elizabeth harris gallery

Born on April 11th, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY.
Died on August 26th, 1986 in Brooklyn, NY.

“A Painter’s Journey,” Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

“Works on Paper,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"The Beginning," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"Porfirio DiDonna – Two Decades: Paintings  & Related Drawings," Nielsen Gallery,
             Boston, MA

“Porfirio DiDonna - Evolution of the Minimal Mark  1970 - 1980,” Nielsen Gallery,
             Boston, MA

“Porfirio DiDonna - Vision Fulfilled,” Paintings 1984 - 1985, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Porfirio DiDonna,” Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY

“A Personal Ritual-Drawings 1970-1978,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Small Paintings,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Survey 1960-1985,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Bank of America World Headquarters, A.P. Giannini Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Nielsen Gallery at 112 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY

Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

Siegel Contemporary Art, Inc., New York, NY

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI

Warren-Benedik Gallery, New York, NY

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

James Yu Gallery, New York, NY

Pace College Gallery, New York, NY

"Minimal and Conceptual Art from the Brandeis University Collections," Rose Art Museum,
             Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

“Nielsen Gallery  Then & Now  35th Anniversary Exhibition,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Subliminal View,” Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

“Drawings,” Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY

Summertime Exhibition, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"New Romantics", Gallery 855, Boston University, Boston, MA

“Common Ground,” A joint exhibition with Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA, and Hurst Gallery,
            Cambridge, MA

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Spirit Tracks,” Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York and Pratt Institute Gallery,
             Brooklyn, NY

“Philadelphia Collects, Art Since 1940,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Edward Throp Gallery, New York, NY

“Nine Abstract Painters,” One Penn Plaza, New York, NY

“Abstract Issues,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY

“Art of the 1970’s and 1980’s,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

“Highlights: Selections from the Bank America Corporation Art Collection,” Plaza Gallery,
             Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, and Bank of America
             Plaza, New York, NY

“Drawing with Respect to Painting,” New York Studio School, New York, NY

“Location: A Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Plastics!?,” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY

Oscarson Hood Gallery, New York, NY

Susan Montezions Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

“New York to Bennington: Paintings,” Bennington College, Bennington, VT

“Paintings,” Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY

“Paintings Sculpture Light,” Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Works on Paper,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Recent Works on Paper,” Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Lee Sherry & Porfirio DiDonna,” Schmidt, Inc., New York, NY

“Drawings, Watercolors & Prints,” Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Recent Acquisitions,” Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the
             Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA

Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

“Abstract Mythologies,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY

Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

“In the Realm of the Monochromatic: 17 Artists,” The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

“From Alan to Zucker,” Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

“Eight Artists: Recent Work,” Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Contemporary Art Acquisitions: The Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund,”
            Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

“Two Decades of Abstraction: The New Abstraction,” University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

“Generation,” Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY

“New Wave Painting,” Institute of Art and Urban Resources, Inc., The Clocktower,
            New York, NY

“C.A.P.S. Show,” State University of New York, Cortland, NY

“Abstract Painting in the Seventies,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“In the Realm of the Monochromatic: 17 Artists,” Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY

“New York Artists: A Drawing Show,” Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY

“Variations on the Grid,” Gertrude Stein Memorial Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

“Painting & Sculpture Today 1978,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

“Works on Paper, An Invitational,” Susan Caldwell, Inc., NY

“Current Work from New York,” Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, PA

Galerie de Gestlo, Hamburg, Germany

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“New York Drawing Today,” Susan Caldwell, Inc., NY

“Collection in Progress: 200 or So Selections from the Collection of Milton Brutten and
            Helen Herrick, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

“A Painting Show,” Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, NY

“Five from New York,” Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Berthot, DiDonna, Huntington,” Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery,
             Brooklyn, NY

“Fall Selections 1976,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

“New Drawings: New York,” Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Change of View,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

“Collectors of the Seventies, Part II: A Collection in Progress,” Institute for Art and Urban
             Resources, Inc., The Clocktower, New York, NY

John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, IL

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

“Ten Painters in New York,” Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

“Painting in America,” The Decorative Arts Center, New York, NY

The New Gallery, Cleveland, OH

“Some Soho Artists,” Philomathean Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania,
            Philadelphia, PA

Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

“The Drawn Line in Painting,” Parker Street 470 Gallery, Boston, MA

Bykert Gallery, New York, NY

Glauber-Poons Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Yau, John, “Porfirio DiDonna’s Paintings from the Seventies,”Catalogue essay for exhibit at
            Elizabeth Harris Gallery

Baker, John, Porfirio DiDonna: The Shape of Knowing, Brooklyn NY, Pressed Wafer Press

