D A N A K A N E
Dana Kane is an Artist living and working in New York City. She was born in Wyandotte, Michigan. Ms. Kane received her Master's Degree in Sculpture and Multi-media from Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri and a BFA from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Awards
2017 Vermont Studio Center Residency Award
2003 A Grant from the Pollock Krasner Foundation
A Grant from the Gottlieb Foundation
An Individual Support Grant from Agnes Gund
An Artist Fellowship Grant, NY
An Individual Support Grant, Change, Inc
1995 NEA/MAAF Regional Fellowship Grant, Finalist
1992 McDowell Art Colony Residency
1982 A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Maryland
1980 A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Minnesota
1978 A Fellowship to the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Minnesota
1975 A Scholarship to Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1974 A Scholarship to Kent State Blossom Art Festival, Kent, Ohio
Greensboro Arts Council Award, Greensboro, NC
Solo Shows
2015 Color Rules, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ (mini-solo part of a larger group show)
2011 The Atelier Gallery, Oyster Bay, Long Island
1996 Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
1981 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1979 The Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
1978 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Ma
1977 Washington University, St. Louis, Mo
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2018
The Flat Files at Odetta Gallery, Curated by Ellen Hacki Fagen
Onward, The Outsider Art Fair, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY, NY
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Bigger Bolder Better, 470 Vanderbilt, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow, Through the Rabbit Hole 2, Brooklyn, NY
2016
David & Schweitzer, Making the Future, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Art in America, Miami, Florida
Smack Mellon, Respond, Brooklyn, NY
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Flat File Project, Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery, Holiday Show, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Rooms, Color Rules, Jersey City, NJ
StoreFront Ten Eyck Gallery, Making History, Brooklyn, NY
Ball and Socket Garage Sale, Cheshire, CT
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Ground Floor Gallery, You’ve Got Mail, Brooklyn, NY
Gone Fishing, 315 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow, Circle the Wagons, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Drawing Rooms, The Big Small Painting Show, Jersey City, NJ
The Painting Center, The Painting Center is Turning 21, NY, NY
WG News and Arts, Artist Page (Photograph), December Issue
The Holland Tunnel, Framed, Brooklyn, NY
Open Studio, New Work, Brooklyn, NY
Pierogi 2000, 20th Anniversary Show, Brooklyn, NY
The Active Space, Seeking Space 1, Brooklyn, NY
Storefront Ten Eyck, Future Home, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Fireproof, Best Case Scenario, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow, Sideshow Nation, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Sideshow Gallery, Sideshow Nation, Brooklyn, NY
Northside Festival, New Work, Brooklyn, NY
Berry Street Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2012
College de La Sainte Familie, NY/Cairo Collaborative Drawing Project, Cairo, Egypt
Open Studio, New Work, Brooklyn, NY
Berry Street Open Studios, Go, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow, Mic:Check, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Pierogi 2000, 9/11 Memorial PostCard Project, Brooklyn, NY
Dos Pueblos Benefit for Tipitapa, Nicaragua
Sideshow, It’s all Good!, Brooklyn, NY
2010
University Gallery, But a Shadow of Myself, Beckenridge, Colorado
Open Studio, New Work, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow, It’s a Wonderful 10th, Brooklyn, NY
The Earth School, Benefit, NY, NY
2009
Townhouse Gallery, Shilhouette, Cairo, Egypt
NYU Steinhardt School, But a Shadow of Myself, NY, NY
Sideshow, It’s a Wonderful Life, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Sideshow, Peace, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Sideshow, War is Over, Brooklyn, NY
BooMA Galllery, From Ironic to Iconic, NY, NY
Kent State University School of Art, 2007 Drawing Invitational, Kent, Ohio
2006
Sideshow Gallery, Annual Show, Brooklyn, NY
2004
The University Art Museum, The Pierogi Flat Files, Albany, NY
The Warhol Museum, The Pierogi Flat Files, Pittsburgh, PA
Sideshow, Merry-Peace, Brooklyn, NY
2003
The University of Southern Maine, The Pierogi Flat Files, Gorham, Maine.
