Stephen O'Donnell

As a painter, Stephen O’Donnell is entirely self-taught. His education in art came by way of his love of history and biography. O’Donnell has shown his work throughout the Pacific Northwest and in Atlanta, GA in numerous solo exhibitions since 1995, as well as in select group exhibitions in California, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington. Among other awards, in 2020, O’Donnell won First Prize at The #dessinemoiversailles Competition (for Les Perruches), Château de Versailles, Versailles, France, and in 2011 he was the Grand Prize Winner in The Power of Self Competition, Artists Wanted, New York, NY. His work is included in the collections of the Portland Art Museum, Portland OR; the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA; the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem OR; the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY; and Portland Community College, Portable Works Collection, Portland OR. He has earned critical commentary from ArtsATL and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oregon ArtsWatch, Vanguard Seattle, and the Seattle Times.