RESIDENT ARTISTS
TAYLOR DAUM
Taylor Daum is an award-winning Dallas-based artist and the founder of DAUM Gallery. She received her BA in Art History from The University of Kansas in 2009 and for over a decade, has sold and exhibited artwork throughout the United States. In 2022, Taylor self-produced several successful pop-up shows, providing her with the momentum and experience needed to chase her dream of opening her own gallery. Taylor's vision is to breathe new life into the Dallas art scene and create an approachable, collaborative, and unique gallery experience.
Taylor's art varies around three different styles: a feminine/organic style, a very intricate masculine style, and an analytical/ symmetrical style. She likes to transition between styles and usually has more than one painting in a different style going at the same time!
LEA ELLERMEIER
The internationally-recognized artist and powerhouse, Lea Ellermeier, will be our featured resident artist on permanent exhibit at DAUM Gallery. You could say Lea Ellermeier is a painter, and you'd be right...but that's not the whole story. She's also an entrepreneur, CEO, and author. Lea describes herself as a creative person trying to understand the world through her many artist endeavours.
Painting is Lea's way of making sense of the chaos she perceives in the world, an attempt to rearrange colors, lines, and shapes to create something beautiful and unique. Her artistic style mirrors the disruptive nature of her professional work. It’s not a fixed style, but it mixes up how we see the everyday landscapes, pulls apart the lines and shapes and colors to show us something entirely new.
LISA MORIARTY
Lisa Moriarty is a native Californian, born and raised in the San Francisco-Bay Area. Lisa is largely a self-taught artist. What began as a therapeutic escape, her artistic journey evolved into a much needed and welcomed creative outlet, becoming a place of contemplation and self-expression. After becoming fascinated by encaustic medium, she sought to learn everything she could. With a background in Occupational Therapy, Lisa has always been drawn to process and applies this focus to her creative practice. Her process focuses on regular playful experimentation and exploration, drawing much of her inspiration from the California coast. Lisa is married and mother of 3. She currently resides with her family in Dallas, Texas, where she works daily from her studio.
DEBBIE KLEIN
”The pictures in our minds are constantly moving, fading in and out, allowing us to see things in completely different ways. I am intrigued by the moments in between where our thoughts overlap and become less clear.”
Debbie Klein’s work is heavily influenced by printmaking, photography and design. Each piece represents a series of moments; snapshots of intersecting thoughts. Her work reveals a multitude of actual experiences that come together to create a new reality. When building her images, Debbie uses various techniques to highlight certain areas while obscuring others. With her focus on context, Debbie is more vivid interpreter than complex storyteller. Her goal is to breathe life into the unseen and overlooked.
”My work is simply what I see. The more I see, the more I have to share.”