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.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1984 Master of Fine Arts California State University, Long Beach 1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Collaborative Performances 2022 Lightfast: Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA, October 28 & 29 Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Bay Area Book Festival, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley, CA, May 8 Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Premier Performance, Dresher Ensemble Studio, Oakland, CA, February 12 & 13 2018 Passages, Hope Mohr Dance, Danae Mattes & Henry Threadgill, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, December 10-18
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Terraqueous, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco 2020 Danae Mattes: Art100, Edinboro University, PA 2019 Where the River Widens, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah 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, CA 2014 Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany 2009 Wetlands, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA 2004 Inherent Processes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA 2003 Galerie b15, Munich, Germany Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA 2001 b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA 2000 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA 1999 Durchlässigkeit, Wasserturm Eutin, Eutin, Germany 1995 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA 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, CA 1987 Creative Arts Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Arcata, CA 1985 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1984 Gallery C, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA 1983 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, Ca
Grants and Residencies
2018 Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, Collaboration with Henry Threadgill and Hope Mohr, 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
Group/Two Person Exhibitions
2020-2021 Stay Inspired, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019-2020 Lightning Strikes II: 20 poets, 20 artists. Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018 Here + Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017 Waterlines, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA Wabi-Sabi, B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, CA 2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, CA 2015-2016 Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes & Francis McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, CA Lightning Strikes: 18 Poets. 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2015 Circum-Navigators, Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA 2014 Two Geologies: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2013 Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; 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, CA 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, CA Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, Ohio Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 1998 Kunst, –Made in Schleswig–Holstein, Alte Papierfabrik, Neumünster, Germany 1997 Two Person Show, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA 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, CA 1995 Landesshau Schleswig–Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany First Street Gallery, Claremont, CA 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, CA. 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, CA 1989 The Clay Connection: Long Beach Ceramic Artists, Roberts Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA 1984 Ink and Clay, VIII, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 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
Public 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, CA 1988 Forum Club, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Collections
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA City of Lauenburg, Lauenburg, Germany
Teaching Experience
2001-2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Graduate Independent Studies, Oakland, CA 1996-2000 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 2000 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado 1993-94 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1989-90 Program Manager, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA 1989-90 Art Instructor, Metropolitan Adult Education, San Jose, CA 1989-90 Art Instructor, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA 1987-88 Ceramic Instructor, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA 1986-87 Ceramic Instructor, Terra Del Sol, Sunland, CA 1985-86 Ceramic Instructor, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
Guest Lectures
2009 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA 1997 Guest Artist Lectures, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 1996 Slide Lecture, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA 1995 Slide Lecture, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile Slide Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1989 Slide Lecture / Portfolio Preparation Workshop, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA Slide Lecture, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA 1988 Slide Lecture, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 1987 Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Slide Lecture, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1983 Lowfire Lecture and Workshop, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, CA Slide Lecture and Workshop, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA