Dana Oldfather (born November 30, 1978) is an American

oil painter Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...

and dinnerware designer often linked to Cleveland's artistic resurgence.

Life and career

Dana was born in Cleveland, OH. She is a self-taught artist but has listed

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and

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as influences. Dana's work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States, including POV Evolving Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, and The Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, OH. In 2010 Dana partnered with housewares company

Ink Dish Ink Dish is an American tableware design company located in San Diego, California. The company uses designs by contemporary underground artists for their line of porcelain dinnerware. Ink Dish was founded in 2008 by David Harding and Caroline Popl ...

. Dana created a line of dinnerware based on her Kites painting, which was subsequently featured in ''The New York Times'' under the heading Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works of Art. In April 2011 she was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Oldfather is currently represented by the eo art lab in Chester, Connecticut.Brown, Phaedr
"Museums and Galleries"
''The New York Times'', 2010-07-08. Retrieved on 2010-07-08. Dana Oldfather's work is in corporate collections such as Jones Day, Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, The Cleveland Clinic, and the Progressive Art Collection. She still lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.

External links

Dana Oldfather official site

Dana Oldfather for Ink Dish

References

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