Born 1971, Houston, Texas
Dana Frankfort
Lives in New York

Solo Exhibitions

(February) Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium
(April) Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP Exhibitions

“Abstract America”, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
“Small Show About Unnamed Style”, curated by Dave Eggers, Apex Art, New York, NY

“A New High in Getting Low”, curated by John Connelly, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
“In Defense of Ardor”, Bellwether, New York, NY
“Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, & Keith Mayerson”, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
“Late Liberties”, curated by Agusto Arbizo, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
“Warhol and…”, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Post Retro”, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
“Loneliness and Melancholy”, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
“I am the Walrus!”, curated by David Coyle, Gallery 40000, Chicago, IL
“What F Word”, curated by Carol Cole Levin, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY, NY

"Scarecrow", Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
"History Lesson: Part III", Gavin Brown Enterprises-Passerby, New York, NY
"The Jaundiced Eye", Scope NY, New York, NY
"Something and Nothing", Exhibition Dynasty, Gallery MC, New York, NY
"Open Network: Brooklyn", Ampersand Inernational, San Francisco, CA

"Suggestion, Belief, Emptiness", Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
"All In the Family", Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
"Glimpse", Mixed Greens, New York, NY
"Conversational Lag", Volume Gallery, New York, NY

"August", Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
"Grotto II", Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY

"New Painting", Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX
"New Work", Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX

"Red Hot: Painting", Arlington Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX
"Core Fellows", MFA Exhibition, Glassell School Gallery, Houston, TX

Honors and Awards

Education

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

Press

Neil, Jonathan T. D., “Late Liberties”, Art Review, Issue 15, October, p. 148
Maine, Stephen, “Poles of the Feminist Spectrum”, The New York Sun, October 4
Scott, Andrea, “Dana Frankfort/Abbey Williams”, The New Yorker, October 1, p. 20
Miller, Keith (interviewer), “Dana Frankfort”, The Rack Room, Artslant, September 26
Mueller, Stephen, “The Word May Be the Thing”, Gay City News, September 20
Smith, Roberta, “Dana Frankfort: DF”, The New York Times, September 14, E41
Weiner, David, “Dana Frankfort”, The Chosen Issue, HEEB, #14, September
Goodbody, Bridget L., “Late Liberties”, Art in Review, The New York Times, August 3
Holliday, Frank, “Abstraction Reconsidered”, Gay City News, July 26
Schwendener, Martha, “Galleries: Chelsea, ‘In Defense of Ardor’”, The New Yorker, June 25, p. 22
Cotter, Holland, “What F Word?”, The New York Times, March 9

Smith, Roberta, 'What's So Funny', The New York Times, June 24
McAdams, Shane, 'What's So Funny', The Brooklyn Rail, July
Johnson, Patricia, 'Esprit de Core' , Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX. March 21

Reese, Christine, 'Not Art', Dallas Observer, Dallas, TX June 29
Dewan, Shaila, 'Remaining Calm', Houston Press, Houston, TX. April 8