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Donna Hatcher was a South Georgia Artist resonating a resilient, innovative spirit and work ethic. This drive defined her attitude and artistic core and fueled her desire to push herself through the many trials of life.

Transformative moments are captured in her work ranging from two-dimensional paintings to multi-media site-specific installations. Within each installation, paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc., natural matter is orchestrated, to create an environment where one can contemplate. Native American philosophies, boundaries, oppression, misogyny, addiction, and mortal fragility have been central issues of various installations, reflecting a form of primordial and residual existence.

Hatcher was originally from Lester, GA, and was valedictorian of Westwood High in Camilla Georgia. She was awarded a BFA in Fine Art from the University of Georgia, Cum laude, and received an MFA in Fine Art from Cornell University.

Hatcher won numerous grants, residencies and awards including The W. Bruce and Rosalyn Ray Donaldson Award for Teaching Excellence and The Travel Award from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College as well as a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship awarded by Nine University and College International Studies Consortium of Georgia at Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia.

Hatcher’s installations of sculptures, paintings, drawings, glass, and mixed media works have been shown in Europe, New York, and extensively in Georgia. Her works are in private collections throughout the United States.

For the past five years, she had focused primarily on the historic preservation and renovation of the Bessie Tift Chapel in Tifton where she planned to utilize the Carpenter’s Gothic architecture as an art studio and gallery.

Hatcher was a professor of art at Abraham Baldwin College for almost twenty years.