Michele Oka Doner

Elisa Turner: Art Critic

ELISA TURNER is an award-winning art critic and art journalist. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, U.S. Section, and ArtTable, a national organization for women in visual arts professions. Her art writing has appeared in ARTnews, Miami Herald, Artburstmiami, Art+Auction, Arte Al Dia, Art Circuits, Delicious Line, Hamptons Art Hub, ArtSpeak, Miami Rail and other publications.

Michele Oka Doner: A Woman of Nature

Posted by Elman + Perez-Trujillo + Johnson

MICHELE OKA DONER is an internationally renowned artist whose career spans four decades. The breadth of her artistic production encompasses sculpture, furniture, jewelry, public art, functional objects, video, as well as costume and set design. Whether large scale architectural objects or intimately scaled objects, Oka Doner’s work is fueled by a lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her formal vocabulary.

Michele Oka Doner Back Then (1990)

Posted by Elisa Turner

Editor’s Note: This article by Elisa Turner was originally published in the Miami Herald in September, 1990. It...