Dana Oldfather

About

Dana Oldfather was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1978. She is a self taught oil painter who has been in exhibitions in galleries and museums across the country, including POV Evolving Gallery in LA, and The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. Oldfather is the newest and youngest featured artist at Ink Dish in San Diego, CA, with whom her dinnerware designs were featured in the New York Times. She is proud to have been awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center for April, 2011 and Zygote Press for the summer of 2011. Oldfather is currently represented at The Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio and eo art lab in Chester, Connecticut with whom her paintings have been featured in The New York Times as well. She is proud to be included in corporate collections such as Jones Day, Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, The Cleveland Clinic, and the prestigious Progressive Art Collection. Some of her biggest art influences and favorite artists are Willem DeKooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Reed Danziger, and Jackie Tileston. Oldfather currently lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio. … Read More

Location: Cleveland, OH, United States
Website: http://www.danaoldfather.com

Work

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 The Butler Museum of American Art - Youngstown, OH
2011 Zygote Press - Cleveland, OH
2010 “Rising Above”, eo Art Lab – Chester, CT
“We Are Mountains”, William Rupnik Gallery – Cleveland, OH
2006 “Florescence” solo exhibition, E Gordon Gallery – Cleveland, OH
2004 “Dana Oldfather”, Michael Stefan Salon – Willoughby, OH

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011 "Sweet & Dangerous" - Anthony Bartholomew & Dana Oldfather, Survival Kit Gallery - Cleveland, OH
2010 “The Abstracted Plane – Erik Neff & Dana Oldfather”, The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, OH
2008 “Dana Oldfather & Jean Kondo Weigl”, Gallery West, Tri-C Western Campus – Cleveland, OH
“Exurbs: A Collective Environment” 3 person exhibition, The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011 "Gallery Artists' Summer Group Exhibition", The Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH
"ArtPrize" - Grand Rapids, MI
"Ohio Governor's Office and Residence Exhibition" - Columbus, OH
"Synesthesia", eo art lab - Chester, CT
"Intersections", Zygote Press - Cleveland, OH
“The International Gift Fair”, with Ink Dish – New York, NY
2010 “The Tie That Binds”, eo art lab – Chester, CT
“Affordable Art Fair”, with eo art lab – New York, NY
"Common Purpose", eo art lab - Chester, CT
"2nd Anniversary Show", POVevolving Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
“Annual Benefit Exhibition and Auction”, MOCA Cleveland – Cleveland, OH
“Paint Snob 2010”, 500x Gallery – Dallas, TX
“Shared Response”, eo Art Lab – Chester, CT
“The Expanding Gesture”, Cleveland Clinic Art Exhibition Space – Cleveland, OH
"Preview Exhibition for Dana Oldfather at William Rupnik Gallery", Lava Lounge - Cleveland, OH
“11th Annual National Young Painters Competition” juried by Raphaela Platow, Heistand Galleries, Miami
University – Oxford, OH
2009 “Give and Take”, eo Art Lab – Chester, CT
“Frigid Art”, Asterisk Gallery – Cleveland, OH
“Erie Prom”, Group Invitational Benefit, Spaces Gallery – Cleveland, OH
“Gallery Artists Spring Exhibition”, The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, OH
“Anniversary Show”, POVevolving Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
“That is Sooooo Last Year”, William Rupnik Gallery – Cleveland, OH
“Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition” – Ohio State Fairgrounds – Columbus, OH
“19 – Summer Group Exhibition” Asterisk Gallery – Cleveland, OH
“73rd Annual Mid-Year Competition”, The Butler Museum of American Art – Youngstown, OH
“Works of Art on Paper” Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts – Loveladies, NJ
“Art 2009”, Highlands Museum of the Arts – Sebring, FL
“National Art Premiere 2009”, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery – Elmhurst, IL

SELECTED TEXT

2011
Book 6, Beautiful Decay
Featured Artist, Artist-a-Day, Contemporary Art Blog included in iGoogle, March 5, 2011

2010 The Abstracted Plane, Scene Magazine, Michael Gill, Cleveland, OH, November 17, 2010
Rising Above, Dana Oldfather, color photo in the Metropolitan section, The New York Times, New York, NY, October 17, 2010
Gallery Guide, New York, NY, October 2010
Cleveland Gallery Guide, Cleveland, OH 2010-2011 issue
Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works of Art, The New York Times, NY, NY, September 9, 2010
Fairest of the Fair, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, August 1, 2010
Cover Art, The Meadow, Art and Literature Journal, Reno, NV, May 2010
Mountaintime, Scene Magazine, Douglas Max Utter, April 28, 2010, p23.
Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay, Contemporary Art Mag Official Blog, Los Angeles, February 23, 2010
Featured Artist, Art Milk, Contemporary Art Blog, January 5, 2010

2009 Critic’s Pick, Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Online Art News, August 14, 2009
Cover Artwork, Redivider, Art and Culture Journal, Boston, MA, Fall 2009 Issue
Cover Artwork, Cleveland Magazine’s Gallery Guide, Cleveland, OH, May, 2009.

SELECTED AWARDS AND PRIZES
2011 Partial Fellowship, Financial Aid, and Visual Artist Residency, The Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT
Artist in Residence, Zygote Press – Cleveland, OH
2009 Summer Quarter Grant, Working Artist Org.
2008 Second Place Best in Show, 9th Annual National Young Painters Competition juried award by Peter Plagens, Heistand Galleries, Miami University – Oxford, OH

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Vdara Hotel and Spa - Las Vegas, NV
The Progressive Insurance Art Collection – Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH
Jones Day - Cleveland, OH
American Greetings - Cleveland, OH
Omega Laboratories – Mogadore, OH
Wendy’s Corporation – Dayton, OH
Cleveland Artists’ Foundation – Cleveland, OH
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