Dana Ellyn

art event/festival

Featured artist, Art for Meat Tax festival

Creative Factory Veldze · Riga, Latvia

September 4–6, 2026

art event/exhibit

Featured artist, Linda King's Art, Books and Poetry exhibit

Blvkbook Art Gallery · Beverly Hills, California

June-July 2026

art event/exhibit

The Brivic Collection exhibit

Penthouse Art Gallery · Pasadena, California

August 2026

publication

Published in the Maine Arts Journal's inaugural “Right Now!” feature

Maine Arts Journal

Catch and Release, 2025

milestone

More than 4,500 original paintings sold directly to collectors

special project

Portraits from the Lab

Justify · Manny

July 2026

group exhibit

No Matter What: Patti Hudson and Friends

Pen+Brush Gallery · New York, NY

group exhibit

Women Artists of the DMV

American University Museum · Washington, DC

2-person exhibit

Every Day, Always.

Shop Made in DC Gallery · Washington, DC

group exhibition

31 Days in July" project

Washington, DC · returns for an 11th year!

milestone

Work exhibited at the American University Art Museum

American University Museum · Washington, DC

milestone

Revives 31 Days in July as DEFILED

publication

America's Future

Cover art for 50th Anniversary anthologyWashington Writer's Publishing House

publication

Hill Rag

Cover & art featured

publication

Mid-Atlantic Review

Art featured

interview/audio

Yappy Chatterbox

Podcast

group exhibition

Creativity in the Time of Covid

Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI

group exhibition

C'est L'Art

Gallery B · Bethesda, MD

cover and art featured inside

MidAtlantic Review

art featured

Vegan Art: A book of Visual Protest

group exhibition

Animal Rights Congress

Vienna, Austria

art used in Prague subway campaign

Kafka Campaign

Prague Metro · Prague, Czech Republic

permanent installation

Restaurant Chic Dream

Porto, Portugal

article

I'm an Animal Too

group exhibition

How Are You Doing?

Garner Narrative Gallery · Louisville, KY

art featured

Tenou'a Magazine

Paris, France

interview/article

American Dream or American Nightmare? Maamul (מעמול)

Sapir College, Israel

book cover and art featured inside

KIND

book

article

Vegan feature

Dramascara

article

Artivists: follow talented animal rights artists

Soucitne Magazine · Prague, Czech Republic

group exhibition

No Hate!

Center for Contemporary Political Art · Washington, DC

group exhibition

10th Anniversary Show410GoodBuddy

Washington, DC

group exhibition

Collaborators

Hill Center · Washington, DC

art exhibit/auction

Transformer Auction

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

book cover

Protecting Animals Across Borders

book

newspaper article

Art Collecting Washington Post

art featured

The Political Dining Table

book · South Korea

milestone

Work exhibited at the St. Petersburg Museum of Art, Russia

MISP · St Petersburg, Russia

museum exhibit

Radical Fluidity: Grotesque in Art

MISP Museum · St Petersburg, Russia

group exhibition

All in the Family"Metro Gallery

Lincoln, NE

permanent installation

Morris and Lucille

Morris American Bar · Washington, DC

press

Vegan Life Calendar

solo exhibit

Thrill Ride

Gallery 50 · Rehoboth Beach, DE

solo exhibit

In the Neighborhood

Pub & The People · Washington, DC

2-person exhibit

Stronger Together

Artists & Makers Gallery · Rockville, MD

group exhibition

Art and the City

Hill Center · Washington, DC

school event

Meet the Artist Night

Arlington Traditional School · Arlington, VA

art show/auction

Transformer Auction

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

museum exhibit

Shock & Awe" (closing)

American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD

group exhibition

Is Separate Ever Equal?

