Dana Ellyn is an American contemporary artist known for her bold and thought-provoking paintings. She has been a Washington, DC resident since 1989 and full-time painter since 2002 when she left her corporate job to pursue her passion as a painter. Dana lives and paints in her downtown DC studio. Her work often focused on social and political issues over the years, delivering powerful messages through her art. She believes that it is the responsibility of contemporary painters to create meaningful work and respond, through their art, to the politics and policies that shape our world - not to simply regurgitate trends or create decorative art to be hung above couches.
Dana Ellyn is one of Washington, DC's most successful established artists. Her art is widely collected by history buffs, animal rights activists, and a growing number of art enthusiasts of all tastes around the globe.
| MUSEUMS | |
| November 2018 - March 2019: | St. Petersburg Museum of Art, 'Radical Fluidity: Grotesque in Art' exhibit, St Petersburg, Russia |
| May 2016 - May 2017: | American Visionary Art Museum, 'Shock & Awe' exhibit, Baltimore, MD |
Exhibits/Shows
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| March 2019: | Hill Center Gallery, COLLABORATORS, Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| October 2015: | P Street Gallerie, SPECIESISM, Washington, DC (SOLO) | |
| July 2015: | AMP Gallery, Happiness Is..., Provincetown, MA (SOLO) | |
| July 2015: | Galeria Artevistas, Deja Vu, Barcelona, Spain (2 person) | |
| June 2015: | Gallery 50, VegFest, Rehoboth, DE (SOLO) | |
| April 2015: | 410 GooDBuddY, (Self)Made in DC, Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| November 2014: | 19Karen Gallery, All-American Girl, Mermaid Beach, Australia (SOLO) | |
| July 2014: | AMP Gallery, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Provincetown, MA (2 person) | |
| March 2014: | FOE Gallery, Fun with Dick & Jane, Northampton, MA (2 person) | |
| November 2013: | The Dunes, "Thought Crimes", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| August 2013: | AMP Gallery "Take No Prisoners", Provincetown, RI (2 person) | |
| June 2013: | Adah Rose Gallery "Bar Crawl", Kensington, MD (2 person) | |
| May 2013: | Art Enables "Domesticated", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| April 2013: | Habor Gallery (UMASS) "Defiled", Boston, MA (2 person) | |
| May 2013: | Arts Club of Washington , Washington, DC (SOLO) | |
| February 2013: | 410 GooDBuddy, "Meat-Free", Washington, DC (SOLO) | |
| December 2012: | Gallery 555, "Sesow et Ellyn", Cruseilles, France (2 person) | |
| October 2012: | FOE Gallery, "See Something, Say Something", Northampton, MA (2 person) | |
| September 2012: | Montpelier Art Center, "See Something, Say Something", Laurel, MD (2 person) | |
| August 2012: | McCutchan Art Center, "A Man Worthy of Your Attention", Evansville, IN (SOLO + Book Launch) | |
| August 2012: | Garner Narrative, "A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures", Louisville, KY (SOLO) | |
| April 2012: | Adah Rose Gallery, "The Birds and The Bees", Kensington, MD (2 person) | |
| April 2012: | The Fridge, "Stocking the Fridge", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| April 2012: | Adah Rose Gallery, "The Birds and The Bees", Kensington, MD (2 person) | |
| January 2012: | Mr. Rain's Fun House (AVAM), "Fun House", Baltimore, MD (SOLO) | |
| December 2011: | The Dunes, "Dystopia", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| November 2011: | ArtGallery, "Storytelling", Norfolk, VA (Solo) | |
| April 2011: | Galeria Artevistas, "Midlife", Barcelona, Spain (Solo) | |
