CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Group Exhibition
5-50 Gallery - New York, NY
June-July 2024
CV
born in Berea, Ohio in 1978
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Violet Hour”, Abattoir - Cleveland, OH
2022 “Flyfall”, Kohl atrium installation, moCa Cleveland - Cleveland, OH
2021 “There Used to Be a Street” Carnegie Center for Art and History - New Albany, IN
2020 “Beast”, Red Arrow Gallery - Nashville, TN
2019 “Out of the Woods Into the Weeds”, McDonough Museum of Art – Youngstown, OH
2017 “Candyland” Galleries at CSU – Cleveland, OH
Duane Reed Gallery – St. Louis, MO
2016 “Sweet, Sweet, Sweet”, Zg Gallery – Chicago, IL
“Sugar” Red Arrow Gallery – Nashville, TN
2015 “Soft Armor”, The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, OH
2013 “Tap, Crack, Bellow” The Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, OH
2012 William & Dorothy Yeck Award Winner Exhibition, Heistand Galleries, Miami University – Oxford, OH
SELECT TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 American Greetings Gallery W - Cleveland, OH
2014 ROY G BIV Gallery – Columbus, OH
2011 Survival Kit Gallery – Cleveland, OH
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 5-50 Gallery - New York, NY
Expo Chicago, Abattoir Gallery - Chicago, IL
2023 Red Arrow Gallery - Nashville, TN
2022 Abattoir Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Zg Gallery - Chicago, IL
The Parthenon - Nashville, TN
Red Arrow Gallery - Nashville, TN
Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH
2021 Zg Gallery - Chicago, IL
Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Worthington Yards - Cleveland, OH
Artplex Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
2020 Zg Gallery - Chicago, IL
University Hospital - Cleveland, OH
Artplex Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
2019 SPACES Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Artplex Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Zg Gallery - Chicago, IL
Artplex Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
2018 Red Arrow Gallery - Nashville, OH
Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Zg Gallery – Chicago, IL
“Fathom Five”, Progressive Main Campus – Mayfield, OH
"Drawn Together”, Heights Art – Cleveland Heights, OH
2017 “Echoes”, Kathryn Markel Fine Art – New York, NY
Colors Lines Layers , Cass Contemporary – Tampa, FL
“The Para-Natural World”, Zg Gallery – Chicago, IL
2016 “Vox XII”, Vox Populi – Philadelphia, PA
2015 “Visual Language”, RB Stevenson Gallery – La Jolla, CA
"Colour and Lines Are Not Lies", West Project - Sydney, Australia
"Colour and Lines Are Not Lies", Red Door Gallery - University of Southern Queensland, Australia
2014 “Surfaces”, Chautauqua Institute – Chautauqua, NY
“Green Heaven”, RB Stevenson Gallery – La Jolla, CA
2013 “Out with the Old”, Summer Group Exhibition, Library Street Collective – Detroit , MI
2012 12 x 12, juried by Rebecca Wilson, Director, Saatchi Gallery – Online Exhibition
SELECT PRESS
2024 New American Paintings, Midwest Issue 167
2023 The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Artist Dana Oldfather Switches Wisely from Abstraction to Landscape…, by Steven Litt, May 14
2022 The Niche, Path, Curated by Kate Mothes of Dovetail Magazine UK
ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 27, Curated by Karen Flatow of Hesse Flatow Gallery NY
Interior/Exterior Includes Perspectives on Motherhood…, Laura Hutson Hunter, Nashville Scene, January 26
Create! Magazine, Winter Issue 29, Curated by Daniel Levy of Daniel Raphael Gallery UK
2021 “The Persistence of Seeing” Douglas Max Utter, CAN Journal Online – March
2020 Panel discussion with Allison Reimus and Karen Seapker for Artist/Mother Podcast 67 - June 16
Hopper Prize Spotlight on the Artists, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, May 12
Dana Oldfather, Hopper Prize Journal Into Contemporary Art, March 31
Dana Oldfather: BEAST, critics pick by Laura Hutson Hunter, Nashville Scene, February 6
Winter Arts Preview 2020: Solo Shows, by Joe Nolan, Nashville Scene, January 23
ArtMaze Magazine, Winter Issue 16, Curated by Scott Ogden of Shrine NYC, London, United Kingdom, January
2019 Studio Visit Artist, I Like Your Work Podcast, Season 2, Episode 14 with Robert Gamblin, December 6
Dana Oldfather is Out of the Woods at the McDonough Museum, by Brittany Hudak, CAN Journal - Fall Quarter
Artist/Artist: Dana Oldfather and Stephen Yusko, Rebecca Cross, CAN Journal - Spring Quarter
Manifest Gallery INPA 9
2018 Create Magazine, blog interview - September 12
Create Magazine, Issue XI - September
A View From the Easel, Hyperallergic – February 23
Friend of the Artist, Vol 6 - June
2017 A Journey Into Dana Oldfather's Life in Candyland, Cleveland Scene - November
ArtMaze Magazine, Anniversary Issue, Vol 5, London, United Kingdom - October
Makers CAN Journal Blog, Brittany M Hudak
Youngspace – April 11
Design Crush – March 28
Indulging in Departures from Reality, by Chris Miller, Newcity Art – February 20
100 Best 2016, Creative Quarterly Annual Book - April
The Art of Spray by Lori Zimmer – January
2016 I Want Candy, by Joe Nolan, Number: Inc - November 13
A Beautiful Mind: Cerebral Musings Profound Pictures with Universal Appeal, by Michael C. Butz, Cleveland Canvas, Fall/Winter 2016, p20.