DCCAH · Washington, DC

calendar

Animal Rights Art

Germany

art featured

Tenou'a Magazine (winter)

Paris, France

art featured

Tenou'a Magazine (summer)

Paris, France

newspaper cover

Hill Rag

March, cover · Washington, DC

newspaper cover

Hill Rag

July, cover · Washington, DC

newspaper article

Art of Carnism article

Huff Post · England

article

Gaia Magazine

Turkey

newspaper article

5 Female Illustrators ...

Hong Kong 01 newspaper

newspaper article

Veg Article

Hong Kong 01 newspaper

interview/article

Cultural Journalism

David Arioch · Portugal

art featured

Art of Compassion

book

milestone

Work enters the American Visionary Art Museum

American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD

solo exhibit

Some Animals are

More Equal Than Others · AMP Art Market

museum exhibit

Shock & Awe

American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD

exhibit/fashion show

Moda 360

The New Mart · Los Angeles, CA

2-person exhibit

Bycatch, By Hand

P Street Gallery · Washington, DC

group exhibition

Animus

Kabaret Karamel · London, England

2-person exhibit

Home Show

Washington, DC

art exhibit/auction

Transformer Auction

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

exhibit/art event

Baltimore Vegan Drinks

Hobos · Rehoboth Beach, DE

book

The Strivers

book cover

calendar

Art of Compassion

calendar cover

interview/audio

Our Hen House

newspaper article

Art in the City

Hill Rag · Washington, DC

magazine article/interview

Vegan Lifestyle Magazine

press

Intro to Veganismbooklet

solo exhibit

Speciesism

P Street Gallery · Washington, DC

solo exhibit

VegFest

Gallery 50 · Rehoboth Beach, DE

group exhibition

Chinese Opera Exhibit

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

2-person exhibit

Deja Vu

Artevistas Gallery · Barcelona, Spain

2-person exhibit

(Self) Made in DC

410 GooDBuddY · Washington, DC

group exhibition

DC Arts Grant Exhibit

DCCAH · Washington, DC

exhibit/event

Little Salon

Washington, DC

group exhibit

Woman's Week

AMP Art Market · Provincetown, MA

2-person exhibit

Happiness Is...

AMP · Art Market

art exhibit/auction

Transformer Auction

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

art event

VegFest DC

Washington, DC

talk show

Charlie Visconage Show

DCAC · Washington, DC

interview/article

Animal Liberation Currents

interview/audio

Tranquility Du Jour

interview/article

A Little Earth

interview/article

Barefoot Vegan

solo exhibit

All American Girl

19 Karen Gallery · Gold Coast, Australia

solo exhibit

Flash Back"Flash Gallery

Barcelona, Spain

2-person exhibit

Fairy Tales & Folklore

AMP Art Market · Provincetown, MA

2-person exhibit

Recent Work

Marx Cafe · Washington, DC

2-person exhibit

Fun with Dick & Jane

FOE Gallery · Northampton MA

group exhibition

Cheap Thrills

Anacostia Art Center · Washington, DC

2-person exhibit

Swiss Mixer

GallAerie · Washington, DC

group exhibition

Exhibit and Wine launch

Regan Center · Washington, DC

group exhibition

100 Bowls of Compassion

Joan Hisaoka Gallery · Washington, DC

art show/auction

Transformer Auction

Katzen Center · Washington, DC

artist talk

Saturday Nighters

Eatonville · Washington, DC

interview/article

Vegan Origo

interview/video

Viva la Vegan

Interview about exhibit in Australia

interview/article

One Green Planet

interview/article

One Green Planet

interview/article

Compassion Magazine

milestone

Final consecutive year of 31 Days in July

eleventh year

group exhibition

Anti-Fur Society Conference

group exhibition

Arts Club of Washington

Ggoup exhibition

Bar Crawl

group exhibition

DC Meat-Free Week

group exhibition

DEFILED

group exhibition

Dia de los Muertos

group exhibition

Domesticated

group exhibition

Inaugural Visions

group exhibition

International Vegan Day

group exhibition

March Against Monsanto

group exhibition

Piece of Cake at FOE

group exhibition

Take No Prisoners

group exhibition

The Gun Show

group exhibition

Thought Crimes

group exhibition

Voltron's Corpse / Yuri's Night

project

31 Days in July 2013

project

Heritage Trail series

press

Bicycle Review Magazine

press

Vegan for Life magazine

solo exhibit

Fun House

Mr. Rain's Fun House · American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

