Dana Kohlmann | Art Queens Society

Dana is a visual artist, painting expressive botanicals with bright colors and small details being hallmarks of her style, she creates with the intention to bring joy, to heal and to connect. Dana is a first generation Filipino-American, whose perspective has been shaped by the paradox of existing in both of these worlds. She was born in Washington State, in 2005 Dana relocated to New York for her undergrad education. She holds an AAS in Exhibition Design and a BFA in Packaging Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Dana was based in NYC for 13 years, working as a multi-disciplinary designer in the luxury fashion, fine jewelry and cosmetics industry.Since 2017, her visual language has become more defined through her paintings. In 2019, Dana did a month long artist residency in Costa Rica with the Mauser Foundation. Moved and inspired by the connection people were having with her vibrant florals and lush landscapes, she began selling her work online in 2020 and has garnered collectors around the world. In the fall of 2021, she left her day job and began pursuing her art full-time. In 2022, Dana started exhibiting her work with The Other Art Fair and has been included in their Los Angeles, Dallas and Brooklyn editions. Her works has been a featured artist in Candyfloss, Art Seen and Create! Magazine. Dana was interviewed for the Art and Cocktails Podcast in 2023. She was unanimously juried into the Santa Fe Gallery Association's 2023 Artist Catalog. Most recently she’s partnered with NYC gallery Tambaran 2, showcasing select works. Dana is currently creating work from her home studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

My work explores imaginary landscapes and botanical scenes as a place of sanctuary, meditation and growth.These worlds represent the beauty that thrives wild and borderless on the other side of fear and trauma. Using flowers as expression for joy, harmony and connection; forms of petals and leaves erupt from the earth, merging as a symphony of color, singing hope and possibility. The dense greenery and abundant pockets of whimsical flora avow exponential growth and limitless bounds. Painted intuitively, a universal land is created, where familiar shapes and formations resonate and offer healing. Respite is provided and we can examine deep within ourselves to dream of tomorrow and the reclaiming of our temporary paradise. This fantastical plane, unites us with the oneness of nature and our interconnectedness within the greater universe.

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