SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and CURATORIAL/SOCIAL PRACTICE
2025
Co-curator and researcher for Masquerade exhibition with Kraftmade, Cincu, Romania
Curator, Sedimental Edition, Lost in Fiber Library, New York, NY
Curator, Material Specimens, Lost in Fiber Library, New York, NY
2024
Walking Libraries, Oblong @ Design Go, Romanian Design Week, Bucharest, Romania
Curatorial advisor/researcher/writer, Carnivalesque exhibition with Kraftmade, Cincu, Romania
Conversions, site-specific environmental history project, Hudson Valley, NY
2023
Site specific historic preservation research for the cultural space, Stalla AD, Sovicille, Italy
2022
Walking Libraries for Incantatio Mundi, Romanian Creative Week, Iași, Romania
Fragmentary Blue, curatorial advisor, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2020
Walking Libraries (2016-2020), site-specific platforms, U.S. and Europe
Art in Place: Self Isolation (online exhibition), Standard Space Gallery, Sharon, CT
2019
In the Steps of Folly Cove, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Open Studio with Sienna Road, curated by Laurel Nuzzo, New York, NY
2018
Folly Cove Follow Up, Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Kraftmaking the Future, Casa Memoriala Matei Corvin, Cluj, Romania
Earthtones/LA, Poketo Project Space, curator and materials exhibitor, Los Angeles, CA
2017
In the Steps of Folly Cove, Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Becoming: 30 Hotchkiss Artists, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2016
Friends of Fire, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2015
Toolshedding, Weaving Hand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (site specific interior installation)
Tumbleweed Colony/NYC x Design, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY (collaborative installation)
2013
Unraveling a Tumbleweed, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA (performance)
2012
Nature is Breathing, Silo Contemporary Art Space, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Fete for the Senses, site specific platforms, New York, NY (collaborative performance)
2011
Knitted, Knotted, Netted, curated by Hildreth York, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Good Work, curated by Tali Weinberg, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2010
(Re)Fashioning Fiber: New Horizons in Environmental Art , curator, Greenspaces, New York, NY
2009
Azumith; Writing on the Walls, curated by Miriam Sagan, The LAND gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Opening a Book: Enviro-Artist Books, The LAND gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008
Urban Fiber Flotsam, Conflux Arts Festival, Center for Architecture, New York, NY (performance)
2007
Fiber National, curated by Gail Brown, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
On Ice, curated by Kathy Bruce, Williams Art Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2006
Workmanship of Risk, Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
United Nations Environment Programme, Art Into Action, World Environment Day, Algiers, Algeria
2005
Exquisite, curated by Lynn Gamwell, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY
About-From-For-Nature, Yatoo-i, Korean Nature Artists Association, Gongju, South Korea
2004
Pattern and Decoration, curated by Joyce Kozloff, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sense of Place, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2003
Revolve: New Work by Gallery Artists, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
The Regular Paper Show, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM
2000
Abigail Doan: Recent Works on Paper, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Cleavage, Luther Bean Museum, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Summer Selections, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Digital 99, Brooks Engineering Design Center, Cooper Union, New York, NY
ASCI Digital 99, The New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY
Cleavage, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Ninth Annual New Images Exhibition, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
1997
Digital Elements, St. John’s University Gallery, Queens, NY
1989
Haeckel’s Models: Drawing Thesis, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
ARTIST TALKS/RESIDENCIES/TEACHING
2023
Artist/Curator in Residence, Stalla AD, Sovicille, Italy
2021
Artist in Residence, The Mastheads Day Residency Program, Pittsfield, MA
2020
Artist in Residence, The Mastheads Day Residency Program, Pittsfield, MA
2019
Artist in Residence, The Jennings Hotel, Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon
2018
Visiting Artist/Critic, Parsons School of Design/Textiles Department
Visiting Artist/Critic, Kraftmaking the Future, Cincu, Romania
2017
Visiting Artist/Critic, School of Design/Pratt Institute
Artist Residency in Motherhood (ARiM) with Lenka Clayton
2016
Visiting Artist/Critic, Artist-in-Residence Program, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist/Critic, California College of the Arts, Textiles Department, Oakland, CA
2015
Visiting Artist/Critic, Artist-in-Residence Program, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist/Critic, Parsons School of Design, Fashion/Textiles Department, New York, NY
2014
Make, in conjunction with Judith Scott – Bound and Unbound, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Visiting Artist Lecture, California College of the Arts, Textiles Department, Oakland, CA
2012
Visiting Artist/Installation, Vogue Knitting Live, New York, NY
2011
Visiting Artist Lecture, Fashion/Textiles, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2008
Artist in Residence, Conflux Arts Festival, New York, NY
2006
Artist in Residence, The LAND/an art site, Mountainair, NM
1996-99
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Drawing/Design, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
2025
Unmasking tradition: The cross-cultural dialogue of MASQUERADE in Cincu (Transylvania), Business Review, February 2025
2024
Booksmart with Odette Blum, Selvedge Magazine: Hand to Hand, issue 118, April 2024
2022
A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic, September 2022
Home, Again, Table Magazine, Spring 2022 edition
2021
Sounds in their Studios: Abigail Doan, PRAIRIE Journal, June 2021
Floating Vessels: A Wave Of Responses To Environmental Spaces, Materials And Observations, Plural Magazine, April 2021
2020
Walking Libraries (2016-2020 documentation), Moowon journal, story no. 68, January 2020
Ecoartspace Journal, featured artist with Walking Libraries profile, August 2020
2019
Walking Libraries profile with Kraftmade/Transylvania, Harper’s Bazaar Romania, September 3, 2019
2017
Becoming: 30 Hotchkiss Artists, Happening in the Hills, review by Daphne Anderon Deeds, 2017
2016
Friends of Fire: Ceramic Art, The Berkshire Edge, November 1, 2016
2015
Interview on Tumbleweeds and Urban Seeds, Pratt Institute’s BFDA accelerator, April 28, 2015
2012:
Genius Loci: The Land NM Artist Residency, HAND/EYE Magazine, volume 07, Spring 2012
Fete for the Senses, Trendtablet, review by Rhiannon Silver Gilmore
2011
MC Trendbook, artist/studio profile, Marie Claire South Africa, June 2011
2010
When Fiber Art Meets the Hot Fudge Sunday, The New York Times, NY Regional Arts review by Benjamin Genocchio, January 8, 2010
EcoVision edition | Surface Design Journal, Spring 2010
(Re)Fashioning Fiber: New Horizons in Environmental Art and Fashion, Planet Journal, review by Nika Knight, May 19, 2010
2007
Fiber National Exhibition Catalogue, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
On Ice catalogue, Williams Center Art Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Lacemaking and Placemaking, in conjunction with the exhibition, Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, Knit Knit 7
Returning to and from THE LAND: Connectivity and Crafting Residency, Landviews Journal of Landscape, Art, & Design, Spring 2007
EDUCATION
1989 Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY, BFA, summa cum laude
1984 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Additional coursework with the Center for Book Arts (NYC), Magnum Photos (online), Parsons School of Design/The New School, and The International Center of Photography
Certifications: Biomimicry Life Principles and Masterclass Certificates (2023); Fashion Values Coursework, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London