Viewpoint Lecture with artist Michele Oka Doner

Artist Michele Oka Doner is joined in conversation with Ola Wlusek, the Keith D. Monda Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, as they discuss the artist’s impressive career and her solo exhibition Michele Oka Doner: The True Story of Eve.
Michele Oka Doner: The True Story of Eve
ON VIEW NOV 18 - JUN 2
Keith D. Monda Gallery for Contemporary Art
Michele Oka Doner is an internationally renowned
artist whose career spans six decades. Her work is fueled by a lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world,
from which she derives her formal vocabulary. The breadth
of her artistic production encompasses sculpture, drawing,
public art, functional objects, video, artist books, and
costume and set design. Oka Doner’s work is found in the
collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan
Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, The Louvre’s Musée
des Arts Décoratifs, and Victoria & Albert, London. She
has received numerous awards, including those given
by United Nations Society of Writers and Artists, Pratt
Institute, New York State Council of the Arts, and the
Knight Foundation. She was the first Artist in Residence
at the New York Botanical Garden. In 2016, she received
an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of
Michigan, where she earned her undergraduate and MFA
degrees. Born and raised in Miami Beach, Michele Oka Doner was designated Guardian of the City of Miami
Beach’s Centennial Banyan Tree and represents Miami
Beach as Ambassador for Arts and Culture. She maintains
a home and studio in New York City.