Donna Gough. Artist.
Exploring the real and the referential, linking elements from drawing, sculpture, installation and light-based media - with parallels of light and consciousness underpinning my conceptual framework.
Lives and works, Los Angeles
Exhibitions
2021 Brea Gallery – Made in California (group show), Finalist, Los Angeles, USA
2021 Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre – The 66th Blake Prize, Finalist, Sydney, Australia
2020 Shockboxx Gallery – Minimalism (group show), Hermosa Beach, USA
2020 Launch LA Gallery (permanent lightwork installations on outer building), Los Angeles, USA
2020 Shockboxx Gallery – Word (group show), Hermosa Beach, USA
2020 Gallery 825 – Penumbra (group show), Los Angeles, USA
2019 M16 Artspace – Drawing Prize, Finalist, Canberra, Australia
2019 Gallery 825 – Applied Science (group show), Los Angeles, USA
2019 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art – Finalist, Therefore I Am, Orange County, USA
2018 Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre – The 65th Blake Prize, Finalist, Sydney, Australia
2018 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art – Music for your Eyes, Finalist, Orange County, USA
2017 UNSW Art & Design – Annual 17 (group show), Sydney, Australia
2017 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – Electron Salon (group show), Los Angeles, USA
2017 Gaffa Gallery – Off Site (group show), Sydney, Australia
2016 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – Snap to Grid (group show), Los Angeles, USA
Awards
2017 UNSW Art & Design, Annual 17 – Sculpture & Installation Award
Education
University of NSW Art & Design, Australia
Pres. Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Art & Design
University of NSW Art & Design, Australia
2018 Master’s Degree, Fine and Studio Arts
Central Institute of Technology, Australia
2004 Associate's degree, Animation
ual: University of the Arts London, UK
1991 Undergraduate degree, Graphic Design
Professional organisations
Los Angeles Art Association
ArtShare LA
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Exploring the real and the referential, parallels of light and consciousness underpin my conceptual framework – embodying Vedic philosophy, quantum thinking and multidimensional subjects with metaphysical and imaginative implications.
I am interested in the effect that light has on our psychology and spatial perception, with its inherent ability to influence the eye and mind of the viewer – and in using it as the means to contemplate space through the ephemeral nature of installations, where light adds an illusory dimension.
Linking elements from drawing, sculpture, installation and light-based media, my practice is an ongoing enquiry into concepts of the ‘unknown’ and the illusion of time (ourselves) flowing from the past towards the future as a subjective experience of consciousness.
