Represented by
Clima and Miguel Abreu
Email: dajlok (at) gmail.com
Born in Berwyn, PA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2016 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2015 - MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 - BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Closer to the Metal, Clima, Milan
2022 Part and Parse, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
2020 One Second Per Second, Page (NYC), New York, NY
2019 Words Without Skin, Clima, Milan, IT
2018 Mind’s Mouth, Bianca D’Alessandro, Copenhagen, DK
2017 Soft Fact, Clima, Milan, IT
2016 The Set of all Sets, Chewday’s, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Anything Can Pass Before the Eyes of a Person, Derosia, New York, NY
X Pink 101, X Museum, Beijing, China
Darling, Your Head’s Not Right, Francois Ghebaly, New York, NY
The Future Perfect Will Have Arrived, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Gravity: A Proposal, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, NY, (curated by Cameron Martin)
Le Bisquit A Soupe, High Art, Arles, France
The Future Perfect Will Have Arrived, Shulamit Nazarian, LA (curated by Bridget Mullen)
2021 Page (NYC) at Petzel, Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
15 Painters, Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
Regroup Show, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
Jahresgaben, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Art Aid For Now, Benefit Exhibition, Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Artist in Residence Biennial, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Painting As Is, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2019 The Conspiracy of Art: Part II, Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles, CA
You Haven’t Started Wondering About Yet…, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
(curated by Lauren Marinaro)
Double Negative, ChaShaMa, New York, NY (curated by Darling Green)
2018 Drawings, 650mah, Hove, UK
Cat Lady, Teen Party, Brooklyn, NY
The Changes Wrought, American Medium, New York, NY
2017 Born to Run, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted, Agency / Meta Meta Meta LLC, Brooklyn, NY
Listening at the See-through Door, Deli Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Dana Lok, Laure Prouvost, Mia Goyette, Bianca D’Alessandro, Copenhagen, DK
Double Take, Agency / Meta Meta Meta LLC, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Structural Underpinnings, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
House of Orange, Kilroy Metal Ceiling, Brooklyn, NY
Meatballs!, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
In the Mix, Hometown, Brooklyn, NY
A Night Out of Town, Clima, Milan, IT
In Place Of, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Leah Pires)
2015 The Crack-Up, Room East Gallery, New York, NY
Floating Point, Judith Charles Gallery, New York, NY
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
2014 MFA First Year Show, The Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Networking Tips for Shy People, Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Crush the Serpent, The Tea Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Imperative of Teaching: Studio Pedagogy, Bergen Community College, Bergen, NJ
2011 Other Possible Titles, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
Rust Melt: New Abstractions from Pittsburgh, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
MEGA, Carnegie Mellon Senior Art Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Bibliography
2022 Yau, John. “Opening Up the Thingness of Painting”, Hyperallergic. 28 April. Web.
Packard, Cassie. “Dana Lok Beckons the Unknowable”. Hyperallergic. 5 May. Web.
2020 Heinrich, Will. ”Ablaze With Art: Thriving Galleries in Lower Manhattan”. The New York Times 16 October. Print.
Romano, Alberta. “It’s a Date: Episode 2”. Contemporânea. Ed. 10-11-12. Web.
2018 “Ladies Choice: Dana Lok”, Art of Choice 11 Sept. Web.
2017 Berg, Tatiana. “Must-See Art Guide: Copenhagen”. Artnet News Artguide 31 August. Web.
Phipps, Laura. “Dana Lok”. Cura Issue 25: 158-165. (Ill. C). Print.
“TIPS: Dana Lok at Clima Gallery, Milan”. Cura April. Web.
Bordignon, Elana. “Art Text: Dana Lok e l’ambiguità della visione”. ATP Diary 8 April. Web.
Bria, Ginevra. “La vista sullo sguardo. Dana Lok a Milano”. Artribune 18 April. Web.
New American Paintings. Issue #128, Northeast: 82-85. (Ill. C). Print.
2016 Bogart, Aaron. “Reviews: Dana Lok at Chewday’s”. Frieze March No. 185. 176 (Ill. C). Print.
“Hurry Up on Art: Dana Lok at Chewday’s” Cactus. Print.
Moyles, Amber. “Studio Visit: Dana Lok”. The Bottom Line, Drawing Center Blog. 8 August. Web.
2015 “Portfolio by Dana Lok”. BOMB. 23 November. Web.
2014 “Object Lesson. Artist Project”. Interventions. Volume 4, Issue 1. Web.
Awards & Honors
2018 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant Awardee, New York, NY
2016 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program Resident, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Three Arts Club Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014 Visual Arts Intraschool Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Three Arts Club Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2013 Visual Arts Instraschool Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 Vermont Studio Center, residency and artist’s grant, Johnson, VT
2010 Marjory Glassburn Francis Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Ethal Kirk and Mary Murdoch Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Wilfred Readio Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Robert J. Fingland Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA