Donna’s Biography

Awards: ’10 Honourable Mention Annual Juried Exhibition - Burlington Fine Arts, '08 Merit Award - Ft. Myers Bch.Art A. '07 Merit Award - Central Ontario Art. Assoc. Cross Section; '07- Merit Award - Ft. Myers Beach Art A. - '06 - Wittnauer International Award - CSPWC - Open Water - '06 Hon. Mention - Burlington Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, '06 Hon. Mention - Ft. Myers Beach '05 - Florida Watercolor Society Award Ft. Myer's Beach; - '03 Central Ontario Art Assoc. "Cross Section " Best of Show, also Juror's Choice.

Name:

Donna Fratesi

Education, Add’l Studies & Workshops

Dundas Valley School of Art

Private Study/Gery Puley CSPWC

Burlington Art Centre

Workshops with noted American artists

Charles Reid, Tony van Hasselt, Janet Rogers, and Alvaro Castagnet, among others

Recent Shows & Exhibitions:

2011 Chosen for inclusion in “Artists in Their Studios”, a coffee-table full color book highlighting the top artists of Southwest Fl

December 2010 - Mistletoe Magic - John B Aird Gallery, Toronto

2010-2011 Promenade Galleries, Bonita Springs, FL,

November - 10 Burlington fine Arts Juried Exhibition

November - 09 Group Exhibition - Dunn St. Gallery

October - 09 - Burlington Fine Arts Juried Exhibition

May - 09 Central Ontario Art. Assoc. "Cross Section"

September - 08- Two Person Exhibition Burlington Art Centre

September - 08 Two Visions of Europe, Artspace, Oakville, Ont.

June '08 - Solo Show - O'Brien Room, Port Nelson United Church

November/December '07 - Solo Exhibition - Anastasia Gallery

July '07 - Two Person Exhibition Burlington Art Centre

May'07 - Central Ontario Art Assoc. "Cross Section"

March '07 Art Focus - South West Florida Juried Show

February '07 - Juried Exhibition Ft. Myers Beach Art Assoc.

Activities: Chairperson - Burlington Fine Arts Assoc. Christmas Show 1997 -2001; In Charge of Famous Artists Workshops - Bonita Springs Art League '97 - '01; Participant Burlington Art Centre Auctions - 1998 - 2009 Conduct Watercolour Workshops and Classes

Galleries: Anastasia Gallery - Hamilton, Ont. ; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Burlington Art Centre

Memberships: Elected Member Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Central Ontario Art Assoc., Burlington Art Centre and Burlington Fine Arts, Hamilton Women's Art Assoc., and Art League of Bonita Springs

In the past few years I have been fortunate to receive artistic recognition of

my work including the International Wittnauer Award in '06 and election to

full membership in '08 from the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour.