self taught

The Butler Institute of American Art - Youngstown, OH

William & Dorothy Yeck Award Exhibition, Juried by Irene Hofmann, Heistand Galleries, Miami University - Oxford, Ohio

"Give Us A Fence and Some Room to Run", Artist in Residence Exhibition, Zygote Press - Cleveland, OH

“Rising Above”, eo Art Lab – Chester, CT
“We Are Mountains”, William Rupnik Gallery – Cleveland, OH

“Florescence” solo exhibition, E Gordon Gallery – Cleveland, OH

"Sweet & Dangerous - Anthony Bartholomew & Dana Oldfather", Survival Kit Gallery - Cleveland, OH

"The Abstracted Plane - Erik Neff & Dana Oldfather", The Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH

“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

"12th Annual National Young Painters - Finalist Exhibition", juried by Irene Hofmann, Heistand Galleries, Miami University - Oxford, OH
"The International Gift Fair - Summer", with Ink Dish - New York, NY
"Gallery Artists' Summer Group Exhibition", The Bonfoey Gallery - Cleveland, OH
"ArtPrize" Woman's CIty Club Exhibition Center - 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 - Winter", with Ink Dish - New York, NY

"The Ties That Bind", 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”, 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
“11th Annual National Young Painters - Finalist Exhibition” juried by Raphaela Platow, Heistand Galleries, Miami Unversity - Oxford, OH

“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

Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition”, Ohio State Fairgrounds – Columbus, OH
Gallery Artists, The Bennett Street Gallery – Atlanta, GA
“Art at Large”, Crybaby Art Gallery – Asbury Park, NJ
“American Summer – 17th Annual National Juried Exhibition”, Kingston Gallery – Boston, MA
“51st Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art”, juried by Rachel Vancelette, Director of Barbara
Gladstone Gallery, NYC – Chautauqua, NY
“85th Annual Spring Show”, juried by David Hickey, Erie Art Museum – Erie, PA
“9th Annual National Young Painters Competition” juried by Peter Plagens, Heistand Galleries, Miami University – Oxford, OH

“The ApARTment Juried Exhibition”, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit – Detroit, MI
“Ohio Online Visual Artists Registry Juried Show “ Columbus Metropolitan Library – Columbus, OH
“Exhibit Cleveland – A Retrospective” Group Exhibition, Wooltex Gallery – Cleveland, OH
"Gallery Artists", Convergence Gallery – Santa Fe, NM

“Sayonara” Closing Gallery Show, E Gordon Gallery –  Cleveland, OH
“Exhibit Cleveland” Corts Building, East 4th Street – Cleveland, OH

Interrupture, Poetry and Art Journal, October, 2011
The Medium is the Message by Joseph Clark, Scene Magazine, September 7, 2011, page 27.
Book 6, Beautiful Decay
Featured Artist, Artist-a-Day, Contemporary Art Blog included in iGoogle, March 5, 2011

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.
Dana Oldfather at William Rupnik Gallery, Hello My Name is Art, Cleveland Art Blog, April 21, 2010
Featured Artist, Beautiful Decay, ContemporaryArt Mag Official Blog, Los Angeles, February 23, 2010
15 illustrators/artists to watch, Boss Style, Boston Contemporary Style Blog, February 10, 2010
Featured Artist, pinkEYE , Contemporary Art Blog, February 6, 2010
Featured Artist, The Best Part, Contemporary Art Blog, January 19, 2010
Featured Artist, Art Milk, Contemporary Art Blog, January 5, 2010

Critic’s Pick, Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Online Art News, August 14, 2009
Cover Artwork, Redivider, Art and Culture Journal, Boston, MA, Fall 2009 Issue
Oh, That is Soooooo Last Year  at William Rupnik Gallery, Michael Gill, Scene Magazine, August 7, 2009.
Best of the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus Dispatch Review, August 2, 2009.
Blanket Magazine, Downloadable Online Art Zine, Issue 17: The Consumer Issue, August, 2009.
Sideswiped, Douglas Max Utter, Scene Magazine, Cleveland, OH  July 22-28, 2009, p 26
Opening Night: 19 @ Asterisk Gallery, Hello My Name is Art, Cleveland Art Blog, July 7, 2009
Cover Artwork, Cleveland Magazine’s Gallery Guide, Cleveland, OH, May, 2009.
Messy Magazine, Issue 3 – The Happiest Life, pgs 3, 7 and 26.
Dana Oldfather, A Romance in Lower Mathematics, Hello My Name is Art, Cleveland Art Blog, February 4, 2009
Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 5, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, p. 126 and 127.

Capsule Reviews Exurbs: A Collected Environment, Theresa Bembnister, Scene Magazine, April 2, 2008
Muse, A Quarterly Journal by the Lit, Premier Issue, Cleveland, OH, January, 2008, pg. 10
Miami Displays Winning Work, Sara Pearce, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 24, 2008, Life Section

Come Closer, Zachary Lewis, Scene Magazine, Cleveland, OH April 25, 2007
Gallery Owner Returns with Show That Focuses on Taking ‘Closer’ Look, Dan Tranberg , Friday! The Plain Dealer, April 27, 2007, p. T21

Florescence, Zachary Lewis, Scene Magazine, May 24 – 30, 2006, p. 25
Artist’s New Work Focuses on Women, Dan Tranberg, Friday! The Plain Dealer, May 19, 2006 p.T29
Cover and Featured Artist of the Month, Epitome Magazine, Cleveland, OH, May, 2006 p.14-15
No Vacancies, Tim Vickers, Cleveland Magazine, March, 2006, p.22
Art Exhibits, Brooke Willis, Northern Ohio Live, February, 2006, p.13

Shedding Sweetness and Light on our Society’s Heavy Subjects, Dan Tranberg, Friday! The Plain Dealer, August 5, 2005, p49.

Being Creative, Dana Oldfather, Being Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 2, p20.

Living, Working, Creating, Builders Exchange, The Magazine, December, p15.

William and Dorothy Yeck Award for Young Painters, Juried by Irene Hofmann, Miami University - Oxford, OH

Residency, The Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, VT Artist in Residence, Zygote Press - Cleveland, OH

Summer Quarter Grant, Working Artist Org.

Second Place Finalist, William & Dorothy Yeck Award juried award by Peter Plagens, Heistand Galleries, Miami University  – Oxford, OH

CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Eaton Corporate Headquarters - Cleveland, OH
Miami University - Oxford, OH
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

The Bonfoey Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio