When I think of my art, one word comes to mind: vitality. I believe vitality is the best essence of a human being. Not only do I strive to infuse my artwork with vitality through explosive color and movement, but I also try, through art, to instill myself with vitality -- at least on a good day. Just as we experience joie de vivre when we feel our most vital, so too, do I experience the joy of life when painting, and I intend my paintings to reflect this joy.
Education
2006 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA MS, Interior Design
1990 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA BA, Philosophy Dean's List, 1987 and 1988
Awards & Honors
2022
Honorable Mention, 49 th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: Kassem Amoudi
Honorable Mention, Art Blooms Croft Farm, Cherry Hill, NJ Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah
2021
Honorable Mention, 48th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: James Toogood
2019
Award of Excellence, Members and Faculty Exhibition 2019 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
2017
Third Place, Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition 2017 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Robert Blackson
2016 Juror’s Choice Award, 44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Inc., Eastampton, NJ Juror: Phllip J. Carroll, Perkins Center the Arts
2013
Honorable Mention, 40th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Inc., Eastampton, NJ Juror: Richard Galosy, photographer
Howard Alber Memorial Award, 64th Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc. Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA Juror: Ellen Priest
2008
Wofsey Award, 28th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show Stamford Art Association. Stamford, CT Juror: Nora Lawrence
Merit Award, Members and Faculty Annual Art Exhibition Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Alan Willoughby
Collections
Gallaria Deptford, Deptford Municipal Building, Deptford, NJ
LVL North, Philadelphia, PA
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Camden, NJ
Exhibitions
Solo
2019 Donna Sensor Thomas Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ
2017 Geometric Explorations Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Plamyra, NJ
Donna Sensor Thomas Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Driven to Geometric Abstraction About the Art Gallery Space, Mount Holly, NJ
2010 Color, Shape and Pattern Mount Laurel Library, Mount Laurel, NJ
Two-person
2014 Two Approaches to Abstraction: Works by Katy C. Lin and Donna Sensor Thomas Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Palmyra, NJ
Group
2023
17th Annual Community Fine Arts Show Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ Chairperson: Brenda A. McCue, M.Ed.
2022
49th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly , NJ Juror: Kassem Amoudi
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2022, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Sharon Kiefer, Perkins Center for the Arts
Art Blooms 2022 and Fall Into the Arts 2021 joint winners exhibition, Cherry Hill Library, Cherry Hill, NJ Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah,
“Papers” work, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ Curators: Carol Taylor-Kearney and Caroline Kearney, Powell Lane Arts
Art Blooms 2022, Croft Farm Art Center, Cherry Hill, NJ Jenny Graham-Hougah, Camden, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
2021
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2021, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Sharon Kiefer, Perkins Center for the Arts
Black & White, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ Curator: Diane Roberts, Executive Director, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts
48th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show, Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: James Toogood, painter, A.W.S., N.W.S, A.A.A and educator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Continuing Education
Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Paul Whittle, painter, sculptor
2020
Fall 2020 Juried Exhibition Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Henry Bermudez
Grand Opening Exhibition, One For All Philadelphia, PA Curator: Parker Jackson
Carbon Snaps InLiquid + The Yard, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2019, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
Hatch, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Curator: Susanna W. Gold
47th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: Jeff Bailey
2018
Connections, Members’ Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA Juror: Thora Jacobson
Perkins Annual Open Media Juried Exhibition 2018 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Bill Scott
Spring Members’ Juried Exhibition Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., John H. Baker Gallery, E. O. Bull Center for the Arts, West Chester University, West Chester, PA Juror: Kassem Amoudi,
46th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show, Burlington County Art Guild, The Herman T. Costello Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington, NJ Juror: Robert Blackson
Art Blooms Juried Art Exhibit Croft Farm Arts Center, Cherry Hill, NJ Jurors: Jenny Graham-Hougah, RJ Haas and Li Qin Tan
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2018 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
2017
Fall Members' Juried Exhibition Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA Juror: Jan Baltzell,
Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition 2017, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Robert Blackson,
45th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, The Herman T. Costello Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington, NJ Juror: Jill Rupinski,
Alumni Art Exhibit Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Jerry Porter
6th Annual Juried Show Artists of Yardley, Yardley, PA Juror: Alice Oh
2016 44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: Phllip J. Carroll
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2016 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
Alumni Art Exhibit Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Jerry Porter
Willingboro Art Alliance 2016 Open Show Moorestown Library, Moorestown, NJ
2015 Fall Juried Show Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA Juror: Michael Gallagher
Creative Tension, A Juried Exhibition Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Juror: Kirsten M. Jensen
43rd Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: Patricia Ingersoll
Alumni Art Exhibit Burrison Gallery at the University Club at the Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA Curator: Jerry Porter
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2015 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
8th Annual Community Fine Arts Show Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ Chairperson: Denise DeAngelis
2014 42 nd Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive Director of the Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton University
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2014 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll, Perkins Center for the Arts
Group Show, Galleria Deptford Deptford Municipal Building, Deptford, NJ
7 th Annual Community Fine Arts Show Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ Chairperson: Gretchen Kalapacs
2013
Annual Summer Members Exhibit, Burlington County Art Guild Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ Mix It Up, Farnsworth Gallery, Bordentown, NJ
41 st Robert Ransley Juried Art Exhibition Burlington County Art Guild, Smithville Mansion, Eastampton,NJ Juror: James Kent, ABstract EXpressions Gallery
64 th Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc., Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA Juror: Ellen Priest
2012 32nd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT Juror: Ian Alteveer
40th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Show Burlington County Art Guild, Smithville Mansion, Eastampton, NJ Juror: Richard Galosy
63rd Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition John H. Baker Gallery E. O. Bull Center for the Arts, West Chester, PA Juror: Sande Webster
2011
Members and Faculty Exhibition Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll, Perkins Center for the Arts
Community Fine Arts Show, Chairville Elementary School, Medford, NJ
Bendzius Art Gallery Riverton, NJ (with Theresa Bendzius and Bonnie Charleston-Stevens)
2010
Abstract Encounters Burlington County College Student Gallery & Art Store, Mount Holly, NJ Curators: Emily Goehringer
Members Exhibit Burlington County Art Guild, Virtua Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ
Members and Faculty Exhibition 2010 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ Curator: Philip J. Carroll
Art Blooms Juried Art Exhibit Croft Farm Arts Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center Gallery Virtua Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ (with Theresa Bendziusand Lauren Smith)