McQuaid, Cate, “The Best Exhibition of the Year,” The Boston Globe, December 30

McQuaid, Cate, “An artistic discovery in vivid color,” The Boston Globe, April 27

Leffingwell, Edward, “Porfirio DiDonna at Wooster Arts Space,” Art in America, December

Naves, Mario, “Abstract Works of Heartbreaking Gravity,” New York Observer, March 27

McQuaid, Cate, “A hot scene’s coolest exhibits,” The Boston Globe, December 28

McQuaid, Cate, “Contrasts, color are the mark of artist’s life works,” The Boston Globe,
             October 3

Sherman, Mary, “Gallery’s new agenda draws old favorites,” Boston Sunday Herald,
             January 13

Haynes, Deborah J., “The Vocation of the Artist,” Cambridge University Press

Schwabsky, Barry, “The Widening Circle, Consequences of Modernism in
            Contemporary Art,” Cambridge University Press

McQuaid, Cate, “DiDonna takes life’s pulse,” The Boston Globe, February 27

McConaughy, Claire, “Porfirio DiDonna,” Flash Art, May-June

Duncan, Michael, “Porfirio DiDonna at Hirschl and Adler Modern,” Art in America, March

Mclan, Nico, “A Vision Fulfilled 1984-85,” Art New England, December

Lloyd, Ann Wilson, “Porfirio DiDonna at Nielsen,” Art in America, December

Corbett, William, “Porfirio DiDonna,” Arts Magazine, April

Stapen, Nancy, “Abstract Expressionism of the ‘60’s revisited,” The Boston Globe,
            Thursday, February 28

Sherman, Mary, “DiDonna sought individual vision,” Boston Sunday Herald, February 3

Temin, Christine, “Cognac and new unity on Newbury Street,” The Boston Globe,
            September 14

Parks, Addison, “Into the Garden, The Paintings of Porfirio DiDonna,” Arts Magazine,
            January

Schwabsky, Barry, “Porfirio DiDonna 112 Greene Street,” Flash Art, March/April

Yau, John and others, “A Tribute to Porfirio DiDonna,” Sulfur 19. Vol. 7, No. 1

Brenson, Michael, “Art,” The New York Times, November 20

Robinson, Walter, “Obituaries,” Art in America, Vol. 74, No. 10, October

Temin, Christine, “Perspectives,” The Boston Globe, October 3

Schwabsky, Barry, “Eugene Leroy / Porfirio DiDonna,” Arts Magazine, Summer           

Temin, Christine, “Two Good Summer Shows at the Galleries,” The Boston Globe

Yau, John, “The Drawings of Porfirio DiDonna,” Sulfur 11. Vol. 4, No. 2

Westfall, Stephen, “Porfirio DiDonna at Edward Thorp,” Art in America, Vol. 72, No. 9,
            October

Brenson, Michael, “Art: Four Painters,” The New York Times, March 16

Brenson, Michael, “Art: Drawing with Respect to Painting,” The New York Times, March 2

Temin, Christine, “Making Simple Things Complex,” The Boston Globe

Temin, Christine, “Best in Boston,” The Boston Globe, December 25

Baker, John, “Porfirio DiDonna” Arts Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 4, December

Kuspit, Donald, “Four Painters,” Artforum, Vol. 22, No. 3, November

Brenson, Michael, “Art,” The New York Times, August 5

Klein, Ellen Lee, “Porfirio DiDonna at Siegel Contemporary,” Arts Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 6,
            February

Temin, Christine, “Best Art: Porfirio DiDonna’s Recent Work,” The Boston Globe,
            December 26

Swan, Christopher, “Boston Arts,” The Christian Science Monitor, September 30

Temin, Christine, “Solos from Different Worlds,” The Boston Globe, September 23

Yau, John, “Porfirio DiDonna at Nielsen Gallery,” Art in America. Vol. 69, No. 8, October

McDonald, Robert, “Porfirio DiDonna, A Mini-Survey,” Artweek, Vol. 12, No. 2, May 23

Joselit, David, “Two Schools of Art,” The Boston Ledger, January 19

Miro, Marsha, “Contrasting Art Styles at 4 Different Galleries,” Detroit Free Press, February 5

Abatt, Corinne, “Artist builds layers until they resolve,” Birmingham Observer, January 19

Bell, Tiffany, “Review,” Arts Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 8, April

McDonald, Robert, “Five New York Artists,” Artweek, Vol. 7, No. 6, February 7           

Frackman, Noel, “Review,” Arts Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 10, June

Smith, Roberta, “Review,” Artforum, Vol. 11, No. 8, April

Schiffrin, Herbert, Pace College Newspaper