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involvement in OBAC (Organization of Black American Culture), a group he helped form in Chicago, Donaldson organized the OBAC Visual Art Workshop which painted the [[italicized]] Wall of Respect [[/italicized]] in 1967, a significant mural which celebrated important Black historical and contemporary figures. The mural became a rallying symbol of the Chicago social activist community and set in motion a movement of over 1,500 outdoor mural paintings in major cities throughout the United States between 1967 and 1972, a development unparalleled in US art history.
As a painter, Jeff Donaldson has participated in over 150 group and 15 solo exhibitions in galleries and museums in Europe, Africa, South America, the Caribbean and 26 of the United States. His critical essays appear in [[italicized]] Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art [[/italicized]] (UC Press, Berkeley, 1996), [[italicized]] The Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History [[/italicized]] (Columbia University Press, 1993), [[italicized]] Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa [[/italicized]] (Whitechapel, London, 1995); [[italicized]] Art Exhibiteo [[/italicized]] (Wayne State University Press, 1988), [[italicized]] The Peoples Art [[/italicized]] (Afro American Museum, Philadelphia, 1986), [[italicized]] The New Art Examiner [[/italicized]] (March, 1990), [[italicized]] The Black Collegian [[/italicized]] (October/November, 1991), [[italicized]] KOAN [[/italicized]] (December 1993) and [[italicized]] Black World [[/italicized]] (February 1970 and October 1970).
Donaldson will be guest editor of the winter issue of the widely distributed and highly respected [[italicized]] International Review of African American Art. [[/italicized]] The publication of this edition of the IRAA will occur just prior to the opening of the TransAfrican Art Exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art on December 13, 1997.