Dana Dart-McLean
is an artist, illustrator, and writer. She has exhibited her paintings in Copenhagen at Nicolai Wallner Gallerie, in Portland OR at Small A Projects, and at Western Exhibitions and Kavi Ghupta in Chicago. Her upcoming book, in collaboration with Lauren O Conner, is in the works from Container Corp. See her art in the current issue of Plazm Magazine. She sings on a few tracks of the recent Jackie-O album, Earth Sound System
She lives in Portland, OR and New York.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Stop Signs and Memories, Small A Projects, Portland, OR
Take the Look Forget the Rest, Southern Oregon University SU Gallery, Ashland, OR
2006 Decorator's proposal for interior of LOBBY, Small A Projects, Portland, OR
2005 Magic, The Department of Safety, Anacortes, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Occupation/Preoccupation, TBA Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
RTC and... , Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL. Curated by Ryan Travis Christian
2010 This is the Book I have Written for You, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Power of Selection, part 2, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Paper Awesome, Baer Ridgeway, San Francisco, CA
2009 Vaguely Paperly, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL. Curated by Chris Johanson
Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2009, OK Mountain, Austin, TX,
2008 Impossible Instruments/Future Flags, Fouteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Autumn Sweater, Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 It’s Kind of Endless, Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
2006 Abstract Things, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Some Translations, Domaine de Kerguéhennec Centre d’Art, Bignan, France, Curated by Harrell Fletcher
Solo Soul, Solo Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark, Curated by Chris Johanson
And Then You Were Born, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR,
2005 With Our Own Little Hands, Wrong Gallery, New York NY
Sisters, Fresh Up Club, Austin TX ,
Sympathetic Magic, Planaria Gallery, New York NY,
2004 This Container Isn't Big Enough, Harrell Fletcher's project for the Whitney
Biennial, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY,
2003 Hello There Friend, Christine Burgin, New York NY, Curated by Harrell Fletcher
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute 1999-2002
The Evergreen State College | BA 2004
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2012 Untitled Book with Lauren O'Conner, Container Corp, (upcoming)
2011 Some Work, Plazm Magazine, April 2011
2010 Catalogue of Variable Essence by Ashby Collinson and Dana Dart-McLean, Publication Studio, 2010 Earle, David P.; The Open Daybook, Mark Batty, New York
TEACHING
Dia Beacon 2012, Teaching Artist (upcoming)
Portland Art Museum 2009-2011, Drawing Workshop for Teens, co-teaching with Carson Ellis.
Guest Lecturer: 2010 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon,
2006 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.
RESIDENCIES
Signal Fire Arts Love Triangle Opal Creek Backpacking Residency 2011