The Currier Museum of Art, New York, New Work, Now! Manchester, NH
Sideshow, Merry-Peace, Brooklyn, NY
2002
The Museum of Modern Art, Life of the City, New York, NY
Savannah College of Art & Design, In Response, Savannah, Georgia
Exit Art, Reactions, NY, NY
The Currier Museum of Art, New Work, New Art, Manchester, NH
Pierogi 2000, Artist of the Month (January), Brooklyn, NY
2001
Pierogi 2000, Multiple Sensations, Brooklyn, NY
Post Gallery, Multiple Sensations, Los Angeles, CA
Block Art Space, Multiple Sensations, Kansas City. Mo
2000
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Multiple Sensations, San Franciso, Ca
Pierogi Booth, Meat Market Art Fair, NY, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, Coatcheck Room, NY, NY
1999
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Pierogi 2000, The Flat Files, Philadelphia, PA
Plaza Gallery, Paper View, Fordham University, NY, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Benefit for NAG, Brooklyn, NY
Pierogi 2000, Rage for Art, Brookyn, NY
White Columns, Outer Bouroughs, NY, NY
Margaret Bodell Gallery, Summer Group Show, NY, NY
D.L. Cerney, Bolt, NY, NY
Sculpture Center, Benefit, NY, NY
The Fine Arts Work Center, Former Fellows of NY, Provincetown, MA
Lami Ink Gallery, Former Fellows from the Fine Arts Work Center, NY, NY
1998
Kunstlerhaus, Pierogi 2000, The Flat Files, Vienna, Austria
MoMA, Staff Art Show, NY, NY
Exit Art, The Warehouse Project, NY, NY
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Perceptive Acts, Wellesley College, MA
The Lehman Loeb Art Center, Pierogi Goes to College, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Nylon Gallery, New York Artists, London, England
Crest Hardware Show, Brooklyn, NY
Creative Time, Gesture as Value, NY, NY
Islip Art Museum, Borrowing, East Islip, NY
1997
Brooklyn Museum, Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Cornerhouse Gallery, New York Drawers, Manchester, England
Gasworks Gallery, New York Drawers, London, England
Williamsburg Art/Historical Center, Just What do you think you are doing, Dave? Brooklyn, NYGroup
Islip Art Museum, Group Show, East Islip, NY
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Know New York, Portland, Oregon
Cal State University, Redefinitions, A View from Brooklyn, Fullerton, CA
DIA Center for the Arts, DKNY Patterns on View at the Book Store, NY, NY
Gramercy Art Fair, Pierogi and White Columns Sites, NY, NY
White Columns, Benefit Show, NY, NY
1996
Pierogi 2000, The Exchange Show, Brooklyn, NY
Pierogi 2000, Artist of the Week, Brooklyn, NY
1995
Pierogi 2000, Multiples, Brooklyn, NY
450 Broadway Gallery, Table of Contents, NY, NY
Ronald Feldman Gallery, Other Rooms, NY, NY
Christinrose Gallery, Open your heart, NY, NY
Hunter College, Beyond Circumstances, NY, NY
1994
White Columns, Update 94, NY, NY
White Columns, White Room, NY, NY
1993
Tribeca 148 Gallery, Wall to Wall, NY, NY
David Zwirner Gallery, Four Walls Benefit, NY, NY
1992
Artist’s Space, The Neurotic Art Show II, NY, NY
Tribeca 148 Gallery, The 1.5 Crossword Puzzle Project
1991
Merce Cunningham Studio, Set Design for The Crumbling Earth, NY, NY
1990
Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, She Who Laughs Last, NY, NY
1982
Mills College, 12th International Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Mississippi River, The Environmental Art and Sculpture Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1981
Washington Project for the Arts, Options, Washington, DC
Washington Project for the Arts, Ten Projects, Washington, DC
1979
The Landmark Center, Insitu, St. Paul, Minnesota
Provincetown Art Association, Current Fellows, Provincetown, MA
HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2003
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Emergency Assistance Grant, New York, NY
Gottlieb Foundation, Emergency Assistance Grant, New York, NY
Agnes Gund, Individual Support Grant, New York, NY
Artist Fellowship Grant, New York, NY
Change Inc., Individual Support Grant, New York, NY
2002
The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Across the River and Into the Lofts: Brooklyn Now.
Guest artist on a panel led by Robert Storr. New York, NY
2000
“The New Irascibles”, photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
1998
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist, Providence, Rhode Island
Wellesley College, Visiting Artist, Wellesley, Mass.
1995
NEA/MAAF Regional Fellowship Grant Finalist
1992
MacDowell Art Colony, Residency, Peterborough, NH
1982
A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Maryland
1980
A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Minnesota
1978
A Fellowship to the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
A Works in Progress Grant provided by the State of Minnesota
1975
A Scholarship to Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1974
A Scholarship to Kent State University at the Blossom Art Festival, Kent, Ohio
Greensboro Arts Council Award, Greensboro, NC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
The Kelly Girls at Odetta, Gallery Travels, by Anne Russinof "One Year Later: Artists Reflect on the Women's March, The Cut, by Carolyn Twersky
2017
Commonalities and Divergence: "A panel of Artists and Scientists, Their work and the Creative Process. Artist talk held at the Forest, Brooklyn, NY
"The Black Kites" on Vasari 21, by Ann Landi. July 24th Edition
Bigger, Better, Bolder, Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town, by Anne Russinof.
2015
Featured Artist, BRIC Art Blog, BRIC Art Media House, Brooklyn, NY
Color Rules, Things to do in New Jersey, The New York Times, Aug. 13, 2015
Color Rules, Seen About Town, Gallery Travels, by Anne Russinof
Arthaps, “Gone Fishing”, Brooklyn, NY
“Gone Fishing”, Seen Around Town, Gallery Travels, by Anne Russinof
2014
Nicole Durbin, “Seeking Space” ArtsinBushwick.
Jamie Martinez, “Seeking Space” Arte Fuse
2013
Sharon Butler, “Weekend Review” Two Coats of Paint
Anne Russinof, “Seen Around Town/Gallery Travels”, Blog Posts by Anne Russinof
2012
Janet Alexander, “Etherland”, Go Brooklyn Open Studios, Resource Magazine
2002
Sam Leith, New York and make it Snappy, The Daily Telegraph, London, England.
Sarah Boxer, Prayerfully and Powerfully, New York City Before and After, The New York Times
2000
Carol Kino, “The New, New Irascibles”. A Photo Session with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Williamsburg Arts
1999
Roberta Smith, Rage for Art, The New York Times, February 19 & March 5
1998
Helen Harrison, Surrealism, Traditionalism, and Re-Visionism, The New York Times.
Karen Shaw, Borrowing, Islip Art Museum
1997
Susan Joyce, Redefinitions: A View from Brooklyn, published by Cal State University
Don Shirley, Out of Brooklyn, The Los Angeles Times
The Orange County Register, Brooklyn Art Pays a Visit to Fullerton
1995
Margaret McInroe, Beyond Circumstance: The Survival of the Fetish, Hunter College
1991
Jack Anderson, Amid a City of Bones, Decay, and Lost Souls at Large, The New York Times
CURATORIAL EFFORTS
2015
Gone Fishing, in association with 315 Berry Street Open Studios, 37 artists in the show.
EDUCATION
Studied at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, BFA 1974; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. MFA, 1977.
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY. Ronald Feldman, NY, NY,
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts,
M/M Gregorio Napoleone, London, England, Stacy Greene, New York, NY, Bruce Pearson, NY, NY,
Sibling Entertainment and Alfred West, Jr., Carol Mills, NY, NY. Marion Griffiths, NY, NY,
Elizabeth Johnson, NY, NY, Lucia Luchetti, North Branford, Ct, CarlaAurich, NY, NY. Fred Wistow, NY,
NY.