Renata Daina

Renata Daina is a Los Angeles based artist whose multifaceted practice draws from the earthly and otherworldly, intertwining personal and ancient mythologies. Fascinated by past and present modes of environmental empathy she creates tactile abstractions of wrapping, weaving, knotting, stitching. Threads of fiber are hand coiled around other fibers creating a pliable medium molded into solid shapes full of movement. These soft structures reference animist deities, intricate connectivities of tree root systems, spiritual imagery, the act of crafting. Coiling itself is repetitive and circular in motion; the technique mimicking our cyclical relationship with nature. Elusive and tangible forms shift from the softness of individual fibers to the solidity of dense webs. Natural fibers and repurposed fabrics move fluidly between surface textures and multi-dimensional structures delineating our physical and spiritual entanglement in an increasingly fragile ecosystem.

Born in the United States, raised in Australia, she learned traditional Lithuanian textile crafts from her grandmother, and is a fifth generation weaver. Daina received a BFA with Honors Cum Laude from the University of Southern California, and studied Fashion & Textile Design at the University of Technology Sydney. Growing up in a creative household of theater artists she was greatly involved in on and off-stage processes. She built on these experiences in the past nearly ten years making costumes, installations, and props for advertising, retail, and television. Daina was a 2026 Artist in Residence at Bundanon, and a 2022 Fiber Artist in Residence at Township10. She has exhibited work in Australia, Europe, and the United States.

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Chasing Sun, Becoming Moss, Connelly Martin Gallery, Austin, United States
2024 Amulet, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, United States

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 A Condition of Staying, Connelly Martin Outpost, Sun Valley, United States
2026 Spring Group Show, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2026 Milk Punch, Connelly Martin Gallery, Austin, United States
2025 Don’t Be Absurd, Contemporary Art Modern Project Gallery, Miami, United States
2025 Conceptual Romance, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, United States
2025 L.A. Rise, Keystone Gallery, Curated by Merchant Modern, Los Angeles, United States
2024 Sometimes A Wind Blows, Wonzimer, Los Angeles, United States
2024 Fiber Feast, Lakewood Cultural Center, Denver, United States
2024 Spring Group Show, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2023 Threads that Bind, Brea Gallery, United States, Co-curated by Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center
2023 Fall Group Show, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, United States
2023 Our Vision is Clouded, Warbling, London, United Kingdom
2023 Spring Group Show, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, United States
2023 Work, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, United States, Online
2023 Connective Threads: Acro...