Dana James is a painter and a native New Yorker now residing in Bushwick. She is the former founder and curator of Elgin Gallery in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, as well as the former Associate Director of Life on Mars Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her own work has been extensivley exhibited after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2008, and can be found in private and public collections including the ISLIP Museum of Art and the Collection of Lion Tree Capital in New York. Her last solo show, Sometimes Seen Dreams at the Lodge Gallery was featured in the Art Critical Review Panel, and her recent two person show “The Thread,” at M.David & Co. Gallery in April, was chosen as Must See Exhibitions by New York Magazine. She has been featured in publications such as Two Coats of Paint, Art Critical, ArtSpace and Hyperallergic. 

Upcoming shows include Kicking Abstract & Taking Names at Moberg Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa, as well as a yet-to-be-titled group show curated by Paul Efstathiou with Hollis Taggart Gallery in Chelsea this fall.

Dana stopped by for a talk about artist parents, finding balance, process, improvisation and more.

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