Donna was born is Regina, Saskatchewan in 1952. She received her secondary education in Regina before moving to Lethbridge, Alberta in 1971 and marring Brian F. Gallant in 1972. After the birth of her first child in 1975, she began taking Art Classes at the University of Lethbridge in 1976. The birth of her second child was is 1979 while still continuing her art studies. In 1980 the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge employed her as Gallery Director. She worked in the Gallery for 17 years and retired from the Gallery in 1997.
Donna started teaching art classes in 1980 for the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge and soon began to teach art to other Arts Organizations, including the Lethbridge Community College, Lethbridge Senior Center, and the Lethbridge Sketch Club. She has also done workshops in Medicine Hat and smaller Southern Alberta regions. She continues to teach and jury to this day.
Donna had her first solo exhibition in 1985 and has continued to exhibit throughout Alberta and Ontario. Her major exhibition accomplishments include: two Alberta traveling exhibitions "FELINE & FEMALE" AND "IMAGINARY WOMEN", 13 solo exhibitions inclduding her more recent shows - "KEN'S IRISES" and "LADY OF THE DANCE , over 50 group and two/three man exhibitions, and commissioned pieces for the Synchronized Swimmers and the Cycling Club of Lethbridge , not too mention many private commissions through out the world.
Donna has also designed program covers for the Judo Club of Lethbridge and designed and executed costumes for ADDAC and local theater groups. She has been activitily involved with many arts organizations thoroughout the years including the Radish Factory, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, the International Monoprinters, the Lethbridge Sketch Club, Alberta Winter Games, the Trap/door, just to name a few.
Donna has sat on juries such as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grants and Collection purchases, Lethbridge Community College Advisory Board, and many local and regional groups and organizations. She is a member of A.A.C.E. (Alberta Agricuturial Community Exhibitions) and juries for the county and bench fairs on a regular basis.
Donna's work can be found in such collections as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Collection, the Lethbridge Regional Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Grande Prairie and many private collections throughout North Amercia and Europe.
Donna has not just confined her talents to the Arts but has done many years of volunteering for other local not for profit groups such as the Lethbridge Judo Club, Little League baseball, Lethbridge Soccer Association and many more.
Her family is always first in her life but her biggest passion outside of her family is her art making and the art that has always been in her life. Her favorite subject is the human figure because "it's what life is all about, ourselves, others and the world around us".
Enjoy her work and imagination.
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