Dana Ellyn   www.danaellyn.com

  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. Dana 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 mores. Dana values her fine arts training but now works on peeling away the art school compulsion to make, and hide behind, pretty pictures.
 
Exhibits/Shows
October 2009: R. Courey Gallery, "Retrospect", 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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