Danae Mattes lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
Her work is currently represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.
Please visit the 'News' page for current events.
Her work is currently represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.
Please visit the 'News' page for current events.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1984 Master of Fine Arts California State University, Long Beach
1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Grants and Residencies
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland
1995 Artist in Residence/Workshop, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
1992 Plateau Series, Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Elbstrasse 41, Studio Sponsorship, City of Lauenburg/Elbe, Germany
1990-91 Artist in Residence, One Year Grant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg,
Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1996 European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland
1995 Artist in Residence/Workshop, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
1992 Plateau Series, Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Elbstrasse 41, Studio Sponsorship, City of Lauenburg/Elbe, Germany
1990-91 Artist in Residence, One Year Grant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg,
Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Alluvial Maps, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Transitory Waterscapes, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
River Passage, St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, California
2014 Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany
2009 Wetlands, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
2004 Inherent Processes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
2003 Galerie b15, Munich, Germany
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
2001 b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California
2000 Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1999 Durchlässigkeit, Wasserturm Eutin, Eutin, Germany
1995 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, California
1992 Galerie am Lambertihof, Oldenburg, Germany
1991 Galerie Hoch Die Tasse, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1988 Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, California
1987 Creative Arts Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Arcata, California
1985 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1984 Gallery C, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
1983 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, California
2015 Transitory Waterscapes, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
River Passage, St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, California
2014 Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany
2009 Wetlands, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
2004 Inherent Processes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
2003 Galerie b15, Munich, Germany
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
2001 b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California
2000 Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1999 Durchlässigkeit, Wasserturm Eutin, Eutin, Germany
1995 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, California
1992 Galerie am Lambertihof, Oldenburg, Germany
1991 Galerie Hoch Die Tasse, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1988 Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, California
1987 Creative Arts Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Arcata, California
1985 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1984 Gallery C, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
1983 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, California
Group/Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Waterlines, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California
Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Wabi-Sabi, B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, California
2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, California
2015-2016 Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes & Francis McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, California
Lightning Strikes: 18 Poets. 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015 Circum-Navigators, Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
2014 Two Geologies: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2013 Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California; Danae Mattes, Christel Dillbohner, and Jenny
Bloomfield (catalogue)
2006 Soaring Spirits/Feets of Clay, Schneider Art Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
2005 Bodies of Clay, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science, Evansville, Indiana
2001-0 KuKu Ru KuKu; A Ceramic Dialogue Between Two Continents, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, Germany;
Galerij Marc Van Meensel, Selem-Halen, Belgium; Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Watershed, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 Texas Woman’s University, Denton,Texas
Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
1999 John Elder Gallery, New York, New York
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California
Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, Ohio
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
1998 Kunst, –Made in Schleswig–Holstein, Alte Papierfabrik, Neumünster, Germany
1997 Two Person Show, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, California
Recent Works in Clay & Bronze: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1996 Galerie Les Années Folles, Four Person Show, Maastricht, Holland
Taller Huara-Huara Group Exhibition, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Studio Galerie Wasserman-Gierend, Lothringen, France
Ceramics in Northern California, Bedford Gallery, Award, Walnut Creek, California.
1995 Landesshau Schleswig–Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
First Street Gallery, Claremont, California
1994 Landesschau Schleswig–Holstein, Stadtgalerie Brunsbüttle, Germany
Leuchtende Ideen, Galeriewerkstatt Gisela Sievers, Kiel, Germany
Maquette Exhibit, Travelling Exhibition, San Francisco; Val d’ Aosta, Italy; Bermen, Germany;
Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Art in Technology, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California.