Artist Spotlight: Booooooom Art!, October 21,2016
Sugar, a New Abstract Series Debuts at Red Arrow Gallery, Cover and Article, by Cat Acree, Nashville Arts Magazine - September
Featured Artist, For-Example Art Blog - July 15
Cheerful and Radiant, But Carefully Orchestrated at Zg Gallery, Newcity Art – June 15
Creative Quarterly 43, The Journal of Art and Design , New York, NY – Summer
2015 Artist to Know - Fall Arts Feature, Cleveland Magazine
2014 Featured Artist, Pipin & Pearl, online blog – January 2
Absolut 2140 4th Book, ROJO Projects – Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 The Quiet Painter, by Joseph Clark, Scene Magazine People Issue - August 14
The Pleasure of Seeing by Lane Cooper, artHOPPER - June 12, 2013
CSU Gallery Show Curated by Dan Tranberg Shows How Painters Strive For Wall Power, Steve Litt, The Plain Dealer – May 31, 2013
Cover Art & Featured Artist, CAN Journal – Summer Quarter, 2013
Around Noon, IdeaStream 90.3, Live Radio Interview with Dee Perry – March 28, 2013
2012 ART Milk, New Dinnerware with Ink Dish – November 26, 2012
Sweet Station – November, 2012
100 Critics 100 Days, Critic’s Choice, Saatchi Online – August, 2012
ART Milk, Featured Artist – January 23, 2012
2011 Women’s City Center Exhibition Review, by Joseph Becherer, The Grand Rapids Press, September 29, 2011
Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay, November 17, 2011
Book 6, Beautiful Decay
Artist a Day, Contemporary Art Blog featured on iGoogle, March 5, 2011
2010 Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works of Art, The New York Times, New York, NY, September 9, 2010
Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay, Contemporary Art Mag Official Blog, Los Angeles, February 23, 2010
ART Milk, Contemporary Art Blog, January 5, 2010
2009 Critic’s Pick, Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Online Art News, August 14, 2009
SELECT AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020 The Satellite Fund, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, and The Warhol Foundation - New York, NY
The Hopper Prize Finalist
2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2015 MOCA Cleveland, Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curator Awardee, Naomi Beckwith, MCA Chicago, IL
2013 Ohio Portfolio, The Pizzuti Collection – Columbus, OH
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2012 William & Dorothy Yeck Award Winner, juried by Irene Hofmann , Heistand Galleries, Miami University – Oxford, OH
2011 Visual Artist Residency, The Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT
Artist in Residence, Zygote Press – Cleveland, OH
2009 Summer Quarter Grant, Working Artist Org.
CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bedrock - Detroit, MI
The Dalad Group - Cleveland, OH
Joseph Editions, Pizzuti Collection – Columbus, OH
MGM International – Las Vegas, NV
The Cleveland Cavaliers Arena - Cleveland, OH
The Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV
American Campus Communities – Austin, TX
Aria Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
Bellagio Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
Eaton Corporate Headquarters – Cleveland, OH
E7 Design – Austin, TX
Miami University – Oxford, OH
Pinnacle Bank - Memphis, TN
Sacred Pepper – Tampa, FL
Vdara Hotel & Spa – Las Vegas, NV
Stinson Leonard Street – Kansas City, MO
Ohio Desk – Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic – Twinsburg, OH
The Intercontinental Hotel, Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH
Jones Day – Cleveland, OH
Omega Laboratories – Mogadore, OH
Wendy’s Corporation – Dayton, OH
The Progressive Insurance Art Collection – Cleveland, OH
National Polymer Research Center, University of Akron – Akron, OH
Cleveland Artists’ Foundation – Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Art Association – Cleveland, OH
American Greetings – Cleveland, OH
University of Toledo – Toledo, OH
Marriott Hotel – various cities, USA
Hyatt Hotel – Cambridge, MA
Rockwell Automation – Beachwood, OH
First Energy – Cleveland, OH
Westin Hotel – Cleveland, OH
Hilton Hotel – Cleveland, OH
The Gates Group – Cleveland, OH
Zygote Press – Cleveland, OH
Butler University – Indianapolis, IN
Oatey Company – Cleveland, OH
PNC Bank - Cleveland, OH
Key Bank - Cleveland, OH
MetroHealth - Cleveland, OH
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital - Memphis, TN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Abattoir Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Red Arrow Gallery - Nashville, TN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 Visiting Artist Professional Practices Lecture, Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH
Visiting Artist Professional Practices Lecture, Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Cleveland Institute of Art – Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Kenyon College – Gambier, OH
2016 Guest Curator, The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, OH
2013 Visiting Artist, Lecture and Critiques, Miami University – Oxford, OH
2011 Juror, American Greetings employee exhibition, SPACES Gallery – Cleveland, OH