Dana Telsrow
Iowa City, IA 52245
danatelsrow@gmail.com | +1 319 930 7773
www.danatelsrow.com
Education
Painting Light & Color 1 under Devin Cecil-Wishing, Grand Central Atelier Online, 2026
Plein Air Workshop under Bethann Moran-Handzlik, Peninsula School of Art, Door County, WI, 2026
Oil Painting Boot Camp under Patricia Watwood, Gateway Atelier of Classical Art, St. Louis, MO, 2026
Creative Escape Mentorship under Carlos Maldonado, Villages Folk School, Van Buren County, IA, 2026
Seeing Shapes in Space under Hector Acuna, Cedarburg, WI, 2026
Studied under Jimmy Miracle, 2022-24
BA in Music, University of Iowa, 2023
Professional Experience
Video editor for Stephen Bauman, online drawing and painting instruction, 2024-present
Solo Exhibitions
The Artifactory, Iowa City, IA, 2025
Alternate Realty, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2024
Citizen of the City of Iowa City, Blick Art Materials, Iowa City, IA, 2023
Haha. Funny., The Lift, Des Moines, IA, 2022
The Consummate Modernity, The Knit Hole, Iowa City, IA, 2021
Select Group/Juried Exhibitions
Contemporary Figures: A National Juried Exhibition, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, Juried by Taylor Ernst, 2026
By the Blade, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA, Juried by Alyss Vernon, 2026
5th Annual Midwest Juried Art Exhibit, Birdie Art Center and Gallery, Noblesville, IN, juried by David Hannon, 2026
Common Ground in the Heartland, Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD, 2026
Orange City Arts: 2026 Summer Regional Art Show, Orange City, IA, 2026
39th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 2026
Enter Forever, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2026
Persona, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY, 2026
Heads Up: Current Approaches to Portraiture, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, juried by Tim Parsley, 2025
Ruins and Remnants, Online Gallery, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, juried by Aline Smithson, 2025
Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD, juried by Crista Dix, 2025
Orbital Songs, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2025
2025 Small Works Show, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA, 2025
Black & White, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, juried by Ann Jastrab, 2025
The Art of Culinary, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, 2025
Elemental 2024, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, juried by Tim Jaeger, 2024
Lore Degenstein Gallery's 15th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, juried by Brian Kreydratus, 2024
Across America Photography Exhibition, The Art Center, Dover, NH, 2024
Flying Objects, Edgewater Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA, 2024
Walk This Way, Webster Arts, Groves, MO, 2024
Beauty in the Ordinary, AVA Community Art Center, Gillette, WY, 2024
Haven, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, juried by Rena Charles, 2024
10x10xTieton, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA, juried by Angelina Villalobos, 2024
Clearly Human V, St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, MO, juried by Teresa Oaxaca, 2024
Made In The USA, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, juried by Edward Goldman, 2024
What’s So Funny?, Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA, juried by Colleene Fesko, 2024
Digital Graveyard Resurrection, The Lift, Des Moines, IA, curated by Suzanne Corum-Rich, 2024
Infinite Weave, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2023
Iowa Exhibited XXXVIII, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA, juried by Brenda Jones, 2023
Random Generator, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2022
Residencies
Art Beacon Digital AIR, Des Moines, IA, 2024
Free Studio Residency, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2013
Grants
FY27 Artist Professional Development Grant, National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority, 2026
Awards
Best Portrait, 5th Annual Midwest Juried Art Exhibit, Hamilton County Artists’ Association, Juror David Hannon, 2026
Honorable Mention, Washington En Plein Air, Art Domestique, Washington, IA, 2026