Born in Romania, Lydia Dona holds a BFA degree from both the Bezalel Academy and the School of Visual Arts, and an MFA from Hunter College in 1984. Dona has an extensive history of solo and group exhibitions both in the United States and internationally. Works by her can be found in major institutional collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium; and Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland.
