Dana Oldfather

Dana Oldfather was
born in 1978 in Berea, Ohio. She has been linked to Cleveland's artistic
resurgence beginning in 2010. She is an
oil painter as well as a dinnerware designer and is completely self-taught.

Oldfather paints with a focus
on themes of femininity and motherhood. She
cites Willem de Kooning and Yoshitomo Nara as influences. Her paintings help her process her
existential thoughts and grapple with feelings of dread and insecurity. Excercising an intuitive use of color and
gesture, Oldfather cements her position as a contemporary abstractionist.

Dana Oldfather has
exhibited in galleries and museums and has a strong foundation of collectors
internationally. She has been awarded the William and Dorothy Yeck Award for
Young Painters, the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, as well as
residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Zygote Press. Her work has been
twice featured in the New York Times, and published in the book The Art of
Spray by Lori Zimmer of Art Nerd New York. Her work can be found in many public
and corporate collections in the United States, including the Pizzuti
Collection, Eaton Corporations, MGM International, The Cleveland Clinic, and
the prestigious Progressive Art Collection.