Artist's Bio

Nancy Donskoj began her interest in photography when she bought her first camera in 1972. While living in Manhattan she took courses at the International Center for Photography, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Hampshire College while working various jobs in the photography industry from PR photography to catalog work to commercial color printing. When she moved to the Hudson Valley in the early 80’s she established her own commercial photography business while also running an art gallery. She recently retired from her photography business devoting more time to her own work. Attracted to the symmetry in nature and urban decay she continues to explore the world around her with her singular vision to present both the beautiful and the absurd.

Donskoj has exhibited widely in the Hudson Valley including the Carrie Haddad Gallery, Samuel Dorsky Museum, Barrett House, and the Reher Center of Immigrant Culture and History. She exhibited in NYC and abroad in Cologne, Germany, and Belfast Northern Ireland with a one-person show. She is a member of the Women Photographers Collective of the Hudson Valley and has participated in exhibits with the group. 



Exhibitions

2020 ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON, Kingston, NY   
"Kingston Annual: 2020" group show
2019 REHER CENTER GALLERY, Kingston, NY
"Immigrant Stories: The Making of La Transazione"
​2018 REHER CENTER GALLERY, Kingston, NY
"The Story Continues: Portraits of Today's Immigrant Businesses
2016 GREENKILL GALLERY, Kingston, NY
"The Itsy Bitsy Biennale" group show
2011 THE STOREFRONT GALLERY, Kingston, NY
"Night and Day" one person show
2007 SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART, New Paltz, N.Y.
“Uncanny Valley” group show
2007 PRITZKER GALLERY @ Casa del Arte, Highland, N.Y.
“Powerful Woman” group show
2006 DONSKOJ & COMPANY, Kingston, N.Y.
“In-House” two person photography show
2005 STRAY DOG GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
“Seeing the Light” group show
2004 DONSKOJ & COMPANY, Kingston, N.Y.
“From Germany” recent photographs
2003 Abtei Brauweiler, Cologne, Germany
“Potluck” Rhine-Hudson Bridge artists’ exchange
2003 Galerie Im Turm, Cologne, Germany
“Potluck” Rhine-Hudson Bridge artists’ exchange
2002 YMCA, Kingston, N. Y.
“There and Back”
2001 City of Kingston Bus System
“In Transit” photographs exhibited in the city’s buses
2001 BARRETT HOUSE, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Derry Discourse”
2000 E3 GALLERY, New York City
"Plastic Fantastic" - group exhibition
2000 ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON, Kingston, NY
"Portraits of the Artist-Northern Ireland"
1999 CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY, Hudson, N.Y
solo show - upstairs gallery
1998 BELFAST EXPOSED, Belfast, Northern Ireland
one person show - “Shades of Gray”
1998 THE LOFT GALLERY, Kingston, N. Y.
group show – “Silent Pictures”
1997 LORRAINE KESSLER GALLERY
group show - “From Kingston to Poughkeepsie”