Dana Kohlmann

Dana Kohlmann is a visual artist, exploring inner landscapes that heal the soul. Using botanicals as spiritual expression, her environments process darkness and radiate light. Kohlmann is moved by the interconnectivity of the universe and utilizes nature as a sanctuary and conduit to infinite realms. In her paintings, Kohlmann’s intuitive marks prompt undulating grounds, repeating motifs and shifting scale. Background and foreground merge to form an ever expanding narrative, liberating an internal world. A tapestry of earth elements come together and provoke a psychedelic quality, while the playful tones and whimsical flora extend a joyful comfort, and encourage the embrace of the unknown. Space for introspection is created and invites an odyssey within.

Kohlmann (b.1986, United States) currently works from her home studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She holds a BFA in Packaging Design and an AAS in Exhibition Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. For 12 years, she worked as a multi-disciplinary designer with a focus in the luxury fashion, fine jewelry and cosmetics industry.

Since 2017, Kohlmann’s visual language has become defined through her paintings. In 2019, she was an artist in residence with the Mauser Foundation ...

BFA, Packaging Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
AAS, Visual Display and Exhibition Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2025 – Wild, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2024 – New In Town, Tambaran 2 Gallery, New York, NY
2024 – Super Fresh, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2024 – Dryden Gallery, North Providence, RI

Art Fairs:

2024 – The Other Art Fair, Spring Edition, Brooklyn, NY
2023 – The Other Art Fair, Fall Edition, Los Angeles, CA
2023 – The Other Art Fair, Spring Edition, Dallas, TX
2022 – The Other Art Fair, Fall Edition, Los Angeles, CA