Dana Karwas’ work dismantles perception and rebuilds it in unexpected ways. She bends architecture, cognition, and logic, pushing past familiarity into something uncanny. 

Whether it’s sculpture, drawing, 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 former Director of Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) and taught at the Yale School of Architecture from 2019 - 2026.  At Yale she launched the Maquette publication with Alex Zafiris and opened the Yale CCAM ISOVIST gallery. Her research and teaching focuses on mechanized perception and designing for unonventinal envioronments. 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.

Recent Work on View:


Protostar MAMA (solo show)
2026, THREEIOTA, New Haven CT

NADA Miami
2025 Spill 180 

Split Level Art Fair
Rimadesio NYC
Oct 2-4, 2025

38.6 Hours (solo show)
2025 Spill 180,  Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
May 2 - August 1, 2025

Dimensions
2024 ISOVIST Gallery, Yale University, New Haven CT

In a Heartbeat
2021 ArtSpace, New Haven CT

Tōhoku
2019 Federation Gallery,  Vancouver BC

Gallery
Spill 180
Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York


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