Major: Fibers with a concentration in Book Arts 


Teaching
2025 College Teaching Internship, State University of New York at New Paltz - Teaching assistant for Natural Inks & Dyes course 

2025 Teacher of Record, State University of New York at New Paltz - Intro to Studio Art course
2024 College Teaching Internship, State University of New York at New Paltz - Teaching assistant for Undergraduate Art Seminar

Workshops

2025 Tapestry Weaving on an Alternative Loom Two hour class focused on the basics
 of tapestry 

Indigo Workshop Painted cotton towels with clay paste resist and dyed with indigo

Intro to Tapestry Weaving Three hour class focused on learning the basics of tapestry

2024 Tapestry Weaving on an Alternative Loom Two hour class focused on learning the basics
 of tapestry 

Intro to Tapestry Weaving Three part class focused on learning the basics of tapestry

Tapestry Weaving Four part class focused on learning the basics of tapestry weaving 

Hand Painting Yarn Hand painted skeins of yarn or sock blanks with acid
 dyes

Acid Dye Workshop Injected cakes of yarn with acid dyes

2023 Bundle Dyeing Used raw natural dye stuffs to create a unique
 design on a scarf

Rhinebeck Sweater Dye Workshop Each student dyed a sweaters quantity of wool in the
 color of their choice

Weaving with Nature Taught the basics of tapestry weaving using elements from nature

Kitchen Scraps Workshop Dyed yarn using natural materials you find in your
 kitchen

2022 Intro to Natural Dye Taught the basics of naturally dyeing wool

Indigo Dyeing + Clay Resist How to make and use an organic indigo vat to dye fabric

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY 

2011 Place to Place, Hudson Beach Glass, Philadelphia, PA

The City Recollected, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA

2010 Plumage, Hudson Beach Glass, Philadelphia, PA

2009 Social Diagrams, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Moment of Contact, group show, Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz, NY

Works on Paper, two person show, David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village, CT

2024 Graduate Office Exhibition, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Member Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

KinoSaito Annual: Community Art Benefit, juried group show, KinoSaito, Verplanck, NY

2020 Member Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

2015 Two person show, Palais des congrès de Paris, Paris, France

Group exhibition, Burkelman, Cold Spring, NY 
2012
Two person show, Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY 

2011 The Drover Turns the Cattle, group show, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Retrieval Systems, two person show, Wexford Arts Centere, Wexford, Ireland

Blueprint Series: The City Recollected, two person show, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Side By Side, invitational group show, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Pretty, Pretty, group show, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005 OFF DUTY, Curator and Artist, MGA Partners, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Thesis Show, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR

Nine O’ Nine, group show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

1999 Juried Show, University of the Arts Fibers Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Bibliography

With Time, 2011, paper [image of work], Slice Magazine, Issue 14, Spring/Summer 2014, p. 10


Grants

2024 Research and Creative Project Award, SUNY New Paltz


Artist in Residence

2025 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Artist Residency, New Paltz, NY 

2010 Cow House Studios, Artist Residency, Co. Wexford, Ireland