Dana Majana
Born 1991 in Morristown, New Jersey.
Education
2015 School of Visual Arts Masters of Fine Arts in Fine Arts
2013 Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Concentration in Painting, Minor in Art History, Cum Laude
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Personal Landscape, Montclair Museum, Montclair NJ, curated by Lora Urbanelli and Mary Birmingham.
2019 Everyone is Asleep But Me, Art Tank, Asbury Park, curated by Marisa Sottos
2019 In Praise of Flesh, Index Art Center, Newark NJ, curated by Jillian Keats and Peter Dougherty
2019 Another World, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2018 December Arts Fair, Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ
2018 Newark Arts Festival, Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ
2018 Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale Community College Gallery, curated by Marie Maber
2017 Post Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY curated by Kate Gilmore and Kristen Dodge
2016 Elizabeth Foundation Open Studios, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York City
2016 Beverley’s Mini Bar, Mexico City Material Art Fair mini exhibition by Alison Kuo and Stina Puotinen
2016 FLOOR, Xoomba Lounge, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Katie Hector
2015 Last Dance at the Old Gem, 695 Grand Street, Brooklyn NY
2015 SVA MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 695 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY curated by Lumi Tan
2015 New Work, New York, 695 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY curated by Kat Griefen
2014 Small Works, The Limner Gallery Hudson, NY
2013 Gandalf Vs. Gaddafi Round 2 Springtime Lovers, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ curated by James Brittingham and Katherine De Gaetani
2013 Chance BFA Survey Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2011 Water BFA Survey Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Guest Lectures
2020 Montclair Museum, “Artist Talk”, discussing my work for the Personal Landscape Exhibition [upcoming]
2019 Free Arts NYC, “Art School Readiness”for Teen Program with Brandy Bajalia , 2019
2018 William Paterson University, Latinx Art “The Life and Art of Picasso”
2016 Ocean County Arc, “Mural Artist Talk: Imagine Our Beach”
Teaching Experience
2018 Present Part-Time Faculty Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ
2017-2019 Part-time Faculty at Berkeley College, Woodland Park NJ
2017 Present Part-Time Faculty Union County College, Cranford, NJ
2016 Present Part-Time Faculty Essex County College, Newark, NJ
Honors and Awards
2019 Juror for National Scholastic Art Competition, National High School Competition.
2018 Gallery Aferro Artist in Residence in Newark, NJ, awarded studio space and time to create.
2016 Mural Artist in Residence at Ocean Arc in Brick, NJ, commissioned to design and facilitate an ocean themed mural over the course of two months with young adults with developmental disabilities.
2016 The Bead Project at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY, awarded a full scholarship for all supplies, classes and studio time at Urban Glass under the guidance and instruction of Amy Lemaire.
Professional Achievements
2019 I was the first faculty member within five years to work with Student Affairs in order to reinstate our then defunct gallery space at Essex County College in order to showcase art students as a formal college event and reception. The gallery was used as the setting for the Board of Trustees meeting. This empty void being filled brought joy to our main campus for the student artists and visitors.
2019 I was asked to work alongside the Media Department at Essex County College in order to coordinate art major’s works into our college run publication “MINDS”. This was an achievement for our student artists to have their first works of art published.