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Dana Ellyn - Painter - |
| Bio
Dana Ellyn is a DC resident and full-time painter who lives and paints in her studio in a subsidized artist housing unit in downtown Washington DC. Ellyn committed herself to full-time status in 2002 when she decided to leave her corporate job and pursue painting. Her work is exemplified by a risk-taking vision, strong content, and colorful critiques of social norms. Ellyn's style sits on the fence between social realism and expressionism. Having spent her childhood and college years honing her skills and striving to be technically correct, during the past 8 years she has tasked herself with unlearning those restrictive habits. Ellyn strives to infuse more emotion and meaning in to each new painting she creates. Ellyn's paintings have stories to tell and opinions to profess. She delivers hard slaps to myths of all kinds - from religion, to politics to what it means to be a woman. Ellyn's goal is to employ humor when holding a subject up to her artistic scrutiny. But, humor is as subjective as art and Ellyn's brand of humor has tended to be a polarizing factor in her art. Love it or hate it, she definitely starts a dialogue. From childhood until about the age of 30, Ellyn was quiet and reserved. She has now found her voice and she s making up for lost time. |
| Exhibits/Shows | |
| February 2010: | Long View Gallery, "Till Death Do Us Part", Washington, DC (2 person) |
| December 2009: | Evolve Urban Arts Center, "Divinely Irreverent", Washington, DC (Solo) |
| October 2009: | R. Courey Gallery, "Sequestered", Savage, MD (Solo) |
| September 2009: | Design Studio Gallery, "Horse of a Different Color", Hyattsville, MD (Solo) |
| August 2009: | Mayer Fine Art, Group Show, Norfolk, VA |
| June 2009: | Artomatic, Washington, DC |
| June 2009: | Aroma, "Under the Influence", Washington, DC (2 person) |
| May 2009: | Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY |
| April 2009: | ArtDC Gallery, "12x12", Hyattsville, MD |
| April 2009: | Warehouse Gallery, "Yuri's Night", Washington, DC |
| January 2009: | H&H Fine Arts, "Art & Politics", Mt. Ranier, MD |
| December 2008: | Access Gallery, "Bad Santa - No Cookie", Denver, CO |
| December 2008: | Long View Gallery, "Holiday Show", Washington, DC |
| September 2008: | Gallery Plan B, "BrushFire", Washington, DC |
| September 2008: | Gallery Plan B, "BrushFire", Washington, DC |
| August 2008: | Long View Gallery, "Made in China", Washington, DC (2 person) |
| August 2008: | Access Gallery, "Sign of the Times", Denver, CO |
| May/June 2008: | ERA Gallery, "Up for Discussion", Wilmington, NC (Solo) |
| May/June 2008: | Artomatic, Washington, DC |
| March 2008: | Baked & Wired, Washington, DC (Solo) |
| March 2008: | MLK Library, "Women's History", Washington, DC |
| February 2008: | "DC Green HeART Exhibit", Washington, DC |
| December 2007: | Aroma, "Under the Influence", Washington, DC (2 person) |
| December 2007: | Gallery Plan B, "Gallery Group Show", Washington, DC |
| December 2007: | Long View Gallery, "Holiday Show", Washington, DC |
| September 2007: | Gallery Plan B, "Go Figure", Washington, DC |
| June 2007: | Long View Gallery, "I Call Shenanigans", Washington, DC (Solo) |
| June 2007: | Warehouse, "Art in Heat", Washington, DC |
| March 2007: | BritishInk, Washington, DC |
| March 2007: | Gallery RFD, "Bloodlines", Swainsboro, GA |
| March 2007: | Splash Contemporary, Asbury Park, NJ |
| December 2006: | Warehouse, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| December 2006: | Pamela Skinner Gallery, Group Show, Sacramento, CA |
| December 2006: | Qbix Gallery, "Now", Philadelphia PA |
| November 2006: | Warehouse, "Shock & Awe", Washington DC |
| October 2006: | Warehouse, "Freak House Art", Washington DC (2 person) |
| June 2006: | Studio One Eight, "Remastered", Washington DC |
| June 2006: | Neptune Gallery, "Driven", Bethesda MD (2 person) |
| March 2006: | Studio One Eight, "Art of War", Washington DC |
| March/April 2006: | Asylum, "Girl in a Bar", Washington DC (Solo) |
| February 2006: | Neptune Gallery, "Cupidity", Bethesda MD |
| December 2005: | Warehouse Gallery, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| November 2005: | Studio One-Eight "A Girl, A Guy & A Gay", Washington DC |
| Oct - Nov 2005: | Alcove Gallery, "Date Night", Atlanta, GA (2 person) |
| Sept - Oct 2005: | Edison Place Gallery, "Voices", Washington DC |
| Aug - Sept 2005: | Inside Out Gallery, "Learning to Crawl", Cleveland OH (2 person) | July 2005: | Alcove Gallery, "The Fruit Bowl", Atlanta GA |
| March 2005: | MLK Library, "Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy", Washington DC (2 person) | December 2004: | Warehouse Gallery, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| Oct - Nov 2004: | Hoopla Traders, "News Flash", Washington DC (Solo) |
| July-September 2004: | CD Warehouse, Washington DC (Solo) |
| July - August004: | DCAC, "1460 Wall Mountables", Washington DC |
| August 5-16, 2004: | MOCA, Washington DC |
| May - June 2004: | "Anonymous", Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC |
| March-May 2004: | "Art in the City", Bodzin Art Gallery. Fairfax, Virginia (Solo) | April 3rd 2004: | "WhoÕs It Gonna Be" Show to benefit NARAL (Solo) |
| March-May 2004: | "Takin' Over the Art Store", Washington DC |
| Dec. 2003-Jan. 2004: | Habitat, Washington DC (Solo) |
| December 6 2003: | "B-Side Relauch", Washington DC |
| December 14 2003: | "Curious", Washington DC |
| October 11 2003: | "Light in October" Arlington, VA |
| September 5-18: | Meridian Center, Washington DC |
| July-Sept 2003: | DCAC, Washington DC - "1460 Wall Mountables" Show |
| June 2003: | The Flemming Center, Washington DC |
| June 2003: | The Art Store, "Taking Over", Washington DC |
| February - May 2003: | America Oh Yes!,"Insider/Outsider", Washington DC |
| March - May 2003: | CDW, "Creative Sincerity", Washington DC |
| Feb. 21 - March 9 2003: | MOCA, "Lady Brain Mind Meld", Washington DC |
| Feb. 15 - March 2003: | Khoja Gallery,"Love & Eroticism", Arlington VA |
| Feb. 28 - March 1 2003: | Kalorama Emerging Artist Show, Washington DC |
| Nov. - Dec. 2002: | Khoja Gallery, Arlington VA |
| November 2002: | NZen, "Nudes" Washington DC (Solo) |
| Aug 7 - Sep 8 2002: | Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC (Honorable Mention award) |
| August 8-11 2002: | DCAC, "LadyFest DC", Washington, DC |
| July 2002: | Gallery 325, Washington, DC |
| Nov. 2001: | Aroma, Washington, DC (Solo) |
| June 2001: | Wilson Gallery,"Intermission", Washington, DC |
| May 2001: | Wilson Gallery, "Smoke and Mirrors", Washington, DC |
| March 2001: | Wilson Gallery, "Far Away Places", Washington, DC |
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