January

solo exhibit

A Man Worthy of Your Attention

McCutchan Art Center · Evansville, IN

August

solo exhibit

A Word is WorthA Thousand Pictures

Garner Narrative · Louisville, KY

August–September

group exhibition

Tight Fit

The Dunes · Washington, DC

February

group exhibition

23+23

Waverly Street Gallery · Bethesda, MD

February

group exhibition

Yuri's Night

Artisphere · Rosslyn, VA

March

2-person exhibition

Year of the Dragon

FOE Gallery · Northampton, MA

March

2-person exhibit

The Birds and The Bees

Adah Rose Gallery · Kensington, MD

April

group exhibition

ARTOMATIC

Crystal City, VA

May/June

2-person exhibit

Stocking the Fridge

The Fridge · Washington, DC

July

2-person exhibit

See Something, Say Something

Montpelier Art Center · Laurel, MD

September–October

2-person exhibit

Remastered

FOE Gallery · Northampton, MA

October

group exhibition

Artpocalypse

The Dunes · Washington, DC

December

video

She Got Mather

Video

March

book

100 Artists of Washington, DC

solo exhibit

Midlife

Solo exhibit — Galeria Artevistas · Barcelona, Spain

April–May

solo exhibit

Storytelling

Solo exhibit — ArtGallery · Norfolk, VA

November–December

solo exhibit

Art of Dating

Solo exhibit — Tryst · Washington, DC

Jan. 6 – Feb. 8

2-person exhibit

Dystopia

The Dunes · Washington, DC

December–January

festival/art event

Jazzablanca Festival

Casablanca, Morocco

April 2011

group exhibition

Yuri's Night Exhibit

Artisphere · Rosslyn, VA

March–April

group exhibition

Outsider Art in the Hamptons

Galerie Belage · Westhampton, NY

June

annual project

31 Days in July

8th year

July 2011

milestone

Marries painter Matt Sesow

Long View Gallery · Washington, DC

solo exhibit

Banned

Solo exhibit — MLK Library · Washington, DC

June 20 – July 31

annual project

31 Days in July

7th year

July 1–31, 2010

wedding & exhibit

Till Death Do Us Part

Wedding & Exhibit — Long View Gallery · Washington, DC

Feb. 5 – March 1, 2010

album art

Happy Clinic | Memory Mound

Art for CD

press/interview

Express Newspaper

Interview/Article

July 30

press/interview

Standdart Magazine

Interview/Article (pages 68–74)

