Dana Oldfather (born November 30, 1978) is an American oil painter and dinnerware designer often linked to Cleveland's artistic resurgence.
She is a self-taught artist but has listed Willem de Kooning and Yoshitomo Nara as influences.
Dana created a line of dinnerware based on her Kites painting, which was subsequently featured in The New York Times under the heading Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works of Art.
Oldfather is currently represented by the eo art lab in Chester, Connecticut.
[5] Dana Oldfather's work is in corporate collections such as Jones Day, Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, The Cleveland Clinic, and the Progressive Art Collection.