Archive in Motion
Dana
Karwas
Collection 02 - Writing and Film
How
Dana Karwas’ work dismantles perception and rebuilds it in unexpected ways. She bends architecture, cognition, and logic, pushing past familiarity into something uncanny. Her practice explores reorienting knowledge, making the familiar feel offset and the unknown feel inevitable.
Whether it’s sculpture, digital imagery, 3D printing, glass casting, painting, or architectural interventions, her work operates on a shifting edge—one where materials, space, and experience become tools for revealing hidden structures of thought.
Dana Karwas is the Director of Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) and she is a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture. Her teaching focuses on mechanized perception and designing for terrestrial and celestial spaces. She holds a PhD in Urban Systems from NYU, an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kansas.
Whether it’s sculpture, digital imagery, 3D printing, glass casting, painting, or architectural interventions, her work operates on a shifting edge—one where materials, space, and experience become tools for revealing hidden structures of thought.
Dana Karwas is the Director of Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) and she is a Critic at the Yale School of Architecture. Her teaching focuses on mechanized perception and designing for terrestrial and celestial spaces. She holds a PhD in Urban Systems from NYU, an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kansas.
Upcoming Shows—
38.6 Hours (solo show)
2025 Spill 180, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Show opens March 29, 2025
Recent Shows—
Dimensions of Digitization
2024 ISOVIST Gallery, Yale University, New Haven CT
In a Heartbeat
2021 ArtSpace, New Haven CT
Tōhoku
2019 Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
38.6 Hours (solo show)
2025 Spill 180, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Show opens March 29, 2025
Recent Shows—
Dimensions of Digitization
2024 ISOVIST Gallery, Yale University, New Haven CT
In a Heartbeat
2021 ArtSpace, New Haven CT
Tōhoku
2019 Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
Education
🎓 PhD in Urban Systems from NYU Tandon School of Engineering
🎓 MPS in Interactive Telecommunicaitons (ITP) from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
🎓 B.Arch in Architecture from the University of Kansas
🎓 PhD in Urban Systems from NYU Tandon School of Engineering
🎓 MPS in Interactive Telecommunicaitons (ITP) from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
🎓 B.Arch in Architecture from the University of Kansas