1992 Keramik aus Schleswig–Holstein, Holstenhalle, Neumünster, Germany
1990 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig–Holstein, Germany
1988 Environs-Alluvial In Nature: Danae Mattes & Oliverio Quezada, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, California
1989 The Clay Connection: Long Beach Ceramic Artists, Roberts Art Gallery Santa Monica, California
1984 Ink and Clay, VIII, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
1980 NCECA, National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Group Invitational, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 Local Clay Deposits, Erie Art Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Wabi-Sabi, B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, California
2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, California
2015-2016 Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes & Francis McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, California
Lightning Strikes: 18 Poets. 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015 Circum-Navigators, Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
2014 Two Geologies: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2013 Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California; Danae Mattes, Christel Dillbohner, and Jenny
Bloomfield (catalogue)
2006 Soaring Spirits/Feets of Clay, Schneider Art Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
2005 Bodies of Clay, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science, Evansville, Indiana
2001-0 KuKu Ru KuKu; A Ceramic Dialogue Between Two Continents, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, Germany;
Galerij Marc Van Meensel, Selem-Halen, Belgium; Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Watershed, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2000 Texas Woman’s University, Denton,Texas
Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
1999 John Elder Gallery, New York, New York
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California
Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, Ohio
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
1998 Kunst, –Made in Schleswig–Holstein, Alte Papierfabrik, Neumünster, Germany
1997 Two Person Show, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, California
Recent Works in Clay & Bronze: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1996 Galerie Les Années Folles, Four Person Show, Maastricht, Holland
Taller Huara-Huara Group Exhibition, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Studio Galerie Wasserman-Gierend, Lothringen, France
Ceramics in Northern California, Bedford Gallery, Award, Walnut Creek, California.
1995 Landesshau Schleswig–Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
First Street Gallery, Claremont, California
1994 Landesschau Schleswig–Holstein, Stadtgalerie Brunsbüttle, Germany
Leuchtende Ideen, Galeriewerkstatt Gisela Sievers, Kiel, Germany
Maquette Exhibit, Travelling Exhibition, San Francisco; Val d’ Aosta, Italy; Bermen, Germany;
Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Art in Technology, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California.
1992 Keramik aus Schleswig–Holstein, Holstenhalle, Neumünster, Germany
1990 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig–Holstein, Germany
1988 Environs-Alluvial In Nature: Danae Mattes & Oliverio Quezada, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, California
1989 The Clay Connection: Long Beach Ceramic Artists, Roberts Art Gallery Santa Monica, California
1984 Ink and Clay, VIII, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
1980 NCECA, National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Group Invitational, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 Local Clay Deposits, Erie Art Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
Commissions
1994 Mühlenstrasse 9 Memorial, Mölln, Germany
1993 Firma Abel, Büchen, Germany
1992 City of Launburg/Elbe, Germany
1989 Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, California
1988 Forum Country Club, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Firma Abel, Büchen, Germany
1992 City of Launburg/Elbe, Germany
1989 Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, California
1988 Forum Country Club, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Public Collections
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, California
City of Lauenburg, Lauenburg, Germany
Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, California
City of Lauenburg, Lauenburg, Germany
Teaching Experience
2001-2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Graduate Independent Studies, Oakland, California
1996-2000 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2000 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
1993-94 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
1989-90 Program Manager, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, California
1989-90 Art Instructor, Metropolitan Adult Education, San Jose, California
1989-90 Art Instructor, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, California
1987-88 Ceramic Instructor, Mission College, Santa Clara, California
1986-87 Ceramic Instructor, Terra Del Sol, Sunland, California
1985-86 Ceramic Instructor, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
1996-2000 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2000 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
1993-94 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
1989-90 Program Manager, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, California
1989-90 Art Instructor, Metropolitan Adult Education, San Jose, California
1989-90 Art Instructor, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, California
1987-88 Ceramic Instructor, Mission College, Santa Clara, California
1986-87 Ceramic Instructor, Terra Del Sol, Sunland, California
1985-86 Ceramic Instructor, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
Guest Lectures
2009 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
1997 Guest Artist Lectures, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1996 Slide Lecture, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
1995 Slide Lecture, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
Slide Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1989 Slide Lecture / Portfolio Preparation Workshop, Humbolt State University, Arcata, California
Slide Lecture, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, California
1988 Slide Lecture, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
1987 Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Slide Lecture, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1983 Lowfire Lecture and Workshop, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, California
Slide Lecture and Workshop, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
1997 Guest Artist Lectures, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1996 Slide Lecture, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, California
1995 Slide Lecture, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
Slide Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1989 Slide Lecture / Portfolio Preparation Workshop, Humbolt State University, Arcata, California
Slide Lecture, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, California
1988 Slide Lecture, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
1987 Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Slide Lecture, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1983 Lowfire Lecture and Workshop, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, California
Slide Lecture and Workshop, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
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