Obstacle Course

acrylic on canvas

36 x 48 inches

Dathan Kane is a contemporary abstract painter and muralist based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He holds a BFA in Art & Design from Virginia State University. His work focuses on the constant duality of life's choices using bold, organic, black and white shapes to explore this complexity and gain a sense of balance.

Dathan's work is included in many collections including institutions in Germany and France, Dollar Tree HQ, Work Programs Architects at Assembly in Norfolk, Within Interior Design Firm in Norfolk, PMA Architecture in Newport News, Commune in Virginia Beach/Norfolk, Capital One, Newport News City Mayor's office, Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

He has exhibited at the Assembly Norfolk, Chrysler Museum, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Southside Contemporary Art Gallery and the Sichuan Contemporary Institute in China. Dathan participated in the "More Than Art" mural project, RVA Street Mural Festival, Three Notch'd "Leave Your Mark!" mural festival in Richmond and has completed a two-week residency program at Studio House in Baltimore contributing two murals.

His documentary film, CURATE, produced by P.B.S "WHRO Media" in Norfolk has aired throughout Hampton Roads, Boston, and North Carolina. Dathan completed a mural project for White Claw during Pharrell's 2023 "Something in the Water Festival" in VA Beach. Dathan was a participant in the Newport News Street Museum Mural Festival as well as the 6th annual ViBE District Mural Festival. He recently completed a 4-week residency exchange program with "Visible Records" located in Charlottesville VA. He currently serves on the board of the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk and works on the Contemporary Arts Network exhibition team in Newport News.