bio:
Eleana Daniel was born in Raleigh, NC and now lives and works in Chicago. She holds a BFA with honors in Graphic Design from Columbia College Chicago and has since spent over a decade in advertising art direction working at agencies like Ogilvy, Arc Worldwide, and Havas. Her experience in advertising ranges from shopper/POS marketing to large format out-of-home production design to TV and OLV commercials. She has even art directed photoshoots remotely from her apartment during the pandemic.
When she’s not creative problem solving at her day job, Eleana is spending time in her studio oil painting. In 2024, Eleana received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she was awarded a teaching fellowship upon graduation and taught undergraduate class on the weekends. Eleana’s work has been featured at Co-Prosperity Sphere, Fulton Street Collective, Zhou B Center for the Arts, Woman Made Gallery, and The Plan. In fall of 2024, she participated in a two-person exhibition at Oliva Gallery.
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. She is currently volunteering with Arts of Life as a designer.
artist statement:
Eleana’s work is a negotiation of control and an exercise in trust. Abstraction is necessary to her practice now because it is flexible; it allows for the unnamable and ineffable. Through painting, she is looking for alternatives.
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.