Born in Bratislava, Slovak republic
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
Education and Art Residency:
2005 – 2007 MFA Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, Mass
1985 – 1988 BFA Concordia University, Montreal, QC
1969 – 1972 BA Major in Art History, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2002 – 2003 Visual Arts Centre, independent studies, Montreal, QC
2001 Art Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1981 – 1983 Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, printmaking, Montreal, QC
Solo Exhibitions / Expositions Solos
2017 Nebulas, Space Pierre-Francois Ouellette, Toronto, ON
2016 Nebulas, Musee des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC
2016 Nebulas, pfoac221, Montreal, QC
2012 Legendless Maps, Dawson College, Montreal, QC
2009 Selected Drawings, Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H.
2005 Nightland/Domaine de la nuit, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal, QC
2004 Nightscapes, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Ash & Roses, Victoria Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
2002 Earth, Wind & Fire, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Fire & Water, Gallery Luz, Montreal, QC
1999 Fire Project, McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
1998 Hearths, Espace 528, Belgo Building, Montreal, QC
1996 Books & Stages, Galerie Schorer, Montreal, QC
1993 Stages, Complexe du Canal Lachine, Montreal, QC
1989 Nests, Complexe du Canal Lachine, Montreal, QC
Group Exhibitions / Expositions Collectives
2017 pfoac, Montreal, QC
2015 Stories of the Familiar Transformed, Gallery Youn, Montreal, QC
2015 Fuoco, Progetto Elementi, Sulbiate, Italy
2015 Trade/ Gift/ Purchase: Artists Collect, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, QC
2009 Threads: Interweaving Textu(r)al Meaning, Center for Book Arts, New York, N.Y.
2009 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Victoria Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
2006 Collective Visions, McClure Galley, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
2006 College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Boston, Mass
2005 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2005 Thirty Years of Center for Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2004 Art for Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Eaux Vives, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, QC
2004 Collective Visions, McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
2004 Burnt, Long Hall Gallery, Montreal, QC
2003 Beyond Reading, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
2003 Summer Juried Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2003 I’m Thirsty, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Collaborations, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Gallery Luz, Montreal, QC
2002 Ecomusee du fier monde, Montreal, QC
2001 Witness, Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
2001 Gallery Luz, Montreal, QC
2001 Aqua – Terra – Cielo, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, QC
2000 Fashion Statement, Art Mur Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
2000 McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
1997 Eight Montreal Artists in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1997 Galerie Schorer, Montreal, QC
1996 Well Worn Text, Columbia College Chicago Center, Chicago, Illinois
1995 This Day in History, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1995 Columbia College Chicago Center, Chicago, Illinois
1994 The Anthropomorphic Book, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1994 Florabunda, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, QC
Collections
Canadian Foreign Affairs Art Collection/Collection d’art, Affaires Etrangeres Canada
Canadian Consulate in Prague, Czech Republic
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal
Private collections
Artist Associations / Associations d’artistes
Artist member at Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography / Bibliographie Selectionnee
2016 Beattie, Amanda. “Clouds of Dust and diagrams”
2012 Canty, Daniel. “Legendless Maps”
2005 Campbell, James D. Nightland/Domaine de la nuit, Montreal: Maison de la culture Frontenac & Toronto: SPIN Gallery
2004 Canty, Daniel & Dana Velan. NOR, ideas of north / idée du nord, Montreal
2004 Goddard, Peter. “Art Rocks, Man”, Toronto Star, 27 Mar. 2004, Ontario ed.
2004 Porco, Melanie. “Beauty, destruction….” Westmount Examiner, Montreal, February, 2004
2003 Enstice, Wayne and Melody Peters, Drawing, Space, Form and Expression, 3rd ed., New York: Prentice Hall, 2003
2001 Grande, John and David Liss. Dana Velan – Fire / Feu, exhibition catalogue, Montreal, 2001
2001 Seleanu, Andre. “Aqua – Terra – Cielo”, Artfocus, Toronto, June 2001
2000 Grande, John. “Transformations”, Vie des Arts, Montreal, spring/printemps, 2000
2000 Lehmann, Henry. “We are what we wear, artists say”, Montreal Gazette, 16 Sept. 2000, Final ed.
1997 Catchlove, Lucinda. “Women’s work”, Hour, Montreal, March 1997
1994 Katchen, Carole. “Sculpture / all media competition”, Artist’s Magazine,December 1994