Howdy!
You might have noticed two parts to this site. AS A HYBRID CREATIVE, I SPEND MY DAY brainstorming and pushing pixels as a senior art director, then i’M off to my studio in west town to paint. I like to talk about both graphic design and art (sometimes BOTH AT ONCE), so please reach out if you’d like to connect on either.
bio:
Eleana Daniel was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and now lives and works in Chicago. She holds a BFA with honors in Graphic Design from Columbia College Chicago. Eleana has over 10 years of experience in advertising that includes art directing for TV/OLV, point-of-sale shopper marketing, 360 campaign execution, and large format OOH print production. She received her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024. Upon her graduation she was selected for a Teaching Fellowship at SAIC in the Painting department. Eleana’s work has been featured at Agitator Gallery, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Oliva Gallery, The Plan, Woman Made Gallery, Color Club, and most recently at Door County Contemporary art fair where she was chosen as Critic’s Pick by Michelle Grabner. This coming fall, she will be an artist in residence at Trillium Arts in Mars Hill, NC. Eleana has also been the curator of mozart house, a series of DIY group art shows, and a volunteer graphic designer for Comfort Station Logan Square.
artist statement:
My work begins with the consideration of a landscape, be it interior or exterior, observed, imagined, or synthetic. The shapes in my paintings are non-representational emblems for states of feeling. My painting practice is where language can be freed. Through painting, I am looking for alternatives. I am trying to sit in-between a binary. Abstraction is important now because it is flexible; it allows for the unnamable, ineffable, and ambiguous. Oil paint is the material that mediates. My work is a negotiation of control and an exercise in trust.
If you are interested in purchasing artwork, please email eleanadaniel@gmail.com or contact Kimberly Oliva at olivagallery@gmail.com to view a price list of available work.