In the Landscape at PHOTO Gallery

I am excited to announce my exhibition, In the Landscape, at PHOTO Gallery in Oakland. This solo exhibition will be held from October 17th to November 16th, 2013.  Please join me at the following:

Preview Reception:  Thursday, October 17, 6:00-8:00
Opening Reception:  Saturday, October 19, 2:00-4:00

PHOTO Gallery
473  25th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Between Telegraph and Broadway

www.photogalleryoakland.com
Open Thu-Sat, Noon-6:00
Open Sun-Wed by appointment
info@photogalleryoakland.com

510.858.7352

REAL SIMPLE feature in November 2013 print issue

 The print edition of the November issue of REALSIMPLE magazine features "At the Edge of the Lake" and a short interview with me about what makes my life "what makes my life real simple."

Face-to-Face, The Human Image in the Collection of Photographers: Network

"In the Snow Forest" was included in an exhibition of Thomas Kellner's "photographers: network" collection from 204-2013 at the Stadtische Galerie Iserlohn in Iserlohn, Germany from July 12 - August 31, 2013.

CENTER Gallerist's Choice Award

I received this year's CENTER Gallerist's Choice Award, 3rd Place.  This competition was juried by Lauren Panzo, Director of the Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York, NY. As part of this award, photographs from the winning series (In the Landscape) will be exhibited at the CENTER space in June 2013.

Kolga Award 2013

I am a recipient of this year's Kolga Award.  Six awards were given out and my In the Landscape work received the one in the Conceptual Category. 

As part of the award, my work was exhibited at the Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2013 in Tbilisi, Georgia from May 1 - 7.

Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery & Southeast Museum of Photography

My image, "At the Gorge," is to be exhibited at the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery in Atlanta and the Southeast Museum of Photography as part of the Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition.  Esteemed curator and collector W.M. Hunt curated this exhibition.

May 17th - July 13th, 2013: 

Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, 675 Drewry Street, Suite 6, Atlanta, 30306

August 18 - October 6, 2013:

Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida

WaterLand solo exhibition at Gallery Carte Blanche

I am excited to announce my first solo exhibition, WaterLand,  in San Francisco.  This exhibition at Gallery Carte Blanche highlights work from my Promised Lands, In the Landscape, and other projects around the theme of water and the landscape.

Reception: Friday, February 15, from 6pm - 9pm.
Exhibition Dates: February 15 - March 27, 2013

Carte Blanche
973 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

415.821.1055

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Interview

The Center for Documentary Studies published an interview with me about my work from In the Landscape, Promised Lands, and other projects and my working process.  The interview, conducted by a student at CDS, is posted online on their website, CDS Porch.

Flak Photo of the Day

"At the Air Strip", 2012, from the In the Landscape project was featured on Flak Photo of the day on November 9, 2012.

Both this photograph and "On a Cliff (Overlooking the Surf)", which was in Flak Photo's Looking at the Land traveling exhibition, are included in the Flak Photo Collection.

Lucie Foundation's booth at photo l.a.

"In and By the River" and "At the Salt Flats" from the In the Landscape project were displayed at the Lucie Foundation's exhibition space at photo l.a. January 17-21, 2013.

Looking at the Land

Andy Adams from Flak Photo has chosen "On a Cliff (Overlooking the Surf)" from my In the Landscape series to be part of the Looking at the Land exhibition.  This show is part of RISD Museum of Art's current show, America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, and will be up from Friday, September 21, 2012 to January, 13, 2013.  The exhibition has already been featured in:

• Time Lightbox 
• American Photo
• The Digital Photo Book

2013 PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch

I have been nominated for 2013 PDN's 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch.

Gallery Photographica New Images Photography Awards

Work from my In the Landscape series has received a Second Place award from Rose Marasco for Gallery Photographica's New Images Photography Awards.  In addition to the award, my work will be included in an exhibition at Studio 17 in San Francisco.  The opening reception is from 6 to 9 pm on Saturday, November 10th, 2012.

PDN Interview

Last month I was interviewed by PDN about my artist residency at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.  This interview, conducted by Holly Hughes, editor of PDN, is featured online and is in the current (November 2012) print issue of PDN. 

ARCHIVOzine: Autumn Issue: n.02 20

My In the Landscape series is featured in ARCHIVOzine's Autumn issue on landscape photography.  You can take a look at the digital publication here. (Honestly, it's a beautifully designed magazine with very interesting writing.)  A hard-copy book containing this and the three other issues of the year will be published at the end of the year.

APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship Grant

I am very excited to announce that I received the APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship Grant of $5,000.  This grant will be used for my new series investigating the natural and landscape places where people have committed suicide. 

I will receive the award at the Tenth Annual Lucie Awards in at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom in Los Angeles on Monday, October 8, 2012.

Promised Lands on Conscientious blog by Joerg Colberg

Work from Promised Lands was featured on the Conscientious website by Joerg Colberg on August 16th, 2010. 

In the Landscape solo exhibition at Gallery 1401, University of the Arts

I am very excited to announce my first solo exhibition of my In the Landscape series at Gallery 1401 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  This exhibition was curated by Harris Fogel, Associate Professor of Photography.

Dates: August 17 – Sept 14

Gallery 1401 of Photography, Terra Hall, 14th Foor

University of the Arts, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

FRESH Exhibition at Klompching Gallery

I am very excited to announce that I have been selected for the FRESH exhibition at the Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.  Esteemed curator/collector W.M. Hunt and Darren Ching curated this exhibition showcasing the work of four contemporary photographers.  Four images from the In the Landscape series will be shown alongside the work of Skott Chandler, Harold Ross, and Ahron D. Weiner.  

"Donna J. Wan does literally put us “In the Landscape.” How we look or how we see is at the heart of this work. Man’s presence is important in this work because it provides us with a sense of scale, the way in which we are dwarfed by the enormity of Nature. She gets it right. Seeing from the photographer’s distant point of view we share that smallness, like little specks of humanity, flies on the wall … of a mountain". - W.M. Hunt

Exhibition dates:  July 20 - August 13, 2011
Opening Reception:  Thursday, July 21st, 6-8pm

Klompching Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 206, Brooklyn, NY 11201