Danae Mattes
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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

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    • Where the River Widens
    • River Passage
    • Contemplative Elements
    • Transitory Waterscapes
    • Wetlands
    • Inherent Processes
  • Paintings
    • Recent Work 2021-2022
    • Recent Work 2018-2020
    • Places
    • Alluvial Maps
    • Passages
    • Spaces
    • Water Cycle
  • Library
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • News
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