Eleana Daniel

Eleana Daniel is an oil painter based in Chicago. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Columbia College Chicago. After an almost decade-long career in advertising as an art director she returned to painting in 2019. Eleana received her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024, where she taught introductory painting as a teaching fellow after completing her degree. Eleana’s work has been featured at Co-Prosperity Sphere, Oliva Gallery, The Plan, Woman Made Gallery, Color Club, and most recently at the inaugural Door County Contemporary art fair where she was chosen as Critic’s Pick by Michelle Grabner. She has participated as an artist in residence at the Poor Farm in Manawa, WI and at Trillium Arts of 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.