"My paintings act as panorama of linear time; they serve as a reminder that we are small and predictable, incessantly creating and shedding beautiful accounts of the earth and its elements. Upon completion, they are visual diaries that speak to contradiction, a latency caromed by intermittent activity."– Dana James
Lives and works in New York, NY, US.
EDUCATION
2008
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
2005
Emerson College, Boston, MA, US
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Hushed Neon, Bode, Berlin, DE
2023
Dana James: Pearls & Potions, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY, US
EXPO Chicago: Dana James and John Knuth, Hollis Taggart, Chicago, IL, US
2022
Love Letter, Dana James & Jo Hummel, Gruin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
2021
Something I Meant to Say, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY, US
2020
Otherwise all was silent, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
2019
The Thread, Dana James & Lizbeth Mitty, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn NY, US
2017
Sometimes Seen Dreams, The Lodge Gallery, Lower East Side, NY, US
2016
Surface Tension, Urban Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
2015
Patterns in Nature, JAG Modern, Philadelphia, PA, US
2014
As by Sinking, Attic Studios Gallery, Long Island City, NY, US
2013
Every Night at Midnight, Envoy Enterprises, Lower East Side, NY, US
2010
Lungs, Union Gallery, Tribeca, NY, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
40 ('What Now?’), PM/AM, Miami, FL, US
2022
Abstract Ascension, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT, US
Salon RBH, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
Woman to Woman, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
2021
Reunion, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT, US
Clean Slate, Gruin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Untitled Art Fair, Hollis Taggart, Miami, FL, US
Contemporary Women Paint: Abstract Expressions, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA, US
2020
Untitled Art Fair, Hollis Taggart Gallery (Virtual Edition), US
Look Again, Hollis Taggart Contemporary, Westport, CT, US
Refract Mere, Marquee Projects, Bellport, LI, US
Taggart Times 7, Hollis Taggart Contemporary, Chelsea, NY, US
Vision, KBFA, Larchmont, NY, US
Thrive, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT, US
2019
Breaking the Frame, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY, US
Cue Art Benefit, curated by Lilly Wei & Sharmistha Ray, Rogue Space, Chelsea, NY, US
Kicking Abstract & Taking Names, curated by Conn Ryder, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA, US
2018
Fugue, Another Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bring Your Own Sunshine, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, US
Planned Parenthood Benefit, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, US
Horizons, Chase Edwards Contemporary, Bridgehampton, NY, US
Silence is Accurate, Cape Town, South Africa, ZA
Among Friends, Dumbo Waterfront Studios, Brooklyn, NY, US
Castle Hill Benefit, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, US
2017
Untitled Art Fair, Fiercely Curious, Miami, FL, US
Duality; Glimpses of the Other Side, ISLIP Museum of Art, New, York, NY, US
Driven to Abstraction, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY, US
Incipiences, The Buggy factory, Curated by Paul D’Agostino, New York, NY, US
Straight Outta Bushwick, Eva Chimento Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, New York, NY, US
Reality is Wrong, Dreams are for Real, curated by Brian Morris, David & Schweitzer Annex, New York, NY, US
2016
The Project Room, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, New York, NY, US
Life on Mars Summer Invitational, Life on Mars, New York, NY, US
Focus, Blam Projects, curated by Fiercely Curious, New York, NY, US
Forever Thens, curated by Cory Dixon at Brock University, Ontario, CA, US
Treading Urban Water, Fiercely Curious at the Crosby House, New York, NY, US
Jardin, No. 4 Studio, Brooklyn, NY, US
Technology as Hands, Fiercely Curious, Sky Gallery, New York, NY, US
Jumping the Shark, Royal Society of American Art, New York, NY, US
We are What the Seas Have Made us, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ, US
Thrice Legendary or Forever Thens, Curated by Paul D’Agostino, Centotto Gallery, New York, NY, US
Forever Now: You Deserve Better, Back Drop Gallery, New York, NY, US
2015
Painting in Trees, curated by Ben LaRocco, Ben Pritchard, New York, NY, US
2014
Mixtape, 56 Bogart Street, New York, NY, US
Back to the Future, Life on Mars Gallery, New York, NY, US
HerART Benefit LSG Fund, New York, NY, US
The Painting Center Turns 21, Brooklyn, NY, US
Making History, Store Front Benefit, New York, NY, US
Summer, Seager Gray gallery, San Fransisco, CA, US
Axiom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Honorable Beasts, Elgin Gallery, New York, NY, US
Sluice + Exchange Rates, Brooklyn, FireProof, New York, NY, US
Lilly Sarah Grace Fund, Female Arts Exhibition, New York, NY, US
Social Photography, Carriage Trade Gallery, New York, NY, US
Life on Mars Summer Invitational, Life on Mars, New York, NY, US
RESIDENCIES
2020
100 West Corsicana, Corsicana, TX, US
AWARDS
2008
Most recognized Artist Statement, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
2005
English and Written Word: Recognized Academic, Emerson College, MA, US
2004
Overall Creativity Award, Brooklyn Friends, New York, NY, US
Wesleyan Book Award in Arts and Writing, New York, NY, US
Creative Writing and Poetry, Brooklyn Friends, New York, NY, US
COLLECTIONS
UBS Bank
Lion Tree Capital
Bank of America