July 2010

milestone

International Blasphemy Day draws CNN, NPR, USA Today and AFP coverage

Center for Inquiry · Washington, DC

solo exhibit

Divinely Irreverent

Solo Show — Evolve Urban Arts Center · Washington, DC

Opens Dec. 5, 4–7pm

solo exhibit

Sequestered

Solo Show — R. Corey Fine Art Gallery · Savage, MD

Opens Oct. 16

solo exhibit

International Blasphemy Day

Solo Show — Center for Inquiry DC · Washington, DC

Opens Sept. 30, 7–9pm

solo exhibit

Horse of a Different Color

Solo Show — Design Studio Art Gallery · Hyattsville, MD

Opens Sept. 3, 7–10pm

group exhibition

Summer Splash

Mayer Fine Art · Norfolk, VA

Opens Sept. 5

festival/art event

Adams Morgan Festival

Arts on Belmont · Washington, DC

Sept. 13

art fair

Affordable Art Fair

May 7–11, 2009

group exhibition

Yuri's Night Show

Warehouse Gallery

group exhibition

Artomatic 2009

May 29 – July 5, 2009

group exhibition

H&F Fine Arts

Obama: Art & Politics

Jan–Feb 2009

group exhibit

Basil Hallward Gallery

Rough Copy exhibit · Portland, OR

October 2009

annual project

31 Days in the News

one-painting-per-day project

March 2009

painted series

Year of Presidents

a painted series by Dana Ellyn

press/interview

Agence France Press

interviews Dana Ellyn · Washington, DC

press/interview

Ready Set DC

interview with Dana Ellyn · Washington, DC

press/interview

Washington Post

Interview with Dana Ellyn

January 2009

solo exhibit

Up for Discussion

Era Gallery · Wilmington, NC

May–June 2008

benefit auction

Transformer Auction

Washington, DC

November 15, 2008

group exhibition

BrushFire

Gallery Plan B · Washington, DC

Opens September 13, 2008

2-person exhibit

Made in China

Long View Gallery · Washington, DC

2008

festival/art event

Arts on Foot

September 13

festival/art event

Adams Morgan Festival

September 14

2-person exhibit

One Night Only

The GallAerie — Dana Ellyn & Matt Sesow · Washington, DC

June 14, 2008

benefit gala/auction

FLASHforward

Washington, DC

May 3

group exhibition

Artomatic

Washington, DC

May–June

group exhibition

DC GreenheART Exhibit

Washington, DC

February 1

group exhibition

DC Women in the Arts

MLK Library · Washington, DC

March 2008

painted series

Year of Presidents

a new painted series by Dana Ellyn

painted series

10 Commandments

a new painted series by Dana Ellyn

press/interview

Rough Copy Magazine

Interview with Dana Ellyn

November 2008

press/controversy

News & Controversy

surrounding Dana Ellyn's Sarah Palin paintings

2008

press/article

DC Examiner Article

September 16, 2008

video/interview

Interview w/ Dana Ellyn

Video

May 2008

press/interview

Star Newspaper & Encore Magazine

Interviews w/ Dana Ellyn

May 2008

press/interview

Falcon Flyer

Interview w/ Dana Ellyn

March 2008

solo exhibit

I Call Shenanigans

Long View Gallery — Solo Show · Washington, DC

June 9–30

solo exhibit

Britishink

Washington, DC

April–May 2007

2-person exhibit

Under the Influence

Aroma — paintings by Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow · Washington, DC

Opens December 6

benefit auction

Transformer Auction

Washington, DC

November 17, 2007

group exhibition

Group Show

Gallery Plan B · Washington, DC

Opens December 1, 6–8pm

group exhibition

Group Show

Long View Gallery · Washington, DC

Opens November 30, 5–8pm

group exhibition

Art Romp 20

Warehouse · Washington, DC

Opens September 7, 6pm–late

group exhibition

Go Figure!

