Born 1976 in Seattle, WA
Currently resides in Baltimore, MD
EDUCATION
2005 MFA Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting
2003 Post Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art
2000 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2000 BA Wake Forest University
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Patterns of Obsession, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2008 Origins and Intervals, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
2008 Quart Bag, Civilian Gallery, Washington DC
2008 Planes and Parallels, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2007 LifeLINES, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2007 The Rough and The Smooth, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD
2006 Mixed Media Installations, Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University
2000 Solo, Beethoven Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Summer Group Show, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2007 Passport to Equinox, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2006 Liquid/Solid, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2006 Femme Effect Part Deux, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2005 Loft Art, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore MD
2005 Keisho Drawing Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museaum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
2005 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2005 Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2004 Boxing, Hoffberger School of Painting Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2004 Femme Effect, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2004 Achromatic/ Maximum-Minimum, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD
2004 Fusion, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2003 Hoffberger School of Painting Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2003 Time Lines, Signal 66 Artspace, Washington, DC
2003 PS211, Winston-Salem, NC
2003 Maryland Institute College of Art Group Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2003 Realis Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2002 Dimensions (award), Winston-Salem, NC
2002 Realis Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2001 Dimensions (award), Winston-Salem, NC
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kate Noonan, “Adorn Identity”, City Paper, August 2008
Alex Castro, Eye to Eye, Urbanite, September 2007
Dr. Michael Salcman, “The Rough and the Smooth: The New Art of Dana Reifler”, exhibition essay for “The Rough and the Smooth” Villa Julie College, January 2007
Cara Ober, “Dana Reifler: The Rough and the Smooth”, Gutter Magazine, June 2007
J. Bowers, “Great Effects”, City Paper, April 2006
Mike Giuliano, “Femme Effect Part Deux”, City Paper Critic’s Pick, March 2006
Pam Zappardino, “Liquid/Solid”, Carroll County Times, May 25, 2006
Kelly Murdoch-Kitt, “Alumna Artwork to be Featured”, Old Gold and Black, September 2000
AWARDS AND HONORS
2005 Hoffberger Graduate MFA Painting Award, Maryland Institute College of Art
2005 Nominee, Terra Foundation of American Art Summer Residency, Giverny France
2004 Hoffberger School of Painting Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
2003 Hoffberger School of Painting Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art