Romanian-born artist Lydia Dona (b. 1955) lives and works in New York City, creating layered works through the use of line and color. Organic forms of exploding spray paint, splattering ink, and sweeping paint strokes contrast with urban and mechanical imagery. Through these juxtapositions, Dona brings together contemporary abstraction with political and cultural exploration, resulting in a vibrant and haunting body of work. She received her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1982, and her MFA from Hunter College, New York, in 1984.

Recent selected solo exhibitions include Bienvenu Steinberg & J, New York, NY (2023); 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY (2023); Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY (2008); Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (2006); Karpio + Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL (2005); and Von Lintel & Nusser, New York, NY and Munich, Germany (2000).

Recent selected group exhibitions include New York Insight Meditation Center, New York, NY (2025); Bienvenu Steinberg & C, New York, NY (2024); Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (2023); Bienvenu Steinberg & J, New York, NY (2023); Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY (2020); Galerie Anke Schmidt, Cologne, Germany (2020); PS122 Gallery, New York, NY (2019); L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA (2018); The Re Institute, Millerton, NY (2018); and Galería Jacob Karpio, Bogotá, Colombia (2018).