| January 2011: | Tryst, "The Art of Dating", Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| December 2010: | Baked & Wired, "Baked", Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| June 2010: | MLK Library, "BANNED", Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| February 2010: | Long View Gallery, "Till Death Do Us Part", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| December 2009: | Evolve Urban Arts Center, "Divinely Irreverent", Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| October 2009: | R. Courey Gallery, "Sequestered", Savage, MD (Solo) | |
| September 2009: | Design Studio Gallery, "Horse of a Different Color", Hyattsville, MD (Solo) | |
| June 2009: | Aroma, "Under the Influence", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| August 2008: | Long View Gallery, "Made in China", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| May/June 2008: | ERA Gallery, "Up for Discussion", Wilmington, NC (Solo) | |
| March 2008: | Baked & Wired, Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| December 2007: | Aroma, "Under the Influence", Washington, DC (2 person) | |
| June 2007: | Long View Gallery, "I Call Shenanigans", Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| October 2006: | Warehouse, "Freak House Art", Washington DC (2 person) | |
| June 2006: | Neptune Gallery, "Driven", Bethesda MD (2 person) | |
| March/April 2006: | Asylum, "Girl in a Bar", Washington DC (Solo) | |
| Oct - Nov 2005: | Alcove Gallery, "Date Night", Atlanta, GA (2 person) | |
| March 2005: | MLK Library, "Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy", Washington DC (2 person) | |
| Aug - Sept 2005: | Inside Out Gallery, "Learning to Crawl", Cleveland OH (2 person) | |
| Oct - Nov 2004: | Hoopla Traders, "News Flash", Washington DC (Solo) | |
| July-September 2004: | CD Warehouse, Washington DC (Solo) | |
| March-May 2004: | "Art in the City", Bodzin Art Gallery. Fairfax, Virginia (Solo) | |
| April 3rd 2004: | "Who's It Gonna Be" Show to benefit NARAL (Solo) | |
| Dec. 2003-Jan. 2004: | Habitat, Washington DC (Solo) | |
| November 2002: | NZen, "Nudes" Washington DC (Solo) | |
| Nov. 2001: | Aroma, Washington, DC (Solo) | |
| Group Exhibits | |
| October 2023: | Michigan State University, Creativity in the Time of Covid, Lansing, MI |
| October 2021: | Garner Narrative, How Are Your Doing?, Louisville, KY |
| January 2020: | The Cheshire Gallery, Art & Activism, Washington, DC |
| July 2018: | Metro Gallery, ALL IN THE FAMILY, Lincoln, NE |
| 2018: | Morris Bar, (ongoing), Washington, DC |
| January 2017: | Pub and the People, In the NeighborhoodWashington, DC |
| October 2016: | AMP Art Market, SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS, Provincetown, MD |
| July 2016: | Karamel, ANIMUS, London, England |
| April 2016: | The New Mart, Women Who Work, Los Angeles, CA |
| April 2016: | P Street Gallerie, Bycatch, By Hand, Washington, DC |
| March 2015: | Jane Hisoka Gallery, Alchemic Vessels, Washington, DC |
| May 2014: | 19Karen Gallery, Michael Jackson Tribute Show, Mermaid Beach, Australia |
| March 2014: | Jane Hisoka Gallery, Alchemic Vessels, Washington, DC |
| November 2013: | Art Prichal, Vegan Art Exhibit, Kiev, Ukraine |
| November 2013: | Arlington Arts Center"Dia de los Muertos", Arlington, VA |
| October 2013: | ArtDC, "RED", Hyattsville, MD |
| April 2013: | Bodzin Gallery "Resistance Through Art", Fairfax, VA |
| March 2013: | ArtDC, "Who Dunnit", Hyattsville, MD |
| January 2013: | Art Enables, "Inaugural Visions", Washington, DC |
| December 2012: | The Dunes, "Artpocalypse 2012", Washington, DC |
| September 2012: | Greater Reston Art Center, "Campaign/Reform", Reston, VA |
| April 2012: | Artisphere, "Yuri's Night", Rosslyn, VA |
| March 2012: | FOE Gallery, "Year of the Dragon", Northampton, MA |
| February 2012: | Waverly Street Gallery, "23+23", Bethesda, MD |
| February 2012: | The Dunes, "Tight Fit", Washington, DC |
| June 2011: | Galerie Belage, "Outisde Art in the Hamptons", Westhampton Beach, NY |
