Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education: BFA Kansas City Art Institute 1975
University of Brighton, Brighton, England 1973-74
Parsons School of Design, Scenic Design 1994-95
Exhibitions
2018
Sideshow Gallery, The Greatest Show on Earth, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Talking Pictures Gallery, 1st Invitational, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Thru the Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn, NY
Centatto Gallery, ‘NOMANColorATURE’ Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Circle the Wagons, Brooklyn NY
2015
Centatto Gallery, ‘Thrice Legendary Forever Thens’
Brooklyn,NY
2014
Full House, Painters in conversation MSP & NYC, Saint Paul, Mn.
2006
Vision Festival, Synagogue for the arts, NY, NY
1994
The Police Building Gallery Space, Out of Line, NY, NY
1991
Focus Holland International, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1992
55 Ferris street, curated by Frederieke Taylor, Brooklyn, NY
1993
Socrates Sculpture Park, 50/NY/93, Queens, NY
Jessica Berwind Gallery, Drawings from 55 Ferris Street, Philadelphia, PA
Wynn Kramarsky Gallery, Drawings from 55 Ferris Street, NY, NY
Tribeca 148 Gallery, Specific Objects, Ny, NY
1989
Lafayette College, Williams Art Center, Made in New York, Easton, Pa.
1988
Kenmare Square Installation Site, LMCC Sponsored NY, NY
1983
Image / Abstract, 38 Crosby St. NY, NY
1981
Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
1981 Solo Show
Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
Related work and awards
Scenic design and scenic artist 1994- 2020, United Scenic Artists local #829
Emmy Nominee Best Art Direction, Taking Chance, HBO films, 2009
Filmography: IMDB as James Donahue III
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0231950/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cr1
Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronical, Feb.1981 James Donahue at Dana Riech Gallery "Perversly Elegant Constructions"