DANA HART-STONE
Horse Plaid, 2014 acrylic on canvas 60” x 60”
Catch and Release, 2014 acrylic on canvas 60” x 88”
My America, 2013 acrylic on canvas 90” x 240”
BORN
1956, Bozeman, MT
EDUCATION 1995-97 BA, Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1976-78 University of Montana, Missoula 1974-76 Montana State University, Bozeman SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 A Western Trip, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2012 Exposition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2009 History Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA 1989 Paintings and Ceramic Sculpture, Christopher Pawlik/Native Design, Seattle, WA 1988 Serigraph Mono-Prints, Azo, Art Inc./Singleton Studios, Seattle, WA 1979 Drawings, University Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Found/Made, San Jose Quilt Museum, San Jose, CA 1992 Indiana Caucus for Art, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 1990 Lines of Force, National Poetry Association, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA Beyond Words: The Book as Metaphor for Art, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA Expressions of Faith, AP Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 Commission for Global Energy Corporation, San Ramon, CA 2004 Excellence in Teaching Award, Union College, Schenectady, NY 1998 Japan Experience, Fulbright Memorial Teacher’s Fund Grant 1992 Honorable Mention, Indiana Caucus for Art, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN BIBLIOGRAPHY Baker, Kenneth. “Cheap Thrill: Dana Hart-Stone.” Rev. of History Paintings, One Post Street, Brian Gross Fine Art. San Francisco Chronicle 15 Mar. 2009: 46. Chang, Dewitt. “Reviews.” Rev. of Exposition, Brian Gross Fine Art. Art Ltd. Mar. 2012: 27-28. “Dana Hart-Stone Draws on His Montana Roots for New Exhibition at Briang Gross Fine Art.” Rev. of Exposition, Brian Gross Fine Art. Art Daily. Artdaily.org. 24 Jan. 2012. Web. Flood, Greg. “Recommended San Francisco Gallery Shows in January 2012.” Rev. of Exposition, Brian Gross Fine Art. SF Contemporary Art Examiner. Examiner.com. 7 Jan. 2012.
Dana Hart-Stone’s inspiration comes from wandering the vast, history-rich countryside of Eastern Montana as a child. Discovering evidence of personal narratives of Americans who settled the West, Hart-Stone found broken pottery, parched leather boots, ripped lace curtains, newspapers tacked onto walls, and rusty barbed wire from early Montana settlers. He became a cultural anthropologist, trying to piece together unknown narratives of the Western experience. Today, Hart-Stone seeks grounding in authentic Western histories through found, vintage, American imagery, creating compositional paintings with vernacular photography. After choosing specific, content-rich snapshots, he scans the images, manipulates the forms, and places the images into filmstrips to suggest stories of life developing in the West. Each of Hart-Stone’s unique finished paintings evoke a sense of place, remembrance, nostalgia, longing, and the passing of time. Family, friendship, transportation, architecture, community, and civic pride are themes that work to reveal the vast topography of the shared human experience. Educated in Montana and California, Dana Hart-Stone has exhibited his signature paintings extensively on the West Coast and throughout the Midwest and has been honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award and an Honorable Mention at the Indiana Caucus for Art from the South Bend Regional Museum of Art.
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