| April 2011: | Artisphere, "Yuri's Night", Rosslyn, VA |
| February 2011: | Cre8space, "Love Stains and Memory Remains", Washington, DC |
| May 2010: | Studio Gallery, Summer Show, Washington, DC |
| August 2009: | Mayer Fine Art, Group Show, Norfolk, VA |
| June 2009: | Artomatic, Washington, DC |
| May 2009: | Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY |
| April 2009: | ArtDC Gallery, "12x12", Hyattsville, MD |
| April 2009: | Warehouse Gallery, "Yuri's Night", Washington, DC |
| January 2009: | H&H Fine Arts, "Art & Politics", Mt. Ranier, MD |
| December 2008: | Access Gallery, "Bad Santa - No Cookie", Denver, CO |
| December 2008: | Long View Gallery, "Holiday Show", Washington, DC |
| September 2008: | Gallery Plan B, "BrushFire", Washington, DC |
| September 2008: | Gallery Plan B, "BrushFire", Washington, DC |
| August 2008: | Access Gallery, "Sign of the Times", Denver, CO |
| May/June 2008: | Artomatic, Washington, DC |
| March 2008: | MLK Library, "Women's History", Washington, DC |
| February 2008: | "DC Green HeART Exhibit", Washington, DC |
| December 2007: | Gallery Plan B, "Gallery Group Show", Washington, DC |
| December 2007: | Long View Gallery, "Holiday Show", Washington, DC |
| September 2007: | Gallery Plan B, "Go Figure", Washington, DC |
| June 2007: | Warehouse, "Art in Heat", Washington, DC |
| March 2007: | BritishInk, Washington, DC |
| March 2007: | Gallery RFD, "Bloodlines", Swainsboro, GA |
| March 2007: | Splash Contemporary, Asbury Park, NJ |
| December 2006: | Warehouse, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| December 2006: | Pamela Skinner Gallery, Group Show, Sacramento, CA |
| December 2006: | Qbix Gallery, "Now", Philadelphia PA |
| November 2006: | Warehouse, "Shock & Awe", Washington DC |
| June 2006: | Studio One Eight, "Remastered", Washington DC |
| March 2006: | Studio One Eight, "Art of War", Washington DC |
| February 2006: | Neptune Gallery, "Cupidity", Bethesda MD |
| December 2005: | Warehouse Gallery, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| November 2005: | Studio One-Eight "A Girl, A Guy & A Gay", Washington DC |
| Sept - Oct 2005: | Edison Place Gallery, "Voices", Washington DC |
| July 2005: | Alcove Gallery, "The Fruit Bowl", Atlanta GA |
| December 2004: | Warehouse Gallery, "Art Romp", Washington DC |
| July - August004: | DCAC, "1460 Wall Mountables", Washington DC |
| August 5-16, 2004: | MOCA, Washington DC |
| May - June 2004: | "Anonymous", Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC |
| March-May 2004: | "Takin' Over the Art Store", Washington DC |
| December 6 2003: | "B-Side Relauch", Washington DC |
| December 14 2003: | "Curious", Washington DC |
| October 11 2003: | "Light in October" Arlington, VA |
| September 5-18: | Meridian Center, Washington DC |
| July-Sept 2003: | DCAC, Washington DC - "1460 Wall Mountables" Show |
| June 2003: | The Flemming Center, Washington DC |
| June 2003: | The Art Store, "Taking Over", Washington DC |
| February - May 2003: | America Oh Yes!,"Insider/Outsider", Washington DC |
| March - May 2003: | CDW, "Creative Sincerity", Washington DC |
| Feb. 21 - March 9 2003: | MOCA, "Lady Brain Mind Meld", Washington DC |
| Feb. 15 - March 2003: | Khoja Gallery,"Love & Eroticism", Arlington VA |
| Feb. 28 - March 1 2003: | Kalorama Emerging Artist Show, Washington DC |
| Nov. - Dec. 2002: | Khoja Gallery, Arlington VA |
| Aug 7 - Sep 8 2002: | Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC (Honorable Mention award) |
| August 8-11 2002: | DCAC, "LadyFest DC", Washington, DC |
| July 2002: | Gallery 325, Washington, DC |
| June 2001: | Wilson Gallery,"Intermission", Washington, DC |
| May 2001: | Wilson Gallery, "Smoke and Mirrors", Washington, DC |
| March 2001: | Wilson Gallery, "Far Away Places", Washington, DC |