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Dona Altemus was born in Miami, FL. She graduated with a BFA from New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, (2012) and went on to earn an MFA from the University of Delaware, DE (2018) where she was awarded the DELPHI grant. She has participated in exhibitions including, Trading Places II, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2012), MIA_BER, Verein Berliner Kunstler, Germany (2014), Fantastical Vizcaya, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL (2015), Cadence, University of Delaware (2018), Transphysics, Art & Cultural center of Hollywood, FL (2016), Outlaw Culture or Higher Ground, Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL (2019), and the AIM BIENNIAL, South Florida (2020).
Her solo exhibitions include, Closed for the Season, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Coconut Grove, FL, (2016), Interlace, Hartford Community College, MD (2018), and Model Undertone, Mosquera Orthodontics, Miami, FL (2019). Dona’s art residencies include, Vermont Studio Center, VT, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL, Deering Estate, Cutler Bay, FL, Miami Dade College Live Arts program, Miami, FL. She is a current A-I-R at Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL.
Fantastical Vizcaya, 2015 at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens