William Corbett, "Mary McDonnell: Back and Forth"
exhibition catalogue essay, Graham Gallery New York, 2011

Eric Gelber, exhibition catalogue essay,
GRAHAM Gallery New York, 2005

John Yau, "The Color of Air and Memory"
exhibition catalogue essay, The Viewing Room, New York, 2002

Tom McGlynn, Mary McDonnell Clear Pause, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2014

Tod Lippy, exhibition catalogue essay,
"Drawn, Taped and Burned, Abstraction on Paper",
Katonah Museum of Art, NY

Kristen Gaylord, exhibition catalogue essay Art=Text=Art, Richmond Art Museum, VA, Zimmerli Art Museum, NJ, Hafnarborg Arts Centre, ICELAND
2011-2013

Tom McGlynn, The Left Bank Artblog
October 27, 2009

Marjorie Welish, The New York Observer,
October, 2009

Robert Shuster, The Village Voice
September, 2009