Kathy Dana

Bio

Kathy Dana is an accomplished California painter. Her work is widely collected and exhibited, including the upcoming 2025 Salon at the Triton Museum of Fine Art in Santa Clara, CA and the 2023 Crocker-Kingsley National Exhibition in Sacramento, CA. She’s been featured in Southwest Art, International Artist and Artist’s magazines. With solo exhibitions every two years since 2014, Kathy is devoted to capturing the positive energy in all things: bringing it forward with the intention to soothe, transport, refresh, even empower. 

She has recently embarked on works that capture the extraordinary energy emanating from time-worn, exposed surfaces: how time and life-experience transform the blank slate of newness into spectacular individuality and character.  Her process involves drawing with a brush on a solid painted, sometimes textured underlay, often black. The richness of her forward-facing colors is deeply influenced by the color foundation it rests upon. She believes our lives unfold over the years in much the same way.

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