Gallery Plan B · Washington, DC

Opens September 8, 6–8pm

festival/art event

Adams Morgan Festival

Arts on Belmont · Washington, DC

September 9, 10am–7pm

festival/art event

Arts on Foot

Washington, DC

September 15, 11am–5pm

group exhibition

Art in Heat

Warehouse Gallery · Washington, DC

June 30 – July 31

group exhibition

Artomatic

Crystal City, VA

April 13 – May 20

group exhibition

Opening Night

Splash Contemporary · Asbury Park, NJ

March–May 2007

group exhibition

Bloodlines

Gallery RFD · Swainsboro, GA

March 2007

annual project

31 Days in July

5th consecutive year

July 2007

live painting event

Dana Ellyn Paints Live

Left Bank · Washington, DC

January 2007

press mention

Express Newspaper

Washington, DC

December 27, 2007

press feature

Feature

Washington Post · Washington, DC

September 15, 2007

press feature

Washington Post

features Dana Ellyn's Painting classes

March 2, 2007

group exhibition

Now Art

Qbix Gallery · Philadelphia, PA

December 2006

2-person exhibit

Driven

Gallery Neptune · Bethesda, MD

June 2006

group exhibition

Remastered

Studio One Eight · Washington, DC

June 2006

group exhibition

Art of War

Studio One Eight · Washington, DC

March 2006

group exhibition

Cupidity

Gallery Neptune · Bethesda, MD

February 2006

group exhibition

Shock and Awe

Warehouse — "Puppetry", mentioned in Examiner · Washington, DC

November 2006

group exhibition

Cat & Dog Show

Pamela Skinner Gallery · Sacramento, CA

December 2006

travel/painting

Painting in Morocco

Essaouira and Marrakesh

January 2006

public art project

Banners from the Fringe

DC Economic Partnership · Washington, DC

July 2006

public art project

24 Hour Mural

Capitol Fringe Festival · Washington, DC

July 2006

annual project

31 Days in July

4th consecutive year

July 2006

illustration/book

Sex Drugs & DNA

Illustrations

August 2006

special project

Recreated "Boating Party

Phillips Collection · Washington, DC

April 2006

press/interview

Examiner Newspaper

Interview/Review — "Freak House Art" at Warehouse · Washington, DC

October 28, 2006

press mention

Express Newspaper

Gallery Pick — "Freak House Art" at Warehouse · Washington, DC

October 19, 2006

group exhibition

Threesome: A Girl, A Guy and a Gay

Studio One Eight · Washington, DC

November 2005

group exhibit

Date Night

Alcove Gallery · Atlanta, GA

October 2005

group exhibition

Voices

Edison Place Gallery · Washington, DC

September 2005

2-person exhibit

Learning to Crawl

Inside/Outside Gallery · Cleveland, OH

August 2005

group exhibition

The Fruit Bowl

Alcove Gallery · Atlanta, GA

July 2005

2-person exhibit

Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy

MLK Library · Washington, DC

March 2005

travel/painting

Painting in Argentina

February 2005

annual project

31 Days in July

3rd year

July 2005

press/interview

Dana Ellyn Interview

with Black Cat Bone

August 2005

press/article

31 Days in July

City Paper Article

July 2005

press/interview

Dana Ellyn Interview

Hill Rag Newspaper

March 2005

solo exhibit

From Front to Back

Hoopla Traders · Washington, DC

October 2004

solo exhibit

Who's It Gonna Be

Solo Show · Washington, DC

April 2004

group exhibition

Anonymous

Flashpoint Gallery · Washington, DC

April 2004

group exhibition

Artomatic

Washington, DC

November 2004

annual project

31 Days in July

2nd consecutive year

July 2004

press/article

Painting Controversy

City Museum · Washington, DC

November 2004

press/interview

Dana Ellyn & Censorship

City Paper Interview · Washington, DC

May 2004

artwork featured

The Other Side

Artwork featured

December 2004

milestone

Begins 31 Days in July — one painting a day, every day of the month

first year

solo exhibit

Solo show

Rouge · Washington, DC

January 2003

group exhibition

B-Side Relaunch

Washington, DC

December 2003

group exhibition

Curious

Washington, DC

December 2003

group exhibition

B-Side

Washington, DC · at DCCD

September 2003

group exhibition

Lady Brain Mind Meld

MOCA · Washington, DC

February 2003

group exhibition

Insider/Outside Show

America Oh Yes! · Washington, DC

March 2003

group exhibition

Love & Eroticism

Khoja Gallery · Arlington, VA

February 2003

annual project

31 Days in July

1st year

July 2003

press/article

31 Days in July

Washington City Paper article

July 2003

TV appearance

TV Appearance

Larz from Marz

July 2003

milestone

Leaves the law firm to paint full time

Washington, DC

solo exhibit

Nudes

NZen · Washington, DC

November 2002

group exhibition

LadyFest DC

DCAC · Washington, DC

August 2002

group exhibition

To the Nth Degree

Touchstone Gallery · Washington, DC

November 2002

group exhibition

Gallery 325

Washington, DC

July 2002

group exhibition

First Annual Winter Group Show

Khoja Gallery · Arlington, VA

November 2002

group exhibition

Artomatic

Waterside Mall · Washington, DC

November 2002

art market

Art Market

American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) · Baltimore, MD

June 2002

milestone

BA, Fine Arts and Art History

The George Washington University · Washington, DC

milestone

Paints nights and weekends while working a law-firm job

Washington, DC

milestone

Moves to Washington, DC

The George Washington University · Washington, DC

milestone

Selected for/Attended the Center for Creative Youth

Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT

Summer 1987

group exhibition

Second Congressional District Arts Competition

Vangarde Art Gallery · New London, CT

May 17 – June 17, 1987 · honorable mention

newspaper article

Focus on Students

The Pictorial

June 30, 1987

milestone

Childhood years in Connecticut

milestone

Born in Brooklyn, New York