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Dana York

Artist, educator, researcher, and humanitarian

Dana York’s artistic path blends ancestral inspiration, contemporary expression, and a deep sensitivity to light, symbolism, and spiritual storytelling. From music to painting, and from science to research, her creative life moves across disciplines while remaining rooted in beauty, meaning, and human connection.

Short Biography

At the heart of the York family, painting is almost a matter of DNA. Dana York followed that artistic inheritance with brushes in hand and imagination in motion, developing a path of expression that moves naturally from piano to painting, from science to research, and from tradition to innovation.

Inspired by traditional painting techniques and the study of ancestral history, Dana explores reverse painting on glass and museum-grade synthetic crystal. Her work combines illumination, calligraphy, gilding, symbolism, and refined color palettes to create artworks that feel both timeless and distinctly modern.

After leaving New York for the light and colors of the French Riviera, her visual language evolved further, welcoming pastel blue, metallic tones, emerald green, and luminous yellow. Her work places emotion at the center of the artwork and creates a striking dialogue between tradition and modernity — a contemporary artistic vision inspired by love, tolerance, and peace.

Career Highlights

Selected exhibitions and appearances

  • 2022–2024 — Collective art shows, The Players Club, New York, USA
  • 2022 — Gallery Dacia, New York, USA
  • 2021 — Gallery Entrepôt, Monaco
  • 2020 — Frida Kahlo Award
  • 2020 — Leonardo Da Vinci Award
  • 2019 — GEMLUCART Monaco, Monte Carlo
  • 2019 — Michelangelo Award, Rome, Italy
  • 2019 — Mantua Biennale
  • 2018 — Salon des Académies de Beaux-Arts, Louvre, Paris
  • 2018 — Gemluc Art, Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco
  • 2017 — Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco
  • 2015 — Salmagundi Club exhibitions, New York, USA

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  • Professor Honoris, PMS College / Kerala University, Trivandrum, India
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University, College of Dentistry
  • New York School for Medical and Dental Assisting
  • Visiting Professor, Medical University, Ahmedabad University
  • 2011 — Academy of Distinguished Educators, New York University, USA
  • 2011 — PhD in Lasers in Periodontology
  • 2014 — Master of Science in Biophysics and Cellular Technology
  • 1998 — Doctor in Dental Surgery
  • 2020 — Caravaggio Award
  • 2019 — Michelangelo Award
  • 2019 — Leonardo Da Vinci Award, Florence, Italy
  • 2018 — Académie Arts-Sciences-Lettres, Silver Medal, Paris
  • 2017 — Prix du Jury, Salon des Artistes du Monde, Cannes
  • 2016 — Editor’s Prize, Art and Design Magazine
  • 2015 — Best Paper Award, International Academy of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
  • 2002 — Best Paper Award, International Academy for Laser in Surgery and Medicine
  • 2024 — President-elect, European Medical Laser Association
  • 2023 — President, New York Agape Foundation Lions Club
  • 2023 — American National Arts Club
  • 2023 — Amateur Comedy Club, New York
  • 2020 — Femme Leaders Mondiales Monaco
  • 2019 — Vice President, B’nai B’rith Cannes
  • 2018 — Academy of Art, Science & Letters
  • 2018 — Lions Club International / Lions Club Cannes Film Festival
  • 2010 — Players Club, New York
  • 2008 — Young Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, UK