Dana Reifler Amato
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  Born Seattle, WA 1976

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
2008 Origins and Intervals, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Planes and Parallels, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2007 LifeLINES, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
The Rough and The Smooth, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD
2006 Mixed Media Installations, Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University, NC
2000 Solo, Beethoven Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Selected Exhibitions
2009 Cross Currents, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2009 Patterns of Obsessions, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2008 Quart Bag, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Space for Exposure, The Urbanite Project, Urbanite Magazine, Baltimore, MD
2007 Passport to Equinox, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2007 Reenactments, Current Art Space, Baltimore Maryland
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 Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
2005 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
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


Professional Experience
Owner, Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Juror, McDaniel College Student Exhibition, Westminster, MD, 2007
Guest Lecturer, McDaniel College, 2006
Guest Lecturer, Wake Forest University, 2006
Curator, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD, 2005-06
Assistant to the Director, Grace Hartigan, Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA, 2004-05
Assistant to the Director, Bill Schmidt, Post Baccalaureate Program, MICA, 2003-04
Teaching Assistant in Painting and Printmaking, Wake Forest University, 2000-02


Selected Bibliography
Pam Zappardino, “Planes, parallels worth the effort,” Carroll County Times, Feb 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
Glen McNatt, “Works Reflect Artists’ Mistrust of Modern Life”, review for “On the Verge” Baltimore Sun, May 17 2006 (curator)
Glen McNatt, “In this Exhibition the Subject is Women”, review for “Femme Effect 2006”, Baltimore Sun, February 22, 2006 (curator)
Kelly Murdoch-Kitt, “Alumna Artwork to be Featured”, Old Gold and Black, September 2000


Awards
2005 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