Kathy Dana

Bio

Kathy Dana is an accomplished Northern California painter. Her work is widely collected and exhibited, including the most recent Crocker-Kingsley National Exhibition in 2022. She has been featured in Southwest Art, International Artist and Artist’s magazines. Collectors include Kaiser Permanente, UCD Davis Medical Center, Moni Kondos, Robert Jean-Ray, and Laurie Wier. In the last decade she has been awarded solo exhibitions every two years in addition to group shows.  Capturing the positive energy in all things is her ongoing quest and motivation.   She credits working as an art director for one of the world’s largest advertising agencies for a priceless education in the process of having a vision and creating art in many forms. Today fellow artists in her Northern California community are a constant source of inspiration.

Resume

 Personal

  • California Native

  • Educated in San Diego, California

  • Married

  • Adult daughters in New York and California

Motivation

  • To expand her skills and visibility as an exhibiting artist, a supporter of exceptional causes and contributing member of the art community

Prominent Collectors

  • Moni and Gregory Kondos

  • Robert Jean-Ray

  • Kaiser Permanente

  • UC Davis Medical Center

Education/ Workshops

  • Plein Air Workshop – Brian Blood, Instructor, Carmel CA

  • Portrait Painting – sponsored by Patris Studio, Sacramento CA: Craig Nelson, Instructor

  • Plein Air Workshop – sponsored by Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA: Marie-Terese Brown, Instructor

  • Tahoe Film and video workshop – Academy award-winning film director, Robert Wise, Instructor

  • Professional career as an Art Director, Los Angeles CA – commissioning and directing high-end commercial artists

  • BS Degree – Graphic Communications, San Diego State University

  • Oil Painting – five years before college

Exhibition History

Awards and Honors

  • Juror Award – PBS KVIE Juried Auction 2020 – Sacramento CA

  • Artsy Shark Featured Artist and Artist’s Showcase – 2020 and 2021

  • Artistic Excellence Award – Artist’s Magazine, 2018 – Honorable mention, experimental category

  • Curator Award – PBS KVIE Juried Auction 2018 – Sacramento CA

Publications

  • Southwest Art Magazine – January 2019 Issue

  • International Artist Magazine – Demonstration Article, January 2016

  • Inside Publications Cover Art - June 2023, September 2021, August 2020, December 2018, April 2017, May 2016, October 2015, October 2014

Memberships

  • American Women Artists

  • Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA

  • Blueline Arts, Roseville CA