Cheryl Donegan

Cheryl Donegan (born 1962) is an American conceptual artist. She is known for her video works, such as Head and Kiss My Royal Irish Ass (1992), which targeted the cliches of the female body in art and other issues of art politics.

The video Head shows a woman lapping a stream of milk from a plastic container. This work is perceived as a kick at pornographic images of domination and sexual slavery. Head is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

The video Tent (1995) shows her erotically undressed painting self-portraits on three large canvasses.

Cheryl Donegan is represented by Levy.Delval Gallery in Brussels and David Shelton Gallery in Houston.

Recent shows include:

2017: Aspen Museum, CO, USA; My Plastic Bag, Kunsthalle Zurich, CH; David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX. 2016: High Line, NY, curated by Melanie Kress; Cheryl Donegan: Scenes + Commercials, New Museum, NY. 2015: Banners, Layers, Legs & Vines, Levy. Delval, Brussels, BE; The Softest Punk, HorseAndPony, Berlin, DE; Sgorbati Projects, New York, NY. 2014: Haul, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX. 2013: Blood Sugar, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels, BE.

Awards

Donegan was the winner of the Grand Prix, 7th Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Centre pour l’image contemporaine - Saint-Gervais (Geneva).