Dana Schutz
PainterSculptorPrintmakerKnown for:
Gestural figurative oil paintings with bold impasto surfaces depicting figures in impossible or invented situations
Education:
Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA, 2000); Columbia University (MFA, 2002)
Dana Schutz is an American painter born in Livonia, Michigan in 1976, known for gestural, figurative paintings that depict subjects in impossible or invented scenarios. She received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2000 and her MFA from Columbia University in 2002. Her oil paintings feature bold impasto surfaces, vivid color, and complex allegorical narratives. She also works in sculpture, casting clay forms in bronze, and has produced prints including etchings, drypoints, and monotypes at Two Palms studio.
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Oil paint — pigment suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed — has been the dominant painting medium since the fifteenth century. It dries slowly, allowing extended blending, and produces a rich, luminous surface. Available from dozens of manufacturers at student through professional grades.
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Primary medium is oil on canvas with heavy impasto application. She pre-mixes approximately 50 colors before each painting session.
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Last updated March 22, 2026
